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 relentless assaults by the Belarusian challenger and retain his title by scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112
Burns was on the backfoot for most of the first two rounds as Relikh connected with a flurry of hooks.
But Burns soon started to land hard…
Cleverly beats Braehmer to become two-time world champion
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 Braehmer pulled out after the 6th round due to suffering a dislocated right elbow.
With the win, Cleverly, who lost the WBO belt when Sergey Kovalev stopped him in 2013, claimed his second world title.
The Welshman took the fight to Braehmer from…
Parker pounds Dimitrenko in three
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 Zealander dropped Dimitrenko with a left-right combination in the first round and sent the 6’7″ Russian to the canvas two more times in the second with more hard shots.
Dimitrenko went down for the fourth time from a body shot in the third and while he…
Boxer Mike Towell dies aged 25 after KO loss
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 round and again in the fifth prior to the stoppage of the British welterweight title eliminator.
The 25-year-old was stretchered from the ring and rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Having suffered severe bleeding and swelling to the…
Tyson Fury tests positive for cocaine
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 Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) on September 22, the day before he pulled out of a rematch with former champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Team Fury announced that the Briton withdrew from the Klitschko fight because he had been declared medically unfit…
Billy Joe Saunders to make first title defence against Artur Akavov on October 22
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 a scheduled defence against Ukrainian Max Bursak in April due to a hand injury.
Now he will fight Russia’s Akavov, who is a southpaw and holds the WBO European Middleweight title. Akavov has won all of his last 11 fights and has never been…
Vasyl Lomachenko vs Nicholas Walters set for November 26
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 medalist, won a world title in his third professional bout when he outpointed Gary Russell Jr to win the vacant WBO featherweight title in June 2014. He made three successful defences before moving up to 130 pounds and knocking out Roman Martinez to…
Linares outpoints Crolla to win WBA lightweight title
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 earned him a unanimous decision by scores of 115-114, 117-111 and 115-113.
Linares did the better work in the early rounds, landing hard shots to the head and body.
But the hometown fighter came back with some shots of his own in the fourth and…
Tyson Fury vs Wladimir Klitschko rematch called off for second time
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 bout last November.
The unbeaten Briton pulled out of the original July 9 rematch after he injured his ankle and now the fight, scheduled for October 29 in Manchester, will be postponed for a second time.
A statement from team Fury read: “Tyson…
Terence Crawford found guilty of two misdemeanor charges
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 Carlo. The owner told Crawford the car wouldn’t be returned until Crawford paid the $1,350 he owed for a paint job. Crawford and three other people removed the vehicle from a hydraulic lift themselves, causing damages to the lift in the process, and…