NEW YORK – Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce have a date and a site for their immediate rematch. Zhang confirmed to BoxingScene.com that he’ll defend his WBO interim heavyweight title against Joyce on September 2 at OVO Arena Wembley in London. BT Sport is expected to televise the second bout between China’s Zhang and London’s Joyce in the United Kingdom ...
NEW YORK – Josh Taylor handled his first professional defeat with class. The former undisputed 140-pound champion completely credited Teofimo Lopez for his superb performance in their 12-round, 140-pound championship clash Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Taylor didn’t use his long layoff or anything else as justification for why Lopez beat him so thoroughly, even though ...
NEW YORK – Teofimo Lopez was concerned when it took longer than normal for the scores to be read after his obvious victory over Josh Taylor on Saturday night. The former unified lightweight champion lost a split decision to Australian underdog George Kambosos Jr. the last time he fought in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Lopez defeated Taylor decisively, ...
A ‘fight of the year’ candidate was witnessed on Saturday night as the Pride of Tijuana, and former world champion, Jaime Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) secured a very close decision victory against tough as nails veteran Sergiy Derevyanchenko (14-5, 10 KOs) at Toyota Arena in Ontario, CA. In front of 7,647 rowdy fans, the equally matched boxers delivered an action-packed ...
Wembley Arena, Wembley - For the IBF super bantamweight title, Ellie Scotney (7-0, 0 KO) outworked Cherneka Johnson (15-2, 6 KOs) over ten round to become a world champion. (photos by Mark Robinson) The scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93. A fast start, as they stood in close and exchanged punches in the middle of the ring. Scotney was the ...
Madison Square Garden, New York City - Teofimo Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) proved the critics wrong, as he controlled the majority of the fight and was damaging previously unbeaten Josh Taylor (19-1, 13 KOs) with heavy punches to capture the WBO junior welterweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision. The scores were 115-113, 115-113 and 117-111. Taylor was coming ...
Four division world champion Adrien Broner returned to the ring Friday, June 9 at Casino Miami in Miami, Florida. Challenging him was William “Hutch” Hutchinson, who had not lost in seven years, and fought valiantly. (photos by David Martin-Warr) Broner overwhelmed Hutchinson from start to finish. The event was promoted by Hall of Fame Promoter Don “Only in America” King, ...
Amanda Nunes put on a stupendous display of MMA dominance to defeat Mexican challenger Irene Aldana at UFC 289, then announced that she is retiring from the sport. Two-division champion Nunes put her bantamweight title on the line in the main event in Vancouver, Canada, and completely bossed Aldana over the five-round championship duration, with the judges scoring the fight ...
Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira needed less than one round to finish longtime contender Beneil Dariush at UFC 289 and make a huge statement on his quest to reclaim the lightweight title. Addressing the crowd in English, Oliveira said, “I’ve been the champion! The champion has a name! It’s Charles Oliveira!” Then, speaking through translator Fabiano Buskei, he elaborated ...
Another fight, another knockout win for Callum Walsh. The unbeaten junior middleweight prospect dominated Carson Jones, dropping him once en route to a knockout win Friday night at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. Walsh, who is originally from Cork, Ireland and now lives and trains in Hollywood, California, improved to 7-0, 6 knockouts. Jones was a far step up ...