Raymond Muratalla (24-0, 17 KOs) defended his IBF World lightweight title on Saturday night in Las Vegas. He defeated Andy Cruz of Cuba (6-1, 3 KOs), the Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo 2020, via majority decision. Two judges saw Muratalla as winner, scoring the fight 116:112 and 118:110, and one judge scored the fight as […]
Per-Ake Persson Former WBO cruiserweight champ Marco Huck (43-5-1) will return to action against an opponent to be announced February 14 at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle / Westfalen (Germany). Huck confirmed his return in his Facebook profile. In his announcement he said the training was hard and he asked fans to support him […]
Osleys Iglesias (14-0, 13 KOs) is expected to fight Pavel Silyagin (16-0-1, 7 KOs) for vacant IBF World super-middleweight title, “Ring Magazine” reports. Silyagin team have accepted the challenge and negotiations are underway between “Eye of The Tiger”, which represents Iglesias, and RCC Promotions, which represents Silyagin. IBF title became vacant after Terence Crawford retired […]
Cuba’s heavyweight prodigy Dainier Pero (12-0, 9 KOs) stopped Mario Aguilar (23-11, 19 KOs) in round two in Philadelphia on Saturday night. Aguilar retired after two rounds and didn’t come up to fight in round three. Pero is number 7 in WBA ranking and is aiming for bigger challenges. 26-year-old had a tough fight in […]
Heavyweight prodigy Moses Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) had to rescheduled his fight against Jermaine Franklin Jr (24-2) because of injury he sustained during training camp. Promoter Frank Warren announced that the fight that was supposed to be held on January 24 now will be rescheduled for March 28. Fight will be held in Manchester. “Moses […]
Mario Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) will face Ryan Garcia (24-2, 20 KOs) on February 21 in Las Vegas for the WBC World welterweight title. Barrios holds the title and for him will be first title defense since July last year when he had a draw against legend Manny Pacquiao but kept the title. For Garcia […]
Britain’s Dalton Smith (19-0, 14 KOs) is the news WBC World super-lightweight champion. Smith on Saturday night in Brooklyn, USA stopped champion Subriel Matias (23-3) in fifth round and won the WBC title. Smith was leading on the scorecards of two judges until round fifth. In fifth round after combination of powerful punches he dropped […]
Per-Ake Persson EBU lightweight champion Rafael Acosta (16-1) will not defend the title against Zelfa Barrett (34-3). Instead, a possible Acosta vs. Barrett fight will be for the vacant IBO title, reports Espabox Date and site have not been announced. The IBO has not confirmed the fight.
Per–Ake Persson EBU super-middle champ Troy Williamson (22-4-1) now has Spaniard Jose Luis Navarro Jr (17-2) as a mandatory challenger. Navarro Jr has thus relinquished the EBU Silver title and his defense against Damian Biacho scheduled for February 22 is cancelled. The EBU has set January 28 as the deadline for purse bids for the […]
Per-Ake Persson WBC Interim heavyweight champ Agit Kabayel (27-0, 19 KOs) stopped big Pole Damian Knyba (17-1) in round three in Oberhausen on Saturday night, overcoming a bad start in the first when he walked into a few hefty right uppercuts and was cut over the left eye. In the second round the champion, on […]
