Boxing Results

Former super middle world champion Mikkel Kessler successfully made the jump into the light heavyweight ranks last night with a fourth round KO of opponent Allan Green at Parken Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ex-WBA and WBC titlist entered the ring after an absence of eleven months and had to …

After losing his perfect record in his ShoBox: The New Generation debut, Willie Nelson survived a highlight reel knockdown to upset Yudel Jhonson by unanimous decision. The 10-round junior middleweight Showtime main event was scored 97-92 twice and 95-94.

© Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Floyd Mayweather Jr and Miguel Cotto engaged in a thrilling battle last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and when the dust finally settled after 12 rounds, the WBA light middleweight title had a new owner. Cotto came out aggressive, displaying from …

The undercard at Resorts Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, featured the lively presence of HBO commentator Harold Lederman, on the night before the Boardwalk Hall televised fight card featuring the Bernard Hopkins versus Chad Dawson Light Heavyweight Title rematch. In a heavyweight mismatch, 21 year old cruiserweight Stivens …

Chad Dawson won the WBC light heavyweight title from Bernard Hopkins on Saturday, lasting through 12 grueling rounds of a rematch at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. From the start, ageless wonder Hopkins managed to do the one thing that would give him a chance to defeat his faster, stronger, taller …

American Paulie Malignaggi went to Ukraine on Sunday as an opponent for WBA welterweight titlist Yvacheslav Senchenko but managed to turn the tables on the local man, walking out of Donbass Arena in Donetsk with the WBA belt in his possession. Former IBF light welter champ Malignaggi had previously won …

WBC featherweight king Jhonny Gonzalez retained his title for the fourth time by turning back former champion Elio Rojas on Saturday night at Grand Oasis Resort in Cancun, Mexico. Gonzalez went into the clash sporting a string of knockout victories but Rojas proved to be capable of handling the power …

On Saturday night at El Paso, TX’s Don Haskins Center, Abner Mares punched his way into the super bantam ranks with a strong performance against veteran Eric Morel, capturing the vacant WBC belt. Having left the bantamweight ranks, where he had held the IBF, IBO and WBC Silver crowns, Mares …

WBA super middle king Karoly Balzsay turned back the ambitions of Dimitri Sartison this past Saturday on a massive fight card at the Sport and Congress Center in Schwerin, Germany. Both Balzsay and Sartison are veterans of the 168 pound European scene with Sartison having been a past holder of …

Towering Manchester area heavyweight Tyson Fury went into Odyssey Arena in opponent Martin Rogan’s hometown of Belfast on Saturday night and came away as the new owner of the Irish title. Fury remained undefeated at 18-0 (13), after starting out slowly behind a previously unseen southpaw stance. Rather than hinder …

An action-packed evening of boxing was showcased on Saturday night at the all-new Casino Miami Jai-Alai, which opened as Miami Jai-Alai in 1926 and just finished an 87-million casino expansion. This was the first boxing show at the historic Miami boxing venue since 2004.

One of Germany’s most popular boxers was back in action last night as Felix Sturm put his WBA middleweight crown at risk against Sebastian Zbik at Lanxess Arena in Cologne. Ex-Interim WBC beltholder Zbik was coming off a loss to full WBC champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr 10 months ago …