Dec

Tureano Johnson to face Alex Theran on Roc Nation card

Middleweight Tureano Johnson will face Alex Theron on Jan. 9 in support of welterweight Dusty Hernandez Harrison’s return to Madison Square Garden.

Dec

Roc Nation announces three-fight deal with Fox Sports 1

by Lem Satterfield

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports and Fox Sports 1 have reached a three-fight agreement for a televised series called “Throne Boxing,” with the first show to feature welterweight Dusty Hernandez-Harrison against Tommy Rainone on Jan. 9.

Aug

Bob Arum: Matt Korobov signs to fight Peter Quillin

by Lem Satterfield

Middleweight Matt Korobov has made his commitment to face WBO titlist Peter Quillin official by signing his contract for the bout scheduled for November.

Aug

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans share their thoughts on Roc Nation’s future, Marcos Maidana’s chances of upsetting Floyd Mayweather Jr., Jermain Taylor’s shot at IBF middleweight titleholder Sam Soliman, the Yoan Pablo Hernandez-Firat Arslan cruiserweight championship and much more in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Aug

Q&A with Roc Nation COO David Itskowitch

by Lem Satterfield

Recently, Jay-Z’s sports promotion company, Roc Nation made the winning bid necessary to promote the upcoming Peter Quillin-Matt Korobov fight. COO David Itskowitch sat down with RingTV.com to shine some light on the details.

Aug

Roc Nation Sports makes a big splash in boxing but can they swim?

by Doug Fischer

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports served notice to the boxing community that the rapper-entrepreneur is serious about being a major player in the sport by overbidding for the Peter Quillin-Matt Korobov title bout, but how they follow this bold move and build their own roster of fighters will tell us if the new company has a future.

Aug

Peter Quillin poised for lucrative defense vs. Matt Korobov

by Lem Satterfield

WBO middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin may have landed his biggest pay day and a fight before fans familiar to him against Matt Korobov on Nov. 8 in either Washington, D.C. or New York City, thanks to a purse bid won by Roc Nation Sports on Monday.

Aug

Roc Nation outbids Golden Boy, Top Rank for Quillin-Korobov

by Lem Satterfield

In something of a sudden turn, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation won the purse bid to promote the upcoming middleweight bout between WBO titlist Peter Quillin and Matt Korobov.

Mar

Broner-Malignaggi possible for June?

by Lem Satterfield

WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi calls WBC lightweight beltholder Adrien Broner “a very winnable fight for me.” Malignaggi says Golden Boy Promotions has proposed the matchup.