Saturday night’s middleweight unification clash at New York’s Madison Square Garden didn’t turn out to be the epic barnburner that many were expecting when Gennady Golovkin and Danny Jacobs touched gloves but it did solidify Golovkin’s position as the top man at 160 pounds. Jacobs, 32-2 (29), turned southpaw and …
Read More »Braehmer, McDonnell In World Title Action This Weekend
The new season gets off to a less than thunderous bang this weekend but there are a few good fight cards happening today and tomorrow in a few select areas. Our first stop is the Energie-Verbund Arena in Dresden, Germany where WBA “regular” light heavyweight champ Juergen Braehmer, 46-2 (34), …
Read More »WBC Champ Stevenson Chooses Karpency For Next Title Defense
It was announced this week that WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson will defend his title against challenger Tommy Karpency on September 11 at Toronto’s Richoh Centre. This is a big disappointment to fans that were hoping to see “Superman” face WBA/WBO/IBF kingpin Sergey Kovalev, who in late July destroyed …
Read More »Wilder Topples Stiverne To Capture WBC Heavyweight Crown
Bermane Stiverne’s brief heavyweight title reign came to an end last night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas as challenger Deontay Wilder walked out of the arena with an intact undefeated record but more importantly, with new found respect in the Boxing community. Gone is Wilder’s KO streak but the …
Read More »Khan, Lara, Lee, Benavidez Big Winners This Weekend
We start on Friday night at Illusions Theater in San Antonio, America where Erislandy Lara, 20-2-2 (12), outpointed Ishe Smith, 26-7 (12), for the WBA light middle title. Southpaw Lara simply was too quick and elusive for Smith, who briefly held the IBF crown in 2013, as the judges awarded …
Read More »Will Pacquiao Expose The Cinderella Story Of Chris Algieri Tonight?
It’s back to Macau, China for WBO welterweight kingpin Manny Pacquiao as Boxing’s most accomplished weight jumper returns to the Cotai Arena this evening for a clash with WBO light welter boss Chris Algieri. Is 35 year old Pacquiao, 56-5-2 (38), the same fighter who blitzed through elite competition to …
Read More »Rigondeaux, Viloria, Sanchez, Shiming Win In Macao
The big action this weekend took place earlier today at Cotai Arena in Macao, China with WBA/WBO super bantam champ Guillermo Rigondeaux leading the way with a successful defense of his belts. Hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Rigondeaux, 14-0 (9), didn’t take long to reinforce his status as the sharpest boxer on …
Read More »Fonfara On Doomed Suicide Mission Against Hammer-Fisted Stevenson?
Tonight at Montreal’s Bell Centre, the world’s largest hockey arena, WBC light heavyweight champ Adonis Stevenson looks to make the third defense of his title when he meets challenger Andrzej Fonfara over 12 scheduled rounds. How did Fonfara, 25-2 (15), achieve this title shot, and the number three slot in …
Read More »Marcos Maidana Gives Floyd Mayweather Jr Toughest Fight In A Decade
WBC welter champion Floyd Mayweather Jr grabbed a tiger by the tail last night as the pound for pound king was mauled over large parts of his unification clash at MGM Grand in Las Vegas with WBA champion Marcos Maidana. Maidana shot out of the gate from the first bell, …
Read More »King Arthur Abraham Returns To The WBO Throne In Germany
It was awkward. It was ugly. It was hard to watch but after 12 rounds at the Getec Arena in Magdeburg, Arthur Abraham had his hand raised in a third fight with top domestic rival Robert Stieglitz, winning the WBO super middle title. The pair had clashed on two previous …
Read More »Golovkin Breezes Through Adama Defense To Retain WBA Belt
It was over the moment Gennady Golovkin threw the first punch against Osumanu Adama last night at Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo. It was just a jab, but Adama didn’t react to the punch until after he was hit. He wasn’t able to slip the punch, or duck it, …
Read More »Japan Ends Year With Three World Title Fights
Japan, Land of the Rising Sun and a country where they like big fights in the middle of the week, saw three world title contests take place on Tuesday, two at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo and one at the remarkably named Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka. Osaka saw a clash …
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