Last night in the American city of Omaha, WBO light welter champ Terence Crawford, 27-0 (19), made the first defense of his crown with a good performance against challenger Dierry Jean, 29-2 (20). Montreal based Jean had unsuccessfully challenged for the IBF 140 lb title in 2014 and as a …
Read More »Brant Stays Undefeated After ShoBox Fiirewalk Against Rose
On a night when five of the six fighters were making their debuts on ShoBox: The New Generation, newcomers Rob “Bravo” Brant and Jarrell ‘Big Baby” Miller remained undefeated and the one ShoBox returnee, Samuel “The Main Event” Clarkson, won his seventh in a row Friday live on Showtime at …
Read More »World Weekend Boxing Roundup: Golovkin Hammers Lemieux
It was target practice for WBA/Interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin as “GGG” belted IBF titlist David Lemieux around the ring for eight rounds at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. From the start of the bout, Golovkin kept the shorter Canadian fighter at a distance with …
Read More »Andrezej Fonfara Wins Light Heavy Slugfest Against Cleverly In Chicago
Hometown-favorite Andrzej Fonfara (28-3 16 KOs) out-slugged former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs) over 12 grueling rounds on his way to a unanimous decision on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Fonfara and Cleverly exchanged punches throughout the night with neither man …
Read More »World Weekend Boxing Roundup: Postol, Broner, Pedraza Win
It was a good Saturday night at the fights at two locations in America and we kick off this week’s report at the outdoor venue StubHub Center in Carson, California. That’s where upstart contender Viktor Postol, 28-0 (12), shocked former world title challenger Lucas Matthysse, 37-4 (34), with a tenth …
Read More »World Weekend Roundup: Wilder, Estrada, Chudinov Victorious
This biggest fight to occur this weekend was a WBC heavyweight title clash between champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Johann Duhaupas at Legacy Arena in the American city of Birmingham. From the first bell, Wilder, who has now made two defenses, both in his hometown, was the quicker man. The …
Read More »World Weekend Roundup: Mayweather Wins Grand Finale
There were a brace of good fights this weekend but the big story was Floyd Mayweather Jr’s self proclaimed final appearance, which took place against opponent Andre Berto on Saturday at MGM Grand in America’s fight capitol of Las Vegas. Statistically, Mayweather was far more accurate than Berto and as …
Read More »Austin Trout KO’s “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez In Hollywood
Former world champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout, (30-2, 17 KOs) scored a sensational sixth round knockout over contender Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez, (24-4-1,14 KOs) on Tuesday night in the main event debut of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and Fox Deportes’ Toe-To-Toe Tuesdays from a packed house at the Hollywood …
Read More »World Weekend Roundup: McDonnell, Braehmer, Dirrell, Warrington Win
It was a very one-sided weekend across the globe with four world titles on the line and only one of those was a test for the defensing champion. We kick things off at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, USA where WBA champion Jamie McDonnell bid farewell to the …
Read More »World Weekend Boxing Results: Santa Cruz Outfights Mares
In one of the biggest fights this summer, the featherweight bragging rights of Southern California were won by Leo Santa Cruz, who defeated Abner Mares in a thrilling back and forth firefight at Staples Center in the American city of Los Angeles on Saturday night. Former three-weight world champ Mares …
Read More »Bryan Stays Undefeated With ShoBox Slugfest Victory Over Rossy
On a hot summer August night, in a specially-constructed ring outside the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, Trevor “The Dream” Bryan remained unbeaten and passed the toughest test of his career with a crowd-pleasing, hard-fought 10-round unanimous decision over Derric Rossy in the main event of a ShoBox: The New …
Read More »Craig Docherty Stops Michael Kelly To Secure WBU Crown
Scottish Promoter Thomas Melville made his intentions clear for all to see with his debut event on Saturday night, even with seriously major dramas leading up to the event. Heading up the show was Glasgow’s former Commonwealth Champion Craig Docherty against Dundalk, Ireland’s Michael Kelly for the vacant WBU Super …
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