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  • Guillermo Rigondeaux-James Dickens called off

    Former super bantamweight world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux’s fight against Britain’s James “Jazza” Dickens, on Saturday at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, is off due to the Cuban having issues obtaining a UK visa. The fight was scheduled to take place on the undercard of WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan’s defence against Derry Mathews, promoted by Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions.  Rigondeaux, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was training in Grozny, Russia with coach Pedro…

  • Billy Joe Saunders to defend WBO title against Max Bursak on April 30

    WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) will make the first defence of his title against Max Bursak (32-4-1, 15 KOs) on April 30 at the Copper Box Arena in London. The unbeaten Briton claimed the belt when he floored Ireland’s Andy…

  • Ortiz topples Thompson, Vargas halts Ali

    Unbeaten heavyweight Luis Ortiz (25-0, 22 KOs) stopped two-time world title challenger Tony Thompson (40-7, 27 KOs) in the 6th round on Saturday night at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. The 36-year-old Ortiz, nicknamed “The Real King Kong,” knocked down his opponent three times en route to a dominant knockout win. Cuban-born Ortiz, now based in Miami, dropped Thompson with an overhand left in the first round and the American barely beat the count. Ortiz connected with more hard, accurate…

  • Browne stops Chagaev to win WBA heavyweight title

    Lucas Browne (24-0, 21 KOs) scored a 10th round stoppage aganist Ruslan Chagaev (34-3-1, 21 KOs) to win the WBA heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Colosseum Sport Hall in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. Browne got off the canvas in the sixth round t…

  • Stephen Smith to challenge IBF champion Jose Pedraza on April 16

    British contender Stephen Smith (23-1, 13 KOs) will challenge IBF super featherweight champion Jose Pedraza (21-0, 12 KOs) on April 16 at Foxwoods Resort, Connecticut, USA. The fight was originally set for March 26 in New York but the American promote…

  • Crawford finishes off Lundy in five

    WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs) halted challenger Hank Lundy (26-6-1, 13 KOs) in the fifth round on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Crawford, who retained his WBO title for the second…

  • Santa Cruz crushes Martinez to retain WBA featherweight title

    WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) stopped former IBF super bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez (35-7, 26 KOs) in the fifth round on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Mexican-born Santa Cruz dropped Mar…

  • Frampton outpoints Quigg to win unification clash

    Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten Scott Quigg (32-1-2, 23 KOs) by split decision to win their unification clash on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena. Northern Irishman Frampton made the third defence of his IBF super banta…

  • Keith Thurman pulls out of Shawn Porter fight due to car accident

    WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman  (26-0, 22 KOs) has been forced to postpone his fight with Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) on March 12 at the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut, after being injured in a car accident. Americ…

  • Sturm edges out Chudinov in rematch to win world title

    Former four-time world middleweight champion Felix Sturm (40-5-3, 18 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten Fedor Chudinov (14-1, 10 KOs) by majority decision in their rematch to win the WBA super middleweight title on Saturday night at the Koenig Pilsener…