Xander Zayas (23-0, 13 KO) unified WBA World and WBO World super-welterweight titles. Zayas on Saturday night in San Juan, Puerto Rico defeated Abass Baraou (17-2) of Germany in a unification fight via split decision. Two judges scored fight 116:112 for Zayas and one scored 116:112 for Baraou. Baraou in the fight entered as WBO […]
Shakur Stevenson (25-0, 11 KOs) dominated and dethroned Teofimo Lopez (22-2, 13 KOs) and became four-division world champion. Stevenson on Saturday night in Madison Square Garden, New York produced a dominant performance and won via unanimous decision in the fight for WBO World super-lightweight title, which Lopez held. All three judges scored the fight 119:109 […]
Danish prodigy Jacob Bank (18-0, 10 KOs) is very near a world title fight. Bank on Saturday night in Kolding, Denmark stopped former world champion William Scull (23-2, 9 KOs) in round twelve and defended his WBO Global super-middleweight title. 24-year-old dominated the fight and dropped Scull twice in round six and was clearly leading […]
Josh Kelly (18-1-1, 9 KOs) is the new IBF World super-welterweight champion. Kelly on Saturday night in Newcastle dethroned Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-1), defeating him via majority decision. Two judges saw Kelly as winner (115:111, 114:113) and one scored the fight as draw (113:113). Kelly dropped Murtazaliev in round four, but the Russian then dropped Kelly […]
Per–Ake Persson Newly crowned WBO European heavyweight champion Viktor Faust (17-1) will defend the title against 46-year old Polish veteran Mariusz Wach (39-12) on March 25 in Budapest (Hungary). Faust won the title January 17 in Flensburg, Germany by knockout in 18 seconds over Macedonian Todorche Cvetkov (14-4) in a joke of a fight. Wach […]
Per-Ake Persson Spanish Heredia Promotions won purse bid in Rome on Wednesday for the fight for the vacant EBU welterweight title between ex-champ Samuel Molina (32-4-1) and Belgian Anes Messaoudi (17-0-1). Tundra Promotions, also from Spain, and Belgian promoter Yassine Maatala also bid on the fight. The numbers were not disclosed. Molina vs Messaoudi fought […]
Per-Ake Persson There’s been a late change of opponents for Danish super-middle Oliver Zaren (18-0) and Swedish light-heavy Costas Nanga (13-0) ahead of Saturday’s show in Kolding (Denmark). Zaren will now face Argentinian David Benitez (13-10) who step in for Mikalai Vesialou, who was unable to get a visa to leave Belarus. Vesialou is a […]
The IBF eliminator fight in heavyweight division between Frank Sanchez (25-1, 18 KOs) and Richard Torrez Jr. (14-0, 12 KOs) is expected to be held on March 28 in Las Vegas. Dan Rafael reports that the deal between teams was agreed and purse bid was canceled. Bout will be in undercard of Sebastian Fundora vs […]
Former two-time heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury (34-2-1, 24 KO) will return to the ring on April 11 in United Kingdom. He will face Russia’s Arslanbek Makhmudov (21-2, 19 KOs). Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority announced the fight on Wednesday. It will be streamed on Netflix and promoted by The Ring […]
Derek Chisora (36-13, 23 KOs) is expected to fight Deontay Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) on April 4 in London. The deal is close to being agreed, confirmed Wilder’s manager, Shelly Finkel. “We are in negotiations and it’s close”, Shinkel told “Skyy Sports”. A fight between Wilder and Chisora came as surprise, considering that two-time undisputed […]
