Category: Boxing

Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) dethroned previously undefeated Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the IBF, WBA and WBO light heavyweight titles on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ward battled back from a second …

British super middleweight contender George Groves (25-3, 18 KOs) scored a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Eduard Gutknecht (30-5-1, 13 KOs) on Friday night at Wembley Arena in London. Groves dominated the acti…

IBF bantamweight champion Lee Haskins (34-3,14 KOs) will defend his title against Shohei Omori (17-1, 12 KOs) on December 31 at the Shimazu Arena, Kyoto, Japan. Haskins is coming off a couple of points wins in his previous world title defences against …

WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia (33-0, 19 KOs) halted Samuel Vargas (25-3-1. 13 KOs) in the 7th round of a non-title bout at the Liacouras Center in his hometown of Philadelphia. Garcia dominated from the start, dropping Vargas (25-3-1 KO13) in…

WBA super featherweight champion Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) outpointed Stephen Smith (24-3, 14 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Salle des Étoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Both fighters battled hard but the American overpowered Smith in most of the rounds and retained his world title by scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 116-112. Sosa took the fight to Smith from the opening bell and floored the challenger with a left in the second round and Smith was then cut in the…

WBC and WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (29-0, 20 KOs) will defend his titles against John Molina Jr (29-6, 23 KOs) on December 10 at the CenturyLink Center  in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. American Crawford vacated his WBO l…

Unbeaten heavyweights Joseph Parker (21-0, 18 KOs) and Andy Ruiz Jr (29-0, 19 KOs) will fight for the vacant WBO title on December 10 at the Vector Arena in Parker’s native New Zealand. Parker, who is the WBO’s number-one ranked heavyweight, has already fought four times this year, including outpointing Carlos Takam and knockout wins over Solomon Haumono and Alexander Dimitrenko, and he will have home advantage when he fights the 27-year-old Mexican, in the first ever heavyweight title clash…

Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over defending champion Jessie Vargas (27-2, 10 KOs) to regain the WBO welterweight title on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, who returned to boxing afte…

Unbeaten super middleweight Tyron Zeuge (19-0-1, 11 KOs) stopped defending WBA champion Giovanni De Carolis (24-7-1, 12 KOs) in the 12th round of their rematch on Saturday night at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany. Italian De Carolis retained his worl…

Former world title challenger Ovill McKenzie (25-12-1, 13 KOs) has announced his retirement from boxing after being diagnosed with a heart condition. The 36-year-old McKenzie, a British, Commonwealth and WBA intercontinental champion, has not fought s…