Unbeaten American Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) defeated former two-division world champion Robert Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC welterweight title on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
All three judges scored the fight 116-112 for Garcia, who came on strong as the fight progressed and largely controlled the later rounds to win the WBC belt that was vacated following the retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr, who was sitting…
Arthur Abraham to defend WBO title against Gilberto Ramirez on April 9
WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) on April 9 on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley 3 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The German veteran will defend his belt for the sixth time when he takes on the unbeaten Mexican southpaw.
It will be the fourth time “King Arthur” will travel from his adopted German homeland to fight in the United States, though it will be his first bout in Las…
Leo Santa Cruz set to fight Kiko Martinez on February 27
WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs) will fight former world champion Kiko Martinez (35-6, 26 KOs) on February 27 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
The Mexican-born Santa Cruz, who now resides in California, had previously won world titles at bantamweight and super bantamweight before claiming the vacant WBA belt by majority decision against former three-division world champion Abner Mares in an action-packed fight last August and will defend it for the first…
Wilder wins with devastating KO of Szpilka in the 9th
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) scored a devastating 9th round knockout against Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The unbeaten American knocked Szpilka out cold with a huge right hand to retain his WBC title for the third time since winning it from Bermane Stiverne by a one-sided decision in January 2015.
The Polish fighter started well, using good footwork to avoid Wilder’s blows and Szpilka landed the first…
Haye destroys De Mori in first round of ring return
British heavyweight David Haye (27-2, 25 KOs) returned to the ring with a first round knockout of Mark de Mori (30-2-2, 26 KOs) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
In his first fight since he knocked out fellow Londoner Dereck Chisora in five rounds in 2012, Haye easily halted the overmatched Australian, who needed extensive attention from medics after being sent to the canvas with an explosive right hook followed by a series of hard shots.
Haye was landing left-hand jabs and…
Kell Brook to defend against Kevin Bizier on March 26
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Kevin Bizier (25-2, 17 KOs) on March 26 at Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield.
Brook stopped Frankie Gavin in the 6th round in his last outing in May and will make the third defence of his title against Canada’s Bizier.
The Sheffield fighter traveled to the United States and won a majority decision against Shawn Porter in August 2014 to capture the IBF belt before making two successful title defences.
Brook was due…
Danny Garcia-Robert Guerrero to fight for vacant WBC welterweight title on January 23
Unbeaten American Danny Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) and countryman Robert Guerrero (33-3, 18 KOs) will fight for the vacant WBC welterweight title on January 23 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Floyd Mayweather Jr was stripped of the belt due to him retiring.
The WBC had orginally stated that they would be having a tournament to determine the new champion, but they obviously gave up on that idea.
Garcia, 27, who knocked out former welterweight and light welterweight world champion…
De Carolis stops Feigenbutz to claim vacant WBA super middleweight title
Giovanni De Carolis (24-6, 12 KOs) stopped Vincent Feigenbutz (21-2, 19 KOs) in the 11th round of their rematch to win the vacant WBA super middleweight title on Saturday night at Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany.
De Carolis was the busier throughout before a huge right rocked his German opponent, which was followed by a barrage of punches that forced referee Gustavo Padilla to step in and stop the contest at 0:32of the 11th.
The Italian was claiming revenge on Feigenbutz, who won a…
Terence Crawford to defend against Hank Lundy on February 27
WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs) will defend his title against fellow American Hank Lundy (26-5-1, 13 KOs) on February 27 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The two-division world champion scored a 6th round knockout over Thomas Dulorme to claim the vacant WBO title in April and defended it in October when he stopped Dierry Jean in the 10th round in his last outing.
Crawford, 28, was in the running to fight Manny Pacquiao on April 9, but the Filipino fighter…
Uchiyama finishes off Flores in three
WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (24-0-1, 20 KOs) stopped Nicaraguan challenger Oliver Flores (27-2-2, 17 KOs) in the third round on Thursday night at the Ota-City General Gymnasium, in Tokyo, Japan.
The Japanese fighter finished off Flores with a left to the body to retain his belt for the 11th time.
Uchiyama hurt Flores with hard shots to the head from the start and by the second round Flores had swelling under his right eye.
Flores landed several punches of his own but…