Boxing Results

WBC Light Heavy Champion Adonis Stevenson had a more difficult than expected defense against unheralded challenger Andrzej Fonfara last night at Montreal’s Bell Centre. The much taller Fonfara pressured the southpaw champ from the start, using a long jab and right hands that troubled the Canadian until the big-punching Stevenson …

We kick things off on our weekend report by heading to Villa Maria, Argentina where WBO super flyweight maestro Omar Andres Narvaez stayed busy with a defense at Anfiteatro Municipal on Saturday. The occasion marked the tenth time that Narvaez, 42-1-2 (23), has retained the WBO belt, as the 38 …

Local hero Raja Amasheh won the vacant WBC Silver flyweight championship on Saturday night in front of 2,000 fans at Saarlandhalle in Saarbrucken, Germany, by beating former WBC Youth champion Susana Cruz Perez from Mexico by a hard fought ten round unanimous decision. The fight was a lot closer than …

Despite facing a sharper Chris Arreola in a second fight, Canada’s Bermane Stiverne became the world’s first Haitian born heavyweight world champion by stopping his rival for the WBC title last evening at USC’s Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA. The media build up to the Stiverne vs. Arreola rematch …

WBC welter champion Floyd Mayweather Jr grabbed a tiger by the tail last night as the pound for pound king was mauled over large parts of his unification clash at MGM Grand in Las Vegas with WBA champion Marcos Maidana. Maidana shot out of the gate from the first bell, …

It wasn’t very far away from watching a cat toying with a mouse as heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko defended his four world title belts against mandatory challenger Alex Leapai last night at Koening Pilsner Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Australia’s Leapai came into the contest confident after a career best win in …

On an exciting night when unbeaten WBA Interim Welterweight Champion Keith “One Time” Thurman retained his title with a third-round TKO over former world champion Julio “The Kidd” Diaz and undefeated Omar “Panterita” Figueroa successfully defended his WBC lightweight crown with a 12-round split decision over Jerry Belmontes, Lucas “The …

Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne became the first Australian to win the Commonwealth Heavyweight Title in 122 years when he scored a fifth round knockout of Canada’s Eric Martel Bahoeli at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield, England on Saturday night. After flooring Bahoeli heavily with a solid right in the …

At the Phones 4U Arena, Manchester, last night, ‘Fight of the Year’ contender – Anthony Crolla v John Murray saw the tenth round stoppage of the ‘Murray Machine’. The much anticipated local derby between the two Manchester men proved to be a cracker of a fight over the ten rounds. …

IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins produced an masterpiece last night at Washington DC’s Armory, painting IBF titlist Beibut Shumenov with an array of right hand brushstrokes that made an impression on two of the three judges. Shumenov’s lack of experience against top level opponents mixed with the Hopkins’ surplus …

Rod Salka put on a boxing clinic for Alexei Collado in Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation main event and then he stated his case for a world title shot. Salka was the more intelligent and effective fighter from the opening bell, pounding the body and utilizing his superior movement in …

Manny Pacquiao took back the WBO welterweight title last night at MGM Grand’s Garden Arena in Las Vegas, gaining a measure of revenge upon Timothy Bradley, who unseated Pacquiao in June, 2012 at the same venue. After a feeling out period, southpaw Pacquiao was the first to hit the target, …