Category: Boxing
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Groves halts Di Luisa in one-sided win
British super middleweight George Groves (22-3, 17 KOs) scored a one-sided fifth round stoppage win over Andrea Di Luisa (18-4, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London. After Groves was outpointed by WBC champion Badou Jack last Se…
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Terry Flanagan-Derry Mathews rescheduled to March 12
An injury to WBO lightweight Champion Terry Flanagan (29-0,12 KOs) has forced his world title defence against Derry Mathews (38-9-2, 20 KOs) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool to be rescheduled from February 13 to March 12 at the same venue. The entire Feb…
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Keith Thurman-Shawn Porter to fight on March 12
WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) will fight fellow American Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) on March 12 at the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut. Thurman will be defending his title for the third time. Since bein…
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Garcia outguns Guerrero to win WBC welterweight title
Unbeaten American Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) defeated former two-division world champion Robert Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC welterweight title on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. All three…
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Arthur Abraham to defend WBO title against Gilberto Ramirez on April 9
WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) on April 9 on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley 3 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The German veteran will defend his belt for the sixth time when he takes on the unbeaten Mexican southpaw. It will be the fourth time “King Arthur” will travel from his adopted German homeland to fight in the United States, though it will be his first bout in Las…
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Leo Santa Cruz set to fight Kiko Martinez on February 27
WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs) will fight former world champion Kiko Martinez (35-6, 26 KOs) on February 27 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Mexican-born Santa Cruz, who now resides in California, had previou…
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Wilder wins with devastating KO of Szpilka in the 9th
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) scored a devastating 9th round knockout against Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The unbeaten American knocked Szpilka out cold with a h…
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Haye destroys De Mori in first round of ring return
British heavyweight David Haye (27-2, 25 KOs) returned to the ring with a first round knockout of Mark de Mori (30-2-2, 26 KOs) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. In his first fight since he knocked out fellow Londoner Dereck Chisora in five…
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Kell Brook to defend against Kevin Bizier on March 26
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Kevin Bizier (25-2, 17 KOs) on March 26 at Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield. Brook stopped Frankie Gavin in the 6th round in his last outing in May and will make the thir…
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Danny Garcia-Robert Guerrero to fight for vacant WBC welterweight title on January 23
Unbeaten American Danny Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) and countryman Robert Guerrero (33-3, 18 KOs) will fight for the vacant WBC welterweight title on January 23 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Floyd Mayweather Jr was stripped of the belt d…