Giovanni De Carolis (24-6, 12 KOs) stopped Vincent Feigenbutz (21-2, 19 KOs) in the 11th round of their rematch to win the vacant WBA super middleweight title on Saturday night at Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany.
De Carolis was the busier throughout before a huge right rocked his German opponent, which was followed by a barrage of punches that forced referee Gustavo Padilla to step in and stop the contest at 0:32of the 11th.
The Italian was claiming revenge on Feigenbutz, who won a…
Terence Crawford to defend against Hank Lundy on February 27
WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs) will defend his title against fellow American Hank Lundy (26-5-1, 13 KOs) on February 27 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The two-division world champion scored a 6th round knockout over Thomas Dulorme to claim the vacant WBO title in April and defended it in October when he stopped Dierry Jean in the 10th round in his last outing.
Crawford, 28, was in the running to fight Manny Pacquiao on April 9, but the Filipino fighter…
Uchiyama finishes off Flores in three
WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (24-0-1, 20 KOs) stopped Nicaraguan challenger Oliver Flores (27-2-2, 17 KOs) in the third round on Thursday night at the Ota-City General Gymnasium, in Tokyo, Japan.
The Japanese fighter finished off Flores with a left to the body to retain his belt for the 11th time.
Uchiyama hurt Flores with hard shots to the head from the start and by the second round Flores had swelling under his right eye.
Flores landed several punches of his own but…
Manny Pacquiao to fight Timothy Bradley for a third time on April 9
8-division world champion Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) is set to fight WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) for a third time on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao, 37 and Bradley, 32, are tied at 1-1 and a deal has been made between both fighters for a rubber match according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.
American Bradley claimed a split-decision win in June 2012, although most observers felt Pacquiao was the clear winner. In the rematch the Filipino…
Inoue hammers Parenas in two
WBO super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue (9-0, 8 KOs) scored a second round knockout over Filipino challenger Warlito Parenas (24-7-1, 21 KOs) on Tuesday at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan.
The Japanese fighter returned to the ring for the first time in a year and dropped Parenas twice before the referee stopped the one-sided bout.
Inoue stopped Argentina’s long-reigning world champion Omar Narvaez in the second round to win the WBO belt last December. However, he badly hurt his right hand in…
Inoue hammers Parenas to retain WBO title
WBO super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue (9-0, 8 KOs) scored a second round knockout over Filipino challenger Warlito Parenas (24-7-1, 21 KOs) on Tuesday at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan.
The Japanese fighter returned to the ring for the first time in a year and dropped Parenas twice before the referee stopped the one-sided bout.
Inoue stopped Argentina’s long-reigning world champion Omar Narvaez in the second round to win the WBO belt last December. However, he badly hurt his right hand in…
Stephen Smith set to challenge IBF super featherweight champion Jose Pedraza on March 26
Britain’s Stephen Smith (23-1, 13 KOs) will challenge undefeated Puerto Rican Jose Pedraza (21-0, 12 KOs) for his IBF super featherweight title on March 26 in New York.
Smith , 30, earned his world title shot when he stopped Italian Devis Boschiero in the 6th round in a elimination fight in September.
Pedraza, 26, won the vacant IBF belt by a one-sided points win over Russia’s Andrey Klimov in June and then retained it by split decision over American Edner Cherry in October.
Lou DiBella, who…
Saunders dethrones Lee on points
Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) outpointed defending champion Andy Lee (34-3-1, 24 KOs) to capture the WBO middleweight title on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester.
Saunders scored two crucial knockdowns in the third round and was awarded a close points decision by scores of 114-112 and 115-111, while the third judge had it even at 113-113.
The two southpaws began jabbing from distance until he fight burst into life in the third after Lee connected with a solid straight…
Barthelemy beats Shafikov to claim IBF lightweight belt
Rances Barthelemy (24-0, 13 KOs) defeated Denis Shafikov (36-2-1, 19 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF lightweight title on Friday night at the Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Barthelemy boxed from distance and outlanded Shafikov to win by scores of 116-112 twice and 119-109.
The Russian took the fight to Barthelemy in the early rounds and landed shots to head and body.
However, the Cuban was always landing the heavier blows and Shafikov was troubled by a cut over his…
Joshua downs Whyte in seven
British heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 KOs) knocked out countryman Dillian Whyte (16-1, 13 KOs) in the 7th round on Saturday night at The O2 Arena in Greenwich, London.
The Olympic gold medallist, who lost to Whyte in an amateur contest in 2009, had to take some heavy blows for the first time in his professional career before ending the clash of bitter rivals with a huge uppercut.
Joshua staggered Whyte with power punches in the opener and when he continued to unload after the…