This past Saturday witnessed a few intriguing matchups across the world and we touch down in Oldenburg, Germany to kick things off. WBA light heavyweight champ Juergen Braehmer, 45-2 (33), got right down to business as he planted bodyshots on challenger Pawel Glazewski, 23-3 (5), until the Pole crumpled to …
Read More »Thomas Dulorme Retains NABF Title Over Hank Lundy
Saturday evening at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Gary Shaw Productions Jr. Welterweight sensation and Puerto Rican star, Thomas Dulorme (22-1, 14 KOs) won a hard fought split decision victory against tough Philly fighter Hank Lundy (25-4-1, 12 KOs). The bout was televised on HBO as part of a …
Read More »World Weekend Boxing Roundup: Crawford, Gradovich, Braekhus
On Saturday night, the big focus was on the CenturyLink Center in America’s Omaha, Nebraska where over 11,000 fans witnessed the lightweight swan song of WBO champion Terence Crawford. Crawford, 25-0 (17), put on a clinic as the fast-handed local man handled the pressure of Mexican left-hook artist Raymundo Beltran, …
Read More »World Weekend Boxing Roundup: Pacquiao, Gonzalez, Muira, Bellew
It was another installment of the Manny Pacquiao show on Sunday as the Filipino legend lit up Cotai Arena in Macau, China with a dominating WBO welterweight title defense. Upstart American Chris Algieri, 20-1 (8), came into his challenge of Pacquiao, 57-5-2 (38), after unseating WBO light welter boss Ruslan …
Read More »Back To Belfast: Burnett Crushes Bulgarian Import
Ireland’s rising bantamweight star, Ryan Burnett, 5-0 (4), returned to his home city of Belfast yesterday evening on the ‘Back to the Future’ boxing event at the Devendish Complex. The North Belfast fighter made short work of his durable Bulgarian opponent Valentin Marinov by way of a wicked body shot …
Read More »Hamburg Hammer: King Klitschko Stops Pulev In Four
It was another display of dominance by Heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko last night as “Dr. Steelhammer” rubbed out the ambitions of challenger Kubrat Pulev at the O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Pulev came into the contest perhaps in possession of the best pure boxing skills of any of Klitschko’s …
Read More »Hatton Disputes Rabchenko Loss But Admires Mundine Performance
Ricky Hatton has paid tribute to Anthony Mundine, but he still feels his fighter, Sergey Rabchenko, beat the Aussie veteran. Mundine picked up the WBC Silver light-middleweight crown with a contentious split decision verdict over the Belarusian in Melbourne on Wednesday night. It was a display that showed the 39-year-old …
Read More »Hatton Promotions’ Aussies Get Mixed Bag In Brisbane
There were mixed emotions for Hatton Promotions’ fighters in Chandler, Brisbane, on Saturday as Zhanat Zhakiyanov and Cameron Hammond continued on their journeys towards world title opportunities while Damien Hooper suffered a shock setback. Kazakhstani terror Zhakiyanov remained on course for a possible clash with WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka …
Read More »Mayfield Starts Comeback With Victory Against Balasi
This past Saturday, Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield (19-2-1, 11 KOs) impressed his hometown fans with a dominating eight round unanimous decision against Michael Balasi (10-6, 7 KOs) of Honolulu, HI, as he got back in the win column. OPP Boxing and Mo’Betta Entertainment were the promoters. In front of a …
Read More »Sergey Kovalev Defeats Bernard Hopkins In Unfication Clash
Light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins finally ran into a problem he couldn’t solve on Saturday night as the ageless master lost his IBF and WBA titles to WBO champion Sergey Kovalev at Boardwalk Hall in America’s Atlantic City, NJ. The extensive bag of techniques that the 49 year old has used …
Read More »Murray, Caballero, Alvarez Victorious In Big Monte Carlo Show
England’s Martin Murray continued his march towards a world title shot with a dramatic seventh-round technical decision win over rugged Domenico Spada of Italy in the main bout on the Golden Gloves “Title Tornado” card in Monaco on Saturday night. The fight was called off due to an accidental head …
Read More »Perez KO’s Parra To Retain Interim WBA Title
Friday night at the Coliseo Universidad Del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia, hometown hero Darleys Perez (31-1, 20 KOs) successfully defended his WBA interim Lightweight title with a sixth round knockout over Jaider Parra (23-2-1, 12 KOs). Perez, who is the mandatory challenger to face current WBA champion Richar Abril, was …
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