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Teofimo Lopez will defend his WBO title against Jamaine Ortiz on Thursday, Feb. 8, at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Lopez-Ortiz headlines an action-packed televised doubleheader that kicks off Big Game Weekend.
The Chief Executive of UK Sport, Sally Munday OBE, has praised GB Boxing for its role in helping to inspire the nation through sporting success. The comments are in the guest Foreword Munday contributed to GB Boxing’s newly published Annual Review 2022-23.
Popular Philadelphia bantamweight contender Christian Carto will kick off King's Promotions year when headlines against veteran Ardin Diale in the eight-round main event on Friday, January 12th at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia.
A heavyweight crossroads fight between Dante Stone (14-1, 10 KOs) and Alexander “The Great” Flores (18-3-1, 16 KOs) will take place this Thursday evening at the famed Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington.
Ryan Rozicki (20-1, 19 KOs) from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, is fresh off of his first round knockout of Olanrewaju Durodola from last month.
Rising prospect Callum Walsh is aiming for bigger things in the new year. The unbeaten fight was recently named the UFC Fight Pass Male Athlete of the Year.
A new international boxing competition hosted by England Boxing and World Boxing in association with GB Boxing, will take place from 17-20 January 2024 at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, England.
When Asemahle Wellem was growing up, he says he used to dream of joining Golden Gloves. This week, that dream reached fruition when he put pen to paper, joining South Africa’s biggest promoter under the management of the Brian Mitchell Academy.
BCB Promotions is kicking their 2024 schedule with a vacant Midlands welterweight title clash between James Scarrott and Jamie Stewart at the H Suite in Birmingham on February 16th.
GBM Sports will launch 2024 with a card in Sheffield on Friday 9th February at the Canon Medical Arena that will feature unbeaten middleweight star Shakiel Thompson; European super bantamweight champion Thomas Essomba, and a blistering 50/50 English super bantamweight title showdown between Stevi Levy and Ebonie Jones, streaming free on Talk Sport YouTube Boxing Channel.