Jose Valenzuela (14-2) dethroned Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (26-3-1) on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Valenzuela captured the WBA World super-lightweight title by defeating Cruz via split decision. Two judges saw Valenzuela as winner, scoring the fight 116:112 and one saw Cruz as winner (115:113). “I didn’t get desperate,” said Valenzuela, 25, who is trained by […]
Atheyna Bylon made a history in the Paris Olympics, the former World Champion claimed Panama’s first ever medal in this level. Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman and Brazil’s Jucielen Romeu both qualified for the Tokyo and Paris Olympics as welland despite Romeu’s great efforts in the second round, the Turkish boxer surprisingly won their contest today. […]
Terence “Bud” Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) defeated Israil Madrimov (10-1-1) of Uzbekistan on Saturday night in Los Angeles, to become a four-division champion. Crawford won the WBA World super-welterweight title which was held by Madrimov and also WBO Interim World title.All three judges saw him as winner, although with a small margin. Two judges scored […]
Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) dropped Jared Anderson (17-1) three times on the way to a surprise stoppage victory on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Bakole from beginning was in command of the fight. He dropped Anderson once in first round and twice in round five, before stopping him standing in fifth. The fight was […]
Australia’s Charlie Senior, Mexico’s Marco Verde and Great Britain’s Lewis Richardson earned their nations first boxing medal in the Paris Olympics. Busenaz Cakiroglu is Turkey’s best weapon in the boxing venue in this Olympic Games following Surmeneli’s loss today. The Tokyo silver medallist Turkish was a hard target for Finland’s Pihla Kaivo-Oja and she managed […]
