Armory, Minneapolis - In a showdown for the WBC's interim-middleweight title, Carlos Adames (23-1, 18 KOs) secured a stoppage win over former unified champion Julian Williams (28-4-1, 16 KOs) in the ninth round. It was a tough fight, with Adames coming close to stopping Williams in the fourth round, but the ex-champion was able to survive the incoming onslaught of ...
An upcoming summertime DAZN show is now without its previously scheduled chief support. BoxingScene.com has learned that Montana Love has suffered an undisclosed injury which has forced a postponement of his planned grudge match versus Brooklyn’s Richardson Hitchins. The bout was due to serve as the co-feature of the July 15 DAZN card headlined by the Alycia Baumgardner-Christina Linardatou rematch ...
Rostock, Germany: Greek -based in Sweden - heavyweight contender Marios Kollias (11-2-1) stopped local hero and reigning WBA Continental champion Felix Langberg (12-1) 1:54 into the third round of a scheduled ten-rounder. For promoter P2M-Boxen and the big crowd on hand this was a big upset but Kollias has been going under the radar for some time now but is ...
Ilia Topuria is the real deal, and he proved it on Saturday night with a stellar performance to defeat former interim featherweight title challenger Josh Emmett at UFC Jacksonville. Topuria has long been considered a hot prospect in the UFC’s featherweight class, but his true credentials as an elite operator hadn’t been seriously tested by matchups against the division’s very ...
Cruiserweight contender Viddal Riley has lashed out at Tommy Fury over his recent statements with respect to a potential future fight. Fury, the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, picked up the biggest win of his career back in February, when he traveled to the Middle East to win an eight round decision over social media star turned ...
Former super middleweight world champion Carl Froch is not worried about some potential risk to his legacy - if he decided to come out of retirement to face Youtube star turned boxer Jake Paul. Paul and Froch have openly traded words in interviews and social media. The 45-year-old Froch retired from the sport in 2014, after knocking out George Groves ...
NEW YORK – Edgar Berlanga threatened to end his knockout drought with less than a minute to go in his first fight in more than a year. Ireland’s Jason Quigley was able to survive the late surge and four knockdowns to make it to the bell, albeit in a lopsided defeat. Berlanga went the distance for the fifth straight time ...
Fernando Martinez knocked off another Filipino southpaw to retain his IBF junior bantamweight title Saturday night. The unbeaten Argentinean adjusted to Jade Bornea’s aggression early in their 12-round, 115-pound championship match, resumed his customary role as the aggressor, consistently landed the harder punches and eventually stopped his bloodied challenger early in the 11th round at The Armory in Minneapolis. Referee ...
Carlos Adames claimed Thursday that he noticed Julian Williams shaking when Williams got off his chair to assure Adames he isn’t the least bit scared of him. A laughing Adames also promised Williams that he has underestimated the type of beating the Dominican middleweight will put on him Saturday night at The Armory in Minneapolis. Williams was in no mood ...
Edgar Berlanga is unbothered by the thought of not having a direct path to enter the Canelo Alvarez sweepstakes. A win on Saturday was never going to guarantee such a fight for the unbeaten Nuyorican, who is focused first on the current task at hand. The motivation to get past Jason Quigley was never to go straight to Alvarez but ...