Fight Results
Dublin’s Patrick ‘The Punisher’ Hyland returned to the ring in style in New York with an impressive stoppage win over Puerto Rico’s Noel Echevarria. The bout headlined promoter Lou DiBella’s Broadway Boxing card at BB King’s Blues club just off Times Square as Hyland put a frustrating 19 months of inactivity behind him. The Tallaght…
After making a long-awaited return to the ring with two quick appearances in May and June, Wallasey’s Steve Williams found himself in title class as he travelled to the Italian town of Casteggio last Saturday to face local favourite, Luca Giacon, for the vacant WBA Continental light-welterweight title.
The big action this weekend took place earlier today at Cotai Arena in Macao, China with WBA/WBO super bantam champ Guillermo Rigondeaux leading the way with a successful defense of his belts. Hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Rigondeaux, 14-0 (9), didn’t take long to reinforce his status as the sharpest boxer on the planet with a first…
We kick things off in America’s capital of Boxing, Las Vegas, where last night at the MGM Grand there were several major world level bouts. In a major non-title clash at light middle, former WBC/WBA champ Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, 44-1-1 (31), posted a controversial split decision over current WBA ruler Erislandy Lara, 19-2-2 (12), with…
Last evening, Gary Shaw Productions presented another great night of boxing on ESPN “Friday Night Fights” at the Little Creek Casino in Shelton, WA. In the main event, Tureano Johnson (15-1, 10 KOs) handed Mike Gavronski (14-1-1, 10 KOs) his first defeat, as they battled in a 10-round middleweight showdown for the WBC Continental Americas…
When he realized that he had really done it again, former heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev went down to his knees on Sunday night at Ahmat Arena in Grozny, Russia. It was legendary Michael Buffer who announced Chagaev’s close but well deserved majority decision win (115-113, 115-113, 114-114) over Fres Oquendo which earned the 35-year-old Uzbek…
Most eyes will, of course, be on Ruslan Chagaev and Fres Oquendo on July 6 in Grozny when the two ring veterans meet for the vacant WBA world heayvweight championship. But there is another big name in the co-feature who wants to get back to old stardom: “The Black Panther” Juan Carlos Gomez faces unbeaten…
Fresno’s welterweight sensation, Marcos Hernandez (2-0) remained undefeated with a dominating performance against Donte Stower (0-5) winning every round to cement another unanimous decision on Saturday at StubHub Center in Carson, CA. “I’ve been off for a while so I wanted to shake off the rust and put on a great show for the fans,”…
Featherweight Vasyl Lomachenko led the charge last night in Carson, CA, getting it right the second time around in his bid for a world title in just his third professional bout, outpointing contender Gary Russel Jr via majority decision to capture the vacant WBO belt at StubHub Center. The pair’s clash highlighted a lineup punctuated…
Fast-rising Australian light-heavyweight Damien “Super†Hooper put on a clinic against countryman Josh Webb, before stopping him at the end of third round in Perth on Friday night, June 20. The 2012 Olympian boxed cleverly behind a solid jab early on before making his foe eat right hands. Webb was ranked number six in the…
The landscape of the 140 pound division changed dramatically last night as challenger Chris Algieri posted a split decision over reigning WBO champion Ruslan Provodnikov at Barclays’ Center in Brooklyn, New York. The evening started out all wrong for the far less experienced local man as a whipping Provodnikov left hook detonated squarely on Algieri’s…
At the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, this weekend, Stuart Hall of Darlington lost his IBF Bantamweight Title to Paul Butler of Ellesmere Port by a split decision. Ovill McKenzie of Derby added the British Title to his Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title by stopping Jon- Lewis Dickinson of County Durham in the second…