Moldova’s Serghei Spivac continued his impressive form in the UFC heavyweight division with a first-round submission finish of Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 68, then set his sights on Jon “Bones” Jones. Spivac headed into the bout as the betting favorite against the two-time former heavyweight title challenger, and he made good on the bookies’ confidence as he finished “The ...
World class championship boxing returns to the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida as local favorite Nestor Bravo defends his WBO NABO junior welterweight title against Jair Valtierra. The ten-round bout will headline “Night of Champions II,” promoted by Boxlab Promotions and televised by the CBS Sports Network on February 26 starting at 10:30 pm et. Bravo (21-0, 15 KO’s), ...
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, undefeated former two-weight world champion Shakur Stevenson will take on Japanese puncher Shuichiro Yoshino in a 12-round WBC lightweight title eliminator Saturday, April 8, at Prudential Center in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs), a former featherweight and junior lightweight world champion, returns home following last September's triumph against Robson Conceicao. Stevenson ...
NEW YORK – Now that Amanda Serrano has handled her business with Erika Cruz, the seven-division champion can focus on the career-defining fight that awaits her. Promoter Eddie Hearn announced in the ring after Serrano defeated Cruz by unanimous decision that the new undisputed featherweight champion will fight rival Katie Taylor in a lightweight championship rematch May 20 in Dublin. ...
Fedor Emelianenko’s dreams of a fairytale finale to his fighting career were dashed in just two and a half minutes at Bellator 290, but “The Last Emperor” ended the cage smiling after an emotional in-cage retirement in Inglewood, California. Emelianenko was easily overpowered by Bellator heavyweight champion Ryan Bader, who battered the 46-year-old Russian to claim a one-sided TKO victory ...
NEW YORK – Alycia Baumgardner left no doubt whatsoever about the outcome of this 130-pound title fight. Baumgardner dropped Elhem Mekhaled twice during the fourth round, hurt her badly during the seventh round and won their 10-round title unification bout by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. The 28-year-old Baumgardner became women’s boxing’s fully unified junior lightweight champion ...
Amanda Serrano has accomplished almost everything in boxing. Despite defeat, she co-headlined the biggest fight in women’s history. She’s won a major title in every weight class from Jr. bantamweight to Jr. welterweight. What Serrano hasn’t done, what she will attempt to do Saturday night (DAZN, 8 PM EST) in New York, is become undisputed in a single weight class ...
NEW YORK – Ramla Ali out-boxed an undefeated fighter Saturday night to move closer toward a 122-pound title shot. The Somalian contender scored a unanimous points victory against Australia’s Avril Mathie in their 10-round IBF junior featherweight elimination match at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Judges Tom Carisone, Max De Luca and Kevin Morgan favored Ali’s work by the identical ...
NEW YORK – Aaron Aponte bounced back Saturday afternoon from the lone blemish on his professional record. The 21-year-old Aponte won an eight-round unanimous decision against Joshua Rivera in the first fight on the Amanda Serrano-Erika Cruz undercard at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Aponte (7-0-1, 2 KOs), of Hialeah, Florida, shut out Rivera (8-2, 3 KOs) by the same ...
Ernesto Mercado believes boxing has not seen the best in him. Mercado wants to prove, in each outing, he is the best prospect in the lightweight division. The unbeaten Mercado will face Jose Angulo tonight at the LumColor Events Center in Ontario, California, not far from his hometown of Pomona. The eight-round bout will take place on a RED Promotions ...