Category: Boxing

WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (57-8, 48 KOs) scored an 11th round TKO over fellow Mexican Jorge “Travieso” Arce (62-8-2, 49 KOs) on Saturday night at the Centro de Usos Múltiples (CUM) in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Gonzalez dominated the action until gaining the stoppage victory, ending Arce’s hopes of winning a major world title in his fifth weight class.   He opened a cut on the bridge of Arce’s nose in the second round and then another over Arce’s left eye in the third…

Undefeated IBF super featherweight champion Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (21-0, 12 KOs) won a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over Fernando David “El Vasco” Saucedo (52-5-3, 8, KOs) on Saturday night inside the Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Barthelemy outclassed Argentine veteran Saucedo from start to finish with all three judges scoring the fight 120-108. The Cuban controlled the action with his jab and he simply couldn’t miss with his left hand,…

British featherweight contender Josh Warrington (19-0, 3 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Italian Davide Dieli (15-4, 5 KOs) on Saturday night at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.  The 23-year-old added a third major title in 10 month…

IBF world super-flyweight champion Zolani Tete has withdrawn from his title defense against Paul Butler due to a broken left hand. The unbeaten Butler was due to attempt to become a two-weight world champion at the Liverpool Echo Arena on October 25, having narrowly outpointed fellow Brit Stuart Hall for the IBF bantamweight title in June. But Tete’s injury means the South African’s meeting with Butler will have to be rescheduled. Butler, 25,  will still remain on the card…

Promoter Dan Goossen sadly passed away on Monday, following a short battle with liver cancer, his family have announced. He was 64.    Goossen was involved in many major fights and promoted fighters such as Mike Tyson,  James To…

WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (41-4, 28 KOs) defeated British challenger Paul Smith (35-4, 20 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.   The Armenian-born German wo…

Russian challenger Grigory Drozd (39-1, 27 KOs) defeated Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (49-3-1, 35 KOs), of Poland, by 12 round unanimous decision to claim the WBC cruiserweight title on Saturday night at Dynamo Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. In his first career title fight, Drozd outworked and clinched his way to victory, winning by scores of 118-108, 119-108 and 119-108.   After Drozd knocked Wlodarczyk down in the eighth, the champion attempted to rally in the last…

The eagerly-awaited rematch between British rivals Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew will take place at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, likely on November 22. Cleverly successfully defended his WBO light heavyweight title against Bellew with a points win i…

Orlando “Siri” Salido (42-12-2, 29 KOs) stopped Terdsak “Pit Bull” Kokietgym (53-5-1, 33 KOs)  on Saturday night at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, BC, Mexico. In a fight of the year candidate, both Salido and Kokietgym were more than willing to trade blows and both were knocked down in round one. Southpaw Kokietgym floored Salido with a counter overhand left, but Salido rose from the deck to score a knockdown of his own later in the round on a body shot that appeared to land low….

European and Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion Kid Galahad (18-0, 9 KOs) scored a 12 round unanimous decision over Brazilian Adeilson Dos Santos (14-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield. The Sheffield fighter…