Category: Boxing

Floyd Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) has officially been stripped of the WBO welterweight title.
Mayweather, who also holds the WBC and WBA titles in both the welterweight and light middleweight divisions, claimed the first WBO title of his career when he outpointed Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in a 147-pound unification fight.
The WBO gave Mayweather a deadline to meet its criteria for a champion, including making a payment of $200,000 from his Pacquiao purse and giving up his WBC and WBA…

World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 54 KOs) will fight Britain’s Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) on October 24 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
“We’re very happy to reach an agreement with Hennessy Sports for this great heavyweight title matchup,” said Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, promoter of Klitschko.
WBA, IBF and WBO champion Klitschko, 39, has not lost for 11 years and will make his 19th defence against the unbeaten challenger.
The 26-year-old Fury has looked in dominant form in his…

Mickey Bey (21-1, 10 KOs) has vacated the IBF lightweight title instead of facing mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov (35-1-1, 19 KOs) in Macau, China on July 18.
The American claimed the belt by a controversial split decision against Miguel Vazquez last September on the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana II undercard.
However, Bey has never defended the title. He was scheduled to face Shafikov in April but he turned down the purse offered and the bout was canceled.
Then Shafikov’s promoter Top…

Mickey Bey (21-1, 10 KOs) has vacated the IBF lightweight title instead of facing mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov (35-1-1, 19 KOs) in Macau, China on July 18.
The American claimed the belt by a controversial split decision against Miguel Vazquez last September on the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana II undercard.
However, Bey has never defended the title. He was scheduled to face Shafikov in April but he turned down the purse offered and the bout was canceled.
Then Shafikov’s promoter Top…

Timothy Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9 KOs) by a unanimous decision on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
But there was drama and confusion in the final moments of the fight before Bradley won by scores of 117-111, 116-112 and 115-112.
American Bradley took the fight to his countryman Vargas from the first round. Vargas did land some punches of his own and rocked the former two-division world champion in the fifth but…

IBF flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng (16-0, 5 K0s) outpointed challenger John Riel Casimero (21-3, 13 KOs) of the Philippines on Saturday night at the Indoor Stadium at the National Sport Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
It was a dirty fight with lots of wrestling and takedowns.
Thailand’s Ruenroeng scored knockdowns in second and seventh. Casimero appeared to knock Ruenroeng down in the third but the referee ruled it a slip.
After holding and shoving throughout, Ruenroeng was finally deducted a…

British cruiserweight contender Tony Bellew (24-2-1, 15 KOs) stopped late sub Ivica Bacurin (22-8-1, 12 KOs) in the 10th round on Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.
Bellew stayed on course for a third world title shot by flooring his Croatian opponent three times on the way to the stoppage victory. The Liverpudlian dropped Bacurin in rounds two, five and nine and forced the visitor to a halt in the 10th, jolting Bacarin’s head back with an uppercut to force the referee’s…

George Groves has suffered a minor head injury in a boating accident during his training camp with the Royal Marines ahead of his world title fight against WBC champion Badou Jack.
Groves was at Plymouth Sound when the incident occurred on Monday afternoon and the Londoner was taken to hospital for treatment before being released.
Groves is preparing for his third world title fight and has won his last two fights against Christopher Rebrasse and Dennis Douglin following back-to-back stoppage…

David Lemieux (34-2 31 KOs) outpointed Hassan N’Dam (31-2 18 KOs) to capture the vacant IBF middleweight title on Saturday night at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Canada’s Lemieux knocked down Frenchman N’Dam four times en route to winning a unanimous decision by scores of 115-109, 115-109, and 114-110.
Lemieux displayed his punching power throughout the bout, and knocked N’Dam down with a hard left hook in the second round. Then he sent his opponent to the canvas twice in the…

World super middleweight champion Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) returned to the ring in dominant fashion with a 9th-round stoppage of Britain’s Paul Smith (35-6, 20 KOs) on Saturday night in his hometown of Oakland at the Oracle Arena.
Ward, who was fighting for the first time in 19 months due to a protracted legal dispute with his former promoter, the late Dan Goosen, dominated from the start before the former British champion’s corner threw in the towel.
The non-title fight was scheduled for a…