It was a pretty quiet weekend across the globe but there were a few clashes of note and we kick things off over in jolly old England, where British middleweight champ Nick Blackwell was in action at City Academy Sports Centre in Bristol. Blackwell, 19-3-1 (8), retained his domestic strap for the second time but…
It was a good weekend at the fights and we go straight to the Thomas and Mack Center in America’s Boxing capital, Las Vegas where the WBO welterweight title was fought over last night by champion Tim Bradley Jr, 33-1-1 (13), and challenger Brandon Rios, 32-3-1 (24). Former WBA lightweight champion Rios reportedly gained over…
It was one of the quieter Boxing weekends across the globe but there were still a few important contests that took place and to recap things, we start off at NRG Arena in the American city of Houston. That’s where top light middle contender Jermell Charlo, 27-0 (12), battered 39 year old former WBA light…
Last night in the American city of Omaha, WBO light welter champ Terence Crawford, 27-0 (19), made the first defense of his crown with a good performance against challenger Dierry Jean, 29-2 (20). Montreal based Jean had unsuccessfully challenged for the IBF 140 lb title in 2014 and as a result, had gone down to…
It was target practice for WBA/Interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin as “GGG” belted IBF titlist David Lemieux around the ring for eight rounds at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. From the start of the bout, Golovkin kept the shorter Canadian fighter at a distance with a razor-sharp jab that battered…
It was a good Saturday night at the fights at two locations in America and we kick off this week’s report at the outdoor venue StubHub Center in Carson, California. That’s where upstart contender Viktor Postol, 28-0 (12), shocked former world title challenger Lucas Matthysse, 37-4 (34), with a tenth round KO to capture the…
This biggest fight to occur this weekend was a WBC heavyweight title clash between champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Johann Duhaupas at Legacy Arena in the American city of Birmingham. From the first bell, Wilder, who has now made two defenses, both in his hometown, was the quicker man. The challenger sought to eliminate Wilder’s…
There were a brace of good fights this weekend but the big story was Floyd Mayweather Jr’s self proclaimed final appearance, which took place against opponent Andre Berto on Saturday at MGM Grand in America’s fight capitol of Las Vegas. Statistically, Mayweather was far more accurate than Berto and as usual, “Money” didn’t get hit…
It was a very one-sided weekend across the globe with four world titles on the line and only one of those was a test for the defensing champion. We kick things off at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, USA where WBA champion Jamie McDonnell bid farewell to the bantamweight division with a dominant…
Just like last weekend, the big fight happened on Friday but this time the result was a massive upset with a longtime world champion gunned down in what was supposed to be his big moment in the sun. WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck was making his 14th consecutive title defense after finally managing to break…
There was only one world title contest this weekend and that clash for the vacant WBO bantam crown occurred on Friday at Central Stadium in Ratchaburi, Thailand with Bangkok’s Pundluang Sor Singyu, 51-3 (35), taking on Ryo Akaho, 26-2-2 (18). Local veteran Singyu won the WBO bantam belt in 2012, only to lose it five…
There was a good smattering of action across the globe this weekend and we kick off this week’s report with a visit to the glittering Barclays Center in the American city of New York. That’s where ex-WBC/WBA light welter champ Danny Garcia, 31-0 (18), gave former two-weight world champion Paulie Malignaggi, 33-7 (7), a battering…