Tony Bellew will fight Ilunga Makabu for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title on May 29 at Goodison Park, the home of his beloved local football club Everton.
Bellew fought for world titles at light-heavyweight, losing on points to Nathan Cleverly in 2011 and being stopped in the 6th round by Adonis Stevenson in November 2013. But the British contender has won his last six fights since stepping up to cruiserweight, including gaining revenge on bitter rival Cleverly in November 2014.
“I was born…
Vasyl Lomachenko to challenge Roman Martinez on June 11
WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs) will move up in weight and challenge WBO super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) on June 11 at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Lomachenko challenged for a world title in only his second pro fight, but lost on points to Orlando Salido in 2014. However, Salido had failed to make weight before the fight and was stripped of the WBO belt.
Lomachenko won the vacant title in…
Francisco Vargas fails drug test
WBC super featherweight champion Francisco Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs) has tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol.
Vargas is scheduled to defend his title against Mexican countryman Orlando Salido on June 4.
The fight remains on, according to a statement from promoters Golden Boy, which claims Vargas unwittingly ingested the banned substance during a training camp in Mexico.
“Francisco believes he tested positive due to ingesting contaminated meat in Mexico, where clenbuterol is…
Carl Frampton to fight Leo Santa Cruz on July 30 in New York
Northern Ireland’sCarl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) will challenge WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs) on July 30 at the Barclays Center in New York.
Frampton, 29, unified the IBF and WBA titles at 122 pounds when he outpointed Scott Quigg in February in an all British unification fight.
The Belfast boxer was stripped of his WBA super bantamweight title after failing to agree to a first defence against mandatory challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux.
The unbeaten 29-year-old…
Jezreel Corrales dethrones Takashi Uchiyama with second round KO
Underdog Jezreel Corrales (20-1-1, 8 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (24-1-1, 20 KOs) by a second round KO on Wednesday night at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
The Panamanian challenger knocked down Uchiyama three times in the second round to end the Japanese fighter’s six-year title reign.
Corrales hurt Uchiyama with some hard shots in the first round and then drooped him with a left hand to the head in the second.
Uchiyama…
Jezreel Corrales dethrones Takashi Uchiyama with second round KO
Underdog Jezreel Corrales (20-1-1, 8 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (24-1-1, 20 KOs) by a second round KO on Wednesday night at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
The Panamanian challenger knocked down Uchiyama three times in the second round to end the Japanese fighter’s six-year title reign.
Corrales hurt Uchiyama with some hard shots in the first round and then drooped him with a left hand to the head in the second.
Uchiyama…
Anthony Joshua to defend IBF title against Dominic Breazeale
IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) will make his first world title defence against undefeated American Dominic Breazeale (17-0, 15 KOs) on June 25 at the O2 Arena in London.
The Briton won the IBF belt when he demolished American Charles Martin inside two rounds at the same venue earlier this month.
Joshua has stopped all but one of his opponents within three rounds since turning professional in October 2013.
Breazeale has won all 17 of his professional fights, 15 inside…
Sergey Kovalev to fight Isaac Chilemba on July 11 in Russia
IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (29-0-1, 26 KOs) will fight Isaac Chilemba (24-3-2, 10 KOs) on July 11 at the DIVS Palace of Sports in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Kovalev will be defending his world titles in his home country for the first time when he takes on Chilemba, a native of Malawi who resides in South Africa.
“I am so excited to fight in my home country of Russia,” said Kovalev. ” It gives me great pride to bring my titles home at last. Chilemba is a tough…
Golovkin scores another KO, Gonzalez outpoints Arroyo
WBA and IBF middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) scored a second round KO over previously unbeaten mandatory challenger Dominic Wade (18-1, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, California.
Golovkin knocked down Wade three times on the way to his 22nd consecutive knockout victory.
The Kazakh fighter dropped Wade in the first round with an hard right and then sent the American to the canvas for a second time with a brutal left uppercut in the…
Golovkin scores another KO, Gonzalez outpoints Arroyo
WBA and IBF middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) scored a second round KO over previously unbeaten mandatory challenger Dominic Wade (18-1, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, California.
Golovkin knocked down Wade three times on the way to his 22nd consecutive knockout victory.
The Kazakh fighter dropped Wade in the first round with an hard right and then sent the American to the canvas for a second time with a brutal left uppercut in the…