British Heavyweights Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury had a successful night on Saturday at the Copper Box Arena, London. Londoner – ‘DelBoy’ Chisora, successfully defended his WBO and WBA International Heavyweight Titles by Unanimous Points victory (118-109; 118-109; 118-110) over Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson of Atlanta, Georgia. Chisora landed a big …
Read More »World Weekend Wrap Up: Chisora, Gonzalez, Jacob, N’Jikam Win
Most of the action across the globe this weekend took place on Saturday, but there was one important result occurring on Friday. For that, we head to Salle Calypso in Calais, France where the European super featherweight title changed hands for the first time since 2012. Reigning champion Devis Boschiero, …
Read More »Chris Algieri Defeats Emanuel Taylor On Long Island
Friday night in front of a standing room only crowd at The Paramount and a nationally televised ESPN Friday Night Fights audience, “The Fighting Pride of Huntington”, Chris Algieri won a dominant ten round unanimous decision over world ranked junior welterweight Emanuel Taylor of Baltimore, Maryland by scores of 98-92, …
Read More »Super Bantam Prospect Mario Barros Wins In San Antonio
Last night San Antonio’s undefeated super bantamweight standout Mario Barrios (2-0, 1 KO) marched forward with an impressive four round unanimous decision victory. The 18-year old phenom dropped against Manuel Rubalcava (1-7) twice before the bout ended at the Cowboys Dance Hall, San Antonio, Texas.
Read More »WBA Update: Fletcher, Braekhus Victorious In Title Bouts
Australian Jarrod Fletcher won the World Boxing Association International welterweight title after defeating the Ukranian Max Bursak, in Monte Carlo last Saturday
Read More »Lee Selby A European Champion After Defeating Rendall Munroe
At the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, last night, Lee Selby of Barry, Wales, won the vacant EBU (European) Featherweight Title and successfully defended his BBBofC British Featherweight Title by stopping Leicester’s Rendall Munroe in the sixth round. After losing to Bury Boxer – Scott Quigg in November 2012, likeable Munroe …
Read More »Golovkin Breezes Through Adama Defense To Retain WBA Belt
It was over the moment Gennady Golovkin threw the first punch against Osumanu Adama last night at Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo. It was just a jab, but Adama didn’t react to the punch until after he was hit. He wasn’t able to slip the punch, or duck it, …
Read More »Craig Kelly Vs Billy Campbell
At the Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, Scotland, on Saturday night, Craig Kelly of Paisley won the vacant BBBofC Scottish Area Welterweight Title on points over Billy Campbell of New Cummock. And, Jordan McCorry of Cambuslang won the vacant BBBofC Scottish Area Lightweight Title on points over Richard Barclay of Bearsden. …
Read More »WBO Champ Mikey Garcia Decisions Juan Carlos Burgos In NYC
It wasn’t a typical shock and awe performance that Mikey Garcia fans have come to expect from the WBO super feather ruler but the hard-punching Californian got the job done last night against challenger Juan Carlos Burgos at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Garcia came into the contest on the …
Read More »Marco Huck Stops Firat Arslan In WBO Title Rematch
WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck bounced back from a horrible performance against Firat Arslan in their first fight to stop the challenger last night at Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. Former WBA titlist Arslan had battered an exhausted Huck in November, 2012 but shockingly lost a unanimous decision …
Read More »Lamont Peterson Retains IBF Belt Against Dierry Jean
Lamont Peterson dazzled in front of his hometown crowd on Saturday night scoring a unanimous decision victory over Dierry Jean to retain his IBF Junior Welterweight Championship from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C., live on showtime Championship Boxing. In the co-main event, 23-year-old top junior middleweight prospect Jermell Charlo …
Read More »US Heavyweight Bryant Jennings Stops Poland’s Artur Szpilka
Tonight Gary Shaw Productions and Antonio Leonard Promotions Bryant “By-By” Jennings (18-0, 10 KOs) remained undefeated in his HBO debut with a 10-round TKO victory over Poland’s Artur Szpilka (16-1, 12 KOs). From the opening round Jennings controlled the action with his superior boxing skills and eventually landed a body …
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