Petrov beats “The Artist” Perez, in line for Linares title shot
Lightweight Petr Petrov, (38-4-2, 18 KOs) looks to have finally gotten his big fight as he defeated Michael Perez, (24-2-2, 11 KOs) after Perez’s corner called the fight off after the bell to end round six of a scheduled twelve-round bout in the main event from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in
Nathan Cleverly wins WBA title in Germany
Former world champion Nathan Cleverly (30-3, 16 KOs) defeated WBA light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer (48-3, 35 KOs) with a seventh round TKO on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany. The fight was decent while it lasted with both fighters for standing next to each other and punching
Fiel fight a no-contest, Morton fights to draw in SF
In front of a nearly sold-out crowd in San Francisco, CA at the USF War Memorial Gym Squarevision Entertainment held a pro-am card that featured eight amateur bouts and three professional bouts. The main event saw an unsavory end to the bout as Adam Fiel (9-0 4KOs) of Vacaville, CA
Ugas stops unbeaten prospect, Valenzuela pulls another upset
Welterweight Yordenis Ugas (17-3, 8 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over previously unbeaten rising prospect Bryant Perrella (14-1, 13 KOs) on Tuesday night at the Buffalo Thunder Casino, New Mexico. Ugas dropped Perrella in the first round and dominated the fight until catching the young prospect with an overhand
Nietes beats Sosa, hopes for Chocolatito in future
Longtime light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes made his flyweight debut by shutting out Edgar Sosa in the main event from StubHub Center in Carson, California. Nietes hurt Sosa with clean shots at points, but purely outboxed the game veteran to a points decision. It appears they’re moving up in efforts to
Hayward’s Joel Siapno loses on ALA Promotions card
In somewhat somber news, friend of the website Joel Siapno (2-2-1 2KOs) of Kennel Boxing Gym in San Leandro, CA lost via fourth round stoppage against Isaac Freeman (3-3-1 3KOs) in Carson, CA at the StubHub Center. Below are the tweet from the best Filipino reporter in the world, Truth Esguerra.
Linares defeats Crolla, wins WBA lightweight title
WBC lightweight champion-in-recess Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) won a close, but one-sided battle against WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Crolla’s backyard on Manchester, England. Linares showed a skill difference as his hand speed and angles were too much for
“Hot Rod”, Baranchyk win atop ShoBox card
Light heavyweight Radivoje “Hot Rod” Kalajdzic (22-1, 15 KOs) scored an exciting fifth round KO over Travis Peterkin (16-1-1, 7 KOs) on Friday night at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. Kalajdzic dropped Peterkin twice in round five before the bout was stopped. Kalajdzic is best known for giving
Hammer Hands get dropped, Kahn Clary gets upset in first round KO
Featherweight Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz (18-0, 11 KOs) picked up an eight round unanimous decision over veteran Raul Hirales (22-6-1, 11 KOs) on Friday night at the Silver Spurs Arena of the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. It looked like it might be a short night when Diaz dropped Hirales
Willie Monroe outclasses Rosado in co-main event of Canelo-Smith PPV
Middleweight Willie Monroe Jr (21-2 6KOs) made a case to fight Canelo Alvarez after simply outclassing game veteran Gabriel Rosado (23-10 13KOs) in the co-main event of the Canelo Alvarez versus Liam Smith pay-per-view card at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. In the early going, Monroe Jr. outboxed Rosado who