WASIRU MOHAMMED ENDS FOUR-YEAR LAYOFF WITH STOPPAGE WIN.
Once a rising super bantamweight prospect, Wasiru Mohammed ended an over four-year layoff with a fifth-round TKO over Michael Tetteh Saturday night at Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.
VIDEO: BAM RODRIGUEZ KNOCKS OUT ESTRADA IN STATEMENT PERFORMANCE
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez knocked out Juan Francisco Estrada in the seventh round to win the WBC junior bantamweight title Saturday night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix in a candidate for fight of the year.
VIDEO: TEOFIMO LOPEZ DOMINATES STEVE CLAGGETT, WINS DECISION
Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) defended his WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight world titles with a unanimous decision win over Canadian contender Steve Claggett (38-8-2, 6 KOs) Saturday evening at James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida.
NIGERIA’S EMEKA NWOKOLO CAPTURES WBA REGIONAL TITLE IN POINTS WIN
Nigeria’s Emeka Nwokolo grabbed the vacant WBA North American super welterweight belt by defeating Colombia’s Jeovanis Barraza on Sunday at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Manchester, New Hampshire.
VIDEO: ANTHONY JOSHUA, DANIEL DUBOIS FACE OFF AHEAD OF SEPTEMBER 21 BOUT
Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois had to be separated after nearly coming to blows in a tense face-off. It was announced on Wednesday that the two Brits will fight for the IBF heavyweight world title at Wembley Stadium on September 21. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn revealed after that the 34-year-old threatened to smash a…
GHANA’S EMMANUEL LARTEY NO LONGER OPPONENT FOR OTTO WALLIN
New York-based Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin will not fight Ghana’s Emmanuel Larttey July 26 in the headliner of Boxing Insider Promotion’s bill at the Tropicana in Atlantic City.
IBA RESPONDS TO ASBC STATEMENT
The International Boxing Association (IBA) responds to the official statement issued by the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) calling for an Extraordinary Congress at the end of August and warns that World Boxing has not been officially recognised by the IOC or any other organisation.
ZIMBABWE TO HOST IBA CHAMPIONS’ NIGHT
IBA President Umar Kremlev met with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and agreed to the organisation of a sporting event that would showcase some of the country’s young talent.
VIDEO: GERVONTA DAVIS SHINES AGAIN, KNOCKS OUT FRANK MARTIN IN EIGHT
Gervonta “Tank” Davis may not only be the face of boxing, he might also be the world’s best fighter.
VIDEO: DAVID BENAVIDEZ OUTPOINTS OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK IN 175-POUND DEBUT
Undefeated two-time world champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez didn’t miss a beat in his 175-pound debut, soundly outboxing and out-slugging former world champion Oleksandr “The Nail” Gvozdyk to win a 12-round unanimous decision (116-112, 117-111, 119-109) and the Interim WBC Light Heavyweight World Title.