Unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) wants to fight next the former WBC World champion Deontay Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs). Usyk described Wilder as his “first option”. Ukrainian made history stopping Daniel Dubois in Wembley in July, becoming two-time undisputed champion in heavyweight division. He was undisputed also in cruiserweight division. Usyk […]
Per–Ake Persson German former EBU light-heavy champ Conny Velensek has passed away at the age of 82. Velensek won the EBU title in 1971 with a split decision over Piero Del Papa and retained it later the same year with a draw against Chris Finnegan in Berlin but lost the rematch in Nottingham in 1972. […]
Teofimo Lopez (22-1, 13 KOs) is set to face Shakur Stevenson (24-0, 11 KO) on January 31. Fight will be for WBO World super-lightweight title, which Lopez holds. Fight will be in New York and will be livestreamed in DAZN. The announcement was made by Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority […]
Unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KO) has been pulled from Saturday scheduled unification fight against WBA champion Erislandy Lara, after he tested positive for a banned substance. The WBO and IBF World champion tested positive for banned substance meldonium in test taken on November 15 by VADA. Alimkhanuly proclaimed his innocence. “I have […]
Olympic gold medal winner Erislandy Alvarez (6-0, 2 KO) survived a shock moment and defeated via unanimous decision Mexican, Rogelio Osvaldo Jimenez Laguna, in the main fight of event held in Varadero, Cuba on Saturday night. In round nine Alvarez was dropped by Jimenez, but he controlled the fight and in end judges saw him […]
Ben Whittaker (10-0-1, 7 KOs) defeated Benjamin Gavazi (19-2) with a brutal KO in first round and won the WBC Silver light-heavyweight title.Whittaker took control from the beginning and dropped Gavazi twice. He hit Gavazi with a brutal right 2:15 minutes in first round and referee waived the fight off immediately.For “Surgeon” was the first […]
Per-Ake Persson Tatiana Perez (6-0-1) won the vacant EBU minimumweight title with a unanimous decision over Belgian Amy Naert (12-6). After ten it was scored 99-91 on all cards for Perez. In the chief support, in a fight for the vacant WBC Baltic light-heavyweight title, Ukrainian, fighting out of Lithuania, Bohdan Sobol (19-1-1) stopped Sweden’s, […]
Per-Ake Persson Englishman Jack Scott (20-3) outscored Austrian Harald Pfingstl (18-1) in a fight for the WBC Asian (no joke) light-heavyweight title. Fight was held on Saturday night in Bangkok, Thailand. Judges scored 98-92 twice and 100-90, all in favor of Scott. For Pfingstl was first loss in career.
Per-Ake Persson Lithuanian welterweight Egidijus Kavaliauskas (25-3-1) won the EBU title with a split and according to Spanish sources a controversial decision over defending champion Samuel Molina (32-4-1). After twelve rounds of boxing the judges had it 115-113 twice for Kavaliuskas and 115-114 for Molina.
Per-Ake Persson Light-heavy Jean Claude Mifsud, with only three recorded fights, stopped Swede living in Malta for some years, Niclas Elfstedt (14-3-1) who didn’t come out for the eleventh round due to an injured rib. Mifsud (3-0) was ahead on points. This was for the vacant WBU light heavyweight title. Super-welter Clarence Goyeram (9-0) knocked […]
