WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs) stopped Dierry Jean (29-2, 20 KOs) in the 10th round on Saturday night at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Crawford dropped Jean in the first and 9th rounds and then used a flurry of punches to cause him to buckle into the ropes in the 10th, before thre referee ended the fight.
The unbeaten American dominated Jean throughout and while the Canadian challenger landed a few good punches, he took a one-sided…
Eubank Jr halts Jeter with ease
WBA interim middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr (20-1, 15 KOs) halted overmatched American Tony Jeter (20-5-1, 14 KOs) in the second round on Saturday night at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield.
The Brit fighter dropped Jeter with a left hook in the first round and as soon as the second had started he was on the attack again, unleashing more hard shots before referee Howard Foster intervened at 0:29 of the round.
Next, Eubank will fight Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan on December 12 in a final…
Golovkin dominates Lemieux, Gonzalez outguns Viloria
Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) stopped David Lemieux (34-3, 31 KOs) in the eighth round on Saturday night in a one-sided middleweight world title unification fight at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Golovkin was dominant from the first bell, landing almost every punch he threw before the referee stopped the fight.
The Kazakh fighter hurt Lemieux in the opening round and continued to punish him throughout.
Lemieux seemed tentative and even when he started throwing shots, Golovkin had little…
Fonfara defeats Cleverly in thriller
Poland’s Andrzej Fonfara (28-3, 16 KOs) defeated former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs) by a unanimous decision in a light heavyweight bout on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.
Fonfara edged out the Welshman over 12 entertaining rounds and won by scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 116-112.
Each fighter had their moments and landed power punches but neither hit the canvas.
Cleverly started well and connected with several hard uppercuts in the early rounds. Both…
Kell Brook pulls out of world title defence against Diego Chaves
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) has pulled out of his world title clash with Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) at the Sheffield Arena on October 24 after sustaining a rib injury in sparring.
The unbeaten Briton was set to make the third defence of his belt against the dangerous Argentine, but was taken to hospital after suffering the injury on Thursday.
After taking the advice of medical experts following scans, the champion will now look to face Chaves later in the year.
“Kell…
Selby outpoints Montiel on US debut
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (22-1, 8 KOs) outpointed former three-division world champion Fernando Montiel (54-5-2, 39 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
The Welshman had a tough battle throughout but won by wide scores of 119-109 118-110 and 116-112.
Selby controlled the action in the early rounds behind his probing jab and landed some solid right hands.
The Mexican had a good sixth round, cutting Selby over the right eye.
Montiel was forcing Selby…
Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders set for December 19
WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee (34-2-1, 24 KOs) will now fight British challenger Billy Joe Saunders (22-0, 12 KOs) on December 19 at Manchester Arena.
After two postponements – Lee with a viral infection and Saunders with a cut eye, the Irishman will finally be making the first defence of his WBO title against fellow southpaw Saunders.
Lee won the vacant belt by stopping Matt Korobov in the 6th round last December, and he was set to defend it against former champion Peter Quillin, but the…
Linares scores KO over Cano to retain title
WBC lightweight champion Jorge Linares (40-3, 27 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Mexican Ivan Cano (23-7-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday night at the Poliedro in Caracas, Venezuela.
Linares dropped Cano twice, once in the third round and then in the fourth.
The Venezuelan dominated the action from the opening bell, connecting shots to head and body. In the second, Cano went on the attack and landed a right hand but Linares was soon in charge again and blasted Cano to the deck in the third round with…
Flanagan demolishes Magdaleno, Smith tops Thompson
WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (29-0, 12 KOs) demolished American Diego Magdaleno (28-2, 12 KOs) in two rounds on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester.
Flanagan dropped Magdaleno three times in second round before the referee waved off the one-sided bout with the challenger taking more punishment on the ropes.
The Manchester man claimed the belt in July when he defeated Jose Zepeda, who had to quit with a dislocated shoulder after two rounds, but he defended it in…
Arthur Abraham vs Martin Murray for WBO title set for November 21
Britain’s Martin Murray (32-2-1, 15 KOs) will challenge WBO super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (43-4, 29 KOs) on November 21 at the TUI Arena in Hannover.
The German fighter will make the fifth defence of his second world title reign by facing Murray, who has stepped up a division having failed in his previous three world title attempts at middleweight.
Murray, 33, showed his toughness against Gennady Golovkin, before he was stopped by the fearsome Kazakh puncher in the 11th round, and…