Marko Calic (17-2, 10 KOs) got a big victory in Sopot, Poland on Saturday night. Calic defeated the local favorite Nikodem Jezewski (26-3-1) and claimed the WBC International bridgerweight title. Calic won via unanimous decision (98:92, 99:92 and 96:94) in the main fight of the show promoted by Krystian Kazyszka.
Murat Gassiev (33-2, 26 KOs) knocked-put Kubrat Pulev (32-4) in round six and captured the “regular” WBA World heavyweight title. Fight was held on Friday night in Dubai. 44-year-old Pulev was leading clearly on points until round six, when Gassiev KO-d him with a strong left. Pulev was the regular champion. In the same show […]
Per-Ake Persson Unbeaten Finnish super-middleweights Nikita Nystedt (4-0, 4 KO) and Anton Embulaev (10-0, 2 KO) meet with the national title at stake March 7 in Helsinki. Also on bill is middleweight Ilari Kujala (10-0) and cruiserweight Keni Aliu (7-1).
Per-Ake Persson German promotion company SES Boxing has two fighters ranked number one, one by the IBF and one by the WBO. At light heavyweight Michael Eifert (13-1) has been in this position since 2023 when he beat Jean Pascal and has just fought once since. However, according to a press release from SES the […]
Per–Ake Persson Bilel Jkitou (21-2) won the vacant EBU middleweight title and defended his WBC International title, defeating on Saturday night in Nanterre, France his countryman Diego Natchoo (31-4-5) by unanimous decision. Natchoo was down in the first but got up and gave Jkitou a tough fight to the end but lost on scores of […]
WBC ordered a fight between Moses Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) and Lawrence Okolie (22-1) as final eliminator in heavyweight division. Decision was taken and WBC annual meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. WBC ordered a fight between two British fighters, Joshua Buatsi (20-1, 13 KOs) and Ben Whittaker (10-0-1, 7 KOs) as final eliminator in light-heavyweight division.
Per-Ake Persson While EBU featherweight champ Cristobal Lorente (20-0-3, and 0-0-2 in his last two fights) has Englishman Liam Davies as mandatory challenger a rematch with Nathanael Collins (17-0-1) might be next as the WBC has ordered a rematch and this time it will an eliminator where the winner gets a shot at WBC featherweight […]
Isaac Cruz (28-3-2) dropped Lamont Roach (25-1-3) in round three on Saturday night in San Antonio, but the fight between them for WBC Interim World super-lightweight title ended in a majority draw. Cruz was deducted one point in round seven for a kidney punch and in the end two judges scored the fight as draw […]
Per-Ake Persson The undercard of Queensberry’s big show in Oberhausen (Germany) January 10 headlined by Agit Kabayel (28-2) vs. Damian Knyba (17-0) will feature another heavyweight fight of interest: Granit Shala (18-1) vs Croatian Petar Milas (19-1). Shala, promoted by Agon Sports, won the WBA Continental title in his last fight but lost to Oleksandr […]
Elif Nur Turhan (12-0, 8 KOs) of Turkiye claimed the IBF World lightweight title, dethroning Brazilian Beatriz Ferreira (8-1, 2 KOs) on Saturday night in Monte Carlo. Nur Turhan stopped Ferreira in round five. She dropped the Brazilian in round one and then again in round fight, and referee Diana Drews Milani decided to stop […]
