Category: Boxing

WBA light welterweight champion Ricky Burns (41-5-1, 14 KOs) outpointed previously unbeaten Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 KOs) on Friday night at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The Scotsman displayed good boxing skills and toughness to overcome relentle…

Nathan Cleverly (30-3, 16 KOs) beat defending champion Jurgen Braehmer (48-3, 35 KOs) to win the WBA light heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany. Cleverly threw nonstop punches throughout the fight before…

Joseph Parker (21-0, 18 KOs) halted Alexander Dimitrenko (38-3, 24 KOs) in the third round on Saturday night at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau, New Zealand. Parker knocked Dimitrenko down four times en route to the TKO victory. The New Zealande…

Scottish boxer Mike Towell has died in hospital following a fifth-round KO loss to Dale Evans on Thursday night at St Andrews Sporting Club in Glasgow. Towell, who had been undefeated with 11 previous wins and one draw, was knocked down in the first ro…

WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) has reportedly tested positive for cocaine. According to ESPN, Fury tested positive for the substance benzoylecgonine, the central compound found in cocaine, in a test administered by Voluntar…

WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0 12 KOs) will make his first title defence against Artur Akavov (16-1 7 KOs) on October 22 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. The Briton dethroned Ireland’s Andy Lee in December 2015 but pulled out of…

WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4 KOs) will defend his title against unbeaten Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) on November 26 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Ukraine’s Lomachenko, a 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medali…

Three-weight world champion Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) outpointed WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena. It was a close, hard-fought battle, but Linares’ combinations and counter-punching …

WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) has postponed his rematch with former champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) for a second time because he is “medically unfit to fight”. Fury dethroned the Ukrainian on points in the first…

Light welterweight world champion Terence Crawford was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges for an incident in April at a auto body shop in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Police said Crawford went to the shop and demanded his 1984 Chevy Monte Car…