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 finished him off with two knockdowns in the 6th round.
Inoue was landing hard shots from the start and while Kono showed his toughness and was always throwing punches back, he was getting outpunched by the unbeaten champion.
A solid left hook to…
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 8 rounds to retain the belt in July but broke his right hand and tore his right biceps in the bout.
The American had to undergo surgery for both injuries and was sidelined for the rest of the year.
“I’m excited about defending my world…
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 former light middleweight world champion Sergio Mora in the seventh round, while the Kazakh fighter stopped IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook in the fifth round.
Golovkin has stopped his last 23 opponents but, through no fault of his own, has…
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 flurry of punches sent Hopkins through the ropes as his legendary 28-year career came to a thudding end.
Smith went on the attack from the start but the aging Hopkins still had enough skill to avoid taking any big punches in the early rounds.
The…
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 to property for his actions at the body shop where his 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was painted.
His attorney, Matthew Kahler, lodged an appeal and said he hoped Crawford would be released after posting a $10,000 bond.
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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.
Crawford was landing hard shots from the start.
Molina was tough but he never had any answers.
Crawford jabbed and unloaded punches to the head and body until referee Mark Nelson stopped the punishment at 2:32 of the eighth round.
The titles was not at…
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 mostly boxed cautiously behind his jab behind his jab for the first couple of rounds but he soon started unloading heavy blows in the third.
Molina had nothing to offer in this fight and was in survival mode throughout.
The 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist…
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 four pounds over the 140-pound limit. He was given two hours to lose the excess pounds, but came in at 143.4 when he returned to the scales.
The fight is still on, but Molina cannot win the belts.
Crawford, who weighed in at 139.6 pounds, cannot lose…