WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford does not see a reason to act out of character in order to promote his upcoming undisputed showdown with WBC, IBF, WBA champion Errol Spence. The contest will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View card on July 20th, from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The fight has been in the works for some time - and ...
Little Caesars Arena in Detroit - A 10-round scrap between Ardreal Holmes Jr. (14-0, 5 KOs) of Flint and Wendy Toussaint (14-2, 6 KOs) of Huntington, New York was cut short when an ugly cut on the forehead of Toussaint from an accidental headbutt forced an eight-round technical decision. Fighting for the USBA Super Welterweight Championship, Toussaint came out blazing and ...
Claressa Shields recorded the first defense of her second tenure as undisputed middleweight champion by comprehensively out-pointing Maricela Cornejo, the number-one challenger in three of the widely recognized sanctioning bodies, before her home state fans in Detroit. Shields lived up to her "T-Rex" nickname by being in predatory mode throughout and she consistently connected with clean, head-snapping blows. Shields' offensive ...
A crowd of 11,784 fans showed up at the first-ever boxing event at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit to watch undisputed middleweight world champion Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields secure a clear-cut 10-round unanimous decision over No. 1 rated contender Maricela Cornejo of Los Angeles. Shields tried for the elusive knockout, swinging several attempted homerun shots, many of which landed. But Cornejo’s ...
Guillermo Rigondeaux has a new opponent for his next ring outing. The former lineal junior featherweight champion will now face Puerto Rico’s Charlie Clemente-Andino as part of a Don King-promoted Pay-Per-View event this Friday from Casino Miami Jai Alai in Miami, Florida. The scheduled ten-round bantamweight bout will serve in supporting capacity to the ten-round Adrien Broner-Bill Hutchinson welterweight main ...
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, stands firm that his unbeaten fighter is not the person to blame for the failed negotiations to make an undisputed fight with WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk. A few months ago, the two camps were in serious discussions to make an undisputed fight on a date in April at ...
Detroit, Michigan - WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO middleweight champion Claressa Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) dominated late replacement and mandatory challenger Maricela Cornejo (16-6, 6 KOs) over ten rounds for a wide unanimous decision win. (photos by Stephanie Trapp) The three official scores were 100-89, 100-90 and 100-90. Cornejo took the fight on nine days' notice after original opponent Hanna Gabriels ...
IBF super flyweight world champion Fernando “Pumita” Martinez will put his title on the line against unbeaten Filipino contender Jade Bornea on Saturday, June 24 from The Armory in Minneapolis. The fight will be part of a Showtime televised tripleheader, with Interim WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames facing former unified champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams in the main event. The unbeaten ...
Poland - On Saturday night in Katy Wroclawskie, Polish heavyweight veteran Mariusz “Viking” Wach (37-9, 20 KOs), 43-year-old, took a stay-busy fight to sharpen his skills, with a stoppage of Jakub Sosinski (8-3-1, 3 KOs) in five rounds. It was Wach's first fight since losing a decision to Kevin Lerena in September of 2022. The 6'8 Wach is back in ...
Oleksandr Usyk made his intentions clear for his latest promotional move. The unbeaten Ukrainian southpaw is determined to become a two-division undisputed champion. His team decided the best way to get there is to directly sign with Skill Challenge Promotions, who was already planning to stage a major heavyweight event later this year in Saudi Arabia. The main event of ...