Category: Boxing

IBF bantamweight champion Lee Haskins (33-3, 14 KOs) scored a 12 round unanimous decision over Ivan Morales (29-2, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales. Haskins boxed and moved well throughout to overcome a height and reach disa…

Unbeaten super bantamweight Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) has been reinstated as the WBA’s ‘super’ champion. The Cuban was originally stripped of the belt last November due to inactivity and Scott Quigg was promoted to WBA ‘super’ champion. IBF …

Heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs)  has failed a drugs test ahead of his world title fight against American Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs). The Russian is scheduled to challenge WBC champion Wilder at the Megasport Arena in Mo…

Lucas Browne has been stripped of his WBA heavyweight title after his ‘B’ sample tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol. Browne failed a drug test after stopping Ruslan Chagaev in March in Russia to become Australia’s first heavyweight wor…

WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs) will fight WBC titleholder Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) in a unification fight on July 23 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. American Crawford, 28, a former lightweight world champion, claimed the vacant WBO belt when he stopped Thomas Dulorme in the 6th round in April 2015. He has since scored impressive stoppage victories over Dierry Jean and Hank Lundy in his two defences.   “I’m here to show everyone I belong here, and that…

WBO light middleweight champion Liam Smith (22-0-1, 12 KOs) will defend his title against Predrag Radosevic (30-1, 11 KOs) on June 4 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The Liverpudlian knocked out American John Thompson to claim the vacant WBO belt in October, and he defended it when he stopped fellow Brit Jimmy Kelly in December. Next he takes on Radosevic, of Montenegro, whose only defeat came against Felix Sturm in 2013. “It’s a good fight for me,” said Smith. “He’s a good solid European…

WBC middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) defeated former light welterweight world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) by a spectacular 6th round KO on Saturday night at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo, who dethroned M…

WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (31-4-3, 13 KOs) stopped previously unbeaten Ismael Barroso (19-1-2, 18 KOs) in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena. Crolla claimed the WBA belt when he stopped Darleys Perez with a body shot…

Kubrat Pulev (23-1, 12 KOs) outpointed Dereck Chisora (25-6, 17 KOs) by a split decision on Saturday night at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Two of the judges scores were 116-112, 118-110 for Pulev, while the third had it 115-113 for Chiso…

IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale (23-1, 14 KOs) defeated mandatory challenger Rogelio Medina (36-7, 30 KOs) by unanimous decision on Saturday night at the DC Armory in Washington DC. Both fighters traded hard punches throughout but DeGale …