There are three big fights scheduled for this evening and they all take place in North Amerca, but only one of them features a world title on offer. That takes place at the globe’s largest Hockey arena, Bell Centre, in boxing-mad Montreal, Canada, where hometown hero David Lemieux faces off …
Read More »Salido vs. Martinez For WBO Title Tonight In San Juan
Tonight at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Orlando Salido will defend his WBO super featherweight title against former two-time holder of that belt, Rocky Martinez. Salido, 42-12-2 (29), and Martinez, 28-2-2 (17), should provide great entertainment once the bell rings as neither fighter takes a backward …
Read More »Kovalev vs. Pascal Tonight In Montreal For WBA/IBF/WBO Belts
Big, big fight tonight in the light heavyweight division as the man at the weight, Sergey Kovalev, seeks to turn back the ambition of former WBC titlist Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Kovalev, 26-0-1 (23), will be entering the lion’s den as local resident Pascal, 29-2-1 (17), …
Read More »Japan Welcomes New Year With Massive Fight Cards
Japan’s incredible year end blowout of shows was spread across three venues in two different cities with a total of eight world title bouts on offer. Things kicked off on Tuesday with a three world title contest bill at Tokyo’s 10,000 seat Metropolitan Gym where the world’s top reigning super …
Read More »Can Sukhotsky Derail Stevenson Express In Canada Tonight?
One of the world’s top heavyweights sees action tonight as Adonis Stevenson puts his WBC belt on the line against Dmitry Sukhotsky at Colisee Quebec in Quebec City, Canada. Sukhotsky, 22-2 (16), comes into tonight’s contest riding a four bout win streak and has a world title challenge under his …
Read More »World Weekend Boxing Preview: Braehmer, Pascal, Rosado
There’s a few good bouts scheduled for this evening across the globe and we kick things off by heading to the EWE Arena in Oldenberg, Germany. WBA light heavyweight king Juergen Braehmer, 44-2 (32), puts his belt on the line for the third time as he meets Poland’s Pawel Glazewski, …
Read More »Gonzalez, Barthelemy Put World Titles At Risk Tonight
There are two world titles on the lines this evening as WBC Featherweight king Jhonny Gonzalez and IBF super feather boss Rances Barthelemy both see action. Gonzalez, 56-8 (47), faces big ticket seller Jorge Arce, 64-7-2 (49), at the Multiplex Arena in Los Mochis, Mexico in what is sure to …
Read More »Crawford Rockets To Top Of Lightweights With Gamboa Win
With consecutive victories over Ricky Burns and Yuriorkis Gamboa, is America’s Terence Crawford now the top man in the lightweight division? Crawford, 24-0 (17), fresh off Saturday night’s dismantling of Gamboa in a homecoming clash at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, burst onto the world stage this past March after …
Read More »Lomachenko Leads The Way On Comeback Special Fight Card
Featherweight Vasyl Lomachenko led the charge last night in Carson, CA, getting it right the second time around in his bid for a world title in just his third professional bout, outpointing contender Gary Russel Jr via majority decision to capture the vacant WBO belt at StubHub Center. The pair’s …
Read More »Fonfara Gives WBC Light Heavy Champ Stevenson Hard Fight
WBC Light Heavy Champion Adonis Stevenson had a more difficult than expected defense against unheralded challenger Andrzej Fonfara last night at Montreal’s Bell Centre. The much taller Fonfara pressured the southpaw champ from the start, using a long jab and right hands that troubled the Canadian until the big-punching Stevenson …
Read More »Stiverne Captures Vacant WBC Crown With Arreola Stoppage
Despite facing a sharper Chris Arreola in a second fight, Canada’s Bermane Stiverne became the world’s first Haitian born heavyweight world champion by stopping his rival for the WBC title last evening at USC’s Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA. The media build up to the Stiverne vs. Arreola rematch …
Read More »Pacquaio Defeats Bradley In Rematch, Regains WBO Welter Title
Manny Pacquiao took back the WBO welterweight title last night at MGM Grand’s Garden Arena in Las Vegas, gaining a measure of revenge upon Timothy Bradley, who unseated Pacquiao in June, 2012 at the same venue. After a feeling out period, southpaw Pacquiao was the first to hit the target, …
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