Aussie light-heavyweight sensation Damien “Super” Hooper extended his unbeaten record to seven fights with a clear-cut six round unanimous decision overtough southpaw and natural cruiserweight Young-Don Um on Wednesday night. The 2012 London Olympian went out looking to score another knockout – none of his previous professional opponents had heard …
Read More »Garcia Retains Titles But Has Hands Full With Cagey Herrera
It was an awkward, messy and difficult to score fight last evening at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico as Philadelphia’s Danny Garcia retained his WBC and WBA light welterweight belts via majority decision over California’s Mauricio Herrera. Herrera fought the first four rounds on the backfoot, maintaining distance …
Read More »“Bomber” Bellew Lives Up To Nickname Against Brudov
Tony Bellew announced his arrival at Cruiserweight with a final round stoppage win over Valery Brudov to land the WBO International title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Bellew showed that the step-up in weight has afforded him extra ammo in his fists as he put Brudov down in the …
Read More »UK Weekend Roundup
In Barnsley, on Friday night, Ben Davies of Barnsley won the vacant British Masters Bronze Middleweight Title when Kieron Gray of Telford was forced to retire with a hand injury in round six. On Saturday, in Peterborough, a thrilling contest saw Freddie Turner of Canning Town win the vacant British …
Read More »Alvarez Outfights Angulo, Gets Controversial Stoppage
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez returned to action last night, six months after losing his WBC and WBA light middleweight titles to Floyd Mayweather Jr, with a strong display against fellow Mexican Alfredo Angulo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. From the first bell, Alvarez has no problem hitting Angulo with …
Read More »Nugaev, Morales, Harrison Win Bouts In California
Last night, Gary Shaw Productions in association with Greg Cohen Promotions, Antonio Leonard Promotions and All In Entertainment presented ESPN “Friday Night Fights” to a lively crowd at the Pala Casino Spa and Resort. Every fight was sensational as all fighters went to war. In the 10-round main event, Rustam …
Read More »Crawford Dethrones Burns For WBO Lightweight Title In Glasgow
After having close calls in his previous two defenses, WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns came up empty handed against challenger Terence Crawford on Saturday in front of a packed house at Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition Centre. The title reign of Burns had been living on borrowed time since getting schooled first …
Read More »Chavez Jr Defeats Vera In Rematch, Salido Beats Lomachenko
On Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, ex-WBC middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr gained redemption against Brian Vera and reasserted his place in the super middle rankings while former three-time world champion Orlando Salido held off two-time Olympic Gold medallist Vasyl Lomachenko in a WBO featherweight …
Read More »King Arthur Abraham Returns To The WBO Throne In Germany
It was awkward. It was ugly. It was hard to watch but after 12 rounds at the Getec Arena in Magdeburg, Arthur Abraham had his hand raised in a third fight with top domestic rival Robert Stieglitz, winning the WBO super middle title. The pair had clashed on two previous …
Read More »Bruno Escalante KO’s Lorenzo Trejo In First Round
Friday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, CA on a Don Chargin and Paco Presents boxing show, IBA Super Flyweight Champion, Bruno “The Aloha Kid” Escalante (12-1-1, 6 KOs), scored a brutal first round knockout against veteran Lorenzo Trejo (33-29-1, 20 KOs). Escalante used his speed and quickness …
Read More »World Weekend Wrap Up: Vazquez Retains IBF Crown In China
IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vaquez, 34-3 (13), retained his belt last night in Macao, China with a unanimous decision over challenger Denis Shafikov, 33-1-1 (18), at Cotai Arena. Mexico’s Vazquez sucessfully defended his crown for the seventh occasion while former European light welter champ Shafikov of Russia suffers defeat for …
Read More »UK Weekend Roundup
Driffield’s Curtis Woodhouse ended his boxing career on a high note Saturday night when he won the BBBofC British Light-Welterweight Title by split decision over the Champion – Darren Hamilton of Bristol. The Judges scored it 113-116; 116-115 and 116-114 in favour of Woodhouse. Afterwards, the former professional footballer confirmed …
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