WBA super bantamweight Champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Moises Flores (25-0, 17 KOs) on February 25 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Rigondeaux is coming off a stoppage win over James Dickens in Wales last June. The Cuban retained his WBA belt after breaking Dickens’ jaw in the second round with a huge left hand. The Welshman was forced to retire at the end of the round.
The 36-year-old Rigondeaux, widely regarded to be one of the…
Andrzej Wawrzyk out of Deontay Wilder fight after failed drug test
Heavyweight contender Andrzej Wawrzyk, who was due to challenge WBC champion Deontay Wilder on February 25 at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, has failed a drug test.
Poland’s Wawrzyk tested positive for an anabolic steroid during random drug testing, which was carried out by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, as part of the WBC’s Clean Boxing Program.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman tweeted: “WBC confirms that Andrzej Wawrzyk has tested positive anabolic steroid ‘Stanozolol…
Terry Flanagan faces Petr Petrov on April 8
WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (32-0, 13 KOs) will make his fifth title defence when he faces Petr Petrov (38-4-2, 19 KOs) on April 8 at the Manchester Arena.
The Manchester man is coming off a eighth-round stoppage over Puerto Rican Orlando Cruz last November.
Flanagan, who won the world title in July 2015 when he defeated Jose Zepeda, who could not continue after the second round due to a dislocated shoulder, has also successfully defended the WBO belt against Diego Magdaleno, Derry…
Badou Jack vacates WBC super middleweight title
Badou Jack has vacated his WBC super-middleweight title, four days after retaining the belt in a action-packed majority draw with IBF champion James DeGale.
The WBC announced on Wednesday that Jack is moving up in weight to light heavyweight and will vacate the 168-pound title.
“The WBC has received official notification from WBC super middleweight champion, Badou Jack, who has decided to move up in weight and compete in the light heavyweight division,” the WBC said in a statement….
DeGale and Jack fight to a draw in unification bout
IBF champion James DeGale (23-1-1, 14 KOs) and WBC titleholder Badou Jack (20-1-3, 12 KOs) fought to a majority draw on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
After 12 rounds, the judges scored the fight 114-112 to DeGale, and 113-113 twice, which seemed fair as a lot of the rounds was closely fought.
Both fighters retained their 168 lb titles for the third time.
DeGale dropped Jack with the first solid shot landed in the fight, a straight left at the end of the…
Canelo and Chavez Jr to clash on May 6
In an all Mexican mega-fight, two-weight world champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) will fight former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (50-2-1, 32 KOs) on May 6.
The scheduled 12-round bout – taking place on the Mexican holiday weekend of Cinco de Mayo – has been contracted at a catchweight of 164.5 pounds. The venue is still to be determined but it looks likely to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The 26-year-old Canelo defeated Britain’s Liam…
Erislandy Lara halts Yuri Foreman with 4th round KO
WBA light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (24-2-2, 14 KOs) easily defeated former world champion Yuri Foreman (34-3, 10 KOs) by a fourth round KO on Friday night at Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Miami, Florida.
The Cuban finished off Foreman with a left uppercut to the chin and retained his WBA belt for the fifth time.
After a tactical opening round, Lara picked up the pace and started to land some solid shots.
Lara remained in control and was awarded a knockdown in the third,…
Dillian Whyte vacates British heavyweight title
Dillian Whyte (20-1, 15 KOs) has vacated the British heavyweight title so he can pursue a world title fight by the end of the year.
Whyte was ordered to make a defence against Sam Sexton by the British Boxing Board of Control, but he has elected to vacate the belt and seek a world title fight.
In a slugfest last month, Whyte outpointed London rival Dereck Chisora in a eliminator for the WBC heavyweight title, currently held by American Deontay Wilder.
“Sam Sexton, fighting him doesn’t make…
Ricky Burns set for unification bout with Julius Indongo
WBA light welterweight champion Ricky Burns (41-5-1, 14 KOs) will fight IBF titleholder Julius Indongo (21-0, 11 KOs) in a unification clash on April 15 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Scotsman will be defending his 140-pound title for the second time while Indongo will be making his first defence.
Burns became Scotland’s first ever three-weight world champion when he stopped Michele Di Rocco last May, and successfully defended his WBA belt with a points victory over Kiryl Relikh in…
Roman Gonzalez to appear on Golovkin-Jacobs card
Pound-for-pound king Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-0, 38 KOs) will defend his WBC super flyweight title against former champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (41-4-1, 38 KOs) on March 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Gonzalez, who has won world titles at strawweight, light flyweight, flyweight and super flyweight, will be fighting on the same card as the world middleweight title bout between Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs.
The 29-year-old Gonzalez won the 115-pound belt from Mexico’s…