Team Ireland arrived home from the European Men’s Junior Championships in Lviv, Ukraine via Dublin Airport today. Jason Harty (gold), Jim O’Reilly (silver), Anthony Johnston (bronze) and Lorcan Hurley (bronze) finished in podium positions in Lviv.
Read More »One of the top fighters in the world was back in action last night in America as WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin continued his march of destruction with a dominant performance at The Forum in Inglewood, CA. Facing Golovkin was slick southpaw Willie Monroe, Jr, who proved to be a …
Read More »Undefeated Puerto Rican lightweight Reynaldo Ojeda (16-0, 9 KOs) impressively introduced himself to American boxing fans in tonight’s ESPN Friday Night Fights main event, presented by 50 Cent’s SMS Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, in association with Universal Promotions, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The 26-year-old Ojeda took advantage …
Read More »There were several good fight cards to report upon this weekend and we start by jetting off to Houston’s Minute Maid Park in the American state of Texas. That’s where former WBC/WBA light middle champ Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, 45-1-1 (32), banged out KO artist James Kirkland, 32-2 (28), in a …
Read More »Well, the “Fight of the Century” finally came off and not surprisingly, welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr boxed his way to a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao last night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. WBC/WBA champion Mayweather started off controlling the distance and pace of the contests, keeping southpaw WBO …
Read More »The world’s long reigning heavyweight king was back in action last night as WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko fought in America for the first time in seven years, returning to Madison Square Garden in New York. Big Wlad handled the challenge of undefeated American challenger Bryant Jennings on the scorecards …
Read More »Eva Wahlstrom crowned herself the new WBC Female super featherweight Champion Saturday night at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The 34-year-old is also the first ever Finnish boxing World Champion in history. Wahlstrom clearly dominated Natalia Vanesa del Valle Aguirre of Argentina in a fight for the vacant title …
Read More »Last Friday night in Hinckley, Minnesota, super bantamweight Adam Lopez scored a sensational second round stoppage over Phillip Adyaka at the Grand Casino. The bout was part of the off-tv undercard of a CBS Sports Network televised card. Lopez landed a booming right in round two that sent Adyaka on …
Read More »Lots of big fights last evening and we kick off this report in the US, at University Of Texas Arena in Arlington where the vacant WBO light welter belt was at stake. Facing off were former WBO lightweight king Terence Crawford and NABF/NABO light welter strapholder Thomas Dulorme in an …
Read More »We kick off this week’s report in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico where Rocky Martinez became a three-time WBO super featherweight champion by dethroning Mexico’s Orlando Salido last night at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot. Martinez used good footwork and a height advantage to keep Salido at bay in the early …
Read More »Lightweight standout and Boxcino 2014 Lightweight champion, Petr Petrov, (36-4-2, 16 KOs) made a strong case for a future world title shot with his one-sided, unanimous decision win against former world champion Gamaliel Diaz (39-12-3, 18 KOs) in the main event of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” from the Omega Products …
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Anthony Joshua MBE returned with a bang as he KO’d Jason Gavern in the third round in Newcastle to make it 11 KO’s from 11 pro fights. Joshua was back in action after five months out of the ring with a stress fracture of the back, and opposing him was …
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