Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KO’s) and Dmitry Bivol’s (22-0, 11 KO’s) undisputed light heavyweight world title fight has been postponed after Beterbiev suffered a ruptured meniscus in training, “Sky Sports” reports. WBC, IBF and WBO champion Beterbiev had been scheduled to face WBA belt holder Bivol in a winner-takes-all showdown on Saturday June 1 in […]
Undisputed super-middleweight world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (60-2-2) and unbeaten Jaime Munguia (43-0) both made weight as they prepare to face tonight in their world boxing title showdown. Alvarez, who will put his four super-middleweight belts on the line, weighed in at 166.8 pounds (75.6kg) while fellow Mexican Munguia tipped the scales at 167.4 pounds. […]
Ryosuke Nishida (9-0) is the new IBF World bantamweight champion. Nishida on Saturday night in Osaka dethroned the Puerto Rico’s Emmanuel Rodriguez (22-3). He won via unanimous decision. All three judges scored the fight in favor of Nishida. Two of them 115:112 and one 117:110. Nishida dropped Rodriguez once in fourth round.
Ryan Garcia (25-1) insist that he has never taken steroids, after “ESPN” reported on Wednesday that Garcia tested positive twice, in the samples taken one day before his victory against Devin Haney (31-1) and on the day of fight. Garcia dropped Haney thrice and cause major upset on the fight held on April 20. “Big […]
Kazakhstan made clean sweep in the men’s U22 semi-finals at the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Astana today. India’s Vishvanath Suresh and Philippines’ Jay Bryan Baricuatro both eliminated tough opponents in the quarter-finals of the U22 minimumweight (48kg). The Filipino started the bout with heavy attacks but Suresh responded immediately and their […]
The final line-ups in the women’s youth part of the Asian Championships are confirmed in Astana. Uzbekistan’s Zilolakhon Yusufova was smaller than India’s Nisha and it was hard for her to reach the opponent. The Uzbek flyweight (52kg) boxer could not maintain the best distance in their semi-final and Nisha secured her spot in the […]
