Anthony Joshuas (26-3) admits that failure to beat Swede Otto Wallin (26-1) on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia would be career-ending. Two-time world champion is aiming to win the third fight of 2023, after beating Jermaine Franklin Jr and Robert Helenius. Joshua has three career defeats to date, Andy Ruiz Jr inflicted his first loss […]
WBA light-heavyweight champion Dmitrii Bivol (21-0) will look to unify titles, when he meets on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, Britain’s IBO World champion Lyndon Arthur (23-1). It will be the only fight of the big event in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, that will be for title. “I saw Arthur’s fights versus Anthony Yarde and saw […]
Australian Jai Opetaia (23-0, 18KOs) was originally scheduled to defend his IBF World cruiserweight title belt against Britain’s Ellis Zorro (17-0, 7KOs) at the mega-gala in Saudi Arabia on December 23. But Zorro is not ranked by the IBF and the IBF has refused to allow this fight. Opetaia had to choose between the world […]
Mexican Yessica Nery Plata (30-2) defended her WBA Super World and WBC World light-flyweight titles. Plata on December 16 in Karlsruhe beat German Sarah Bormann (17-1) via split decision. Two judges gave the victory to Nery Plata (96:93 and 97:92) and one gave victory to Bormann (95:94). Nery Plata unified the WBA and WBC title […]
Bruno Surace (25-0-2) stopped Colombian living in Spain, Jhon Jader Obregon (11-1), in round twelfth on the fight for EBU Silver middleweight title. Fight was held in Aix-en-Provence, France on December 16. Surace was clear ahead on points coming in twelfth round. But he still managed to get a KO victory. In the same event […]
Patrick Cappai (8-0) won the WBC Youth Silver featherweight title. Cappai on Saturday night in Cagliari, Italy, beat Nicaraguan Darwing Martinez (8-17-2) via unanimous decision. Cappai was supposed to fight French Jeremy Bernardin. But Bernardin canceled at last moment cause of law problems. Martinez came as substitute and he made very good fight.
Francesco Grandelli (18-2-2) won EBU Silver featherweight title on December 16 in Torino, Italy. Grandelli stopped Belgian Stefan Voda (14-1) in round two of the main fight of the show that was promoted by Alessandro Cherchi. In the same show, Sandor Martin (42-3) of Spain KO’d Mohamed El Marcouchi (29-4) of Belgium in fourth round.
Egzon Maliqaj (14-1-1) is the new IBO International middleweight champion. 32-year-old beat Novak Radulovic of Serbia on December 16 in Klingnau, Switzerland by stoppage in ninth round. Kosovan-Swiss Maliqaj dropped Radulovic twice in ninth round and won his first title in professional boxing career. In undercard Angel Roque (7-0) won by TKO in sixth round […]
Jake Paul (8-1) scored a first-round KO victory over Andre August (10-2-1), on December 15 in Orlando, USA. Paul dropped August with a right uppercut and referee waved the bout off with 28 seconds remaining in the opening round. Paul is looking to establish himself as contender in cruiserweight division. “Set up my shot and […]
Josh Kelly (16-1-1) KO’d Colombian Placido Ramirez in third round of the fight held in Sunderland, UK on December 16. Fight was scheduled for 12 rounds. Kelly dropped Ramirez with big right uppercut in third round and Colombian couldn’t continue the fight. In undercard Dan Toward (2-0) got his second victory of professional boxing career. […]
