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…
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 over Franklin Lawrence earlier this month, was set to meet Fury in a eliminator for a mandatory fight for the WBO heavyweight title, which is currently owned by Hughie’s cousin Tyson. But he has now withdrawn from the bout due to a financial…
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 the fight that he had injured his right hand in the second round.
The Mexican underwent an X-ray and a CT scan on Monday to determine the full extent of the damage and was found to have suffered an avulsion fracture of the right thumb.
The injury…
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 middleweight and middleweight, knocked down the Briton three times in the fight, once in the 7th, 8th and 9th rounds, on the way to capturing another 154-pound world title.
Canelo dominated the opening round, landing hard jabs and body shots. Smith came…
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 heavyweight gold medallist Usyk used his height, reach, speed and boxing skills to dominate the Polish fighter and win by scores of 119-109, 117-111, 117-111.
In a battle of southpaws, Usyk showed he was the superior boxer from the opening bell. He never…
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 strawweight, becomes the first fighter from Nicaragua to win world titles in four weight divisions, surpassing his hero and mentor Alexis Arguello.
The 29-year-old Gonzalez outworked Mexican Cuadras, 28, throughout the fight and won by scores of…
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 first, but the British challenger recovered well and landed some shots of his own late in the round.
Brook landed several punches throughout the fight,but they never seem to affect Golovkin.
Good two-way action continued in rounds 2 and 3, but by…
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 stoppage.
In the first fight, the pair exchanged knockdowns before Mora injured his ankle in the second round.
This time, the champion dominated the bout from the start. Mora Jabbed and moved but he could not avoid Jacobs’ power punches. Jacobs rocked…
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 not be at stake.
WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza said, “The Championships Committee and the Presidency have not agreed to sanction this bout as a title fight because Brook has never fought as a middleweight.
“If Golovkin were to lose to Kell…
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 victory last November, but pulled out of a planned July rematch with the Ukrainian due to an ankle injury.
Then the rescheduled October 29 bout become in doubt because of a row over money.
Team Klitschko are preparing to take Fury to court claiming the…