This past weekend saw three world title contests take place on Saturday, along with a very controversial interim world title bout. We kick things off in the UK at London’s Copperbox Arena, where America’s Gervonta Davis, 18-0 (17), lived up to the massive hype campaign that has fueled his young …
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IBF World Heavyweight Champion – Anthony Joshua (Watford, England), retained his title and won the IBO and WBA Heavyweight Titles last night by stopping Ukrainian giant – Wladimir Klitschko, in round eleven of a thrilling contest. Klitschko was on the canvas in round five then Joshua was down in the …
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Shawn Porter and Jermell Charlo both won big fights at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday night, producing fireworks that sent shockwaves in their respective weight divisions. Welterweight Porter faced Andre Berto in a battle of ex-world champions that was supposed to be a very competitive clash, but ended …
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Saturday night’s middleweight unification clash at New York’s Madison Square Garden didn’t turn out to be the epic barnburner that many were expecting when Gennady Golovkin and Danny Jacobs touched gloves but it did solidify Golovkin’s position as the top man at 160 pounds. Jacobs, 32-2 (29), turned southpaw and …
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Two undefeated welterweight world champions tangled at Barclays Center in the American city of Brooklyn on Saturday night and after an entertaining scrap, one fighter emerged with the WBC and WBA titles around his waist. It was Keith Thurman, 28-0 (22), who kept his undefeated record intact after figuring out …
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Sunday night at the Barclays Center in New York, San Antonio native, Mario Barrios (18-0, 10 KOs), remained undefeated with a stellar performance, overcoming his opponent Yardley Suarez (20-7, 11 KOs) by sixth round TKO. With new trainer Virgil Hunter in his corner, Barrios executed his game plan to perfection …
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The big action of the weekend took place in America, with Cintas Center in Cincinnati taking center stage by featuring a clash for the WBA welterweight crown. Reigning champion David Avanesyan, 22-2 (11), was elevated from Interim titlist following victory over veteran Shane Mosely last year but the 28 year …
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Two seasoned veterans and a newcomer came out of the weekend as big winners of major world titles, overcoming opposition Las Vegas and California on Saturday. Featherweight Leo Santa Cruz turned the tables on arch-rival Carl Frampton in a rematch to their 2016 showdown in New York’s famed Madison Square …
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This past Saturday in her pro debut at the San Antonio Shrine Auditorium, on the “Famoso’s Night of Champions” card in San Antonio, TX, hometown native, Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios (1-0, 1 KO), scored a spectacular first round knockout against Tammy Franks (2-27-1). Barrios took charge from the opening bell …
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Erislandy Lara, the WBA/IBO 154-pound champion, scored two knockouts in his match against Yuri Foreman in Miami on Premier Championship Boxing on Spike TV last Friday night, one in the ring to retain his world titles and another in the ratings. An average of 547,000 viewers, with a peak audience …
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Saturday featured a full card of world title action and we head to the famed Manchester Arena in Emgland to kick things off. National hero Anthony Joshua, 18-0 (18), continued his reign as IBF heavyweight champion by hammering out challenger Eric Molina, 25-4 (19), in three rounds. America’s Molina was …
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Two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist and two-division world champion Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs), successfully defended his WBO junior lightweight title by stopping undefeated former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-1-1, 21 KOs), of Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Saturday at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. …
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