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Worcester, MA - On Saturday night, former New England amateur standout Paul Iannuzzi, 52-years-old, broke Dewey Bozella’s decade old world record and became the oldest boxer to ever make his professional debut.
Today the International Boxing Association (IBA) Board of Directors held a hybrid meeting as members assembled in Algeria and online to discuss several key decisions, including the location of the forthcoming Extraordinary Congress.
On July 21, Toronto will be home to another great event by Lee Baxter Promotions. In May of this year, Lee Baxter Promotions held the first Canadian Boxing event to be broadcasted on the global sports entertainment platform, DAZN.
Rising heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr. is wasting little time getting back to work. The recent U.S. Olympic silver medalist, who improved to 2-0 with a first-round stoppage over Roberto Zavala Jr. Friday evening at Pechanga Resort Casino, returns in a six-rounder against Marco Antonio Canedo on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Troy Williamson has told Josh Kelly to agree to a mouth-watering British title showdown instead of chasing “easy” fights like his rivals have.
Former two-division world champion Rances Barthelemy discussed his upcoming showdown against unbeaten rising star Gary Antuanne Russell before they meet in the telecast opener live on SHOWTIME on Saturday, July 30 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Donnie Nietes will shake off the disappointment of his world title defeat to Kazuto Ioka and rebuild towards another shot at the super flyweight crown.
Boston Boxing Promotions has announced that recent world title challenger Jessica Camara (8-3) will return to the ring on Saturday, August 13th at Melrose Memorial Hall in Melrose, Massachusetts to take on Concord, New Hampshire's Kimberly "The Machine" Wabik (4-2-2) in an eight-round lightweight fight. The fight is brought to you in association with DiBella Entertainment.
James Beech Jnr is determined to prove that size matters when he aims to derail the momentum of Dennis McCann. The two will go toe-to-toe for the vacant WBC International Silver featherweight title, at the Copper Box Arena in London, with the BT Sport cameras rolling live.
THE 14-0 CRUISERWEIGHT star and Boxxer Tournament winner Ellis Zorro has signed a promotional agreement with Frank Warren and Queensberry.