Slovenian boxer Ema Kozin (24-1-1) won WBC World and WBO World titles in super-welterweight division. 27-year-old defeated British fighter Hannah Rankin (13-7) on Saturday night in Manchester by split decision. The titles were vacant. After a 10 round fight, two judges gave the victory to Kozin, 96:94 and 98:92 and one gave win to Rankin […]
Olympic heavyweight champion Bakhodir Jalolov continued impressive streak in professional boxing. Jalolov on Friday night in Tashkent, Uzbekistan recorded the 14th stoppage victory in as many fights. Jalolov stopped South-African Chris Thompson (12-6-1) Iin first round. The show in Uzbekistan had many interesting fights. Albanian born Ermal Hadirbeaj (17-0-1) defended his WBC International title in […]
Adam Azim (10-0) is the new EBU European champion in super-lightweight division. Azim on Saturday night stopped the reigning champion Franck Petitjean (24-7-3) of France in 10th round and won the title. 21-year-old dropped Petitjean twice on the way to convincing victory. It was one of two EBU title fights that were held on Saturday’s […]
The Boxam Elite Tournament has finished with its 11 male finals in La Nucia where Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Spain and England shared the gold medals. Wales’ Scott Richards won a tournament in Spain in 2023 and the young talent tried to repeat that performance against Hungary’s Martin Virban at the flyweight (51kg). The Welsh boy […]
Spain’s Jennifer Fernandez delivered the main sensation in the women’s finals at the Boxam Elite Tournament in La Nucia, Spain. Spain’s Ganda Socko Coulibaly boxed over his previous level in the semi-finals at the welterweight (67kg) and the 19-year-old talent had the brave attempt to beat Morocco’s Abdelhaq Nadir. The Moroccan veteran was better in […]
All of the quarter-finals were held at the European U22 Boxing Championships in Budva, Montenegro in the fifth day of boxing. Boxers who were born in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are eligible to compete in the current European U22 Boxing Championships. The women’s and the men’s finals of the competition will be held after […]
Shakur Stevenson (21-0) won the vacant WBC lightweight title to become a three-division world champion when he unanimously outpointed Edwin De Los Santos (16-2) in Las Vegas, on Thursday night. Stevenson won world title also in super-featherweight and featherweight. Stevenson didn’t impress against Dos Santos. He landed jabs that scored, hinting at his capabilities. But […]
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will fight for undisputed heavyweight title on February 17 in Saudi Arabia. Briton Fury, is the WBC champion and Ukrainian Usyk holds WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO title. Winner of the contest in Riyadh will become first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999. The bout was scheduled to take place on […]
Next to the European U22 Boxing Championships, which is running in Budva, Montenegro this week, another competition is underway, the Boxam Elite Tournament. The President of the Spanish Boxing Federation, Mr. Felipe Martinez worked hard in the previous years to build up a strong reputation for his country in the boxing map. Several top countries […]
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has been ranked as number 10 in heavyweight ranking by World Boxing Council after great performance against WBC champion Tyson Fury (34-0-1). Ngannou narrowly lost on points to Fury on October 28 in Riyadh. For Ngannou was debut fight in professional boxing. He dropped Fury in third round, but […]
