Victor Vykhryst (18-1) dominated on Wednesday against Mariusz Wach (39-13) in Budapest and defended his WBO Europe heavyweight title. Vykhryst won clearly via unanimous decision (100:88, 100:88, and 100:89). Show, which featured talented local fighters was organized in the centenary of birth of Hungarian boxing legend Laszlo Papp.
Carlos Adames (25-1-1, 18 KOs) defended his WBC World middleweight title on Saturday night in Orlando, USA. Adames defeated Austin Williams (20-2) via unanimous decision. All three judges saw Adames as clear winner (117:109, 117:109 and 118:108). Adames dropped Williams once in round two. For Adames was first fight since February last year, when he […]
Michael Conlan (20-4, 10 KOs) has decided to retire from boxing after loss on Friday night in Belfast against Kevin Walsh (20-0, 10 KOs) in the fight for WBC International featherweight title. Conlan lost via split decision (96:94, 93:97 and 96:94) and after the fight the 34-year-old announced his retirement. “It’s the end of the […]
IBF have ordered Etinosa Oliha (22-0, 10 KOs) to fight Shakiel Thompson (15-0, 11 KOs) for vacant middleweight world title, “Boxen 1” reports. Title became vacant after IBF decided to take it from Janibek Alimkhanuly, because of positive test result. The teams of Oliha and Thompson are ordered to negotiate. If the deal isn’t reached […]
Jaime Munguia (45-2, 35 KOs) is set to fight Jose Armando Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) for WBA World super-middleweight title on May 2 in Las Vegas, ESPN reports. Resendiz was supposed to defend the title against Jermall Charlo (34-0, 23 KOs). But Charlo withdrew from the fight, for undisclosed reasons. Charlo’s withdrawal came just hours […]
Jose Luis Navarro Jr. (17-2, 12 KOs) will face Oliver Zaren (19-0, 8 KOs) on May 23 in Madrid for vacant EBU European super-middleweight title. “This is a huge opportunity. Boxing for the European title in Madrid against a strong opponent like Navarro is exactly the kind of fight I have been working towards,” says […]
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 […]
