Filip Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KOs) defeated Joe Joyce (16-4, 15 KOs) on Saturday night in Manchester via unanimous decision and captured the WBO International heavyweight title belt. Hrgovic stepped as late replacement for Dillian Whyte, who had to cancel because of an injury, and he got the victory. All three judges saw him as winner […]

Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KOs) defended his IBF and WBO World middleweight titles, defeating France’s Anauel Ngamissengue (14-1, 9 KOs) via stoppage in round five. For Alimkhanuly was first time in more then 7 years that he fought in his home country. Alimkhanuly started fast and dropped Ngamissengue once in round one. He then stopped […]

Labinot Xhoxhaj (20-0-1, 16 KOs) will defend his EBU heavyweight title against Mourad Aliev (13-0, 10 KOs). Promoter of Aliev, Ahmet Öner, said that the deal have been reached between teams. Öner said for “BOXEN1” that there are two possible dates, on May 23 in Zagreb or June 7 in Hamburg. “We reached a deal […]

Filip Hrgovic (17-1, 14 KOs) vowed to knockout Joe Joyce (16-3, 15 KOs) on Saturday night in Manchester. Hrgovic jumped as late substitute for Dillian Whyte who had to cancel because of injury. In press conference on Thursday afternoon, Hrgovic said that Joyce is slow like a “fog”. “He’s slow like fog,” said Hrgovic, much […]

Brian Norman Jr (27-0, 21 KOs) stopped Derrieck Cuevas (27-2-1, 19 KOs) in round three on Saturday night in Las Vegas, and retained the WBO World welterweight title. For Norman Jr. was the first title defense. He made a quick work in the main fight of the card promoted by Top Rank. After the fight […]

William Zepeda Segura (33-0, 27 KOs) defeated Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs) in a thrilling rematch on Saturday night in Cancun, Mexico and defended his WBC Interim World lightweight title. Zepeda remained in position to fight WBC champion Shakur Stevenson. As in the first fight, the rematch between Zepeda and Farmer was very close. Mexican […]

Former WBC World heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs) will return on June 27 in Kansas, USA. He will face Tyrrell Anthony Herndon (24-5, 15 KOs). Global Combat Collective (GCC) in a press release announced the fight. The show will be billed Legacy Reloaded. “Deontay Wilder is one of the most electrifying fighters the […]

Paddy Donovan (14-1, 11 KOS) has been granted a rematch against Lewis Crocker (21-0, 11 KOs), after his disqualification loss in their IBF title eliminator in Belfast earlier this month. Referee Marcus McDonnell disqualified Donovan in round eight because he hit Crocker after the bell. Donovan was leading on points. The winner of contest was […]

William Zepeda Segura (32-0, 27 KOs) will face Tevin Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday in Cancun, Mexico for WBC Interim World lightweight title. It will be a rematch, after the meet each-other in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in November last year. Zepeda won that fight via split decision (95:94, 94:95 and 95:94). Zepeda was down […]

Promoter Frank Warren said that Derek Chisora (36-13, 14 KOs) is mandatory challenger of IBF World heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs). Dubois is currently pursing an undisputed world heavyweight title fight against Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs), the WBC, WBO and WBA champion. WBO ordered Usyk to defend title against Joseph Parker (36-3, […]