Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21 KOs) has failed to make weight for his fight against Miguel Marriaga (20-0, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, and was stripped of the WBA featherweight title.
Walters, 29, initially weighed in at 127.4 pounds, 1.4 over the 126-pound division limit. The Jamaican puncher nicknamed “The Axe Man”, returned to the scale 90 minutes later, but was only able to get down to 127 pounds, so although the fight will still go ahead, if…
Danny Garcia vacates WBC title
Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) has vacated his WBC light welterweight title.
Garcia, 27, who has not defended his WBA and WBC 140lb titles since March 2014 after two consecutive bouts fought at a catchweight, decided to relinquish his world title rather than face mandatory challenger Viktor Postol next and move up in weight to welterweight. He is now planning to fight former world champion Paulie Malignaggi on August 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Lucas Matthysse and Postol will…
Luke Campbell and Tommy Coyle to clash on August 1 in WBC eliminator
British Olympic champion Luke Campbell (11-0, 9 KOs) and countryman Tommy Coyle (21-2, 10 KOs) will clash on August 1 in their hometown of Hull at Craven Park Stadium in a WBC title eliminator.
The winner will move a step closer to a shot at the 135-pound title held by Venezuelan fighter Jorge Linares.
“The stage is set for the one of the biggest sporting events the city of Hull will ever see,” said promoter Eddie Hearn.
“Two world-ranked lightweight contenders will battle it out in an…
Carl Frampton to fight Alejandro Gonzalez in US debut
IBF super-bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (20-0, 14 KOs) will defend his title against Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez Jr (25-1-2, 15 KOs) at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas on July 18.
It will be the Belfast boxer’s first bout in the United States and his second world title defence.
“I want to become a star in the USA and this is my first step on that journey,” said Frampton.
The unbeaten champion recently signed an advisory agreement with American Al Haymon to secure a series of…
Cotto hammers Geale in four
WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) dominated former two-time world champion Daniel Geale (31-4, 16 KOs) with ease in stopping him in the 4th round on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The bout was contested at a catch weight of 157 pounds with Cotto weighing in at 153.6 while the Australian challenger weighed in at exactly 157 pounds at Friday’s weigh-in. Geale had rehydrated and was much bigger than the naturally smaller Cotto by fight time but…
Guerrero outpoints Martinez, Cuellar halts Darchinyan
Former four-division champion Robert Guerrero (33-3-1, 18 KOs) got off the canvas to outpoint Mexican club fighter Aron Martinez (19-4-1, 4 KOs) by a split decision in a 10-round welterweight bout on Saturday afternoon at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
The judges’ scores were 97-92 and 95-94 for Guerrero, and 95-94 for Martinez.
The 32-year-old American had trouble early on with the size and strength of Martinez, 33, and he was getting nailed with the harder punches. Martinez…
Martin Murray signs with Matchroom and moves up to super middleweight
Martin Murray (29-2-1, 12 KOs) has signed a promotional agreement with Matchroom and will be moving up in weight to the super middleweight division.
Promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday the signing of the three-time world middleweight title challenger and that he will make his debut at 168 pounds on June 26 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool against an opponent to be confirmed.
The St Helens fighter challenged WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in February in his last outing and did…
Raymundo Beltran fails drug test
Mexico’s Raymundo Beltran tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol following his bout with Takahiro Ao on May 1 in Las Vegas.
The 33-year-old fighter faces a disciplinary hearing in front of the commission and will likely be suspended and fined.
Beltran was scheduled to challenge for the vacant WBO lightweight title against Ao, however he came in over the 135lb weight limit so only his Japanese opponent was eligible to win the belt. Beltran scored a second-round knockout and the…
Brook outguns Gavin, Joshua demolishes Johnson, Linares halts Mitchell, Selby dethrones Gradovich
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) stopped challenger Frankie Gavin (22-2, 13 KOs) in the 6th round on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
Unbeaten Brook completely dominated fellow Brit Gavin before punishing his opponent on the ropes with hard punches to force the referee to end the bout.
The champion took charge from the start with his jabs and combinations. Brook continued backing Gavin up onto the ropes in the third round with hard shots. But the challenger kept in…
Khan outpoints Algieri in hard-fought win
Two-time world champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) defeated American Chris Algieri (20-2, 8 KOs) by unanimous decision on Friday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The Brit fighter had to battle hard to win the welterweight contest by scores of 115-113, 117-111 and 117-111.
Khan controlled the opener with movement while landing some solid punches, but Algieri landed a right hand that stopped him in his tracks in the final seconds of the round.
In the second round, former WBO…