Category: Boxing

Manny Pacquiao faces a class-action lawsuit over his failure to disclose a shoulder injury before his fight against Floyd Mayweather.
Nevada residents Stephane Vanel and Kami Rahbaran are said to be suing on behalf of ticket buyers, television viewers and gamblers.
They are seeking more than $5m (£3.2m) from Pacquiao, his manager Michael Koncz, his promotional company Top Rank, its chairman Bob Arum and its president Todd duBoef for fraudulently concealing the Filipino’s injury before…

Floyd Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) and confirmed his status as the best boxer in the world on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
After years of hype, in the richest fight in boxing history, billed as the ‘Fight of the Century’, the unbeaten American used his superior ring skills to outbox Pacquiao over the 12 rounds and the judges scores were 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112 in favour of Mayweather.
Mayweather,…

Ray Beltran (30-7-1, 18 KOs) knocked out two-time world champion Takahiro Ao (27-4-1, 12 KOs) in the second round on Friday night at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
But the Mexican did not win the vacant WBO lightweight title at stake because he was unable to make the weight.
Only Ao was eligible to win the title after Beltan weighed in 4 pounds over the 135-pound limit.
Beltran dropped the Japanese fighter with a huge right hand in the second round and got the stoppage with his follow up…

IBF/WBO/WBA heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 54 KOs) scored a 12-round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten American Bryant Jennings (19-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, New York.
While the challenger did enough to make the fight interesting, the Ukrainian outlanded Jennings throughout and won by scores of 116-111, 116-111 and 118-109.
Klitschko, who had a three-inch height and a 15-pound weight advantage, used his left jab to take charge from the…

Badou Jack (19-1, 12 KOs) defeated Anthony Dirrell (27-1-1, 22 KOs) by a majority decision to win the WBC super-middleweight title on Friday night at UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
In a close fight, it was Jack that rallied in the later rounds to secure the victory over the American by scores of 116-112 and 115-113, with the third judge scoring it even at 114-114.
Dirrell, who was defending his title for the first time since his win over Sakio Bika in August, had success early on from distance but…

WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (27-0, 14 KOs) will return to the ring after a 19-month layoff against Britain’s Paul Smith (35-5, 20 KOs) on June 20 at the Oracle Arena, Oakland, California.
Ward’s last outing was a points win over Edwin Rodriguez in November 2013, and he has only fought twice since defeating Carl Froch in December 2011.
His inactivity were due to a shoulder injury and a contract dispute with late promoter Dan Goossen, who died in September 2014.
Ward reached a…

Kenny Bayless has been appointed to referee the mega fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, who meet on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
While the veteran referee will be the third man in the ring, the judges for the fight will be Burt Clements, Dave Moretti and Glenn Feldman. 
American Bayless, 64, is no stranger to either Mayweather or Pacquiao, he officiated Mayweather’s rematch against Marcos Maidana, as well as against Canelo Alvarez, Shane Mosley and Oscar De La…

American Terence Crawford (26-0, 18 KOs) stopped Thomas Dulorme (22-2, 12 KOs) in the sixth round to claim the vacant WBO light welterweight title on Saturday night at the University of Texas, Arlington, Texas.
Crawford dropped the Puerto Rican three times in the sixth round, before the referee waved off the bout.
Crawford took his time in the opening rounds, while Dulorme was the aggressor although he wasn’t able to land many punches. The unbeaten former WBO lightweight champion soon found…

Poland’s Andrzej Fonfara (27-3, 16 KOs) dropped and then stopped Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (48-2-1, 32 KOs) at the end of the ninth round on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Former WBC middleweight champion Chavez, who returned to the ring for the first time since March 2014 when he defeated Brian Vera by unanimous decision, was fighting at a catch weight of 172 pounds. But he never seemed to be able to deal with the size of Fonfara and was beaten to the punch…

Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) defeated Ruslan Provodnikov (27-4, 17 KOs) by majority decision in a hard-fought 12 round light welterweight contest on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York.
Matthysse claimed the points win by scores of 115-113 twice, while the third judge had it 114-114.
Argentina’s Matthysse made a strong start, getting off his punches as Provodnikov came right at him. Provodnikov was cut over his left eye after a head clash in the second…