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  • Inoue scores KO over Kono to retain WBO title

    WBO super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue (12-0, 10 KOs) scored a 6th round TKO over former WBA champion Kohei Kono (32-10-1, 13 KOs) on Friday night at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s Inoue got the better of countryman Kono throughout and …

  • Deontay Wilder to defend WBC heavyweight title against Andrzej Wawrzyk on February 25

    WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) will defend his title against Andrzej Wawrzyk (33-1, 19 KOs) on February 25 at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Wilder, who will be making his fifth title defence, stopped Chris Arreola in…

  • Gennady Golovkin Vs Daniel Jacobs set for March 18

    WBA (super)/IBF/WBC champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) will fight American Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) on March 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Both fighters are coming off knockout wins, one day apart in September. Jacobs knocked out …

  • Bernard Hopkins knocked out of ring and beaten by Joe Smith Jr in final fight

    Bernard Hopkins (55-8-2, 32 KOs) suffered a devastating defeat in his final fight when opponent Joe Smith Jr (23-1, 19 KOs) knocked the 51-year-old veteran out of the ring in the eighth round on Saturday night at the Forum in Inglewood, California. A …

  • Terence Crawford given jail sentence

    Light welterweight world champion Terence Crawford has been sentenced to 90 days in jail in connection with a disturbance at an Omaha body shop in April. The American was led away in handcuffs after being found guilty of disorderly conduct and damage …

  • Mares dethrones Cuellar, Charlo crushes Williams

    Three division world champion Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs) dethroned WBA featherweight champion Jesus Cuellar (28-2, 21 KOs) by a 12 round split decision on Saturday night at USC’s Galen Center in Los Angeles. Two judges scored the fight 117-110 and 116-111 for Mares, and one judge scored the fight 115-112 for Cuellar. Argentina’s Cuellar, who was making his third title defence, had his moments and landed some hard shots but Mexican Mares outboxed him in most of the rounds and scored a…

  • Crawford outclasses Molina in eight

    Unbeaten American Terence Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs) scored a one-sided eighth round TKO over countryman John Molina Jr (29-7, 23 KOs) to retain his WBO and WBC light welterweight titleon Saturday night at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Crawf…

  • Joshua demolishes Molina and sets up Klitschko clash

    IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) demolished Eric Molina (25-4, 19 KOs) in three rounds on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena. The Briton easily overpowered Molina from the start of his second world title defence. Joshua mostl…

  • Parker outpoints Ruiz to win world heavyweight title

    Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) outpointed Mexico’s Andy Ruiz Jr  (29-1, 19 KOs) to win the vacant WBO heavyweight title at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Parker became New Zealand’s first ever heavyweight world champion. One judge scored the fight 114-114, but he was overruled by the other two judges who scored the fight 115-113 for Parker. Ruiz got the better of Parker early on, scoring with a lot of heavy blows in the first half of the bout, but the New Zealander was busier…

  • John Molina Jr fails to make weight for Terence Crawford fight

    American John Molina Jr failed to make weight for his light welterweight world title challenge against WBO/WBC champion Terence Crawford on Saturday night at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, which is Crawford’s hometown. Molina weighed in fou…