WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) will defend his title against Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
The 34-year-old Cotto, who will be making his second defence of the belt, and Canelo, 25, will fight at a catch-weight of 155 pounds.
Cotto become the first Puerto Rican to win world titles in four different weight classes when he stopped Sergio Martinez in the 10th round in June 2014.
Cotto said: “I will give the…
Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders WBO title fight moved to October 10 in Manchester
WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee’s world title defence against British challenger Billy Joe Saunders has been moved from Thomond Park on September 19 to Manchester on October 10.
The reason given was that Irishman Lee has been suffering from a virus – thus forcing the fight to be postponed. And Saunders’ promoter Frank Warren confirmed the fight would now take place at the Manchester Arena.
Lee’s promoter Lou DiBella said: “I got a call from Andy Booth (Lee’s manager and trainer), who…
Roman Gonzalez to defend against Brian Viloria on Golovkin-Lemieux undercard
WBC Flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez (43-0, 37 KOs) will defend his title against former two-division world champion Brian Viloria (36-4, 22 KOs) on October 17 on the undercard of the middleweight title unification bout between Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Gonzalez, of Nicaragua, will make his third title defence against the American veteran, announced on Tuesday by K2 Promotions and Teiken Promotions, in one of the…
Adonis Stevenson set to fight Tommy Karpency on September 11
WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (26-1-0, 21 KOs) will fight challenger Tommy Karpency (25-4-1, 14 KOs) on September 11 at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Canada.
Stevenson, who won the belt when knocking out Chad Dawson in 76 seconds in June 2013, will be making his sixth title defence against American Karpency.
“I’m excited to announce my next fight on September 11 in Toronto against Tommy Karpency,” said Stevenson. “I’m ready to put the hurt on. I work hard and stay…
Adonis Stevenson set to fight Tommy Karpency on September 11
WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (26-1-0, 21 KOs) will fight challenger Tommy Karpency (25-4-1, 14 KOs) on September 11 at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Canada.
Stevenson, who won the belt when knocking out Chad Dawson in 76 seconds in June 2013, will be making his sixth title defence against American Karpency.
“I’m excited to announce my next fight on September 11 in Toronto against Tommy Karpency,” said Stevenson. “I’m ready to put the hurt on. I work hard and stay…
Jamie McDonnell will fight Tomoki Kameda in a rematch on September 6
WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (26-2-1, 12 KOs) will defend his title against Tomoki Kameda (31-1, 19 KOs) in a rematch on Sptember 6 at American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas.
In their first fight, the Doncaster man claimed a dramatic victory, getting off the canvas in the third round to score a unanimous decision over the Japanese fighter to retain his title in May, also in Texas.
But McDonnell got the verdict by the narrow margin of 114-113 on all three cards, and said after…
Floyd Mayweather to fight Andre Berto on September 12
Floyd Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) has confirmed he will fight Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) on September 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Mayweather, 38, outpointed Manny Pacquiao in his last outing, billed as “Fight of the Century”, in May and will now attempt to equal Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0 when he faces fellow-American Berto, in what he has said will be the final fight of his brilliant 19-year career.
“I’m ready to get back in the ring on 12 September and prove again to the whole world…
Campbell crushes Coyle in 10
2012 Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell (12-0, 10 KOs) stopped hometown rival Tommy Coyle (21-3, 12 KOs) in the 10th round of their WBC lightweight eliminator on Saturday night at the KC Lightstream Stadium in Hull.
Campbell dropped his opponent with a body shot in the second round but Coyle soon regrouped and continued to charge at his southpaw foe.
But it was Campbell’s fast combinations that dominated the action and he sent Coyle down three times in the 10th from more sustained…
Chudinov-Buglioni world title fight rescheduled for September 26
The WBA super middleweight title fight between champion Fedor Chudinov (13-0, 10 KOs) and British challenger Frank Buglioni (16-1-1, 12 KOs) has been rescheduled for September 26 at The SSE Arena, Wembley in London.
The 26-year-old Buglioni was due to face Chudinov, 27, last Friday night at the same venue, but the Russian withdrew two weeks’ prior to the fight with a broken nose he sustained in sparring.
Buglioni stayed busy and stopped Mexican Fernando Castaneda in the fifth round on the…
Kovalev halts overmatched Mohammedi in three
WBO, WBA and IBF light heavyweight world champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) demolished overmatched challenger Nadjib Mohammedi (37-4, 23 KOs) on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.
The Russian dropped Mohammedi in the second round before finishing him off in the third round of a one-sided encounter.
Kovalev was landing hard shots from the opening bell and soon had the Frenchman in all kinds of trouble during the second round.
The champion sent his opponent…