Tony Bellew could be sidelined for several months as he faces surgery on a fractured hand. The 34-year-old from Liverpool sustained the injury in his 11th-round heavyweight stoppage of David Haye in London earlier this month.
In one of his biggest steps toward the major goal, Ireland's hottest exports is Jason "El Animal" Quigley (12-0, 10 KOs) not only will jump start the highly anticipated Golden Boy Boxing this Thursday, March 23rd, but will make his first play for a title in his career as he battles Glen "Jersey Boy" Tapia (23-3, 15 KOs) for the NABF Middleweight Title broadcast live on ESPN.
Gennady Golovkin has been linked to facing Billy Joe Saunders in a unification on June 10, plus Canelo Alvarez in September, whilst rumors ex-154 champion Jermall Charlo has moved up to fight Golovkin are now doing the rounds.
HBO Boxing Insider Kieran Mulvaney reports from the Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Danny Jacobs press conference in New York. Golovkin vs. Jacobs happens Saturday, March 18 live on pay-per-view beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT. Golovkin vs. Jacobs happens Saturday, March 18 live on pay-per-view beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT.
Just since January we saw fights featuring two of the best super middleweights (James DeGale and Badou Jack), two of the best junior featherweights (Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton) and two of the best welterweights in the world (Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia).
Nine-time world champion Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan (43-9-1, 32 KO’s) made quick work of Pakpoom Hammarach (14-15, 8 KO’s) with a huge first round KO in the main event of Dragon Fire Promotions Thunderdome XIX at Metro City in Perth Australia. Darchinyan stalked Hammarach throughout the opening round and caught him with a beautiful uppercut with just one second left in the round to end the fight.
Championship Boxing returns to “The World’s Most Famous Arena” on Saturday, March 18th with a must-see match-up between the two best Middleweights in the world! Unified Middleweight Champion GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN returns to “The Mecca of Boxing” to defend his titles (WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO) against WBA Middleweight Champion and Mandatory Challenger DANIEL "THE MIRACLE MAN" JACOBS.
Sergiy Derevyanchenko 164 vs Kemahl Russell 163.6
Ahmed Elbiali 176.8 vs Jackson Junior 177
Jamontay Clark 140.8 vs Gaku Takahashi 140.6
Justin Pauldo 135.8 vs Justin Savi 135
Desmond Jarmon 126.4 vs Isiah Florence 134
Dedrick Bell 148 vs Anthony Woods 151
Julius Dyes 150.2 vs Allen Moore 153.4
Kiun Evans 126.8 vs Terrance Roy 126
Ousmane Sylia 145.2 vs Adam Denton 146.6
GGG: It’s a very interesting situation. He’s a resident of Brooklyn but I’m a resident of Manhattan. Madison (Square Garden) is my home.
The Big Drama Show returns to the Big Apple as WBC, WBA “super” and IBF middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) of Kazakhstan will take on WBA “regular” middleweight champion Danny Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) of Brooklyn, New York this Saturday, March 18 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden live on HBO PPV. We caught up with “GGG” at his LA media day workout as he talked about his upcoming showdown with Jacobs.
