Former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) halted Mariusz Wach (31-2, 17 KOs) in the 12th round on Wednesday night at the Basket Hall Arena in Kazan, Russia.
Povetkin dominated the action from the first bell and connected with hard shots in the second and third rounds.
Wach did have some success, landing a overhand right towards the end of the fourth round which cut Povetkin above his left eye, but the Russian remained in command and took the fight to his Polish opponent…
Eubank Jr halts Jeter with ease
WBA interim middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr (20-1, 15 KOs) halted overmatched American Tony Jeter (20-5-1, 14 KOs) in the second round on Saturday night at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield.
The Brit fighter dropped Jeter with a left hook in the first round and as soon as the second had started he was on the attack again, unleashing more hard shots before referee Howard Foster intervened at 0:29 of the round.
Next, Eubank will fight Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan on December 12 in a final…
James DeGale to make first defence against Lucian Bute in Canada
IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale (21-1, 14 KOs) will defend his title against former champion Lucian Bute (32-2, 25 KOs) on November 28 at the Videotron Center in Quebec, Canada.
DeGale became the first Briton Olympic gold medalist to win a world title when he outpointed Andre Dirrell for the vacant belt in Boston last May. And now the 29 year old must travel again for his first defence when he faces Bute, who held the IBF title for five years before losing to Carl Froch in…
Klitschko v Fury postponed
WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s world title defence against Britain’s Tyson Fury on October 24 in Dusseldorf, Germany has been postponed.
Ukrainian Klitschko has pulled out due to a tendon tear in the left calf. A new date will be announced next week and the fight will remain at the same venue.
Klitschko said: “I’m sorry to inform you that I have to postpone my fight against Tyson Fury due a minor injury. I’m working hard to reschedule the fight and as soon as I know…
Kell Brook to defend against Diego Chaves on October 24
Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) will make the third defence of his IBF world welterweight title against Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) on October 24 at the Motorpoint Arena in his hometown of Sheffield.
Brook, 29, stopped Jo Jo Dan in March and Frankie Gavin in May to retain the title he took from Shawn Porter just over a year ago. Next he faces Argentine brawler Chaves, who has a good chin and can bang.
Chaves, 29, is 1-2-1 in his last four bouts, but those defeats have come against the best in the…
Yoan Pablo Hernandez-Victor Emilio Ramirez set for October 2
IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) will defend his title against former WBO champion Victor Emilio Ramirez (22-2, 17 KOs) on October 2 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hernandez, a native of Cuba, now residing in Germany, has not fought since his points win over Firat Arslan in August 2014, mainly due to a right elbow injury. But following repeated delays, the southpaw will now travel to the challenger’s home country and make his fifth title defence.
Ramirez outpointed…
Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders postponed again
Andy Lee’s WBO middleweight title defence against Billy Joe Saunders on October 10 in Manchester, has been postponed for a second time after the challenger suffered a cut eye in sparring.
The fight had already been rescheduled from September 19 in Limerick, when Lee picked up a virus last month that disrupted his preparation, and now it is off again due to the injury to Saunders.
“First of all I’m sorry to Andy and all the fans that this fight has had to be postponed again,” said Saunders….
Garcia dismantles Malignaggi in 9th round stoppage win
Former unified light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) scored a 9th round stoppage over fellow American Paulie Malignaggi (33-7, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The unbeaten Garcia, who has now moved up to welterweight, punished former two-division world champion Malignaggi with his hard shots from the start and cut him over the right eye.
Any punch that Malignaggi did land, Garcia shook them off and continued his assaults. Malignaggi…
Demetrius Andrade stripped of WBO light middleweight title
Demetrius Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) has been stripped of his WBO light middleweight title after 13 months of inactivity.
The 2008 US Olympian won the belt when he outpointed Vanes Martirosyan in November 2013 and defended it by stopping British challenger Brian Rose in the seventh round in June 2014. But now the WBO have stripped him of the title for failing to defend it since.
He was supposed to defend his title against Jermell Charlo last December, but Andrade turned down the purse…
WBA orders Perez-Crolla rematch after controversial draw
The WBA have ordered lightweight champion Darleys Perez (32-1-1, 20 KOs) to face British contender Anthony Crolla (29-4-3, 11 KOs) in a rematch following their disputed draw earlier this month.
Most observers thought Crolla had done enough to take the title especially because the Columbian visitor was deducted two points for lows blow in the later rounds.
But in the end, the fight was ruled a draw, with one judge scoring it 116-111 for the hometown favourite while the other two scored it…