Category: Boxing

  • Terence Crawford vacates IBF 140 pound title

    Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) has vacated the IBF light welterweight title. Crawford, 29, won both the WBA and IBF titles earlier this month with a third round knockout over Julius Indongo, having already captured the WBC and WBO belts. After the fig…

  • Terence Crawford vacates IBF 140 pound title

    Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) has vacated the IBF light welterweight title. Crawford, 29, won both the WBA and IBF titles earlier this month with a third round knockout over Julius Indongo, having already captured the WBC and WBO belts. After the fig…

  • Mayweather stops McGregor in 10th round TKO win

    Former five-weight world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (50-0, 27 KOs) defeated UFC fighter Conor McGregor (0-1) on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. A boxing match between an all-time great and an opponent making his profe…

  • Mayweather stops McGregor in 10th round TKO win

    Former five-weight world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (50-0, 27 KOs) defeated UFC fighter Conor McGregor (0-1) on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. A boxing match between an all-time great and an opponent making his profe…

  • Cotto outpoints Kamegai to win vacant WBO light middleweight title

    Four-weight world champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) outpointed Japan’s Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-4-2, 24 KOs) to win the WBO light middleweight title on Saturday night at the StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA. Cotto won his sixth world titlle by a 12-round unanimous decision with scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110 from the judges. The Puerto Rican dominated the action from the start with combination punching, although Kamegai always kept coming forward. Cotto’s punch output decreased…

  • Cotto outpoints Kamegai to win vacant WBO light middleweight title

    Four-weight world champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) outpointed Japan’s Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-4-2, 24 KOs) to win the WBO light middleweight title on Saturday night at the StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA. Cotto, 36, won his sixth world titlle by a 12-round unanimous decision with scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110 from the judges. The Puerto Rican dominated the action from the start with combination punching, although Kamegai, 34, always kept coming forward. Cotto’s punch output…

  • Luis Nery failed drug test for Shinsuke Yamanaka fight

     Mexico’s Luis Nery (24-0, 18 KOs)failed his pre-fight drug test ahead of his world title win over long-reigning WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 18 KOs) earlier this month at the Shimazu Arena in Kyoto, Japan. Nery, 22, tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug Zilpaterol, according to the World Boxing Council. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said that no dcision has been made on the status of the WBC title. Nery stopped Japan’s Yamanaka, 34, in the…

  • Luis Nery failed drug test for Shinsuke Yamanaka fight

     Mexico’s Luis Nery (24-0, 18 KOs) failed his pre-fight drug test ahead of his world title win over long-reigning WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 18 KOs) earlier this month at the Shimazu Arena in Kyoto, Japan. Nery, 22, tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug Zilpaterol, according to the World Boxing Council. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said that no dcision has yet been made on the status of the WBC title. Nery stopped Japan’s Yamanaka, 34, in…

  • Crawford halts Indongo in three to unify 140 pound world titles

    Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) won all four major world titles at light welterweight when he defeated previously unbeaten Julius Indongo (22-1, 11 KOs) by third round knockout on Saturday night at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Cr…

  • Crawford halts Indongo in three to unify 140 pound world titles

    Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) won all four major world titles at light welterweight when he defeated previously unbeaten Julius Indongo (22-1, 11 KOs) by third round knockout on Saturday night at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Cr…