Per-Ake Persson Germany Croatian heavyweight Petar Milas (20-1) scored the biggest win of his ten-year career by stopping German Granit Shala (18-2) 1.29 of the tenth round and won the IBF International title on Saturday night in Oberhausen, Germany. Shala showed quick hands but was outworked by Milas, who appeared to be in excellent shape […]
Per-Ake Persson Cuban Jadier Herrera (18-0) based in Dubai, stopped Panamanian veteran Ricardo Nunez (26-8) to win the WBC interim title in the eighth round but it wasn’t easy. Herrera, a southpaw, looked good in the first but late in the round he was off balance and got caught by a right hand and went […]
Per-Ake Persson Cruiserweight Oronzo Birardi (10-0) opened Queensberry´s (along with Goldstar and Top Rank) big show at the Rudolf Weber Arena in Oberhausen on Saturday night by knocking out Serbian Miloslav Savic (9-11-1) 59 seconds into the fourth round. It was scheduled for ten. WBA Intercontinental middleweight champ Gleb Bakshi (6-0) impressed in stopping Mexican […]
Per-Ake Persson Lithuanian welter Evgidijus Kavaliauskas (25-3-1) has relinquished the EBU title. The EBU had set purse bids for January 8 for Kavaliuskas’ mandatory defence against Belgian Anas Messaoudi (17-0-1). The winner of a Kavaliauskas vs Messaoudi fight would then have Spaniard Samuel Molina as a mandatory challenger. Molina (25-3-1) lost the title to Kavaliauskas […]
Per-Ake Persson German Agon Sports, headed by Ingo Volckmann, staged seven shows during 2025. Two in Cuba, two at home in Germany, one in Benghazi (Libya), one in Buenos Aires and one in Madrid. For 2026 the year begins with a big heavyweight showdown as IBF International champ Granit Shala (18-1) defends the title against […]
Per-Ake Persson The now 42-year-old Dutchman Nieky “The Natural” Holzken (15-1 in pro boxing) goes for the vacant WBF super middleweight title against German Besir Ay (20-2) on February 7 in Helmond, Netherlands. Holzken lost to Callum Smith back in 2018 in what was the semi-final of the WBSS tournament (and also for the WBC […]
Per-Ake Persson Colombian great Bonifacio Avila has passed away at the age of 75, reports the Spanish edition of ESPN. Avilia fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich and then turned pro fighting all over the world until 1979 when he retired with a record of 17-9-3. Avila fought Ayub Kalule in Denmark, “Tap Tap” […]
Per-Ake Persson German super-welter Slawa Spomer (20-1) is back in the ring on February 7 in Dietikon (Switzerland) in what will be his first fight since getting stopped by Xander Zayas at the Madison Square Garden in New York on February 14, 2025. Who Spomer will fight isn’t announced yet. He had his big break […]
Per-Ake Persson Swedish light-heavy Constantino Nanga (13-0) will meet German Alpay Yaman (17-5) on the undercard to Jacob Bank vs. William Scull on January 31 in Kolding (Denmark). For Nanga it is his debut for his new promoter, Primetime Promotions. He stopped badly faded veteran Serhiy Demchenko (25-20-1) in Spain on October 4 of last […]
Amando Serrano (48-4-1, 31 KOs) has defeated Reina Tellez (13-1-1) by unanimous decision in Saturday night in San Juan in the fight for WBA World and WBO World featherweight titles. Titles were at stake only for Serrano since Tellez was overweight. In a very attractive fight Serrano won on judges scorecards (97:93, 98:92 and 97:93). […]
