Former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has refused to rule out a possible return to the ring. The 48-year-old Klitschko, who last boxed in 2017, won 64 bouts and lost five – including his last two, to Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Klitschko wrote on social media on Thursday, where he neither denied or confirmed […]
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) says will be a “lot of hurt and pain” in the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk (22-0) on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the first fight between them, in May 18 for undisputed heavyweight title, Usyk won via split decision (114:113, 115:112 and 113:114). He dropped […]
Angelo Pena (10-0) will defend his WBO Inter-Continental super-featherweight title on December 26 in Bern. He will face South-Korean living in Canada, Gisu Lee (12-4). For Pena is the first title defense. He won the WBO Inter-Continental title on September this year, beating via unanimous decision Japan’s Hiroki Hanabusa. In co-main event Gabriela Timar (12-2) […]
Granit Shala (17-1, 6 KOs) defeated Daniel Dietz (13-1, 12 KOs) on Saturday night in Karlsruhe and took IBF International and IBO Inter-Continental heavyweight titles. Shala won via split decision. Two judges saw him as clear winner (117:111 and 116:112) and one saw Dietz as winner (115:113). Shala is part of AGON Sports and is […]
Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev (13-1, 10 KOs) affirmed his position as WBA mandatory challenger to undisputed champion in super-bantamweight Naoya Inoue, with a stoppage victory in third round over Ricardo Espinoza (30-5). Akmadaliev dropped Espinoza twice in round three of the fight held in Monte Carlo on Saturday night. After the fight he called out Inoue. […]
France’s Bruno Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) was never considered as serious threat for Mexican superstar and former world champion Jaime Munguia (44-2). In fact, he came up one weight class to face Munguia on Saturday night in Tijuana, Mexico. And Munguia started strongly. He dropped Surace with a powerful left on round two. But Surace […]
Japan’s Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) was planning to defend his undisputed title in super-bantamweight on Christmas Eve. But his opponent Sam Goodman (19-0) of Australia got injured, so the fight had to be rescheduled for January 24. Goodman’s gym announced on Saturday that he had cut his eye while sparring, with reports saying he […]
Ukraine’s Denys Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) is expected to defend his WBO World lightweight title on February 14 in New York against Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 9 KOs), “ESPN” reports. The deal is getting finalized and for Berinchyk will be the first title defense. He won the title in May this year defeating via split decision […]
WBC have ordered Christian Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs) to fight Jaime Munguia (44-1, 35 KOs) for Interim super-middleweight title.Decision was announced on Wednesday during WBC Convention in Hamburg, Germany. Munguia is scheduled to fight France’s Bruno Surace on Saturday in Mexico. Top Rank head Bob Arum, which handles Mbilli with Eye of the Tiger, would […]
Uisma Lima (13-1, 9 KOs) is the new IBO World super-welterweight champion. Lima defeated on Thursday night in Toronto, Canad, Sukhdeep Shing Bhatti (19-1) via unanimous decision in the fight for vacant title. He dominated the fight and all three judges saw him as clear winner (118:110, 118:110 and 119:109). Lima in April defeated Haro […]
