Lara decisions Martirosyan, Charlo twins make history

WBA light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) defeated American challenger Vanes Martirosyan (36-2-1, 21 KOs) by unanimous decision on Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The pair met in November 2012 in a fight that ended in a technical draw. The end came when Martirosyan suffered a bad cut over his left eye from an accidental head-butt in the 9th round. Many thought that Lara deserved to win. This time they went all 12 rounds and the Cuban won by scores of…

Haye hammers Gjergjaj inside two rounds

British heavyweight David Haye (28-2, 26 KOs) easily halted previously unbeaten Arnold Gjergjaj (29-1, 21 KOs) inside two rounds on Saturday night at The O2 Arena in London.
Haye, a former heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion, floored the visitor with a big right after only 34 seconds.
Kosovo-born Gjergjaj, who resides in Switzerland, was down again at the end of the round, but the punch came after the bell had sounded and it wasn’t counted as a knockdown.
However, Haye dropped…

Lebedev halts Ramirez to unify world cruiserweight titles

WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (29-1, 22 KOs) stopped IBF champion Victor Emilio Ramirez (22-3-1, 17 KOs) in the second round of their unification clash on Saturday night at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.
Russia’s Lebedev dropped the Argentine with a barrage of head shots in the second round. Then, after Ramirez got back up, Lebedev unloaded more hard shots on him until referee Steve Smoger stopped the bout at 1:57 of the round.
With the win, Lebedev retained his WBA…