Month: October 2015

WBC lightweight champion Jorge Linares (40-3, 27 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Mexican Ivan Cano (23-7-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday night at the Poliedro in Caracas, Venezuela.
Linares dropped Cano twice, once in the third round and then in the fourth.
The Venezuelan dominated the action from the opening bell, connecting shots to head and body. In the second, Cano went on the attack and landed a right hand but Linares was soon in charge again and blasted Cano to the deck in the third round with…

WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (29-0, 12 KOs) demolished American Diego Magdaleno (28-2, 12 KOs) in two rounds on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester.
Flanagan dropped Magdaleno three times in second round before the referee waved off the one-sided bout with the challenger taking more punishment on the ropes.
The Manchester man claimed the belt in July when he defeated Jose Zepeda, who had to quit with a dislocated shoulder after two rounds, but he defended it in…