Fight Results
Undefeated rising super featherweight contender Mario Barrios (16-0, 8 KOs) defeated former title challenger Devis Boschiero (39-5-1, 21 KOs) by unanimous decision (120-107 on all three cards) in the 12-round main event of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN and ESPN Deportes from Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey. From the opening bell, Barrios…
Capping off a massive fight card at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday evening, heavyweight Anthony Joshua won his battle of the giants with Dominic Breazeale, retaining the IBF title for the first time. From the start, Joshua reinforced his credentials as an undefeated world champion, using a blistering jab to attack and control Breazeale, who…
As the world mourns the loss of Muhammad Ali, Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes telecast began with a “Ceremonial 10-Count” in memory of “The Greatest” and continued to pay tribute to him throughout the telecast that was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between hard-hitting Russian Olympian Artur Beterbiev…
Undefeated lightweight world champion Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KOs) defeated former world champion Mickey “The Spirit” Bey (22-2-1, 10 KOs) by split decision (117-110, 116-111, 110-117) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike Friday night at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida….
The action this weekend was in the UK, with Ricky Burns returning to the world stage on Saturday in Scotland and Tony Bellew ascending to that level for the first time in England on Sunday. Ex-WBO super feather/lightweight champion Burns, 40-5-1 (14), tangled with current European light welter king Michele Di Rocco, 40-2-1 (18), for…
There were a handful of world title bouts that took place over the weekend with the biggest fight card happening at The Cosmopolitan in America’s boxing capital, Las Vegas on Saturday evening. There were three light middleweight world titles along with one at cruiserweight, on the line in that venue’s Chelsea Ballroom, with the Charlo…
Determined Phoenix middleweight Andrew “Hurricane” Hernandez shocked heavy favorite Arif “The Pedator” Magomedov in Friday’s main event on the “Knockout Night at the D” card, which aired live on CBS Sports Network from under the neon lights at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC) outdoor venue. The “Knockout Night at the D” series, presented…
With chilling efficiency, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez retained his WBC middleweight title by turning the ambition of challenger Amir Khan into dust with a single right hand on Saturday night at Las Vegas’ brand new T-Mobile Arena. Coming up from the welterweight division, Khan had been in control of the contest during the first four rounds,…
Undefeated contender Kanat Islam (21-0, 18 KOs) stopped Colombia’s Juan De Angel (18-4-1, 17 KOs) in the sixth round of Sunday night’s main event on Premier Boxing Champions: The Next Round on Bounce TV from the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Florida. The rising 154-pounder from Kazakhstan stopped his ninth straight opponent inside the distance when…
Christopher Brooker won an eight round unanimous decision over Antowyan Aikens that headlined a 10-bout card at a nearly sold-out 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia on Saturday. The card was promoted by King’s Promotions In round one, both boxers were cut from an accidental headbutt; Brooker over the left eye and Aikens over the right….
The top fight card over the weekend took place at the Armory in America’s capital Washington DC, as WBC super middle champ Badou Jack tangled with former IBF titlist Lucian Bute. Bute started the contest on overdrive, presenting a constantly moving target and throwing lots of punches. The challenger took the early rounds by outworking…
British Boxing took a big step forward this weekend with Anthony Joshua destroying IBF champion Charles Martin at the O2 Arena in London, England and the UK now boasts two world champions in the heavyweight division. The 6’5 tall Martin was awarded the vacant title earlier this year in less than adversarial circumstances when his…