Jaron Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) retained his IBF World welterweight title, defeating Russia’s David Avanesyan (30-5-1) on Saturday night in Philadelphia. Ennis dropped Avanesyan with a counter right hand in fifth round. Avanesyan retired after five completed rounds. After the fight Ennis said that he wants now to face big names. “I felt off a […]
Michael Conlan (18-3-0) is preparing for one final attempt at achieving his world title dream. After an upset loss to Jordan Gill (27-2-1) and prior defeats to Luis Lopez (27-2-0) and Leigh Wood (25-2-0), the 32-year-old Irishman is evaluating new trainers, including Buddy McGirt, Stephen Smith and Grant Smith. Conlan is taking his time to […]
Terence Crawford, boasting a 40-0 record, is well known for his impressive victories, including knocking-out Shawn Porter after learning he was behind on the scorecard, and defeating Errol Spence Jr. to become an undisputed welterweight champion. However, at 36, after a year-long layoff and moving up in weight, Crawford faces a new challenge in unbeaten […]
Gennady Golovkin is not done fighting. While he may or may not return to the ring, he is now battling to keep boxing in the Olympics. As the head of Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee, Golovkin is working to ensure boxing remains part of the Games, especially with the IOC’s issues with the International Boxing Association. […]
Author: Zizi There are matches, that will never be forgotten, and there are boxing icons, who are going to stay with us for eternity. Oscar De La Hoya was not just a multiple world champion in different weight classes, the Mexican-American fighter became an icon for both nations and by the way he is still […]
Camille Estephan hopes super-middleweight contender Christian Mbilli will impress at Quebec’s Videotron Center in August, pressuring big names to fight him. Mbilli, 27-0 (23 KOs), faces Ukrainian veteran Sergiy Derevyanchenko on August 17 in a significant 10-round bout. Estephan believes a standout performance will show Mbilli belongs with Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia. Derevyanchenko, with […]
Unbeaten super-featherweight Angelo Pena (9-0) will have a major title fight on September 14 in “Mobiliar Arena” in Bern. Pena will face Japan’s Hiroki Hanabusa (13-2-5) for WBO Inter-Continental super-featherweight title. It’s the first time in many years that a WBO title fight will take place in Switzerland. “I’m very pleased that after a long […]
All action unbeaten German-Kosovan middleweight Bujar Tahiri (17-0-0), signed a long-term agreement with on of the main German boxing promotion companies Agon Sports, headed by Ingo Volckmann. The German promotion is guiding the career of boxers like: Jack Culcay (former world title challenger), William Scull (IBF super-middleweight mandatory), Etinosa Oliha (unbeaten IBO middleweight World Champion) […]
William Zepeda Seguera (31-0, 27 KOs) continued his impressive streak, stopping Giovanni Cabrera (22-2) in the third round on Saturday night in USA. The lightweight fight was scheduled for 12 rounds. Zepeda called for a world title fight next. He said he wants Vasyl Lomachenko, the IBF World champion in lightweight division. “I’m grateful for […]
Argentina’s Fernando Daniel Martinez (17-0) defeated Japan’s Kazuto Ioka (31-3-1) on Sunday in Kokugikan, thus unifying IBF and WBA world titles in super-flyweight. For IBF champion Martinez was first time since June last year. Martinez was in control of very entertaining fight and in the end all three judges saw him as winner. The scorecards […]
