Category: Boxing

Unbeaten Mexican Luis Nery (24-0, 18 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 19 KOs) to win the WBC bantamweight title on Tuesday at Shimazu Arena in Kyoto, Japan. Nery, 22, who was fighting outside of his home country for the first time as a professional, stopped Yamanaka, 34,  by fourth round TKO, ending the Japanese fighter’s nearly 6-year world title reign. Southpaw Yamanaka worked well behind his jab at the start but Nery, also a southpaw, was landing some hard…

Unbeaten Mexican Luis Nery (24-0, 18 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 19 KOs) to win the WBC bantamweight title on Tuesday at Shimazu Arena in Kyoto, Japan. Nery, 22, who was fighting outside of his home country for the first time as a professional, stopped Yamanaka, 34,  by fourth round TKO, ending the Japanese fighter’s nearly 6-year world title reign. Southpaw Yamanaka worked well behind his jab at the start but Nery, also a southpaw, was landing some hard…

Mayweather Promotions have announced two world title fights will take place on the  undercard of the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight on Saturday August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Gervonta “Tank” Davis (18-0, 17 KOs), who at 22 is…

Mayweather Promotions have announced two world title fights will take place on the  undercard of the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight on Saturday August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Gervonta “Tank” Davis (18-0, 17 KOs), who at 22 is…

Former two-weight world champion Timothy Bradley has announced his retirement from boxing. Bradley held the WBC and WBO light welterweight titles before moving up to welterweight and claiming the WBO belt on two occasions. The 33-year-old made the ann…

Former two-weight world champion Timothy Bradley has announced his retirement from boxing. Bradley held the WBC and WBO light welterweight titles before moving up to welterweight and claiming the WBO belt on two occasions. The 33-year-old made the ann…

WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) defeated Miguel Marriaga (25-3, 21 KOs) by seventh round stoppage on Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Two-weight world champion Lomachenko knocked the Colombian down…

WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) defeated Miguel Marriaga (25-3, 21 KOs) by seventh round stoppage on Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Two-weight world champion Lomachenko knocked the Colombian down…

Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez has announced his retirement from boxing on Friday. “Today is a special and sad day for me because I’m announcing my retirement,” Márquez told ESPN Deportes TV show Golpe a Golpe. “The injuries pushed me to make this decision. It hurts, but I believe the right moment to put an end to my career has arrived. “I would have loved to do a final fight to say goodbye inside the ring, but I have to listen to my body, and it was telling me that the right moment to stop…