WBA/WBC/IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) scored a fifth round stoppage over IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
Golovkin rocked Brook with a hard left hook in the first, but the British challenger recovered well and landed some shots of his own late in the round.
Brook landed several punches throughout the fight,but they never seem to affect Golovkin.
Good two-way action continued in rounds 2 and 3, but by…
Jacobs demolishes Mora, Easter outpoints Commey
WBA middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs) stopped former world champion Sergio Mora (28-4-2, 9 KOs) on Friday night at the Santander Arena in Pennsylvania.
American Jacobs dropped countryman Mora five times en route to a 7th-round stoppage.
In the first fight, the pair exchanged knockdowns before Mora injured his ankle in the second round.
This time, the champion dominated the bout from the start. Mora Jabbed and moved but he could not avoid Jacobs’ power punches. Jacobs rocked…
Golovkin’s WBA title not at stake against Brook
WBA/WBC/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) will defend three of his four world titles against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
The WBA middleweight belt will not be at stake.
WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza said, “The Championships Committee and the Presidency have not agreed to sanction this bout as a title fight because Brook has never fought as a middleweight.
“If Golovkin were to lose to Kell…
Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko rematch to go ahead on October 29, Hughie Fury vs Andy Ruiz on the undercard
The rematch between WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) and former champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) will go ahead on October 29 in Manchester, according to promoter Frank Warren.
Fury dethroned Klitschko with a points victory last November, but pulled out of a planned July rematch with the Ukrainian due to an ankle injury.
Then the rescheduled October 29 bout become in doubt because of a row over money.
Team Klitschko are preparing to take Fury to court claiming the…
Ricky Burns to make first defence against unbeaten Kiryl Relikh
WBA light welterweight champion Ricky Burns (40-5-1, 14 KOs) will make the first defence of his title against mandatory challenger Kiryl Relikh (21-0, 19 KOs) on October 7 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Burns, 33, became Scotland’s first three-weight world champion when he won the vacant title with a eight-round stoppage over Italy’s Michele di Rocco at the same venue last May.
Now he will defend it against the 26-year-old unbeaten Belarus fighter, who is trained and promoted by former…
Errol Spence beats Bundu and sets up world title shot
Welterweight contender Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) stopped Italian opponent Leonard Bundu (33-2-2, 12 KOs) in the sixth round of a IBF eliminator on Sunday at the Ford Amphitheater in Coney Island, New York.
Spence scored his eighth straight stoppage win and became the first person to KO Bundu.
Southpaw Spence, 26, took control with his right jab and landed hard shots to head and body throughout the fight.
The reigning European welterweight champion Bundu, 41, was aggressive but his…
Tony Bellew to fight BJ Flores in first title defence
WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (27-2-1, 17 KOs) will make his first defence against American BJ Flores (32-2-1, 20 KOs) on October 15 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.
Bellew won the vacant title in front of his hometown fans at Goodison Park in May when he recovered from a first-round knockdown to knockout Ilunga Makabu in the third round.
Now the Liverpudlian will defend it against the experienced Flores, who has never been stopped in 35 professional fights.
“I am going to smash…
Manny Pacquiao to return against Jessie Vargas on November 5
Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs) will be returning to the ring to fight WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) on November 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao, who has won world titles in eight weight divisions, had said he would retire to focus on his political career after winning a unanimous decision against American Timothy Bradley in April.
But the 37-year-old Filipino, who was elected to the Philippine Senate in May, has opted to continue…
Marcos Maidana announces retirement from boxing
Former world champion Marcos Maidana (35-5, 31 KOs) has announced his retirement from boxing.
Maidana, who won world titles at light welterweight and welterweight, will likely be remembered for his brawls with Victor Ortiz, Amir Khan, Adrien Broner and his two fights with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The 33-year-old Argentine has not fought since his second points defeat to Mayweather in September 2014.
“After a long time out of the rings and after giving it a lot of thinking since my last fight, I’ve…
Ward beats Brand and sets up Sergey Kovalev clash
Former super middleweight world champion Andre Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) scored a one-sided points decision over Alexander Brand (25-2, 19 KOs) on Saturday night at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
Ward won every round as he won by scores of 120-108 on all three judges’ scorecards.
The unbeaten American switched from orthodox style to southpaw and landed jabs and power shots throughout the fight.
Ward cut Brand over the right eye, but was never able to knock the overmatched Colombian…