Category: Boxing
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Bradley dominates and downs Rios
WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) scored a 9th round stoppage over challenger Brandon Rios (33-3-1, 24 KOs) on Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Bradley dominated fellow American Rios for the entire fi…
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Smith flattens Fielding in one
British super middleweight contender Callum Smith (18-0, 13 KOs) stopped countryman Rocky Fielding (21-1, 12 KOs) in the first round on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. In a clash of unbeaten local rivals, Smith floored Fielding three ti…
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Rigondeaux returns to the ring against Mario Briones on December 4
Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) will return to the ring against Mexican fighter Mario Briones (26-4-2, 19 KOs) on December 4 at EY Centre, Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. The two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist was stripped of his WBO title and the WBA have downgraded him to “Champion in recess” for inactivity. He has not fought since last December, where he was knocked down twice in the 7th round by Japan’s Hisashi Amagasa before claiming a 11th-round stoppage victory. Rigondeaux returns…
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Andre Ward pulls out of November 21 fight due to injury
Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) will no longer be fighting on the undercard of the WBC middleweight title bout between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez on November 21 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, because of injury. The American was set to make his debut at l…
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Povetkin scores stoppage win over Wach to set up Deontay Wilder fight
Former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) halted Mariusz Wach (31-2, 17 KOs) in the 12th round on Wednesday night at the Basket Hall Arena in Kazan, Russia. Povetkin dominated the action from the first bell and connected with ha…
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Carl Frampton vs Scott Quigg set for February 27
Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) and Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) will meet in a world title unification fight on February 27 at the Manchester Arena. Frampton, 28, puts his IBF super bantamweight title on the line while Quigg, 27, will defend his WBA bel…
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Andre Ward added to Cotto-Canelo undercard
Super middleweight world champion Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) will face Alexander Brand (24-1, 19 KOs), of Columbia, in a scheduled 10-round bout on November 21 on the Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez undercard at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The American will…
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Randy Caballero vs Lee Haskins on Cotto-Canelo undercard
IBF bantamweight champion Randy Caballero (22-0, 13 KOs) will defend his belt against Britain’s Lee Haskins (32-3, 14 KOs) on November 21 on the Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez undercard at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The American returns from an 11-month l…
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Rigondeaux stripped of WBO title
Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) has been stripped of the WBO super bantamweight title because of inactivity. The two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist has not defended the title since last December, where he was knocked down twice in the 7th round …
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Enzo Maccarinelli to fight Roy Jones Jr in Russia on December 12
Enzo Maccarinelli (40-7, 32 KOs) will fight former four-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr (62-8, 45 KOs) on December 12 at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia. Former WBO cruiserweight champion Maccarinelli has been fighting at light heavyweight for …