Category: Boxing

Former two-division world champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (30-1-1, 12 KOs) and welterweight contender Diego “La Joya” Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) battled to a hugely controversial 12 round draw on Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Bradley appeared to win the exciting fight, but the judges saw it differently, scoring it 116-112 for Chaves, 115-113 for Bradley and 114-114. The American landed rights to the head and body throughout the bout, while also eluding many of Chaves’…

Amir Khan (30-3, 19 KOs) defeated former two division world champion Devon Alexander (26-3, 14 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The British fighter utilised his superior speed and footwork while dominating the American and took a unanimous points win with scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 120-108. In the opening round, Khan established his jab and quickly gained Alexander’s attention with a flurry of punches. But the St Louis man stood…

WBA light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (20-2-2, 12 KOs) dominated former IBF titleholder Ishe  Smith (26-7, 12 KOs) in beating him by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Illusions Theater at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Lara bounced back from his points defeat to Saul Alvarez in July to win by scores of 119-109, 119-109 and 117-111. The Cuban’s speed, movement and accurate punching frustrated Smith for the entire fight. Smith failed to establish…

Paul Smith (35-4, 20 KOs) will face WBO super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (41-4, 28 KOs) in a rematch on February 21 at the O2 World arena in Berlin, Germany. The Liverpudlian suffered a points defeat against Abraham in September, but in what…

WBA light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (45-2, 33 KOs) stopped challenger Pawel Glazewski (23-3, 5 KOs) in just 43 seconds on Saturday night at the EWE-Arena, Oldenburg, Germany. The German southpaw landed a vicious left hook to the liver that had the Pole wincing in pain and on his knees. He failed to beat the count. This was the fastest knockout ever in a world title fight in the light heavyweight division. It was Braehmer’s third defence of the WBA regular belt.  

WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford (25-0, 17 KOs) successfully defended his belt against Mexican challenger Raymundo Beltran (29-7-1, 17 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA….

Unbeaten heavyweight Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) defeated British rival Dereck Chisora (20-5, 13 KOs), in a totally one-sided fight, scoring a 10th round stoppage in a WBO eliminator on Saturday night at the ExCel Arena in London. Fury, who previously b…

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) scored a one-sided unanimous decision over previously unbeaten WBO light welterweight champion Chris Algieri (20-1, 8 KOs) on Sunday at the Cotai Arena inside the Venetian Resort in Macao, Chin…

  Tony Bellew (22-2-1, 14 KOs) defeated former world champion Nathan Cleverly (28-1, 14 KOs) by a split decision in a WBO cruiserweight eliminator on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The judges scores were 116-112, 115-113 for Bellew…

Unbeaten three-time world champion Roman Gonzalez (41-0, 35 KOs) stopped Filipino challenger Rocky Fuentes in the first defence of his WBC flyweight title on Saturday in Yokohama, Japan. Nicaraguan Gonzalez sent Fuentes to the canvas with a combination…