Britain’s Dalton Smith (19-0, 14 KOs) is the news WBC World super-lightweight champion. Smith on Saturday night in Brooklyn, USA stopped champion Subriel Matias (23-3) in fifth round and won the WBC title. Smith was leading on the scorecards of two judges until round fifth. In fifth round after combination of powerful punches he dropped […]
The number of the registered boxers exceeded the magical 500, already 513 athletes are on the board and the registrations are still open until January 19. Altogether record number of 29 countries entered to the 16th Golden Girl Cupwhich marks another milestone in the event. The 16th Golden Girl Box Cup will take place in […]
Per-Ake Persson EBU lightweight champion Rafael Acosta (16-1) will not defend the title against Zelfa Barrett (34-3). Instead, a possible Acosta vs. Barrett fight will be for the vacant IBO title, reports Espabox Date and site have not been announced. The IBO has not confirmed the fight.
Per–Ake Persson EBU super-middle champ Troy Williamson (22-4-1) now has Spaniard Jose Luis Navarro Jr (17-2) as a mandatory challenger. Navarro Jr has thus relinquished the EBU Silver title and his defense against Damian Biacho scheduled for February 22 is cancelled. The EBU has set January 28 as the deadline for purse bids for the […]
Per-Ake Persson WBC Interim heavyweight champ Agit Kabayel (27-0, 19 KOs) stopped big Pole Damian Knyba (17-1) in round three in Oberhausen on Saturday night, overcoming a bad start in the first when he walked into a few hefty right uppercuts and was cut over the left eye. In the second round the champion, on […]
Per-Ake Persson Germany Croatian heavyweight Petar Milas (20-1) scored the biggest win of his ten-year career by stopping German Granit Shala (18-2) 1.29 of the tenth round and won the IBF International title on Saturday night in Oberhausen, Germany. Shala showed quick hands but was outworked by Milas, who appeared to be in excellent shape […]
Per-Ake Persson Cuban Jadier Herrera (18-0) based in Dubai, stopped Panamanian veteran Ricardo Nunez (26-8) to win the WBC interim title in the eighth round but it wasn’t easy. Herrera, a southpaw, looked good in the first but late in the round he was off balance and got caught by a right hand and went […]
Per-Ake Persson Cruiserweight Oronzo Birardi (10-0) opened Queensberry´s (along with Goldstar and Top Rank) big show at the Rudolf Weber Arena in Oberhausen on Saturday night by knocking out Serbian Miloslav Savic (9-11-1) 59 seconds into the fourth round. It was scheduled for ten. WBA Intercontinental middleweight champ Gleb Bakshi (6-0) impressed in stopping Mexican […]
Per-Ake Persson Lithuanian welter Evgidijus Kavaliauskas (25-3-1) has relinquished the EBU title. The EBU had set purse bids for January 8 for Kavaliuskas’ mandatory defence against Belgian Anas Messaoudi (17-0-1). The winner of a Kavaliauskas vs Messaoudi fight would then have Spaniard Samuel Molina as a mandatory challenger. Molina (25-3-1) lost the title to Kavaliauskas […]
Per-Ake Persson German Agon Sports, headed by Ingo Volckmann, staged seven shows during 2025. Two in Cuba, two at home in Germany, one in Benghazi (Libya), one in Buenos Aires and one in Madrid. For 2026 the year begins with a big heavyweight showdown as IBF International champ Granit Shala (18-1) defends the title against […]
