Per–Ake Persson Bilel Jkitou (21-2) won the vacant EBU middleweight title and defended his WBC International title, defeating on Saturday night in Nanterre, France his countryman Diego Natchoo (31-4-5) by unanimous decision. Natchoo was down in the first but got up and gave Jkitou a tough fight to the end but lost on scores of […]

WBC ordered a fight between Moses Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) and Lawrence Okolie (22-1) as final eliminator in heavyweight division. Decision was taken and WBC annual meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. WBC ordered a fight between two British fighters, Joshua Buatsi (20-1, 13 KOs) and Ben Whittaker (10-0-1, 7 KOs) as final eliminator in light-heavyweight division.

Per-Ake Persson While EBU featherweight champ Cristobal Lorente (20-0-3, and 0-0-2 in his last two fights) has Englishman Liam Davies as mandatory challenger a rematch with Nathanael Collins (17-0-1) might be next as the WBC has ordered a rematch and this time it will an eliminator where the winner gets a shot at WBC featherweight […]

Isaac Cruz (28-3-2) dropped Lamont Roach (25-1-3) in round three on Saturday night in San Antonio, but the fight between them for WBC Interim World super-lightweight title ended in a majority draw. Cruz was deducted one point in round seven for a kidney punch and in the end two judges scored the fight as draw […]

Per-Ake Persson The undercard of Queensberry’s big show in Oberhausen (Germany) January 10 headlined by Agit Kabayel (28-2) vs. Damian Knyba (17-0) will feature another heavyweight fight of interest: Granit Shala (18-1) vs Croatian Petar Milas (19-1). Shala, promoted by Agon Sports, won the WBA Continental title in his last fight but lost to Oleksandr […]

Elif Nur Turhan (12-0, 8 KOs) of Turkiye claimed the IBF World lightweight title, dethroning Brazilian Beatriz Ferreira (8-1, 2 KOs) on Saturday night in Monte Carlo. Nur Turhan stopped Ferreira in round five. She dropped the Brazilian in round one and then again in round fight, and referee Diana Drews Milani decided to stop […]

Jai Opetaia (29-0, 23 KOs) has defended his IBF World cruiserweight title in style. Opetaia on Saturday night in Queensland, Australia KO’d Huseyin Cinkara in round eight with a strong left. Opetaia was leading clearly on points until round eight, all judges had scored 69:64 in his favor. For Opetaia it was third title defense […]

Per-Ake Persson Melissa Mortensen (8-0) won the vacant EBU Silver title in style as she stopped Pole Dorota Norek (9-6) at the end of the fourth round in the headliner of Primetime Promotions show at the Sporticum. The fight was off to a messy start with more wrestling and holding than boxing but in the […]

The son of boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, Emmanuel Pacquiao Jr. made a professional boxing debut in USA last weekend, but result was not the one he wished. 24-year-old fought to a draw with fellow debut Brendan Lally. Two judges saw the fight as even 38:38 and one gave Pacquiao Jr. the win 39:37. Pacquiao Jr. […]

Per–Ake Persson French super-welter Bakary Samake (19-0) and US-based Albanian Ermal Hadribeaj (22-0-1) have by the WBC been ordered to meet in an eliminator where the winner will meet interim champ Vergil Ortiz or Sebastian Fundora, who is the WBC title holder. Hadribeaj has been campaigning in Europe lately fighting on Universum / Arena Box […]