Nottingham - For the WBA featherweight title, Mauricio Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) was under fire at times, but a massive punch in the seventh round dropped and stopped Leigh Wood (26-3, 16 KOs) to become a world champion. (photos by Mark Robinson) Wood was using a range jab to keep Lara at a distance in the first. Lara was still ...
On February 26th, Jake Paul (6-0) will face the first professional boxer of his career when he takes on Tommy Fury (8-0). The fight takes place in Saudi Arabia and will be distributed by ESPN pay-per-view. Paul last fought in October when he defeated former UFC superstar Anderson Silva via unanimous decision. The fight was close heading into the 8th ...
There’s a dangerous new contender in the UFC’s women’s flyweight division, and she’s ready to challenge for the title. After just five fights in the Octagon, Erin Blanchfield has firmly established herself as a bonafide threat to the title currently held by Valentina Shevchenko, with her latest win rocketing her to the top of the UFC’s women’s flyweight contender list. ...
Kyrgyzstan’s Abdisalam Kubanychbek upgraded his interim title to the full, undisputed, version after defeating Dagestan’s Kamil Magomedov in the main event of Brave CF 69. The lightweight title bout between Kubanychbek and Magomedov topped off a spectacular week of mixed martial arts in Belgrade, with Brave CF 69 following hot on the heels of the 2022 IMMAF World Championships. The ...
According to former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, he is still aligned with Premier Boxing Champions and powerful adviser Al Haymon. After suffering back to back stoppage losses at the hands of current WBC beltholder Tyson Fury, Wilder returned to the ring back in October to secure a first round knockout of Robert Helenius. The fight with Helenius was a ...
Over the first six rounds, Luis Nery landed 94 power punches to Azat Hovhannisyan’s 79 in their WBC final super bantamweight eliminator. As the fight wore on, Hovhannisyan’s body punches slowed Nery down allowing Hovhannisyan to tilt the power punches landed in his favor 101 to 56 in rounds seven through eleven. Despite being slowed by the damage Hovhannisyan inflicted, ...
Leigh Wood landed 50% of his power punches while Mauricio Lara threw 65 more and landed 7 more. Lara’s 60th landed power punch, a left hook, put Wood down and prompted Wood’s corner to throw in the towel. While the CompuBox totals ended up very close, prior to the sudden ending, Wood seemed to have grabbed control of his fight ...
Shane Mosley Jr. returned home a winner. With his Hall of Fame father Shane Mosley Sr. seated ringside, the second-generation boxer masterfully outboxed Mexico’s Mario Lozano en route to a ten-round, unanimous decision. Judges Rudy Barragan (100-90), Zachary Young (99-91) and Dr. Lou Moret (99-91) scored wide in favor of Mosley Jr. in their DAZN-aired super middleweight contest Saturday evening ...
Luis Nery has set his fights firmly on the obstacle standing in his way of a third title reign he’s always had on his mind. The former WBC bantamweight and junior featherweight titlist is now one win away from making his way back to that stage. Standing in his way is Armenia’s Azat ‘Crazy A’ Hovhannisyan, whom Tijuana’s Nery faces ...
Hometown hero Leigh Wood puts his WBA Featherweight World Title on the line against big-punching Mexican Mauricio Lara as Matchroom’s 2023 schedule in the UK begins with a bang. >>>>CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVE SCORECARD<<<< "The WBA World Featherweight Title. The Super WBA World Featherweight Title. Leigh Wood against Mauricio Lara this Saturday live on DAZN around the world from ...