Category: Boxing

Erislandy Lara (19-2-2, 12 KOs) will defend his WBA light middleweight title against former IBF titleholder Ishe Smith (26-6, 12 KOs) on Friday December 12 at the Illusions Theater in San Antonio. Lara-Smith was originally set to meet on May 2, but La…

WBA Bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (24-2-1, 11 KOs) will face new challenger Javier Chacon (20-2, 5 KOs) on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on the undercard of the Nathan Cleverly-Tony Bellew rematch. McDonnell, 28, was due to def…

Anthony Crolla will challenge Richar Abril for the WBA lightweight title at the Phones 4U Arena in Manchester on January 23. Crolla has been pursuing a shot at Abril after a string of notable wins and received hometown advantage for his crack at the C…

IBF/WBO/WBA heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko (63-3, 53 KOs) scored a spectacular fifth round KO over previously unbeaten Kubrat Pulev (20-1, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at the 02 Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The 38-year-old Ukrainian champion produced yet a…

Middleweight contender Jorge Sebastian Heiland (25-4-2, 13 KOs) halted Matthew Macklin (31-6, 20 KOs) in the 10th-round on Saturday night at the 3 Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The Birmingham boxer found his range in the opener, rattling right hands into …

Unbeaten WBO light heavyweight world champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) defeated 49-year-old IBF and WBA light heavyweight world champion Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins (55-7-2, 32 KOs) by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision to unify the titles on Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Kovalev took control early, dropping Hopkins in the first round and pounded him throughout, winning  a shutout decision by scores of 120-107, 120-107, 120-106. …

Light heavyweight contender Bob Ajisafe was crowned MaxiNutrition Knockout champion after defeating late stand-in Matty Clarkson on Saturday night at Glow, Bluewater, Kent. Leeds boxer Ajisafe had been due to meet Travis Dickinson in the final, only f…

Amir Khan (29-3, 19 KOs) will be facing former two division world champion Devon Alexander (26-2, 14 KOs) on December 13 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Khan-Alexander was set to fight for the IBF welterweight title…

The winner of the eagerly awaited clash between British rivals Billy Joe Saunders (20-0, 11 KOs) and Chris Eubank Jr (18-0, 13 KOs) will get a shot at the WBO middleweight title. Saunders and Eubank Jr, who have engaged in a build-up filled with trash…

British middleweight Martin Murray (29-1-1, 12 KOs) scored a seventh round technical decision over Domenico Spada (39-6, 19 KOs) on Saturday night at the Salle des etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The bout was stopped at 1:19 of round seven due to…