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  • Eubank Jr captures British belt, Blackwell taken to hospital

    Chris Eubank Jr (22-1, 17 KOs) dethroned British champion Nick Blackwell (19-4-1, 8 KOs) in the 10th round on Saturday night at Wembley Arena in London. It was a good action fight that was overshadowed by concern for Blackwell, who  was taken fro…

  • Adrien Broner facing assault and robbery charges

    Four-weight world champion Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) faces assault and robbery charges in his hometown of Cincinnati. American Broner, 26, who is scheduled to defend his WBA light welterweight title against Britain’s Ashley Theophane on April 1, al…

  • Lucas Browne fails drug test after Ruslan Chagaev bout

    WBA heavyweight champion Lucas Browne (24-0, 21 KOs) failed a post-fight drug test following his world title bout against Ruslan Chagaev on March 5. Australian Browne, who stopped Chagaev in the 10th round to win the WBA title in Grozny, Russia, teste…

  • Ola Afolabi retires from boxing

    Former three-time cruiserweight world title challenger OIa Afolabi (22-5-4, 11 KOs) has announced his retirement from boxing. Afolabi, a Londoner with Nigerian parents, has decided to hang up his gloves on his 36th birthday. He moved to America as a t…

  • Dereck Chisora to fight Kubrat Pulev in IBF title eliminator on May 7

    Dereck Chisora (25-5, 17 KOs) will fight Kubrat Pulev (22-1, 12 KOs) in a European heavyweight title fight and IBF world title eliminator on May 7 at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Both men look to reclaim the European crown and land a seco…

  • Ricky Burns-Michele Di Rocco for vacant WBA light welterweight title on May 28

    Former two-weight world champion Ricky Burns (39-5-1. 13 KOs) will fight Italy’s Michele Di Rocco (40-1-1, 18 KOs) for the vacant WBA light welterweight title on May 28 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. The Scot held the WBO super featherweight title between 2010 and 2011, before moving up a weight and winning the WBO lightweight belt until losing on points to American Terence Crawford in March 2014. Burns can now win a world title at a third different weight if he beats former European champion Di…

  • Flanagan decisions Mathews to retain WBO belt

    WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (30-0, 12 KOs) defeated Derry Mathews (38-10-2, 20 KOs) by unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Both fighters had their moments early on but Flanagan used his superior boxing skil…

  • Braehmer outguns Gutknecht to retain WBA belt

     WBA light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (48-2, 35 KOs) defeated fellow German Eduard Gutknecht (29-4-1, 12 KOs) by unanimous decision in a rematch on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany. Braehmer dominated the …

  • Anthony Crolla to battle Ismael Barroso in first title defence

    WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (30-4-3, 12 KOs) will make the first defence of his belt against Ismael Barroso (19-0-2, 18 KOs) on May 7 at the Manchester Arena. Crolla won the WBA title when he defeated Darleys Perez by fifth round knockout,…

  • Lee Selby to defend IBF title against Eric Hunter on April 9

    IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (22-1, 8 KOs) will defend his title aganist mandatory challenger Eric Hunter (21-3, 11 KOs) on April 9 at the O2 Arena in London. The fight will be on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s IBF heavyweight title challenge against Charles Martin. Welshman Selby claimed the IBF belt with a dominant 8th round technical decision win over Evgeny Gradovich in May, and then traveled to the US to defend it when he won a lopsided points decision over former…