Rob “Bravo” Brant upset the odds to win a world title. For title defense number one, he’s returning to his favorite stomping grounds. Brant, a native of St. Paul, Minn., will defend his WBA middleweight title against the unbeaten Khasan Baysangurov on Friday, Feb. 15 at Grand Casino Hinckley. Brant, who

Welterweight contender Jamal “Shango” James (23-1, 10 KOs) made it to the finish line to get a majority decision over Abel Ramos (18-3-2, 13 KOs) on Friday night at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. James won the early rounds, but felt the power of Ramos, which had him struggling later

photos: Team Cem Kilic   Middleweight Cem Kilic remained perfect with a 2nd round stoppage over veteran Taronze Washington in Hinckley, Minnesota this past Friday. The native of Los Angles via Frankfurt, Germany put Washington down with a hard body shot, and the bout was stopped to raise Kilic’s mark to 10-0

In the main event of a national televised card from Carlson, Minnesota broadcast by Fox Sports 1 a new IBF cruiserweight contender was named as Murat “Iron” Gassiev (23-0, 17 KOs) knocked Jordan Shimmell (20-2, 16 KOs) out cold in the first round on Friday night at the Black Bear Casino Resort

Murat Gassiev will face Jordan Shimmell in an IBF cruiserweight eliminator bout which would put them in line to face the winner of this weekend’s bout between Denis Lebedev who faces Victor Emilio Ramirez overseas. The bout is taking place at the Black Bear Casino and Resort in Carlton, Minnesota as