A fight between Naoya Inoue (26-0, 23KO) and Luis Nery (35-1, 27KO) is scheduled for May 6 in Tokyo, with the Japanese fighter’s undisputed super-bantamweight title on the line. Nery, however, is notorious in Japan for not always being able to make the mandatory weight limit, so the Japanese side has decided that in the […]
Unbeaten Denys Berinchyk (18-0-0) of Ukraine will face Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1) for the vacant WBO lightweight title at San Diego’s Pechanga Arena on May 18. Navarrete, reigning super-featherweight champion, move up in weight following a draw with Robson Conceicao. Berinchyk secured his title shot after defeating Anthony Yigit last August. Berinchyk’s promoter, Alexander Krassyuk, expressed […]
Double world champion in amateurs and Olympic silver medalist, Beatriz Ferreira (5-0), has won her first world title in professional boxing. 31-year-old from Brazil defeated Yanina del Carmen Lescano (14-4) of Argentina in the fight for IBF World lightweight title. Fight was held in Liverpool on Saturday (April 27). Fight was stopped in sixth round […]
The first part of the U22 quarter-finals were featured in the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan today. Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Timor Leste, Chinese Taipei, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are […]
The first part of the U22 quarter-finals were featured in the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan today. Kazakhstan’s Yernar Karap had a tough start in the ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships but he was more focused on his second appearance in Astana against Bhutan’s Migma Dorji. The Kazakh minimumweight (48kg) […]
Turkish-German boxer Huseyin Cinkara (22-0) has earned a shot at IBF World cruiserweight title with his victory on Saturday night (April 27) over Kosovan Armend Xhoxhaj. The fight held in Nuremberg was IBF eliminator. Cinkara stopped Xhoxhaj (18-4) in the second round of the fight. He dropped Xhoxhaj once in second round. Xhoxhaj got up […]
Eleven countries claimed already medals in the third competition day at the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan today. Kyrgyzstan’s Sadyr Rakhmanberdiyev had a strong start in the first round against Chinese Taipei’s Zheng Yu Ju and he had the advantage in all of the judges’ scorecards. The Kyrgyz middleweight (75kg) […]
Philippines’ Robert Malunoc Jr. impressed in the fifth session of the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan today. Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Timor Leste, Chinese Taipei, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are […]
Former two-division champ Luis Nery (35-1-10) acknowledges the odds but eyes a Tokyo upset, like Buster Douglas did against Mike Tyson at Tokyo Dome in 1990. Facing pound-for-pound king Naoya “Monster” Inoue (26-0-0) on May 6, Nery aims to snatch the super-bantamweight crown. Inoue – Nery headlines Tokyo Dome’s first boxing event since Tyson’s upset […]
Author: Zizi There are matches, which are never to be forgotten, and there are boxing icons, who are going to stay with us for eternity. When people think about the heavyweight champions, they usually imagine the biggest, toughest guys in the king division. Well, we can find many examples of these kind of fighters, however […]
