Jose Valenzuela (14-2) dethroned Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (26-3-1) on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Valenzuela captured the WBA World super-lightweight title by defeating Cruz via split decision. Two judges saw Valenzuela as winner, scoring the fight 116:112 and one saw Cruz as winner (115:113). “I didn’t get desperate,” said Valenzuela, 25, who is trained by […]
Terence “Bud” Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) defeated Israil Madrimov (10-1-1) of Uzbekistan on Saturday night in Los Angeles, to become a four-division champion. Crawford won the WBA World super-welterweight title which was held by Madrimov and also WBO Interim World title.All three judges saw him as winner, although with a small margin. Two judges scored […]
Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) dropped Jared Anderson (17-1) three times on the way to a surprise stoppage victory on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Bakole from beginning was in command of the fight. He dropped Anderson once in first round and twice in round five, before stopping him standing in fifth. The fight was […]
Jaime Munguia (43-1-0), will make his comeback on September 20 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, facing unbeaten Erik Bazinyan (32-0-1). This will be Munguia’s first fight since his career’s initial defeat against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the undisputed super middleweight title in May at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena. Following the end of […]
Belgian star official Daniel Van de Wiele will officiate his 500th WBC title fight in Ukraine this weekend. He will be in charge of the fight between Serhii Radchenko and Andrej Pesic for vacant WBC Silver bridgerweight title. Van de Wiele’s journey with the WBC began in April 1988 with a WBC International fight. Four […]
China’s heavyweight star Zhilei Zhang has shown interest in a potential fight with Derek Chisora after witnessing Chisora’s recent victory over Joe Joyce. Chisora won by unanimous decision at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday, a win that might revive his career. In an attempt to taunt Joyce at their weigh-in, Chisora wore a mask depicting […]
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has ordered the IBF #1 super middleweight William Scull (22-0, 9 KOs) to face Russia’s, Vladimir Shishkin (16-0, 10 KOs) for the vacant IBF world title, previously held by Canelo Alvarez. Scull’s promoter, AGON Sports, and Shishkin’s promoter, Salita Promotions, have been given until August 27 to reach an agreement; […]
Former unified heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) is aiming for a significant rematch with Joseph Parker, provided he overcomes Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs) in his much-anticipated comeback fight at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 3 “My immediate focus is on Jarrell Miller; God willing, we secure […]
Claressa Shields (15-0) knocked out WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse early in second round on Saturday night, earning titles in fourth and fifth division. Shields, two-time Olympic champion, moved up two weight classes as a light-heavyweight and the fight was for WBC World light-heavy and heavyweight titles. Also for WBF heavyweight title. Shields prior held […]
Derek Chisora (35-13) beat Joye Joyce (16-13) on Saturday night in London in a great upset following 10 gruelling rounds between two British heavyweights. Chisora won via unanimous decision (96:94, 96:94 and 97:92). He dropped Joyce once in round nine. 40-year-old said after the fight that he isn’t thinking of retiring yet. He said Joyce […]
