Category: Boxing

Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, 18 KOs) won his rematch with previously undefeated Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) by a 12-round majority decision to regain the WBA featherweight title on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In the first fight, Frampton…

Miguel Berchelt (31-1, 28 KOs) stopped previously undefeated Francisco Vargas (23-1-2, 17 KOs) by a 11th round TKO to win the WBC super featherweight title on Saturday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Berchelt battered fello…

Lee Selby’s IBF featherweight title defence against Jonathan Victor Barros has been called off. The Welshman’s third title defence was due to take place on the undercard of Northern Irishman Carl Frampton’s WBA featherweight title bout with Mexico’s Le…

Hall of Famer and Golden Boy Promotions chairman Oscar De La Hoya was arrested on Wednesday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence in Pasadena, California. After De La Hoya was stopped by an officer for speeding in his Land Rover and told…

WBA super bantamweight Champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Moises Flores (25-0, 17 KOs) on February 25 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Rigondeaux is coming off a stoppage win over James Dickens in …

Heavyweight contender Andrzej Wawrzyk, who was due to challenge WBC champion Deontay Wilder on February 25 at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, has failed a drug test. Poland’s Wawrzyk tested positive for an anabolic steroid during random drug testing, which was carried out by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, as part of the WBC’s Clean Boxing Program. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman tweeted: “WBC confirms that Andrzej Wawrzyk has tested positive anabolic steroid ‘Stanozolol…

WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (32-0, 13 KOs) will make his fifth title defence when he faces Petr Petrov (38-4-2, 19 KOs) on April 8 at the Manchester Arena. The Manchester man is coming off a eighth-round stoppage over Puerto Rican Orlando …

Badou Jack has vacated his WBC super-middleweight title, four days after retaining the belt in a action-packed majority draw with IBF champion James DeGale. The WBC announced on Wednesday that Jack is moving up in weight to light heavyweight and will …

IBF champion James DeGale (23-1-1, 14 KOs) and WBC titleholder Badou Jack (20-1-3, 12 KOs) fought to a majority draw on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. After 12 rounds, the judges scored the fight 114-112 to DeGale, and 11…

In an all Mexican mega-fight, two-weight world champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) will fight former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (50-2-1, 32 KOs) on May 6. The scheduled 12-round bout – taking place on the Mexican holid…