Jon Fernandez (29-3, 23 KOs) has defended his EBU European super-lightweight title by defeating on Saturday night in Bilbao, Somay Bilal (18-2, 6 KOs) of Netherlands. Fernandez won via unanimous decision. For him was the first title defense. He won the title in November last year, stopping Armando Casamonica in round five. In co-main event […]
Anthony Cacace (25-1, 9 KOs) defeated James Dickens (36-6, 15 KOs) on Saturday night in Dublin and won the WBA World super-featherweight title. Cacace won via unanimous decision. Judges scored the fight 116:112, 115:113 and 116:112 in his favor. For Cacace it’s second time that he won major title in super-featherweight division. He won the […]
Angelo Pena’s (13-0, 7 KOs) fight against Salvador Jimenez (15-2-1, 6 KOs) on April 3 will be for two titles. Pena will defend his WBO Inter-Continental superfeatherweight title, but also will be fought for IBF Inter-Continental title. “Angelo is getting impatient; he really wants to box abroad this year,” says Pena’s promoter Leander Strupler. “Despite […]
Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KOs) lost his IBF World middleweight title due to multiple violations, including failed doping test and inability to satisfy his mandatory title defense obligation. Alimkhanuly still holds WBO World title. Kazakh was pulled from a middleweight unification fight with WBA champion, Erislandy Lara, four days before they were set to meet […]
IBF mandatory light-heavyweight title fight between Dmitrii Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) and Michael Eifert (13-1, 5 KOs) is expected to be held on May 23 in The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, “Boxen1.com” reports. Teams have reached an agreement and fight will be in undercard of clash between Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) and Rico […]
Jai Opetaia (30-0, 23 KOs) defeated Brandon Glanton (21-4, 18 KOs) via unanimous decision on Sunday night in Las Vegas, in the fight for inaugural Zuffa World cruiserweight title. All three judges scored the fight 119:106 in favor of Opetaia. “It was all right,” Opetaia said. “I knew Brandon was going to be tough as […]
Juanfe Gomez (16-2-1) defeated Francesco Paparo (12-2-1) on Saturday night in Milan, and captured EBU Silver super-featherweight title. Paparo and Gomez were fighting for vacant title. Gomez won a close fight via split decision. Two judges scored the fight 115:113 in his favour, and one saw Paparo as winner (115:113). In co-main event Christian Mazzon […]
Denmark’s Oliver Zaren (19-0, 8 KOs) will face Spain’s Jose Luis Navarro Jr. (17-12, 12 KOs) for EBU supermiddleweight title. “Primetime Boxing) announced that Navarro’s team won the purse bid and the fight will likely be held in Madrid, Spain. Date of the fight is yet to be announced. Navarro’s team offered 117,113 euro and […]
Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) will face Junto Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs) on May 2 in Tokyo Dome. The fight between the two superstars of Japan will be for undisputed super-bantamweight title, which Inoue holds. “Naoya Inoue is set to defend his UNDISPUTED junior featherweight world titles against Junto Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome on […]
Emanuel Navarrete (40-2-1, 33 KOs) has unified WBO World and IBF World super-featherweight titles, defeating on Saturday night in Glendale, USA, Eduardo Nunez (29-2, 27 KO) via stoppage in round eleven. Navarrete was clearly leading on points on cards of three judges. Nunez was unable to continue in round eleven because of swollen eye. Navarrete […]
