This past weekend saw three world title contests take place on Saturday, along with a very controversial interim world title bout. We kick things off in the UK at London’s Copperbox Arena, where America’s Gervonta Davis, 18-0 (17), lived up to the massive hype campaign that has fueled his young …
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Two seasoned veterans and a newcomer came out of the weekend as big winners of major world titles, overcoming opposition Las Vegas and California on Saturday. Featherweight Leo Santa Cruz turned the tables on arch-rival Carl Frampton in a rematch to their 2016 showdown in New York’s famed Madison Square …
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It’s finally here, the much anticipated clash between light heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev and former super middleweight ruler Andre Ward with the pair meeting tonight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. At stake are Kovalev’s WBA, IBF and WBO belts, which the heavy-handed Russian has held since defeating Bernard Hopkins …
Read More »Tonight’s world title clashes start off with a towering heavyweight battle in England as IBF king Anthony Joshua meets the challenge of Dominic Breazeale at the O2 Arena in London. At 6’6, Joshua will amazingly be looking up at the 6’7 tall Breazeale in this, British phenom Joshua’s first defense …
Read More »This weekend’s big fights are headlined by a mouth-watering clash at New York’s Madison Square Garden this evening as WBO super feather king Rocky Martinez looks to turn aside the challenge posed by current WBO featherweight champ Vasyl Lomachenko. Martinez, 29-2-1 (17), is on his third reign as WBO 130 …
Read More »British welterweight Amir Khan steps up tonight in a big way as the challenges WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in America’s boxing capital of Las Vegas. The occasion marks the first defense of the belt by Alvarez, 46-1-1 (32) since unseating Miguel Cotto …
Read More »2015 went out with a bang in a far flung corner of the globe, Japan to be exact, as a flurry of world title bouts took place in the Land of the Rising Sun. It all started on Tuesday at Tokyo’s Ariake Colosseum where the planet’s top super flyweight, Naoya …
Read More »It’s one of the bigger Saturday nights we’ve had this autumn with four world title clashes on offer but one of the big fights slated for tonight was scraped when the champion failed to make weight on a massive scale. IBF bantam boss Randy Caballero of America was set to …
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The best ever? Really? Does a boxer that wishes to be known by that title really pick a former champion, who has been handily defeated by Robert Guerrero and Victor Ortiz as well as stopped by Jesus Soto Karass, to face in his “final” fight? First of all, does anyone …
Read More »It was a difficult contest for the judges, and audience, last night at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL but after 12 rounds of intense combat, WBA super bantam boss Juan Carlos Payano was awarded a split decision verdict over Rau’shee Warren. Head clashes led to Payano lifting the …
Read More »As the summer ramps up in the northern hemisphere, Boxing has slowed down a bit but things pick up again tonight with three world title belts on offer. At Getech Arena in Magdeburg, Germany, WBA heavyweight champ Ruslan Chagaev, 33-2-1 (20), defends against Francesco Pianeta, 31-1-1 (17) in an all …
Read More »WBA light welter titlist Jessie Vargas jumped up to welterweight last night at StubHub Center in Carson, CA but bit off more than he could chew as he was outfought by former two-weight world titlist Timothy Bradley in an exciting battle for the vacant Interim WBO crown. Bradley started with …
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