This weekend was headlined by the hotly anticipated showdown between two former two-time Olympic Gold Medallists, WBO super feather champion Vasyl Lomachenko and WBA super bantam champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, who clashed on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in America’s largest city, New York. Rigondeaux jumped up two weight classes to challenge Lomachenko for the Ukrainian’s…
A big Saturday in the world of Boxing was centered on the triple world title fight card that took place at America’s Barclays Center in New York, where light middleweights ruled the roost. WBC king Jermell Charlo, 30-0 (15), put on the most impressive performance as he made short work of hotly-hyped contender Erickson Lubin,…
The dust has settled from one of the busiest world title fight weekends in recent memory and we kick things off in boxing mad America, where the west coast action took place last night at The Forum in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California. Venezuela’s master boxer Jorge Linares, 43-3 (27), looked great early…
Two undefeated welterweight world champions tangled at Barclays Center in the American city of Brooklyn on Saturday night and after an entertaining scrap, one fighter emerged with the WBC and WBA titles around his waist. It was Keith Thurman, 28-0 (22), who kept his undefeated record intact after figuring out the game plan to beat…
The big action of the weekend took place in America, with Cintas Center in Cincinnati taking center stage by featuring a clash for the WBA welterweight crown. Reigning champion David Avanesyan, 22-2 (11), was elevated from Interim titlist following victory over veteran Shane Mosely last year but the 28 year old from Russia had never…
Saturday featured a full card of world title action and we head to the famed Manchester Arena in Emgland to kick things off. National hero Anthony Joshua, 18-0 (18), continued his reign as IBF heavyweight champion by hammering out challenger Eric Molina, 25-4 (19), in three rounds. America’s Molina was outgunned from the start and…
In a result that stunned onlookers from ringside and in front of TV sets across the globe, American light heavyweight Andre Ward somehow won a unanimous decision against reigning WBA, IBF and WBO champion Sergey Kovalev of Russia on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The rangy Kovalev absolutely battered Ward in the…
This past weekend featured some excellent world title action with three major belts changing hands on three different continents. We kick off this report in North America, where Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was back in action Saturday night as a light middle after two fights at middleweight. The 26 year old Mexican superstar headlined the huge…
There were a few world title bouts across the globe this past weekend with the biggest contest occurring Saturday in America, as WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder retained his belt against challenger Chris Arreola at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. Wilder held every advantage against California veteran Arreola and leveraged each one of those edges during…
Capping off a massive fight card at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday evening, heavyweight Anthony Joshua won his battle of the giants with Dominic Breazeale, retaining the IBF title for the first time. From the start, Joshua reinforced his credentials as an undefeated world champion, using a blistering jab to attack and control Breazeale, who…
The action this weekend was in the UK, with Ricky Burns returning to the world stage on Saturday in Scotland and Tony Bellew ascending to that level for the first time in England on Sunday. Ex-WBO super feather/lightweight champion Burns, 40-5-1 (14), tangled with current European light welter king Michele Di Rocco, 40-2-1 (18), for…
There were a handful of world title bouts that took place over the weekend with the biggest fight card happening at The Cosmopolitan in America’s boxing capital, Las Vegas on Saturday evening. There were three light middleweight world titles along with one at cruiserweight, on the line in that venue’s Chelsea Ballroom, with the Charlo…