Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (41-7, 33 KOs) scored a 4th round knockout over ring legend Roy Jones Jr (62-9, 45 KOs) on Saturday night at the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia.
The Welshman went on the attack from the start, backing up Jones and unloading body and head shots in each round of the non-title cruiserweight bout.
The American landed punches off the ropes now and again, but the heavier blows came from Macccarinelli.
In the 4th, a big uppercut floored Jones and…
Donaire decisions Juarez in thriller to win WBO belt
Four-division world champion Nonito Donaire (36-3, 23 KOs) defeated Mexico’s Cesar Juarez (17-3, 13 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO super bantamweight title on Friday night at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Flipino fighter outslugged Juarez over 12 rounds to win by scores of 117-109 and 116-110 twice.Donaire landed accurate punches to the head and body while on the move in the early rounds
He continued to build up a lead and dropped Juarez…
Deontay Wilder to defend WBC title against Artur Szpilka on January 16
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) will defend his title against Artur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs) on January 16 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The unbeaten American will make the third defence of the belt he won by outpointing Bermane Stiverne last January, when he takes on the 26-year-old southpaw from Poland.
Wilder, 30, became the first American heavyweight world champion since Shannon Briggs lost the WBO belt in 2007. In his first two defences he stopped…
Tyson Fury stripped of IBF title
British heavyweight Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) has been stripped of his IBF title.
Fury won the IBF belt, along with the WBA and WBO titles, by beating Wladimir Klitschko on points in Germany last month.
However, the IBF rules insisted that Fury must face their mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov (21-01, 13 KOs) within a set period of time, but instead he has opted for a rematch with Ukrainian veteran next.
Klitschko has a contractual right to an immediate rematch, which could take place as…
Jacobs defeats Quillin in 85- second destruction
WBA middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs) stopped previously undefeated challenger Peter Quillin (32-1-1, 23 KOs) in the first round on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Jacobs, who has resumed his career after surviving a rare form of bone cancer, rocked former WBO champion Quillin with a series of hard shots before the referee stopped the fight after only 85 seconds.
In a bout between two top middleweights from the same neighbourhood in Brooklyn, Jacobs landed…
Sergey Kovalev-Jean Pascal rematch set for January 30
IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) will defend his titles in a rematch against former world champion Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) on January 30 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
The Russian stopped Pascal in the 8th round of an action-packed fight in March at the same venue.
If Kovalev gets past the Canadian for the second time as expected, he already has two bigger fights planned for 2016.
He will fight WBC champion Adonis Stevenson (27-1, 22 KOs) in June in…
DeGale beats Bute in hard-fought battle
IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale (22-1, 14 KOs) scored a hard-fought unanimous decision over former world champion Lucian Bute (32-3, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the Vidéotron Centre in Quebec City.
DeGale outlanded Bute in a action-packed fight and won by scores of 116-112 and 117-111 twice.
The Brit fighter took the fight to Bute from the opening bell and scored with combinations.
DeGale dominated the early exchanges before an accidental head clash opened a cut above his…
Charlo hammers Campfort in four to retain IBF belt
IBF light middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (23-0, 18 KOs) easily halted challenger Wilky Campfort (21-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas.
Charlo scored three knockdowns on the way to a fourth round TKO victory.
The unbeaten American used his size and reach advantage to control Campfort from the start.
Charlo floored his Haiti-born opponent with a solid right hand in the second round. Then a barrage of punches forced Campfort to the canvas for a second time in…
Fury conquers Klitschko to win world heavyweight titles
Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) defeated Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 54 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight titles on Saturday night at the ESPIRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Fury was busier and landed more punches over the 12 rounds to end Klitschko’s historic title reign by scores of 115-112, 115-112 and 116-111.
Klitschko, 39, stalked the 27-year-old British challenger from the opening bell, but was not throwing many punches, while Fury used lateral movement and…
Lara halts Zaveck in three
WBA light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) stopped Slovenian Jan Zaveck (35-4, 19 KOs) in the third round on Wednesday night at Hialeah Park Racing & Casino in Miami, Florida.
Lara dominated the former IBF welterweight champion throughout and was landing hard shots from the start.
The Cuba connected with a straight left hand to the head in the third round, and then followed up with a combination as Zaveck turned his back.
Then the referee stopped the fight at 0:41 of…