Tomasz Adamek-Vyacheslav Glazkov on March 15
Heavyweights Tomasz Adamek and Vyacheslav Glazkov will meet in an NBC-televised bout on March 15 as part of NBC Sports Net’s “Fight Night” series, Main Events President Kathy Duva informed RingTV.com
read moreWBO orders Burns-Crawford, Stieglitz-Abraham III
Unbeaten lightweight contender Terence Crawford has been made the mandatory challender to WBO beltholder Ricky Burns. The WBO has also ordered a third match between its super middleweight titleholder Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham.
read moreAdrien Broner calls Marcos Maidana ‘one-dimensional’
Adrien Broner plans to “light up” Marcos Maidana “like a Christmas tree” on Dec. 14. Broner, the WBA welterweight beltholder, defends his title against the hard-punching Maidana in the headliner of a Showtime card in San Antonio.
read moreAdamek to face Glazkov on Nov. 16
Tomasz Adamek will return to the NBC network airwaves on Nov. 16 against Ukrainian heavyweight Vyacheslav Glazkov, Main Events announced on Saturday.
read moreChambers ‘a long way from being done’
While he makes no excuses for his poor performance against Thabiso Mchunu in his cruiserweight debut, former heavyweight title challenger Eddie Chambers said he’ll continue to seek matchups against the top cruiserweights in the world.
read moreWilder laughs off ‘bogus’ protest by Liakhovich
Deontay Wilder on Sergei Liakhovich’s protest of his first-round knockout loss: “I must have hit him harder than I thought, because he must still have a concussion.”
read moreGolovkin’s promoter: Stevens may ‘get his wish’
The promoter of WBA middleweight beltholder Gennady Golovkin, owner of a 14-fight knockout streak, said the unbeaten fighter could answer the trash talk of Curtis Stevens by facing him later this year.
read moreLem’s latest: Chambers’ cruiserweight debut; Lewkowicz signs Cuellar
Former heavyweight Eddie Chambers will debut as a cruiserweight on Aug. 3 against South Africa’s hard-hitting Thabiso “The Rock” Mchunu.
read moreLem’s latest: Mitchell-Arreola, Khan-Alexander in works
Negotiations are ongoing for an early September fight between heavyweights Seth Mitchell and Chris Arreola.
read moreAdamek an older but wiser heavyweight
Tomasz Adamek’s trainer, Roger Bloodworth, sees the aging former light heavyweight and cruiserweight titleholder as trouble for any of the younger heavyweight contenders.
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