American Shawn Porter (25-1-1, 16 KOs) defeated countryman Adrien Broner (30-1, 22 KOs) by a unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Porter dominated the action with his non-stop pressure and won by scores of 114-112, 115-111 and 118-108.
In a battle of former welterweight champions, Porter went on the attack from the start with flurries of jabs and body shots to keep Broner on the back foot.
Broner was not throwing many punches and looked to tie Porter…
Andy Lee to fight Billy Joe Saunders on September 19
WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee (34-2-1, 24 KOs) will fight unbeaten challenger Billy Joe Saunders (21-0, 11 KOs) on September 19 at Thomond Park, Limerick in Ireland.
Lee, 31, will be making the first defence of the title he won when stopping previously unbeaten Matt Korobov in December. The Irishman fought to a draw against former champion Peter Quillin in April, but the fight was a non-title match due to the American failing to make weight.
Saunders, 25, is the British, Commonwealth and…
Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs Victor Emilio Ramirez set for July 25
IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) will defend his title against mandatory challenger Victor Emilio Ramirez (22-2, 17 KOs) on July 25 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cuban Hernandez, now residing in Germany, has not fought since his points win over former WBA champion Firat Arslan last August due to a right elbow injury, but will now be travelling to the challenger’s backyard for his next defence. The champion will be making his fifth title defence and fighting outside…
Danny Garcia to fight Paulie Malignaggi on August 1
Light welterweight world champion Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) will fight two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs) on August 1 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Garcia, 27, who is coming off beating Lamont Peterson on points in a nontitle bout in April, is moving up in weight to welterweight after being troubled by making the 140-pound light welterweight limit and fighting his last two fights at catchweight contests of 142 and 143lbs. The unbeaten American recently…
Frank Buglioni to challenge WBA champion Fedor Chudinov on July 24
British contender Frank Buglioni (16-1-1, 12 KOs) will challenge Russia’s Fedor Chudinov (13-0, 10 KOs) for the WBA super middleweight title at Wembley Arena on July 24 in London.
Chudinov, 27, outpointed Felix Sturm in Germany to claim the title, which was vacated by Britain’s Carl Froch, and the champion will be travelling again to defend it at the same venue his Brother Dmitry was stopped by Chris Eubank Jnr.
Buglioni, 26, who fought Lee Markham to a draw in an exciting domestic battle last…
Sergio Martinez retires
Former middleweight world champion Sergio Martinez has retired from boxing.
The 40-year-old Argentine brings his glittering career to an end after 17 years as a professional.
Martinez’s retirement was expected. He had not fought since last June after losing the 160-pound world title by a one-sided 10th-round knockout to Miguel Cotto.
It was his first defeat since losing to Paul Williams in December 2009, a run that began with ‘Marvellous’ becoming WBC and WBO champion after out-pointing Kelly…
Wilder knocks Molina out in nine
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) knocked out Eric Molina (23-3, 17 KOs) in the ninth round on Saturday night in his hometown at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
The 6’7” champion knocked down the American challenger down four times on the way to the KO victory.
However, underdog Molina did better than expected and had his moments, hurting Wilder with a left hook in the third round. But Wilder’s punches sent him down in the fourth and twice in the fifth.
Molina…
Walters wins one-sided points victory over Marriaga, WBA title remains vacant
Former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (26-0, 21 KOs) defeated Miguel Marriaga (20-1, 18 KOs) of Columbia, by a lopsided unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Walters scored a knockdown in the ninth round and dominated Marriaga with ease to win by scores of 119-108, 118-109 and 117-110.
Walters remained unbeaten and avenged an amateur loss to Marriaga, however, he had already lost his title on the scale after failing to make the 126-pound…
Haskins halts Iwasa to claim interim IBF bantamweight title
Britain’s Lee Haskins (31-4, 14 KOs) stopped Ryosuke Iwasa (19-2, 12 KOs) of Japan in the 6th round on Saturday night at the Whitchurch Sports Centre in Bristol.
In the all-southpaw clash, Haskins dominated from the start before flooring Iwasa and got the stoppage with his follow-up barrage.
Haskins claimed the interim IBF bantamweight title.
The interim title match was called after reigning IBF champion Randy Caballero suffered an ankle injury that put him out of action for four to six…
Lara dominates Rodriguez in points win
WBA light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (21-2-2, 12 KOs) defeated Delvin Rodriguez (28-8-4, 16 KOs) of the Dominican Republic, by a one-sided unanimous decision on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
Lara dominated the entire fight and all three judges scored it 120-107.
The Cuban southpaw nailed Rodriguez with jabs and hard lefts throughout and knocked him down hard late in the 6th round.
After Rodriguez got back up, Lara never really went for the finish and the crowd booed…