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  • WBO champion Terry Flanagan to fight Derry Mathews on February 13

    WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (29-0, 12 KOs) will fight domestic rival Derry Mathews (38-9-2, 20 KOs) on February 13 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Flanagan, 26, won the title in July when he defeated Jose Zepeda, who could not continue after the second round due to a a dislocated left shoulder, and will make his second defence in the challenger’s backyard.  The Manchester man destroyed Diego Magdaleno in two rounds last month in his last outing. “It’s something I’ve wanted so…

  • David Haye to return to the ring against Mark De Mori on January 16

    British heavyweight David Haye (26-2, 24 KOs) will return to the ring against Australia’s Mark De Mori (30-1-2, 26 KOs) on January 16 at The O2 in London. The 35-year-old has not fought since he stopped Dereck Chisora in the 5th round in July 2012. Haye, a former world champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight, will be without long-time trainer Adam Booth, and  is now trained by Shane McGuigan, the son of former world featherweight champion Barry. “I’m so happy to be able to step…

  • Canelo captures WBC middleweight title with points win over Cotto

    Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) defeated Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC middleweight title on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Canelo outgunned Cotto over the 12 rounds and the judges awarded…

  • Crolla crushes Perez to claim WBA lightweight title

    Anthony Crolla (30-4-3, 12 KOs) dethroned Darleys Perez (32-2-1, 20 KOs) by fifth round knockout to win the WBA lightweight title on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester. The hometown favourite battled to a draw with Perez at the same …

  • Abraham edges out Murray to retain WBO title

    WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) defeated British challenger Martin Murray (32-3-1, 15 KOs) by a split decision on Saturday night at the TUI Arena in Hannover, Germany. Abraham landed the harder shots throughout and two of…

  • Randy Caballero fails to make weight and loses IBF bantamweight title

    Randy Caballero (22-0, 13 KOs) failed to make the weight for his IBF bantamweight title defence against Britain’s Lee Haskins (32-3, 14 KOs) and lost his belt. The American came in 5.5 pounds over the 118-pound limit, and the bout, which was set to tak…

  • Miguel Cotto stripped of WBC middleweight title

    Four-division world champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) has been stripped of his WBC middleweight title. The WBC has elected to strip Miguel Cotto of the belt, only four days before his mega-fight against Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs), claiming the…

  • Guillermo Rigondeaux added to Cotto-Canelo undercard

    Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) has been added to the undercard of the Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez fight on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay  in Las Vegas. Rigondeaux will face Drian Francisco (28-3-1, 22 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round super bant…

  • Andre Ward vacates WBA super middleweight title

    Unbeaten American Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) has vacated his WBA super middleweight title. Ward’s decision to vacate the WBA title has been expected, as he will now move up in weight to the light heavyweight division and pursue a showdown with WBO, IBF…

  • Liam Smith to defend WBO belt against Jimmy Kelly

    WBO light middleweight champion Liam Smith (21-0-1, 11 KOs) will defend his title against unbeaten British rival Jimmy Kelly (16-0, 7 KOs) on December 19 at the Manchester Arena. The undefeated Smith, 27, will be making the first defence of the vacant belt he won when knocking out American John Thompson in the seventh round, at the same venue in October. “I can’t wait to make the opening defence of my world title,” said Smith. “Kelly is a tough and unbeaten young challenger which is fantastic…