Super middleweight world champion Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) will face Alexander Brand (24-1, 19 KOs), of Columbia, in a scheduled 10-round bout on November 21 on the Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez undercard at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
The American will move up in weight to light heavyweight after dominating the 168-pound division.
He beat one top super middleweight after the other through the 2009 to 2011 Super Six World Boxing Classic and won the WBA and WBC titles.
Brand’s only defeat was an…
Randy Caballero vs Lee Haskins on Cotto-Canelo undercard
IBF bantamweight champion Randy Caballero (22-0, 13 KOs) will defend his belt against Britain’s Lee Haskins (32-3, 14 KOs) on November 21 on the Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez undercard at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
The American returns from an 11-month layoff, due to an ankle injury, to face Haskins, who claimed the interim IBF title when he stopped Japan’s Ryosuke Iwasa in June.
Caballero won the vacant title against another Briton Stuart Hall on points last October.
“I am excited to be fighting…
Rigondeaux stripped of WBO title
Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) has been stripped of the WBO super bantamweight title because of inactivity.
The two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist has not defended the title since last December, where he was knocked down twice in the 7th round by Japanese challenger Hisashi Amagasa before rallying for an 11th-round stoppage victory.
Rigondeaux won the belt when he outpointed Nonito Donaire to unify it with his WBA belt, which he still holds, in April 2013. But he has only fought three…
Enzo Maccarinelli to fight Roy Jones Jr in Russia on December 12
Enzo Maccarinelli (40-7, 32 KOs) will fight former four-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr (62-8, 45 KOs) on December 12 at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.
Former WBO cruiserweight champion Maccarinelli has been fighting at light heavyweight for the last few years and challenged WBA champion Juergen Braehmer in Germany in April 2014, only to lose by fifth round stoppage due to a damaged right eye after a clash of heads in the opening round.
Now the 35-year-old Welshman will take on…
Crawford overpowers Jean in ten
WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs) stopped Dierry Jean (29-2, 20 KOs) in the 10th round on Saturday night at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Crawford dropped Jean in the first and 9th rounds and then used a flurry of punches to cause him to buckle into the ropes in the 10th, before thre referee ended the fight.
The unbeaten American dominated Jean throughout and while the Canadian challenger landed a few good punches, he took a one-sided…
Golovkin dominates Lemieux, Gonzalez outguns Viloria
Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) stopped David Lemieux (34-3, 31 KOs) in the eighth round on Saturday night in a one-sided middleweight world title unification fight at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Golovkin was dominant from the first bell, landing almost every punch he threw before the referee stopped the fight.
The Kazakh fighter hurt Lemieux in the opening round and continued to punish him throughout.
Lemieux seemed tentative and even when he started throwing shots, Golovkin had little…
Fonfara defeats Cleverly in thriller
Poland’s Andrzej Fonfara (28-3, 16 KOs) defeated former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs) by a unanimous decision in a light heavyweight bout on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.
Fonfara edged out the Welshman over 12 entertaining rounds and won by scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 116-112.
Each fighter had their moments and landed power punches but neither hit the canvas.
Cleverly started well and connected with several hard uppercuts in the early rounds. Both…
Kell Brook pulls out of world title defence against Diego Chaves
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) has pulled out of his world title clash with Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) at the Sheffield Arena on October 24 after sustaining a rib injury in sparring.
The unbeaten Briton was set to make the third defence of his belt against the dangerous Argentine, but was taken to hospital after suffering the injury on Thursday.
After taking the advice of medical experts following scans, the champion will now look to face Chaves later in the year.
“Kell…
Selby outpoints Montiel on US debut
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (22-1, 8 KOs) outpointed former three-division world champion Fernando Montiel (54-5-2, 39 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
The Welshman had a tough battle throughout but won by wide scores of 119-109 118-110 and 116-112.
Selby controlled the action in the early rounds behind his probing jab and landed some solid right hands.
The Mexican had a good sixth round, cutting Selby over the right eye.
Montiel was forcing Selby…
Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders set for December 19
WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee (34-2-1, 24 KOs) will now fight British challenger Billy Joe Saunders (22-0, 12 KOs) on December 19 at Manchester Arena.
After two postponements – Lee with a viral infection and Saunders with a cut eye, the Irishman will finally be making the first defence of his WBO title against fellow southpaw Saunders.
Lee won the vacant belt by stopping Matt Korobov in the 6th round last December, and he was set to defend it against former champion Peter Quillin, but the…