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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 ha…

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 …

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 …

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 (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…

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’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 Lim…

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 mo…

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 cha…

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…