Boxing Results

Draws were the order of the day last evening at Liverpool’s Echo Arena as favorite sons Tony Bellew and Derry Mathews had their homecomings spoiled by performances from Isaac Chilemba and Anthony Crolla. Bellew and Chilemba were tangling for a very high profile prize, with a mandatory title challenge going …

Seven months after losing his WBO super middleweight title to Arthur Abraham, Robert Stieglitz turned the tables on his rival, producing a surprising result last night at GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Germany. Looking at least one weight class larger than former longtime IBF middleweight king Abraham, Stieglitz used his Armenia …

It’s been a quieter weekend for UK Boxing this week. In Leeds, Derek Roche (Rebel Promotions) promoted five contests with four wins and one draw for the home boxers. The Beachcomber Club, Cleethorpes played host to a Carl Greaves promoted fight-night, in which the headliner saw Gary Sykes of Dewsbury …

When I originally was notified that WBO Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley was set to face Ruslan Provodnikov, I was skeptical about the capabilities of Provodnikov against such a highly established, world class boxer. I personally did expect that Provodnikov’s pressure would cause some early distress against a physically rusty Bradley, …

In a massive weekend for Go Fight Live boxing, talented Ghanaian middleweight Osumanu Adama (21-3-1 15 KO’s) managed to defeat a heavily enduring Grady Brewer (30-15-0 17 KO’s) last night in a highly competitive ten round featured attraction at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA. This was a highly substantial …

One of the world’s top light flyweights was in action last night as John Riel Casimero kept hold of his IBF crown against challenger Luis Alberto Rios at Megapolis Convention Center in Panama City, Panama. Casimero, 18-2 (10), is no stranger to fighting in his opponent’s back yard and that’s …

It was a busy weekend of boxing for British Fight-fans. In Doncaster on Friday, two local boxers fought it out for the vacant British Masters Bronze Heavyweight Title. James ‘Slugger’ Tucker defeated Daniel Slaney by seventh round TKO to win the Belt. The Carl Greaves promoted fight-night also featured three …

Bernard Hopkins is proving to be the man that couldn’t be retired as the Philadelphia veteran once again re-wrote the record books, becoming the oldest fighter to win a legitimate world title at age 48. “The Executioner” swept aside the three year IBF light heavyweight title reign of Tavoris Cloud …

Second time around proved to be the charm for super featherweight Argenis Mendez, who knocked out Juan Carlos Salgado last night to claim the IBF title at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, CA. The pair initially tangled over the vacant IBF strap in September, 2011, with Mendez losing a point …

Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. (18-0, 9 KO’s), of Oxnard, Calif., remained undefeated with a one-sided 10-round decision victory over KeAndrae “Lightning” Leatherwood (17-3, 10 KO’s), of Tuscaloosa, Ala., in the main event Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime from Fantasy Springs Casino Resort in Indio, Calif.

The fight business may not have been buzzing, but ultra-competitive roughhouse bouts between contenders Richar Abril and Sharif Bogere, Billy Dib and Evgeny Gradovich and Chris Van Heerden facing Matthew Hatton kept the hardcore fan on his or her feet. Here’s our roundup. On Friday evening,Dibella Entertainment and 50 Cent’s …

In Sheffield on Friday night, Jez Wilson won the vacant British Masters Gold Middleweight Title by first round TKO. Wilson of Sheffield defeated Taz Jones of Abercynon, Wales in one and a half minutes. The ‘Fire on Ice’ fight-night promoted by Glyn Rhodes featured seven undercard bouts. At Burton-on-Trent, Steven …