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Press Release: March 31, 2020 By Dragon Fire Boxing - All action Australian Jackson England is still buzzing in the wake of picking up his first WBC strap which came in the form of their Asia Boxing Council super featherweight title.  Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing  England produced arguably a career best performance on the Dragon Fire Boxing Thunderdome event in Metro City, Perth where he stopped Jason Tinampay in two rounds to claim the green belt in front of his hometown crowd in just his thirteenth contest as a professional.  England opened up about his first WBC title victory, “I am absolutely over the moon to become a champion with the WBC and I’d like to thank the WBC for giving me the opportunity to fight for the title and I really feel that I put on a performance that is worthy of contesting a WBC title.  “I was very happy with my performance and I believe it was one of the best of my career. I want to thank everybody at the Onyx fight team f...

In addition to the announcement earlier this week by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the scheduled 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan has been postponed until 2021 due to the ongoing Coronavirus epidemic, the sport of Boxing has continued to see postponements and cancellations made due to the virus.    Among the announcements made this week were an announcement by the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) group of promoters that it has cancelled all its scheduled events through the month of May. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has also announced that it has suspended sanctioning bouts through the month of June. This likely was a contributing reason in the scheduled May 9th Undisputed Women’s Middleweight world championship fight between champion Claressa Shields and Marie Dicaire, which was scheduled to take place in Flint, MI as the main event of a Showtime televised Boxing card here in the United States. The promoter of the card, Salita Promotions has not announced ...

Press Release: March 26, 2020 By Dragon Fire Boxing - Light Heavyweight Dylan ‘Soldier’ Winter has signed with Oceania management juggernauts Dragon Fire Boxing as he looks to continue his progression in the professional ranks.  Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing  Winter has reached 3-0 as a professional, with his last outing seeing him defeat amateur sensation and unbeaten Perth based Serbian Vasilije Radovic via a unanimous decision, in what many deemed Winter to be a long shot. Winter opened up about his recent victory and his plans moving forward. Winter said, “I was really happy with my last fight on the Thunderdome 33 event in Metro City, Perth, and thank you to Tony Tolj for getting me on and allowing me to show off skills in one of the featured fights. The Thunderdome series is an iconic part of Australian boxing so to be able to compete on these events really means a lot to me. “Radovic had reportedly gone to Cuba for a training camp and he came...

Press Release: March 21, 2020 By Dragon Fire Boxing - Steve Gago has followed up from his WBC Australasian title victory in his hometown of Perth by resigning a long term deal with Tony Tolj's Dragon Fire Boxing.   Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing  Gago has won multiple titles with various governing bodies whilst under the guidance of Tolj and Dragon Fire Boxing and has now committed his long term future to the standout Oceania based setup.  ‘The Timorese Terror’ opened up regarding resigning with Tolj and Dragon Fire Boxing. Gago said, “I’m absolutely delighted to have resigned with Tony Tolj and committing what could be the rest of my career to the Big Boss Man Tony and Dragon Fire Boxing. The reason I’ve done this is because Tony has always looked after me and got me the opportunities I’ve needed. I couldn’t be happier with Tony so I’ve committed to a long term deal with him.  “I’ve won multiple titles with Dragon Fire and have boxed at the likes of th...

The ongoing Coronavirus epidemic has continued to result in several cancellations and postponements in the sport of Boxing around the world. It was announced earlier this week that all combat sports events along with non-essential businesses have been shut down in the state of Nevada for thirty days. This has followed similar decisions made by the British Boxing Board of Control, who ruled in accordance with the British government to cancel all combat sports events for the remainder of March and April. This has resulted in several notable promoters including Matchroom Boxing, MTK Global, and Queensberry Promotions all cancelling their scheduled events. SES Boxing in Germany has also announced the cancellation of the scheduled March 28th card headlined by a Light-Heavyweight bout between Zac Dunn and Dominic Boesel has also been cancelled. The epidemic has also begun affecting scheduled Boxing cards in the country of Australia, who has cancelled all events in the New South Wales re...

Press Release: March 18, 2020 By Dragon Fire Boxing – Andres "Crocodile" Campos moves to 9-0 and continued his excellent start to his professional career as he dominated undefeated Pedro Villegas 12-0 to retain his WBA Fedebol flyweight title whilst also capturing the WBO Latino flyweight title on the inaugural Dragon Fire Latino event in Santiago de Chile, Chile.   Credit: Dragon Fire Boxing  The event which saw the Dragon Fire Latino promotional debuts of 23 year old Cuban sensation "King" Raynel Mederos who moved to 4-0 as a professional and "The Rock" Raymond Mascarena Jr who also emerged victorious on the show presented by Tony Tolj and Nicholas "Maverick" Martinez in Chile, was main evented by fast-rising Campos who has put himself into a position that may see him challenge for global honors in the coming 12 months. 23-year-old Campos has been on fire in the pro ranks and has picked up 3 titles since linking up with Dragon ...

As the world continues to deal with the ongoing Coronavirus epidemic, the sport of Boxing has continued to see numerous cancellations and postponements. These cancellations include all combat sports events in the state of California until further notice. All Boxing cards in Japan are cancelled through April 30th. Kings Boxing Promotions cancelled their scheduled card on March 14th in Bethlehem, PA with a make up date to be announced. The scheduled April 14th World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) season two Cruiserweight final between Mairis Briedis and Yuniel Dorticos, which was due to take place in Riga, Latvia has also been cancelled. This followed announcements of cancellations by Team Sauerland and Universum Boxpromotion that they have cancelled their scheduled April 4th event in Hamburg, Germany as well as cancellations by Raging Babe Promotions scheduled card on March 27th in Philadelphia, PA, Shearns Boxing Promotions scheduled March 20th event in Framingham, MA all being ca...