Lewis Crocker (22-0, 11 KOs) is the new IBF World welterweight champion. Crocker defeated on Saturday night in Belfast, Paddy Donovan (14-2), in a rematch, via split decision. Fight was for vacant IBF World title. Crocker dropped Donovan once in round three and once in round five. In end two judges saw him as winner […]
Naoya “Monster” Inoue (31-0, 27 KO) retained his undisputed super-bantamweight title, defeating clearly on points Uzbek challenger Murodjon Akhmadaliev (14-2, 11 KOs). All three judges scored the fight in favor of Inoue. Two of them scored 118:110 and one 117:111. Inoue kept his WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF belts. The four-weight world champion added that […]
Former world champion Ricky Hatton has died age of 46. His body was found at his home in Manchester on Sunday. A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: “Officers were called by a member of the public to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, at 6:45am today where they found the body of a 46-year-old man. “There […]
Terence Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) became first male boxer in four-belt era to win the undisputed title in three weight divisions. Crawford on Saturday night in Las Vegas dethroned Saul Canelo Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 KOs) and became undisputed champion in super-middleweight division. All three judges saw Crawford as winner (115:113, 115:113 and 116:112). Many doubted […]
Saul Canelo Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) and Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) both made weight ahead of their showdown on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Alvarez will defend his undisputed title in super-middleweight division against undefeated Crawford. Alvarez and Crawford made weight in separate rooms at Fontainebleau Las Vegas from the 18 fighters scheduled to […]
Hamsat Shadalov, Lazaro Alvarez and Arlen Lopez got convincing wins on points on Friday in Berlin. Shadalov (12-0) won via unanimous decision against Alex de la Rosa (10-1) in fight for WBA Mediterranean super-featherweight title. Shadalov dropped De la Rosa twice and the judges in end gave him clear point victory (98:90, 98:90 and 99:89). […]
Jai Opetaia (28-0, 22 KOs) will defend his IBF World cruiserweight title on November 2 in Gold Coast, Australia. He will face the official challenger, Huseyin Cinkara (23-0, 19 KOs), “Boxen1” reports. “I’m at the moment at highest point in my career and I want to be a world champion and make history. I will […]
Pat McCormack (8-0, 6 KOs) dominated and stopped Miguel Parra (25-6-1) of Mexico in the WBA World welterweight title eliminator held in Houghton le Spring, England on Saturday night. McCormack won every round and Parra decided no to come out of corner in round 10. “He was tough, kept coming, was small, but I broke […]
Eduardo Nunez (29-1, 27 KOs) defended his IBF World super-featherweight title, defeating on Saturday night in Mexico, Christopher Diaz-Velez (30-6, 19 KOs) via unanimous decision. Nunez dropped Diaz twice in round seven. In the end all three judges saw him as clear winner (117:109, 117:109 and 116:110). For Nunez was first title defense. He won […]
Osleys Iglesias (14-0, 13 KOs) stopped Vladimir Shishkin (16-2, 10 KOs) in round eight on Thursday night in Montreal, Canada in IBF title eliminator in super-middleweight division. Cuban dominated the fight and stopped former world challenger Shishkin in round eight. He defended also his IBO World super-middleweight title. “I was hungry,” Iglesias told The Ring. […]
