Unbeaten British featherweight Josh Warrington (22-0, 4 KOs) scored a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over Australian Joel Brunker (28-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
All three judges handed the home favourite shutout scores of 120-108.
The pair exchanged shots during an explosive opener, but Warrington soon took charge with his ferocious combinations.
An accidental head clash in the fifth left Brunker with a cut on his head, while Warrington’s…
Lee Selby vs Fernando Montiel on October 14
Lee Selby (21-1, 8 KOs) will defend his IBF featherweight title against former world champion Fernando Montiel (54-4-2, 39 KOs) on October 14 at Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona.
The 28-year-old Welshman captured the belt from Evgeny Gradovich via an eighth-round stoppage in May and he will make his American debut when he defends it for the first time against the experienced Mexican.
Montiel, 36, who has won world titles at flyweight, super flyweight and bantamweight, may have seen better…
Kell Brook to defend against Diego Chaves on October 24
Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) will make the third defence of his IBF world welterweight title against Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) on October 24 at the Motorpoint Arena in his hometown of Sheffield.
Brook, 29, stopped Jo Jo Dan in March and Frankie Gavin in May to retain the title he took from Shawn Porter just over a year ago. Next he faces Argentine brawler Chaves, who has a good chin and can bang.
Chaves, 29, is 1-2-1 in his last four bouts, but those defeats have come against the best in the…
Yoan Pablo Hernandez-Victor Emilio Ramirez set for October 2
IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) will defend his title against former WBO champion Victor Emilio Ramirez (22-2, 17 KOs) on October 2 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hernandez, a native of Cuba, now residing in Germany, has not fought since his points win over Firat Arslan in August 2014, mainly due to a right elbow injury. But following repeated delays, the southpaw will now travel to the challenger’s home country and make his fifth title defence.
Ramirez outpointed…
Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders postponed again
Andy Lee’s WBO middleweight title defence against Billy Joe Saunders on October 10 in Manchester, has been postponed for a second time after the challenger suffered a cut eye in sparring.
The fight had already been rescheduled from September 19 in Limerick, when Lee picked up a virus last month that disrupted his preparation, and now it is off again due to the injury to Saunders.
“First of all I’m sorry to Andy and all the fans that this fight has had to be postponed again,” said Saunders….
Mosley halts Mayorga in six of rematch
Shane Mosley (48-9-1, 40 KOs) claimed a 6th round stoppage victory over Ricardo Mayorga (31-9-1, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
Nearly seven years after Mosley stopped the Nicaraguan fighter with one second left in the 12th round of their first fight, the American veteran stopped Mayorga again, this time with one second left in the 6th.
From the start, Mosley, 43, was landing hard shots but Mayorga, 41, took them well and came back with some punches of his…
Santa Cruz outpoints Mares in hard-fought battle
Leo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs) defeated Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15KO) by majority decision to win the vacant WBA featherweight title on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The two Mexican fighters battled hard throughout, but Santa Cruz landed the greater punches and two judges had him winning by scores of 117-111, while the third judge scored it a 114-114 draw.
From the opening bell, they charged at each other and exchanged big shots.
Mares, who was cut over the…
Darleys Perez-Anthony Crolla rematch set for November 21
Anthony Crolla (29-4-3, 11 KOs) will challenge Darleys Perez (32-1-1, 20 KOs) for the WBA lightweight title on November 21, again at the Manchester Arena.
In their first meeting, Colombia’s Perez retained his title by a hotly disputed majority draw in July, but many thought the Mancunian won the close fight, especially because the champion had two points deducted by the referee for low blows. One judge scored it 116-111 for Crolla but the other two had it 113-113. WBA president Gilberto…
Liam Smith to fight replacement opponent John Thompson for the vacant WBO light-middleweight title
Liam Smith (20-0-1, 10 KOs) will now face American John Thompson (17-1, 6 KOs) for the vacant WBO light middleweight title on October 10 in Manchester, after the withdrawal of original opponent Michel Soro.
The Liverpool fighter was initially supposed to be fighting Frenchman Soro, for the belt that was stripped from American Demetrius Andrade for inactivity, but due to an internal issue between Soro and his promoters Top Rank, Smith will now take on Thomson, who is coming off the most notable…
Terence Crawford to defend belt against Dierry Jean on October 24
WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (26-0, 18 KOs) will defend his belt against Dierry Jean (29-1, 20 KOs) on October 24 in his home town of Omaha, Nebraska at the CenturyLink Center.
Crawford had previously held the WBO lightweight title and is in spectacular form with dominant wins over Ricky Burns, Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Ray Beltran before relinquishing the belt and moving up to 140 pounds.
He then stopped Thomas Dulorme in the 6th round to win the vacant WBO title, and will be…