Stephen Smith will face former World title challenger Mauricio Javier Munoz for the WBC Silver Super Featherweight title and crunch eliminator clash at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Wednesday May 21 live on Sky Sports, after Fernando Saucedo was forced out of the fight with a mouth injury. …
Read More »Boxing In Japan: Gonzalez Upsets Hasegawa For WBC Title
Earlier tonight at World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan, WBC featherweight boss Huzumi Hasegawa was stunningly dethroned by Mexico’s Jhonny Gonzalez on a massive fight card featuring three world title bouts. Both fighters previously held world titles at bantamweight but the taller Gonzalez left the 118 pound class four years …
Read More »Boxing In Argentina: Barros Wins WBA Title In Las Heras
Jonathan Victor Barros won his first world title last night by stopping opponent Irving Berry for the vacant WBA featherweight belt at Polideportivo Vicente Polimeni in Las Heras, Argentina. A prior holder of the WBO Latino and Argentine crowns, Barros was just seven months removed from a failed bid to …
Read More »Boxing In Argentina: Weekend Results
The biggest card this weekend in the Land of Silver took place last night at the Nuevo Palacio Aurinegro in Puerto Madryn where southpaw Omar Andres Narvaez continued his mastery of the WBO Flyweight title, outboxing WBC Cabofe titlist Alejandro Hernandez over twelve rounds of action. “El Huracan” put impressive …
Read More »Boxing In Argentina: Garay vs. Barashian Tonight For WBA Light Heavy Title
Tonight at the famed Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the WBA Light Heavyweight title vacated by Australia’s Danny Green will be fought over by Hugo Hernan Garay and Yuri Barashian. For Garay, 30-3 (17), this could be the breakthrough moment denied to him during narrow split and majority …
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