Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and president of the Saudi Boxing Federation, announced that there will be a bonus for a knockout, in the fight for undisputed super-middleweight title between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) and Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs). Canelo will face Crawford on September 13 in Las Vegas. […]
Jaron “Boots” Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) has confirmed that he will move up from welterweight to super-welterweight division. The WBA/IBF World welterweight title holder is expected to make debut at super-welterweight in early fall this year. “It’s time,” Ennis stated on his verified Instagram account. “154. Y’all said this where the smoke at, right? Let’s […]
Brian Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KO) stopped Jin Sasaki (19-2-1, 17 KOs) in round five and retained the WBO World welterweight title. Norman Jr. stopped Sasaki with a powerful left hook at 0:46 in round five. Unbeaten champion started fast and dropped Sasaki twice in round one. Sasaki beat the count and tried to fight, […]
Former super-welterweight champion Jaime Munguia (45-2, 35 KOs) could face disciplinary action, after his B-sample came back positive for a banned substance following his May 3 unanimous decision victory over Bruno Surace (26-1-2) in the rematch. Munguia’s victory could be overturned to a no-contested and he might face from 6 months to one year suspension. […]
Oliver Zaren (17-0, 7 KOs) has continued his unbeaten run. 25-year-old defeated on Saturday in Copenhagen, Joseph Maigwisya (14-4) of Tanzania via unanimous decision. All three judges saw Zaren as clear winner (99:90, 100:89 and 100:88). Zaren is moving closer to a fight for a title. In undercard Melissa Mortensen (6-0) defeated Halima Vunjabei (16-14-1) […]
Filip Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KOs) will face David Adeleye (14-1, 13 KOs) on August 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fight will be on the same show where Moses Itauma (12-0) will face Dillian Whyte (31-3). Hrgovic is looking to bring himself again in a position to fight for a world title. His only defeat he […]
Former four-division world champion, Nonito Donaire (43-8, 28 KOs) put himself in position to fight again for a world title.42-year-old on Saturday night in Buenos Aires, Argentina defeated Andres Campos (17-3-1) of Chile and won the WBA Interim World bantamweight title. Fight was stopped on round nine due to cut in right eyebrow of Donaire, […]
Richardson Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) defended his IBF World super-lightweight title on Saturday night in New York, stopping George Kambosos Jr. (22-4, 10 KOs) in round eight. For Hitchins was first title defense. He won the title in December last year, beating Liam Paro via unanimous decision. Hitchins after win over Kambosos called out Devin […]
Abdullah Mason (19-0, 17 KOs) is expected to fight Sam Noakes (17-0, 15 KOs) for the vacant WBO World lightweight title. Title became vacant after Keyshawn Davis cause former champion Keyshawn Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) was overweight and his fight on last weekend with Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) was canceled. WBO ordered […]
Moses Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) will fight Dillian Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs) on August 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the “Sky Sports” reported. 20-year-old Itauma has won 12 of his professional fights until now, 10 of them by knockout. Whyte would be bigger test for him.
