Month: March 2016

Unbeaten heavyweight Luis Ortiz (25-0, 22 KOs) stopped two-time world title challenger Tony Thompson (40-7, 27 KOs) in the 6th round on Saturday night at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.
The 36-year-old Ortiz, nicknamed “The Real King Kong,” knocked down his opponent three times en route to a dominant knockout win.
Cuban-born Ortiz, now based in Miami, dropped Thompson with an overhand left in the first round and the American barely beat the count.
Ortiz connected with more hard, accurate…

Lucas Browne (24-0, 21 KOs) scored a 10th round stoppage aganist Ruslan Chagaev (34-3-1, 21 KOs) to win the WBA heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Colosseum Sport Hall in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
Browne got off the canvas in the sixth round to dethrone the defending champion from Uzbekistan, who was making the second defence in his second world title reign.
The taller Browne worked the jab from the outside in the early rounds but southpaw Chagaev soon started to land hard shots and…