Boxing

Former WBO super bantamweight champion Angelo Leo (22-1, 10 KOs), now campaigning at featherweight, takes on Mike Plania (29-3. 16 KOs) in a ten round main event on January 31 at the Whitesands Event Center in Plant City, Florida and streamed on ProBox TV. The chief support will see super middleweight Christopher Pearson (17-3-1, 12 […]

Unbeaten Welterweight Conor Benn (22-0, 14 KOs) has warned Peter Dobson (16-0, 9 KOs) that he’s bringing ‘sheer violence’ to their clash at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Saturday February 3, live worldwide on DAZN. “I never thought I would fight in Las Vegas, let alone headline, so it’s nothing but

Photo: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Undefeated WBA light heavyweight world champion Dmitry Bivol believes that a potential undisputed clash with IBF, WBC and WBO ruler Artur Beterbiev would be the toughest test of his career. “To be honest I believe that it is the hardest test,” said Bivol on Matchroom Boxing’s ‘Flash Knockdown’ podcast. “Why? Because

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda The weigh-in ceremony for tomorrow’s world title twinbill took place on Monday in Osaka, Japan. The results were as follows: WBC, WBA light flyweight title boutChampion Kenshiro Teraji (Japan) 107.5Challenger Carlos Canizales (Venezuela) 107.75 WBA flyweight title boutChampion Artem Dalakian (Ukraine) 111.25Challenger Seigo Yuri Akui (Japan) 112 Special eventTenshin

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda The press conference of the forthcoming world title doubleheader was held today (Sunday) in Osaka, Japan. All look in good shape physically and verbally as well. WBC light flyweight title boutKenshiro Teraji vs. Carlos Canizales Teraji: I wish to score my fourteenth victory in world title bouts to tie

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda In a grudge fight after a hard-fought draw in the Philippines three months ago, rugged Japanese puncher Masahiro Suzuki (10-1-1, 7 KOs), 135, stunned the crowd with a very quick one-punch demolition of Filipino champ Roldan Aldea (18-10-2, 10 KOs), 134, at just 1:22 of the opening session in

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda Once-beaten ex-world challenger, WBC, WBO#1 Shokichi Iwata (12-1, 9 KOs), 107.75, proved too powerful and accurate in dropping former IBF world minimum champ Rene Mark Cuarto (21-5-2, 12 KOs), 108, Philippines, four times before the referee’s intervention at 2:21 of the sixth round in a scheduled eight on Saturday

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda Ten-time national amateur champ, unbeaten feather prospect Kenji Fujita (6-0, 3 KOs), 125.75, acquired the vacant WBO Asia Pacific featherweight belt when he fought a tough-and-tumble battle with Filipino Joseph Ambo (13-4-1, 8 KOs), 124.75, and pounded out a unanimous decision (120-107 twice, 118-109) over twelve turbulent rounds on

In a clash between unbeaten cruiserweights, Oswaldo Nieto Camara (4-0, 3 KOs) of Mexico surprised and stopped local hero Blake “Shake n’ Blake” Anderson (5-1, 4 KOs) in the first round of the main event on Saturday night at the River Cree Resort & Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Camara rocked Anderson in round one,

Unbeaten super middleweight Aaron McKenna (18-0, 9 KOs) won by sixth round referee’s stoppage against late sub Micky Ellison (14-7, 5 KOs). Time was 2:21. Unbeaten super middleweight Mark Jeffers (17-0, 4 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Germaine Brown (13-3, 4 KOs) in a clash for the English title. Scores were 98-93,