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Erislandy Lara called the junior middleweight division home for much of his career, and he was the cornerstone of the division for over a decade. However, in the twighlight of his ring years he decided to move up to middleweight in search of more glory, and has claimed the WBA title. He will put it […]
Robson Conceição and O’Shaquie Foster are officially set to run it back. Their long-rumored rematch is confirmed for Nov. 2 on ESPN+ from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. The bout will come five months after Conceição won a highly questionable split decision to claim the WBC 130-pound title. “Conceição and Foster are […]
Lightweight Alejandro Paulino went back to what had worked for him. After notching decision wins in back-to-back fights, the unbeaten Paulino stopped Luis Porozo in the opening round. Their Swerve TV main event lasted just 57 seconds Saturday night at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Moments into the opening round, a right cross dropped Porozo […]
Jose Zepeda will move on to fight another day. Ivan Redkach, on the other hand, has a hard choice to make. Zepeda stopped Redkach in the second round of a battle between former title challengers. Redkach was floored three times as the fight was stopped at 2:02 of round two Friday night at the Pechanga […]
Thammanoon Niyomtrong retained his WBA strawweight title by the slimmest of margins. The sport’s longest reigning active male titleholder rode two knockdowns to a majority decision win over Alex Winwood. Niyomtrong won 114-112 on two cards, overruling a 113-113 score Saturday at HBF Arena in Perth, Western Australia It should have been wider, but the […]
Sam Noakes continued his impressive rise through the ranks. The unbeaten lightweight made the first defense of his EBU title with an eighth-round stoppage of Gianluca Ceglia. The relatively one-sided affair ended when Ceglia was unable to continue after the eighth round of their TNT Sports main event Friday at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London. […]
Thanjhae Teasley overcame early adversity before scoring an eighth round stoppage of Selassie Bey on Friday night in a showdown of unbeaten welterweight prospects. Teasley (11-0, 5 knockouts) closed the show in the final round of the Red Owl Boxing main event in Houston, Tex., pummeling the badly fading Bey before the referee halted the […]
Kevin Hayler Brown made things much easier for himself this time around. The unbeaten junior welterweight maintained an early lead in a ten-round, unanimous decision over John Bauza. Scores were 98-91, 97-92 and 96-93 for Brown in their DAZN main event Friday evening at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Brown had to sweat out a […]
The bridgerweight division has joined the purse bid festivities. Reigning WBC titlist Lawrence Okolie and mandatory challenger Kevin Lerena are forced to go the auction route. The two sides reneged on a previous agreement, which drew the scorn of the sanctioning body—though to the delight of the #PurseBidHeads nation. A hearing will be held on […]
The one void left at super middleweight will be filled very soon. The Ring has learned that a date was secured for the William Scull-Vladimir Shishkin vacant IBF 168-pound title fight. Their ordered clash will take place on Oct. 19 in Falkansee, Germany. The event will be a co-promotion between Agon Sports and Kuc Boxing. […]