In a marathon night of fights, Southern California fans were treated to performances in a variety of weight classes headlined by Brandon Figueroa (17-0-0, 12 KOs) of Weslaco, TX against Columbian Oscar Escandon (25-5-0, 17 KOs) in an action-packed 10-round super bantamweight bout that ended with a knockout by the young prospect Figueroa in the…
Ghana’s Manyo Plange and IBO world bantamweight champion Michael Dasmariñas fought to a split draw Saturday night at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
Namibia’s Paulus Ambunda claimed the vacant IBO Super Bantamweight Title with a split decision over Muhamad Ridhwan at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore on Sept 29.
Undefeated bantamweight Duke Micah is in line for a world title shot. Ghana’s Micah is now ranked number one in the WBO bantamweight rankings.
Walter Kautondokwa could be in line for a shock shot at a world title. The Namibian, who is the WBO African champion, is rated number two with the sanctioning body.
Callum Smith produced his crowning achievement Friday night. The unbeaten British contender knocked out George Groves in the seventh round in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to win the World Boxing Super Series’ super middleweight tournament.
Nineteen-year-old Devin Haney turned in an impressive performance in a unanimous decision victory in his second consecutive ShoBox: The New Generation main event on Friday night, dominating veteran Mexican fighter Juan Carlos Burgos on SHOWTIME from Pechanga Casino Resort.
IBF super flyweight world title Jerwin Ancajas (30-1-2, 20 KOs) barely held on to his title with a twelve round split draw against Alejandro Santiago (16-2-5, 7 KOs). The scores were 116-112 for Ancajas, 118-111 for Santiago and 114-114 for the draw. Many observers at ringside, like Andre Ward and Timothy Bradley, saw Santiago as…
AIRDRIE is not the usual home of an African heavyweight. Not least the son of a tribal leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Scottish town is not where you’d expect to find one of the most exciting prospects in the heavyweight division either. But that is where Martin Bakole is based with Scottish…
HBO is officially leaving boxing after 45 years. HBO Sports Executive Vice President Peter Nelson made the announcement that HBO was dropping boxing Thursday morning in a meeting with the HBO Boxing production staff.