IBO/WBA and interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (32-0, 29 KOs) will face slick southpaw Willie Monroe Jr. (19-1, 6 KOs) on May 16 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
Golovkin defeated Martin Murray by an 11th round knockout in February in his last outing.
The Kazakh fighter has now knocked out 19 opponents in a row and is still in a situation where none of the other top 160 pound fighters want to face him.
It appears WBC champion Miguel Cotto is in no rush to fight him, and…
Mayweather-Pacquiao face off
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) appeared in front of the world’s media at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, in their only joint public appearance before the week of their May 2 mega-fight, billed as “Fight of the Century”.
The two best fighters and biggest names in the sport stood face-to-face, in a scene that many fans thought they would never see, alone on a stage to finally announce the big fight.
Due to disagreements between the two boxers’ camps on…
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr to fight Andrzej Fonfara on April 18
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (48-1-1, 32 KOs) will fight light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara (26-3, 15 KOs) on April 18 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
The Mexican will return to the ring from a 13-month layoff at a catch-weight of 172 pounds against Fonfara, having fought only twice in two years, both points wins against Bryan Vera, including a highly controversial decision in their first fight.
After the Vera rematch, Chavez parted from career-long promoter Top Rank, whose CEO…
Thurman outguns Guerrero
WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) impressed in beating Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (32-3-1, 18 KOs) by a unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Thurman took the fight to Guerrero, dropping him in the 9th round and winning easily by scores of 120-107, 118-109 and 118-108.
Thurman came out very aggressively but Guerrero was not afraid to trade punches. A head clash in the third round left Thurman with a swelling on the left side of his…
Amnat Ruenroeng outpoints Zou Shiming
IBF flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng (15-0, 5 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming (6-1, 1 KOs) by a unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort in Macao, China.
With the capacity crowd behind him, Zou challenged a man he had already beaten twice as a amateur, but the Chinese boxer ultimately came up short in his first world title fight as a professional.
Zou and Amnat met for the fourth time in their careers, with Zou…
Tete blasts out Butler in eight
IBF super flyweight champion Zolani Tete (20-3, 17 KOs) scored a spectacular eighth-round knockout over Britain’s Paul Butler (17-1, 8 KOs) on Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.
South African Tete dominated the action before finishing Butler with a crushing left uppercut midway through the eighth round.
From the start, southpaw Tete kept Butler on the end of his jab while landing left hands to head and body.
On the occasion Butler did close the gap, he was tied up, spun around, and…
Terence Crawford to fight Thomas Dulorme for the vacant WBO light welterweight title
WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (25-0, 17 KOs) will fight Puerto Rico’s Thomas Dulorme (22-1, 14 KOs) for the vacant WBO light welterweight title on April 18 at the University of Texas, Arlington, Texas.
American Crawford gets the chance to win his second world title at his second weight class following big wins at lightweight against Ricky Burns, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Raymundo Beltran.
Dulorme has won six fights in a row, since he was stopped in the seventh round by Argentine fighter…
Jhonny Gonzalez to fight Gary Russell Jr on March 28
WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (57-8, 48 KOs) will defend his title against American contender Gary Russell Jr . (25-1, 14 KOs) on March 28 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Mexican Gonzalez, 33, who is a two-time featherweight champion and former bantamweight champion, regained his 126-pound title when he knocked out Abner Mares in the first round in a major upset in August 2013 and will be defending it for the third time.
Southpaw Russell, 26, is attempting to win a…
Frampton crushes Chris Avalos in five
IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (20-0, 14 KOs) stopped mandatory challenger Chris Avalos (25-3, 19 KOs) in the fifth round on Saturday night at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Belfast man, who was making the first defence of his 122-pound world title, overwhelmed the American challenger with punches from both hands throughout the bout and after another right hand rocked Avalos in the fifth, referee Howard Foster jumped in to stop the action.
It was a good…
Fury hammers Christian Hammer to set up Klitschko clash
British heavyweight Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) defeated Christian Hammer (17-4, 10 KOs) by an 8th round stoppage on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
Fury dominated every round until Hammer’s corner threw the towel in at the end of the eighth round.
6’9” Fury toyed with his much shorter Romanian opponent, snapping out a fast jab from either stance, constantly switching between orthodox and southpaw and then followed up with shots to head and body.
Hammer kept coming forward and…