Matthew Macklin’s dream of winning the WBA and IBO Middleweight Titles on Saturday night came to an end when the Birmingham man suffered a third round knockdown at the hands of champion – Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin of Kazakhstan. Golovkin came out of his corner looking like he ‘meant business’ – …
Read More »Frankie Gavin Vs Denton Vassell Boxing Results
On Friday night, Ruthless Frankie Gavin ended Denton Vassell’s unbeaten record in brutal fashion, leaving him with a suspected broken jaw following a seventh-round stoppage. Brummie Gavin, who by securing victory preserved his own unbeaten run, was good value for the triumph after putting his Mancunian counterpart on the back …
Read More »Hatton Bantamweight Protoges Shine In Belfast
Hatton Promotions prospects Ryan Burnett and Zhanat Zhakiyanov proved why they are earning names for themselves in the bantamweight division on Friday night. The Ricky Hatton-trained punchers scored impressive stoppages over their respective foes on a show promoted in association with Jane Wilton at the Holiday Inn in Belfast.
Read More »Adrien Broner Defeats Paulie Malignaggi To Capture WBA Welter Title
It wasn’t pretty, or even particularly exciting, but challenger Adrien Broner managed to outpoint reigning WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi last night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center by split decision. Broner did appear to be fine operating at 147 pounds after jumping up from the lightweight division, looking to be the …
Read More »WBC King Krzysztof Wlodarczyk Holds Off Rakhim Chakhkiev In Moscow Thriller
Last night at the Dynamo Palace of Sports in Moscow, WBC cruiserweight king Krzysztof Wlodarczyk withstood a hard challenge from 2008 Olympic heavyweight gold medallist Rakhim Chakhkiev. Chakhkiev had won all 16 of his pro bouts thus far, ripping through a variety of American and eastern European opponents enroute to …
Read More »Mikey Garcia Loses WBO Crown On Scales, Crushes Lopez In Dallas
Despite failing to make weight and losing the WBO featherweight crown on the scales, Mikey Garcia had no problems in wiping out former titleholder Juan Manuel Lopez at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX on Saturday night. The 25 year old from Oxnard, CA immediately imposed his authority on Puerto …
Read More »James DeGale Retains Title Against Stjepan Bozic
James DeGale MBE retained his WBC Silver Middleweight Title by TKO when opponent – Stjepan Bozic was pulled out by his corner after the fourth round at Glow, Bluewater, Kent. Southpaw ‘Chunky’ DeGale provided the most action – putting his opponent under pressure in the first round. He was told …
Read More »Adonis Stevenson Annihilates Chad Dawson With One Punch In Montreal
There was thunder heard across the light heavyweight division Saturday night as Adonis Stevenson produced the biggest shock of the year by belting out Chad Dawson in short order at Montreal’s Bell Centre. It wasn’t much of a first round as both fighters took measure of the other man until …
Read More »Marco Huck Outfights Ola Afolabi To Win Third Bout
The third time proved to be the one Marco Huck will want to remember as the fixture of German boxing defended his WBO cruiserweight crown with a majority decision last night over England’s Ola Afolabi at Ma Schmeling Halle in Berlin. Afolabi had given Huck fits in two previous WBO …
Read More »Maidana Outslugs Lopez In Thriller, Lara, Charlo Victorious
In a Fight of The Year candidate Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s), of Margarita, Argentina, capped a spectacular night of fights with a sixth-round technical knockout win over “The Riverside Rocky’’ Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) of Riverside, Calif., before a loud and raucous record sell-out crowd of …
Read More »Mzuvukile Magwaca Retains Title Against Martey In Battle Of Cape Town
At the luxurious Bay Hotel in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South African boxing fans were treated to an outstanding display of boxing when local superstar Mzuvukile Magwaca retained his World Boxing Federation All Africa Light Flyweight title. Mzuvukile Magwaca put on a magnificent performance and dominated resilient and game, but …
Read More »Raheem Defeats Faded Veteran Juuko In Boat Battle
Saturday evening, Zahir Raheem has taken the next step in his quest to a world title bout by effortlessly beating Justin Juuko via a technical knock out inside the 4th rd. Raheem headlined the action packed Battle at the Boat card presented by Halquist Productions at the Emerald Queen Casino …
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