WBA and WBC interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) will meet IBF titlist David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) in a unification bout on October 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Golovkin, who has knocked out all of his last 20 opponents and made 14 tsuccessful title defences, meets Canada’s Lemieux, who won his title in June by knocking down Hassan N’Dam four times on the way to a points win, in a match-up between two explosive punchers.
“It is a great unification fight…
Kid Galahad’s two-year ban upheld
British super bantamweight contender Kid Galahad has had his appeal against a two-year suspension rejected by the UK Anti-Doping agency.
The 25-year-old was the reigning European and Commonwealth champion when he tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol after beating Adeilson Dos Santos for the vacant IBF youth super bantamweight title in September last year.
Galahad claimed he was spiked by his brother, who admitted this with a sworn affidavit.
But UKAD’s appeals panel were not…
Badou Jack-George Groves world title bout likely on Mayweather undercard
George Groves’ world title challenge against WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack, originally scheduled for August 22 in Las Vegas, looks likely to take place on September 12 on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather’s next fight.
It’s possible that the bout is being pushed back three weeks to be part of the Mayweather card.
The Jack-Groves fight will be screened in America on Showtime, who have confirmed it will not take place on the original date.
“Showtime doesn’t have a live boxing event…
Abraham overpowers Stieglitz in six
WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (43-4, 29 KOs) defeated former champion Robert Stieglitz (47-4-1, 27 KOs) by a sixth-round stoppage on Saturday night at Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany.
In their fourth fight, billed as the “Final Showdown,” the German fighter nicknamed “King Arthur” punished countryman Stieglitz with hard shots before dropping him with a right hand. Although Stieglitz beat the count, he was badly hurt and his trainer held up a towel in the corner to stop…
Quigg quashes Martinez, Perez-Crolla draw
WBA super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) stopped Spain’s Kiko Martinez (32-6, 24 KOs) in the second round on Saturday at the Manchester Arena in Manchester.
The unbeaten British fighter dropped the former world champion twice in the second round before the referee stopped the bout.
Martinez charged forward and took the fight to the champion in the opening round while Quigg remained on the back foot. But that soon changed in the second round when the Bury boxer landed a…
Yoan Pablo Hernandez defence against Victor Emilio Ramirez delayed
IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) will no longer be defending his title against Victor Emilio Ramirez (22-2, 17 KOs) on July 25 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as previously scheduled.
The bout has been pushed back to a yet to be finalized date in September. This is due to the Argentinian challenger’s request for a change in date. The location will likely remain the same.
Hernandez, a native of Cuba, now residing in Germany, will be making his fifth title defence and…
Fedor Chudinov-Frank Buglioni world title fight postponed
WBA super middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov has pulled out of his world title defence against Frank Buglioni, scheduled for July 24 at Wembley Arena in London, because of a broken nose.
The Russian fighter outpointed Felix Sturm to win the vacant belt in May, and was due to defend it for the first time against the British challenger but suffered the injury during a recent sparring session.
Buglioni will now have to wait for a new date for his world title shot, but will still fight on the…
Thurman halts Collazo in hard-fought win
WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) scored a 8th-round stoppage over former champion Luis Collazo (36-7, 19 KOs) on Saturday night at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida.
Thurman dominated the fight although Collazo had his moments before the bout was stopped at the start of the 8th.
Home fighter Thurman started strongly and rocked his southpaw opponent with big shots. But Collazo fired back with a brutal body shot in the fifth and Thurman was visibly hurt.
The New Yorker…
Chagaev pounds Pianeta in one
WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (34-2-1, 21 KOs) stopped Francesco Pianeta (31-2-1, 17 KOs) in the first round on Saturday night at the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Germany.
Chagaev sent the Italian-born German to the canvas twice with hard left hooks before the referee waved off the bout at 2:57 of the first round.
The Uzbekistan-born fighter, known as “White Tyson”, was making the first defence of his second reign after winning the vacant title by beating American Fres Oquendo on points…
Flanagan captures WBO lightweight title after injury to Zepeda
Terry Flanagan (28-0, 10 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten Jose Zepeda (23-1, 20 KOs) to capture the vacant WBO lightweight title on Saturday night at the Velodrome in Manchester.
The Manchester man triumphed during the second round after his American opponent sustained what looked like a bad dislocation to his left shoulder and was unable to continue.
Southpaw Flanagan, 26, looked to be beginning to dominate after an even first round. The Briton caught Zepeda with a left hook to the body in…