Category: Boxing
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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 Car…
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Andy Ruiz Jr withdraws from Hughie Fury fight
Mexico’s Andy Ruiz Jr (29-0, 19 KOs) has pulled out of a scheduled heavyweight bout against Britain’s Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) on the Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko undercard on October 29 in Manchester. Ruiz, who scored a unanimous decision victory …
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Canelo ruled out for remainder of 2016 with fractured thumb
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) has fractured his right thumb and and will not fight again this year. Canelo knocked out Britain’s Liam Smith in the ninth round to win the WBO light middleweight title on Saturday night, but confirmed following …
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Canelo scores 9th round KO over Smith to capture WBO light middleweight title
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) dethroned WBO light middleweight champion Liam Smith (23-1-1, 13 KOs) by a 9th round knockout on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Canelo, who previously won world titles at light middleweig…
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Usyk outpoints Glowacki to win WBO cruiserweight title
Unbeaten Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs) outpointed WBO cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Glowacki (26-1, 16 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to capture the world title on Saturday night at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland. The 2012 Olympic heavyweigh…
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Gonzalez becomes four-weight world champion with points win over Cuadras
Roman Gonzalez, (46-0, 38 KOs) dethroned WBC super flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras (35-1-1, 27 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Forum in Los Angeles. Gonzalez, a former world champion at flyweight, light flyweight and s…
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Golovkin beats Brook by fifth round TKO
WBA/WBC/IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) scored a fifth round stoppage over IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. Golovkin rocked Brook with a hard left hook in the fi…
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Jacobs demolishes Mora, Easter outpoints Commey
WBA middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs) stopped former world champion Sergio Mora (28-4-2, 9 KOs) on Friday night at the Santander Arena in Pennsylvania. American Jacobs dropped countryman Mora five times en route to a 7th-round stoppag…
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Golovkin’s WBA title not at stake against Brook
WBA/WBC/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) will defend three of his four world titles against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. The WBA middleweight belt will n…
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Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko rematch to go ahead on October 29, Hughie Fury vs Andy Ruiz on the undercard
The rematch between WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) and former champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) will go ahead on October 29 in Manchester, according to promoter Frank Warren. Fury dethroned Klitschko with a points victo…