Category: Boxing

Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs) outpointed Timothy Bradley (33-2-1, 13 KOs) in their third meeting on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Eight-division world champion Pacquiao, who was fighting for the first time since his poin…

Britain’s Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) captured the IBF heavyweight title when he stopped previously unbeaten Charles Martin (23-1-1, 21 KOs) in the second round on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. Joshua stalked the defending champion Marti…

IBF light welterweight champion Edward Trojanowski (24-0, 21 KOs) stopped former champion Cesar Cuenca (48-2, 2 KOs) in the 7th round of their rematch on Friday night at the Krylia Sovetov in Moscow, Russia. Cuenca showed good movement and footwork but Troyanovsky soon started landing some heavy blows and bloodied Cuenca’s nose in the third round. The Russian continued to land hard shots and dropped Cuenca with a right hand in the 4th. Cuenca recovered and fought back before a uppercut from…

Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) has been stripped of the WBA super bantamweight title. The Northern Irishman won the WBA belt when he outpointed Scott Quigg, adding the strap to his IBF super bantamweight title, in an all British unification fight in Feb…

WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (27-2-1, 12 KOs) will now defend his title aganist new opponent Mexico’s Fernando Vargas (29-9-3, 20 KOs) on Saturday at the O2 in London. Original opponent Juan Alberto Rosas has pulled out after suffering a cut during a sparring session and Vargas has agreed to step in. Vargas, who was outpointed by Rosas in 2013, is coming off a a points win over former WBO super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in June. “It’s a massive chance for Vargas,”…

British middleweight Nick Blackwell woke from an induced coma on Saturday and a day later was talking with family and close friends at his bedside, promoter Hennessy Boxing announced on Monday. Blackwell, who was making his third British title defence,…

Unbeaten British contender Callum Smith (19-0, 14 KOs) demolished Hadillah Mohoumadi (20-4-1, 15 KOs) in the first round to win the  European super middleweight title on Saturday night  at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The 25-year-old Liverpu…

Four-division world champion Adrien Broner (32-2, 24 KOs) stopped Britain’s Ashley Theophane (39-7-1, 11 KOs) in the 9th round on Friday night at the D.C. Armory in Washington, DC. The fight was scheduled to be Broner’s first defence of the WBA light …

WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (27-2-1, 12 KOs) will defend his title against Juan Alberto Rosas (41-9, 28 KOs) on April 9 at the O2 in London. McDonnell will make his fourth world title defence against Mexican Rosas on the undercard of Ant…

Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) has been stripped of his WBA light welterweight title after he failed to make weight on Thursday afternoon for his title defence against Britain’s Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) tonight at the DC Armory in Washington, D…