WBA super middleweight champion Giovanni De Carolis (24-6-1, 12 KOs) fought to a 12 round majority draw with challenger Tyron Zeuge (18-0-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at the Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany.
Italian De Carolis retained his belt after the judges scores were 115-115, 115-115 and 114-115 for Zeuge.
The German fighter started well, connecting with several combinations in the early rounds. But De Carolis opened up with clubbing blows as the fight progressed.
The…
Rigondeaux halts Dickens, Flanagan outpoints Fana
WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) retained his title with a second round stoppage win over James “Jazza” Dickens (22-2, 7 KOs) at the Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
The fight was halted at the end of the seconnd round due to Dickens suffering a broken jaw.
Rigondeaux edged an uneventful opener, landing the more cleaner blows but the most meaningful shot came in the second round.
The Cuban landed a devastating left hand to the jaw of Dickens, who to his credit,…
Roman Gonzalez moves up to challenge Carlos Cuadras on September 10
Roman Gonzalez (45-0, 38 KOs) will move up in weight and challenge WBC super flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras (35-0-1, 27 KOs) on September 10 at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
Nicaragua’s Gonzalez, who has previously won world titles at strawweight, light flyweight and flyweight, is widely regarded as the best pound for pound fighter in the world and will attempt to become a four-weight world champion when takes on Mexican Cuadras, who won the title in May 2014 and has defended it six…
Lee Haskins to fight Stuart Hall on Golovkin-Brook card
IBF bantamweight champion Lee Haskins (33-3, 14 KOs) will fight Stuart Hall (20-4-2, 7 KOs) in a rematch on September 10 on the Gennady Golovkin-Kell Brook undercard at The O2 in London.
Haskins defends his belt for a second time against fellow Brion Hall, who he outpointed in 2012 for the European title.
The Bristol boxer stopped Ryosuke Iwasa in six rounds in June 2015 to win the title and successfully defended it with a one-sided points win over Ivan Morales in May.
Hall aims to regain the…
Kovalev beats Chilemba in Russia
IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) outpointed Isaac Chilemba (24-4-2, 10 KOs) on Monday night at the DIVS Palace of Sports in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
The Russian warmed up for his November 19 clash with former super middleweight world champion Andre Ward by knocking down the challenger in the seventh round and earning scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 118-109. But the bout was a lot more competitive than what was expected.
From the opening bell, Kovalev was…
Gennady Golovkin to fight Kell Brook on September 10
WBA and IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) will defend his titles against Britain’s Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) on September 10 at the O2 Arena in London.
The match-up comes as a shock since KO king Golovkin was in negotiations to face Chris Eubank Jr, while IBF welterweight champion Brook looked set for a unification fight with WBO titleholder Jessie Vargas. But the negotiations seemingly stalled.
Instead Brook, 30, will jump two divisions to take on 34-year-old Golovkin,…
Gilberto Ramirez pulls out of title defence due to hand injury
WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez (34-0, 26 KOs) has pulled out of his title defence against Dominik Britsch (32-2-1, 11 KOs) on the Terence Crawford-Viktor Postol undercard due to a hand injury.
Mexican Ramirez, who won the WBO belt with a one-sided points win over Arthur Abraham in April, injured his right hand during sparring on Tuesday night.
“Gilberto Ramirez sustained an injury to the third knuckle of his right hand after a punch to the head of his sparring partner,” said…
Terry Flanagan’s title defence rescheduled to July 16
Terry Flanagan (30-0, 12 KOs) will now defend his WBO lightweight title against Mzonke Fana (38-9, 16 KOs) on July 16 at the Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
The Mancunian fighter had been scheduled to face South African Fana on the undercard of WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s rematch with Wladimir Klitschko on July 9 at the Manchester Arena. But that fight was postponed because Fury suffered a sprained ankle. So Flanagan will make his third world title defence seven days later in…
Thurman outpoints Porter in thriller
Keith Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) outpointed fellow American Shawn Porter (26-2-1, 16 KOs) to retain his WBA welterweight title on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
In a fight of the year candidate, Thurman used his boxing skills and landed the cleaner shots as all three judges awarded him a unanimous decision by scores of 115-113.
The fight began with both fighters on the offensive. Thurman landed a clean right midway through the first round. Porter pinned Thurman…
Joshua batters Breazeale to retain IBF title
IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs) knocked out previously unbeaten Dominic Breazeale (17-1, 15 KOs) to retain his title on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
In his first world title defence, Joshua finished Breazeale with two knockdowns from big blows in the seventh round.
Joshua was landing several combinations from the start and staggered Breazeale in the second round with more hard shots.
Breazeale survived but in the third his right eye was almost swollen shut…