WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4 KOs) will defend his title against unbeaten Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) on November 26 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
Ukraine’s Lomachenko, a 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist, won a world title in his third professional bout when he outpointed Gary Russell Jr to win the vacant WBO featherweight title in June 2014. He made three successful defences before moving up to 130 pounds and knocking out Roman Martinez to…
Linares outpoints Crolla to win WBA lightweight title
Three-weight world champion Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) outpointed WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena.
It was a close, hard-fought battle, but Linares’ combinations and counter-punching earned him a unanimous decision by scores of 115-114, 117-111 and 115-113.
Linares did the better work in the early rounds, landing hard shots to the head and body.
But the hometown fighter came back with some shots of his own in the fourth and…
Tyson Fury vs Wladimir Klitschko rematch called off for second time
WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) has postponed his rematch with former champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) for a second time because he is “medically unfit to fight”.
Fury dethroned the Ukrainian on points in the first bout last November.
The unbeaten Briton pulled out of the original July 9 rematch after he injured his ankle and now the fight, scheduled for October 29 in Manchester, will be postponed for a second time.
A statement from team Fury read: “Tyson…
Terence Crawford found guilty of two misdemeanor charges
Light welterweight world champion Terence Crawford was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges for an incident in April at a auto body shop in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.
Police said Crawford went to the shop and demanded his 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo. The owner told Crawford the car wouldn’t be returned until Crawford paid the $1,350 he owed for a paint job. Crawford and three other people removed the vehicle from a hydraulic lift themselves, causing damages to the lift in the process, and…
Terence Crawford found guilty of two misdemeanor charges
Light welterweight world champion Terence Crawford was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges for an incident in April at a auto body shop in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.
Police said Crawford went to the shop and demanded his 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo. The owner told Crawford the car wouldn’t be returned until Crawford paid the $1,350 he owed for a paint job. Crawford and three other people removed the vehicle from a hydraulic lift themselves, causing damages to the lift in the process, and…
Andy Ruiz Jr withdraws from Hughie Fury fight
Mexico’s Andy Ruiz Jr (29-0, 19 KOs) has pulled out of a scheduled heavyweight bout against Britain’s Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) on the Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko undercard on October 29 in Manchester.
Ruiz, who scored a unanimous decision victory over Franklin Lawrence earlier this month, was set to meet Fury in a eliminator for a mandatory fight for the WBO heavyweight title, which is currently owned by Hughie’s cousin Tyson. But he has now withdrawn from the bout due to a financial…
Canelo ruled out for remainder of 2016 with fractured thumb
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) has fractured his right thumb and and will not fight again this year.
Canelo knocked out Britain’s Liam Smith in the ninth round to win the WBO light middleweight title on Saturday night, but confirmed following the fight that he had injured his right hand in the second round.
The Mexican underwent an X-ray and a CT scan on Monday to determine the full extent of the damage and was found to have suffered an avulsion fracture of the right thumb.
The injury…
Canelo scores 9th round KO over Smith to capture WBO light middleweight title
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) dethroned WBO light middleweight champion Liam Smith (23-1-1, 13 KOs) by a 9th round knockout on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Canelo, who previously won world titles at light middleweight and middleweight, knocked down the Briton three times in the fight, once in the 7th, 8th and 9th rounds, on the way to capturing another 154-pound world title.
Canelo dominated the opening round, landing hard jabs and body shots. Smith came…
Usyk outpoints Glowacki to win WBO cruiserweight title
Unbeaten Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs) outpointed WBO cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Glowacki (26-1, 16 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to capture the world title on Saturday night at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland.
The 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medallist Usyk used his height, reach, speed and boxing skills to dominate the Polish fighter and win by scores of 119-109, 117-111, 117-111.
In a battle of southpaws, Usyk showed he was the superior boxer from the opening bell. He never…
Gonzalez becomes four-weight world champion with points win over Cuadras
Roman Gonzalez, (46-0, 38 KOs) dethroned WBC super flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras (35-1-1, 27 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Forum in Los Angeles.
Gonzalez, a former world champion at flyweight, light flyweight and strawweight, becomes the first fighter from Nicaragua to win world titles in four weight divisions, surpassing his hero and mentor Alexis Arguello.
The 29-year-old Gonzalez outworked Mexican Cuadras, 28, throughout the fight and won by scores of…