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  • Takashi Uchiyama punishes Perez to retain WBA title

    Unbeaten Takashi Uchiyama (22-0-1, 18 KOs) scored his ninth successful defence of his WBA super-featherweight belt defeating challenger Israel Perez (27-3-1, 16 KOs) in nine rounds on Wednesday at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.  …

  • Rigondeaux rallies after knockdowns to retain titles

    WBO/WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) battled back from two knockdowns to defeat Hisashi Amagasa (28-5-2, 19 KOs) and retain his titles by eleventh round stoppage on Wednesday night at the Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka,…

  • Eubank Jr to challenge WBA champion Dmitry Chudinov

    Chris Eubank Jr will face Russia’s Dmitry Chudinov on the Tyson Fury undercard at the O2 Arena in London on February 28. Eubank Jr’s challenge against Interim WBA middleweight champion Chudinov will be the chief support for Fury’s defence of his WBO I…

  • Butler gets shot at IBF champion Zolani Tete on March 6

    Britain’s Paul Butler (17-0, 8 KOs) will challenge IBF super-flyweight champion Zolani Tete (19-3, 16 KOs) on March 6 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The 26-year-old was due to face the South African in October but southpaw Tete, 26, broke his hand in…

  • Naoya Inoue halts Omar Narvaez to claim WBO super-flyweight title

    Japan’s Naoya Inoue (8-0, 7 KOs) scored a stunning quick knockout over Omar Narvaez (43-2-2, 23 KOs) in the second round to capture the WBO super-flyweight title on Tuesday at Metropolitan Gym in Tokyo, Japan. The unbeaten Inoue, 21, who had moved up …

  • Tyson Fury to face Christian Hammer on February 28

    British heavyweight Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) will face Christian Hammer (17-3, 10 KOs) on February 28 at the O2 Arena in London. Fury defeated Dereck Chisora in stopping his countryman after 10 one-sided rounds in their rematch last month to win the …

  • “Superman” Stevenson stops Sukhotsky in five

    WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) stopped challenger Dmitry “The Hunter” Sukhotskiy (22-3, 16 KOs) in the fifth round on Friday night at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada. Stevenson dropped Sukhotsky four times in the fight. It was the first time Sukhotsky has been stopped. Stevenson, a native of Haiti, who now resides in Quebec, dominated from start to finish, flooring Sukhotsky with a big left hand in the second round. Sukhotsky hardly threw…

  • Frampton to fight Chris Avalos on February 28

    IBF super-bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (19-0, 13 KOs) will defend his world title against Chris Avalos (25-2, 19 KOs) on February 28 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. The 27-year-old is back on home territory for the first defence of the belt he…

  • Anthony Crolla’s world title fight off after attack by burglars

    British contender Anthony Crolla suffered a serious head injury and a broken ankle following an altercation with two burglars on Tuesday night. The Manchester lightweight, who was due to fight for a world title in January, suffered a fractured skull a…

  • Bermane Stiverne-Deontay Wilder set for January 17

    WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne will make his first defense against unbeaten Deontay Wilder  on January 17 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. The first Haitian-born heavyweight Stiverne won the belt that Vitali Klitschko vacated …