Boxing Results

Anthony Joshua MBE claimed his first professional title on Saturday night with a brutal second round KO of Denis Bakhtov – and chillingly warned his Heavyweight rivals: ‘My power is only going to grow.’ The Olympic gold medal hero blasted Bakhtov out of the equation in just five ruthless minutes …

Lee Selby will challenge for the IBF Featherweight title after a dominant performance against Joel Brunker at The O2 on Saturday night. Selby peppered the visitor from the opening bell with his full arsenal of shots until the middle of the ninth round when a vicious left to the body …

Last night at Oasis Hotel, in Cancun. Mexico former IBF light middle champ Cornelius Bundrage regained his title with a dominant effort over reigning beltholder Carlos Molina. Making a mockery of his 41 years of age and shirt stature, Bundrage was in control of the contest from the first round …

In the main event of R&R Promotions’ Friday Night Fights: “Put Down the Guns, Pick Up the Gloves”, Brandon “Untouchable” Bennett defeated tough veteran Tyrone Harris via unanimous decision. The 13-bout card featured nine Cincinnati fighters who earned victories in front of a hometown crowd, just across the Ohio River …

There were some good cards across the world over the weekend with two world title bouts as the main attraction. WBC featherweight champ Jhonny Gonzalez, 57-8 (48), battered and toyed with faded former multi-weight world champ Jorge Arce, 64-8-2 (49), at Multiple Use Arena in Los Mochis, Mexico, dropping Arce …

The auspicious professional debut of Antonio Tarver, Jr. this past Monday in Texas resulted in an impressive fourth-round technical knockout over Zachary Briones. His father, five-time world light heavyweight champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (30-6, 21 KOs), was supposed to headline a Golden Boy-promoted card on Fox Sports 1 against …

This past Friday night in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Mesquite, Juan Carlos Payano won the WBA Bantamweight Super Crown from longtime champion Anselmo Moreno via sixth round technical decision. Boxing legend and Payano promoter Mike Tyson of Iron Mike Productions was thrilled with Payano’s performance.

There were a handful of interesting contests that occurred over the weekend so let’s get started with the biggest name that saw action, Arthur Abraham. The WBO super middle weight king was surprised by a strong second half rally from two-time British titlist Paul Smith at Sparkassen Arena in Kiel, …

There weren’t any massive fights on Saturday night but there were a few world title bouts in Mexico, one in Finland and also a couple of important second tier contests in England. We’ll start off in May-hee-co where three time world featherweight champion Orlando Salido, 42-12-2 (29), moved up to …

Kazakh wrecking machine Zhanat Zhakiyanov continued his march towards a world title shot with a blistering one round blow out of Georgia’s previously unbeaten Gagi Edisherashvili in Minsk on Wednesday night. Zhakiyanov, fighting under the stewardship of former two weight world champion Ricky Hatton for the fourth time, set about …

As the Summer winds down across the northern hemisphere, Boxing remains in an extended siesta but there was one world title contest that took place. And that was cruiserweight Marco Huck’s 13th successful defense of his WBO title, tying Johnny Nelson’s divisional record, which took place at Gerry Weber Stadium …

Turns out, Shawn Porter was correct, it was Showtime after all…but for “The Special One,” Kell Brook. In a major upset, Britain’s Kell Brook (33-0, 22 KOs), of Sheffield, England, won a battle of undefeated welterweights and the IBF title with a majority 12-round decision over defending champion “Showtime” Shawn …