After his heartbreaking Olympics loss, Aussie boxer Harry Garside faces a new challenge from a domestic rival eager for a big-money, winner-takes-all showdown. Garside’s shock defeat from Hungarian Richard Kovacs in the first round of the Paris Olympics left him devastated. A bronze medalist in Tokyo, Garside had his sights set on gold in Paris […]
Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed discussions for a potential fight between unbeaten three-division champion Shakur Stevenson (22-0-0) and top-ranked also unbeaten lightweight contender William Zepeda (31-0-0). The fight is being negotiated alongside Saudi Arabia’s powerbroker, Turki Alalshikh.“His Excellency is a huge fight fan and understands great fighters like Shakur Stevenson,” Hearn said at the Santa Monica […]
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 […]
Jaime Munguia (43-1-0), will make his comeback on September 20 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, facing unbeaten Erik Bazinyan (32-0-1). This will be Munguia’s first fight since his career’s initial defeat against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the undisputed super middleweight title in May at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena. Following the end of […]
One of the best ever competition days were held for the boxers from the Dominican Republic at the Paris Olympic Games where Yunior Alcantara and Cristian Javier Pinales both are now medallists. France’s European Champion Billal Bennama had a very difficult job in the Round of 16 of the men’s flyweight (51kg) against United States’ […]
Belgian star official Daniel Van de Wiele will officiate his 500th WBC title fight in Ukraine this weekend. He will be in charge of the fight between Serhii Radchenko and Andrej Pesic for vacant WBC Silver bridgerweight title. Van de Wiele’s journey with the WBC began in April 1988 with a WBC International fight. Four […]
