Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - In a super middleweight contest, Jermall Charlo (33-0, 22 KOs) looked good in winning a dominant ten round unanimous decision over a game Jose Benavidez (28-3-1, 19 KOs). (photo by Ryan Hafey) The scores were 98-92, 99-91 and 100-90. Charlo, who currently holds the WBC middleweight title, was fighting for the first time since June ...
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - On Saturday night, former two division world champion Demetrius Andrade (32-1, 19 KOs) suffered the first defeat of his pro career, when he was stopped in six rounds by David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs). Andrade, a former world champion at junior middleweight and middleweight, was attempting to become a three division world champion. “I’ll be back ...
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - In a battle of undefeated super middleweights, David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) beat down and stopped Demetrius Andrade (32-1, 19 KOs) in six rounds. (photos by Ryan Hafey, Amanda Westcott) Pursuant to a recent WBC order, Benavidez is now the mandatory challenger to undisputed champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. Both had moments of success in the ...
Julio Cesar Martinez will make his way back to the ring for the last ever Showtime boxing telecast. The network confirmed the WBC flyweight titlist will command the co-feature of a December 16 Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader from The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Martinez will face Venezuela’s Angelino Cordova in a scheduled twelve-round title fight. Martinez-Cordova is part of a ...
Unbeaten junior welterweight puncher Adam Azim has tabbed WBO world champion Teofimo Lopez as the man to beat at 140-pounds. Earlier this month, the 21-year-old Azim made a statement by stopping Franck Petitjean to capture the EBU title in only his tenth fight. Azim would like to get himself in position for a world title fight by the end of 2024. ...
In the Showtime PPV main event, it took David Benavidez three rounds to figure out Demetrius Andrade but after that it was all the Mexican Monster. In the end, Benavidez was 117 of 336, 35% in total punches compared to 68 of 259, 26% for Andrade. Benavidez was 102 of 264, 39% in power punches. In the first three rounds, ...
Chantelle Cameron averaged 8 of 26 punches per round and 3 of 11 jabs per round after going 14 of 57 and 3 of 23 respectively in the first fight. Katie Taylor smothered Cameron’s offense by coming forward while throwing punches, and tying up on the inside. Dublin - In a high-stakes rematch for the undisputed junior welterweight championship, Katie ...
Benavidez vs. Andrade will see undefeated two-time super middleweight world champion David “El Monstruo” Benavidez defend his Interim WBC Super Middleweight Title against unbeaten two-division world champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade headlining a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, November 25 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. (photos by ...
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - In a bout for the WBA super featherweight title, Lamont Roach (23-1-1, 9 KOs) became a world champion with a twelve round split decision over Hector Luis Garcia (16-2, 10 KOs), who suffered his second defeat in a row. The scores were 114-113 for Roach, 114-113 for Garcia, and 116-111 for Roach. The fight started ...
Liam Gittins captured the vacant Cage Warriors bantamweight title after a battling the full 25-minute duration with Scotland’s Reece McEwan in the main event of Cage Warriors 164 in Newcastle. Gittins, who trains out of Liverpool’s Next Generation gym under coach Paul Rimmer and alongside the likes of Paddy Pimblett, Molly McCann, Shem Rock and Adam Cullen, earned scores of ...