IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) defeated long-reigning former world champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KOs) by an 11th round TKO on Saturday night in front of a record-setting 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.
Joshua dropped Klitschko three times and stopped him in a dramatic fight, retaining his IBF title and claiming the vacant WBA belt.
The 27-year-old Joshua also had to get off the canvas in the sixth round, and was in major trouble against Klitschko, 41,…
Joseph Parker to face replacement opponent Razvan Cojanu on May 6
WBO Heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) will face Romanian Razvan Cojanu (14-2, 9 KOs) as a replacement opponent for Hughie Fury on May 6.
Mandatory challenger Fury pulled out of the bout with a back injury, so little known Cojanu gets an unlikely world title shot.
The fight switches from the 12,000 capacity Spark Arena in Auckland, to the 3,000 capacity Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau.
Cojanu, who was previously Parker’s sparring partner, said: “I’d like to thank Hughie…
Hughie Fury pulls out of world heavyweight title fight with Joseph Parker
Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) has pulled out of his world heavyweight title fight against Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs), scheduled to take place on May 6 at Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, with an undisclosed injury.
The Briton was scheduled to challenge New Zealander Parker for the WBO title, one of the belts his cousin Tyson Fury vacated.
Parker’s promotors Duco Events said in a statement; “Duco Events was today notified by the World Boxing Organization that mandatory No 1 challenger…
Valdez, Ramirez and Magdaleno retain titles
Mexico’s Oscar Valdez (22-0, 19 KOs) battled to a unanimous decision victory over Miguel Marriaga (25-2, 21 KOs) and retained his WBO featherweight title on Saturday night at StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Valdez won by scores of 119-108, 116-111 and 118-109.
Valdez nailed the Colombian with power shots in the early rounds, but Marriaga took them well and began to fire back.
After he failed to score a KO in the first three rounds, Valdez was forced to box but the taller Marriaga used…
Porter blasts out Berto in nine
Former IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (27-2-1, 17 KOs) stopped former IBF/WBC champion Andre Berto (31-5, 24 KOs) in the 9th round in a world title eliminator on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Porter’s harder shots dominated the action on the way to the TKO victory, which earns him a rematch with WBA/WBC 147lb champion Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs).
Porter was cut over his left eye from an accidental head clash in the second, but later in the round he…
Khurtsidze knocks out Langford to set up Billy Joe Saunders world title bout
Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2, 22 KOs) knocked out previously unbeaten Tommy Langford (18-1, 6 KOs) in the fifth round on Saturday night at the Leicester Arena.
Khurtsidze captured the vacant WBO interim middleweight belt and will now challenge world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders next.
After Khurtsidze landed some hard blows in the opening round, Langford utilised his height and reach advantage by scoring with jabs from distance in the second.
Langford was doing a good job of avoiding the…
Indongo batters Burns in unification clash
IBF light welterweight champion Julius Indongo (22-1, 11 KOs) defeated WBA champion Ricky Burns (41-6-1, 14 KOs) by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision in a unification clash on Saturday night at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Indongo, little known outside of his homeland of Namibia before he dethroned Russia’s Eduard Troyanovsky by a 40 second first-round knockout in December, was busier, outboxed and hit harder than Burns and won by scores of 120-108, 118-110 and…
Manny Pacquiao to defend against Jeff Horn in Australia
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) will defend his title against unbeaten contender Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) on July 2 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.
A bout with Horn was initially scrapped because Pacquiao opted for a fight against Amir Khan in the United Arab Emirates in April instead, but the Khan deal fell through due to financial reasons.
Pacquiao, 38, the only eight-division world champion in boxing history, regained the WBO 147lb title for a third…
Lomachenko outclasses Sosa in nine
WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) outclassed and then stopped Jason Sosa (20-2-4, 15 KOs) at the end of the ninth round on Saturday night at the MGM National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Lomachenko, one of the best pound for pound fighters in boxing, dominated the entire fight before Sosa’s trainer Raul Rivas asked referee Kenny Chevalier to halt the one-sided bout.
Sosa, who vacated his WBA ‘regular’ title in order to fight Lomachenko, showed his…
Flanagan outpoints Petrov to retain WBO lightweight title
WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 KOs) defeated mandatory challenger Petr Petrov (38-5-2, 19 KOs) by unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena.
The Manchester man outboxed Petrov in most of the rounds and won by scores of 116-112, 120-108 and 118-110.
Flanagan boxed well behind his jab with good movement in the first round but Petrov landed some hard shots in the second.
However, the Russian could not sustain any attack as Flanagan landed punches often in the…