Following the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event, the next main elite competition will be held in the Czech Republic. The 54th edition of the Grand Prix Usti nad Labem will be a World Boxing Challenge in the Czech Republic between June 11 and 16. China, host Czech Republic, England, Germany, Mongolia, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, […]
Mike Tyson will face YouTuber turned professional boxer Jake Paul on November 15. The match was originally planed for July 20, but was rescheduled after Tyson 57-year-old suffered an ulcer flareup during a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on May 26. The new date now is set. Will be on November 15 in Arling, […]
Puerto-Rico’s prodigy Xander Zayas (19-0, 12 KOs) continued the path to a world title fight. Zayas on Saturday night (June 8) in “Madison Square Garden”, New York, convinced against former world champion, Brazil’s Patrick Teixeira (34-5). 21-year-old dominated throughout the fight and in the end all three judges saw him as clear winner. Two judges […]
Blair Cobbs (17-1-1) floored four-weight champion Adrien Broner (35-5-1) in the second round and got a surprise victory on Friday night (June 7) in Florida, USA. Cobbs won the 10-round welterweight bout via unanimous decision. One judge scored the fight 97:92 and two others 96:93 all in favor of Cobbs. For Broner (34) it was […]
The EUBC European Junior Boxing Championships will be starting in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina on June 21. Bosnia & Herzegovina has never hosted any of the previous editions of the EUBC European Junior Boxing Championships but only for the schoolboys and schoolgirls. The competition period of the EUBC European Junior Boxing Championships is June 23-30 […]
The Olympic Hopes Tournament was held for the junior, schoolboys and schoolgirls in Slovakia’s capital in Bratislava in the previous days. Devinska Nova Ves was the host of the competition, which is located in Bratislava’s suburbs this time following the previous editions, took place in various cities. The host Slovakians competed with impressive number of […]
Author: Zizi There are matches, which are never to be forgotten, and there are boxing icons, who are going to stay with us for eternity. The youngest world heavyweight champion ever, the famous, the notorious Michael Gerard Tyson, aka Mike Tyson, who is 57 years old now and recently postponed his fight against Jake Paul. […]
The Portimao Box Cup was a record-breaking event in Portugal and altogether 107 final bouts concluded in the fourth session. Portugal hosts more event every year, their Braga Open, the Algarve Box Cup, the Odivelas Box Cup and the Portimao Box Cup are all increasing international competitions. The Portuguese female and male boxers are also […]
Cuba’s Osleys Iglesias (11-0, 10 KOs) is continuing to impress. Iglesias on Thursday night in Montreal, Canada stopped Russia’s Evgeny Shvedenko (16-2-1) on the first round and defended IBO World super-middleweight title. Iglesias dropped Shvedenko with a strong right and referee immediately stopped the fight. In the main fight of the show promoted by Eye […]
Author: Zizi There are matches, which are never to be forgotten, and there are boxing icons, who are going to stay with us for eternity. Jack Dempsey was one of the first pioneers, who helped professional boxing become nationwide popular around the USA and he became the first real superstar of the sport. He was […]
