Year: 2022

Eddie Hearn, promoter for rising welterweight Conor Benn, has revealed that former world champion Kell Brook is requesting at least £10 million for a fight with the unbeaten contender. The 25-year-old Benn will return to the ring on April 16, when he faces veteran Chris Van Heerden. Last month, Brook returned to the ring to secure a one-sided stoppage win over ...

Yokasta Valle defeated Sana Hazuki by unanimous decision late Friday night at the Camara Ganadera de San Carlos in Alajuela, Costa Rica. All three judges scored the bout 100-90 in favor of Valle, who improves to 24-2 (9 knockouts) and successfully defended her IBF Female strawweight title. Friday night was a rematch between Valle and Hazuki. In their first clash ...

Uzbek boxer Otabek Kholmatov won his World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight eliminator bout against Andranik Grigorian at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. (photo by Damon Gonzalez) Kholmatov scored a wide unanimous decision with scorecards of 119-109, 119-109 and 118-108 thanks to an excellent boxing style he imposed all the way through. It was a clash of two fighters ...

Teofimo Lopez evidently still refuses to accept the idea that he lost to George Kambosos on fair terms in their lightweight title unification bout last November. The 24-year-old Lopez recently made bizarre remarks suggesting that his fight with Kambosos had been fixed. Lopez said that the Australian was declared the winner of their 12-round lightweight unification bout (WBA, WBO, and ...

(Video by Ryan Burton) - Teofimo Lopez Sr was ringside as Jeremiah Nakathila knocked out former world champion Miguel Berchelt in a stunning upset Saturday evening at Resorts World Las Vegas. The fight was stopped after six one-sided rounds. Berchelt was knocked down in the third with a jab and behind on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage ...

Jack Catterall and Jose Ramirez figured to eventually fight for a junior welterweight title once the belts become available in the near future. Both now find themselves fighting through their legal team to challenge their respective positions in the latest WBO rankings. Attorneys for Catterall and Ramirez submitted separate letters of protest, largely questioning their placement outside the top two ...

Former world champions Orlando “Siri” Salido and Erik “Terrible” Morale traded punches in an exhibition bout for charity. (photos by Stacey Snyder) "The LastCombat" fight night took place this Saturday at the Mesquite Rodeo in Dallas, TX - promoted by The Boxing Showcase Salido is a Mexican warrior who will always be remembered for the great fights he gave in ...

Another fight, another win for Cristian Gonzalez. The fringe flyweight contender knocked out former world title challenger Juan Alejo in the first round Friday night at the Auditorio Blackberry in Mexico City. Gonzalez, who resides in nearby Tultitlan, improves to 15-1 (5 knockouts). Gonzalez had not fought in six months and was eager to get into the ring. He made ...

Minneapolis, MN - In a battle of undefeated lightweight contenders, Michel Rivera (23-0, 14 KOs) outboxed Joseph Adorno (14-1-2, 12 KOs) over ten rounds for a unanimous decision win.  (photos by Esther Lin) All three judges scored it 97-93. It was a feeling out round in the first, with both choosing to box with the jab. Rivera dominated with the ...

Minneapolis, MN - In a junior middleweight fight, Tim Tszyu (21-0, 15 KOs) overcame an early scare to punish Terrell Gausha (22-2-1, 11 KOs) for most on the contest to secure a dominant twelve round unanimous decision. (photos by Esther Lin) The scores were 114-113, 116-111 and 115-112. Gausha came out pumping the jab. He was landing good shots on ...