Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev (13-1, 10 KOs) affirmed his position as WBA mandatory challenger to undisputed champion in super-bantamweight Naoya Inoue, with a stoppage victory in third round over Ricardo Espinoza (30-5). Akmadaliev dropped Espinoza twice in round three of the fight held in Monte Carlo on Saturday night. After the fight he called out Inoue. […]
France’s Bruno Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) was never considered as serious threat for Mexican superstar and former world champion Jaime Munguia (44-2). In fact, he came up one weight class to face Munguia on Saturday night in Tijuana, Mexico. And Munguia started strongly. He dropped Surace with a powerful left on round two. But Surace […]
Japan’s Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) was planning to defend his undisputed title in super-bantamweight on Christmas Eve. But his opponent Sam Goodman (19-0) of Australia got injured, so the fight had to be rescheduled for January 24. Goodman’s gym announced on Saturday that he had cut his eye while sparring, with reports saying he […]
Ukraine’s Denys Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) is expected to defend his WBO World lightweight title on February 14 in New York against Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 9 KOs), “ESPN” reports. The deal is getting finalized and for Berinchyk will be the first title defense. He won the title in May this year defeating via split decision […]
WBC have ordered Christian Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs) to fight Jaime Munguia (44-1, 35 KOs) for Interim super-middleweight title.Decision was announced on Wednesday during WBC Convention in Hamburg, Germany. Munguia is scheduled to fight France’s Bruno Surace on Saturday in Mexico. Top Rank head Bob Arum, which handles Mbilli with Eye of the Tiger, would […]
Uisma Lima (13-1, 9 KOs) is the new IBO World super-welterweight champion. Lima defeated on Thursday night in Toronto, Canad, Sukhdeep Shing Bhatti (19-1) via unanimous decision in the fight for vacant title. He dominated the fight and all three judges saw him as clear winner (118:110, 118:110 and 119:109). Lima in April defeated Haro […]
Albanian Ermal Hadribeaj (20-0-1, 7 KOs) defended his WBC International super-welterweight title on Thursday night in Hamburg. Hadribeaj defeated Venezuelan Eddy Colmenares (9-2-1) via majority decision in a tough battle. Two judges saw Hadribeaj as winner (97:93) and one scored draw (95:95). Was one of seven WBC title fights held in show organized by Universum […]
Kubrat Pulev (32-3) is the new WBA “regular” heavyweight champion. Pulev on Saturday night in Sofia, Bulgaria defeated Mahmoud Charr (34-5) via unanimous decision. 43-year-old dominated the fight and in the end all three judges saw him as winner (117:111, 117:111 and 116:112). Kubrat Pulev showed respect to Charr after fight. “I would like to […]
Richardson Hitchins (19-0) is the new IBF World super-lightweight champion. Hitchins on Saturday night in San Juan, Puerto Rico dethroned Liam Paro (25-1) of Australia. Hitchins won via split decision (116:112, 116:112 and 111:117). “I was just hoping that they didn’t rob me,” said Hitchins in a post-match presser. “Once I figured out the timing […]
Rafael Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs) made Robeisy Ramirez (14-3) quit in a rematch for WBO World featherweight title. Fight held on Saturday night in Arizona, USA ended surprisingly in round 6. After Espinoza threw one jab in eye of Ramirez, Cuban signaled that he can’t continue. Until the stoppage two judges had Ramirez in front […]
