“My game plan stayed the same from the beginning – to seek and destroy,” said Adams. “I wanted to come out and win and it didn’t matter who was put in front of me.” Continue reading “Cannon Adams blasts out Duversonne”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Australian heavyweight champion Justis Huni (2-0, 2 KOs) stopped Arsene Fosso (3-1, 3 KOs) in round four of a nationally televised bout to defend the title successfully in Brisbane on Thursday. Huni controlled the contest from the opening bell connecting with accurate combinations consistently. Referee Phil Austin called the fight off in round four at 1:07 with Fosso in trouble.

Huni has signed to defend the Australian title against former WBA heavyweight champion Lucas Browne and former world heavyweight challenger Alex Leapai in 2021. The 21-year-old Huni was a bronze medalist in the 2019 world amateur championships. Continue reading “Huni victorious, takes aim at Browne, Leapai”

In an exhibition between ring legends, Mike Tyson, 54, and Roy Jones Jr., 51, entertained a PPV audience on Saturday night behind closed doors at Staples Center in Los Angeles. It was eight two-minute rounds of aggressive sparring. Tyson appeared to be in better shape. He threw mostly body shots that made a loud cracking sound when they landed. Jones landed a few of his trademark pot shots, but also spent a lot of time holding.

According to WBC remote scoring by Christy Martin, Chad Dawson, and Vinny Paz, the bout was “a draw.” No scores were announced. We had Tyson winning easily. Some sportsbooks accepted betting on the fight.

UPDATE: WBC remote scoring was Chad Dawson 76-76, Christy Martin 79-73 for Tyson, Vinny Paz 80-76 for Jones. Christy got it right. The other two cards were embarrassing, especially Paz. He scored four rounds even and gave the other four to Jones!!

After the fight, Tyson said he planned to do more of these events.

YouTube personality Jake Paul (2-0, 2 KOs) scored a vicious second round KO over 3-time NBA slam dunk champion Nate Robinson (0-1) in a cruiserweight clash on Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, no live audience. Paul dropped Robinson in round one. He knocked Robinson down again in round two. Robinson beat the count only to get dropped face first out cold. Time was 1:35.

Former two-time world champion Badou Jack (23-3-3, 13 KOs) brutally punished previously unbeaten Blake McKernan (13-1, 6 KOs) for eight rounds in a light heavyweight bout. The ex-champ pretty much teed off on the very tough McKernan the whole fight, but McKernan somehow went the full distance. Scores were 80-72 3x.

Unbeaten lightweight Jamaine Ortiz (14-0, 8 KOs) scored a seventh round TKO over Sulaiman Segawa (13-3-1, 4 KOs). A body shot dropped Segawa in round seven and Ortiz got the stop with his follow-up barrage. Time was 2:50. Ortiz claimed the vacant WBC USNBC silver belt. Another good action fight.

The featherweight clash between Irvin Gonzalez (14-3, 11 KOs) and Edward Vazquez (9-0, 1 KO) was rock’em sock’em robots for eight rounds. In the end, Vazquez won a split decision 77-75, 77-75, 75-77. What a war!

In a much-anticipated showdown between unbeaten heavyweights, WBC #11, WBO #11, IBF #13 and Rio Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) used his jab to break down, then knock out WBO #2, WBC #7 Daniel Dubois (15-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday night behind closed doors at the historic Church House in London, next to Westminster Abbey.

Joyce connected repeatedly with the jab in round one and kept landing the jab all night long. Dubois connected with most of the power shots, but Joyce took Dubois’ punches well. Meanwhile the Joyce jab closed Dubois’ left eye. The end came in round ten when Joyce landed another jab right on the damaged eye and Dubois took a knee where he was counted out. Time was :36.

Big win for the 35-year-old Joyce, who was a +320 underdog.

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WBO #15 super welterweight Hamzah Sheeraz (12-0, 8 KOs) successfully defended his WBO Euro belt with a tenth round TKO over Guido Nicolas Pitto (26-8-2, 8 KOs) on Saturday night behind closed doors at Church House in London, England. Sheeraz seemed headed to a one-sided decision, but got a referee’s stoppage after a series of unanswered punches at 1:11 of the final stanza.

Cruiserweight Jack Massey (17-1, 8 KOs) outpointed Mohammad Ali Bayat Farid (16-2-1, 16 KOs) over eight rounds by a score of 79-74.

Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (56-5-1, 34 KOs) crushed Jeyson Minda (14-3-1, 8 KOs) in four rounds on Friday night at the Parque Revolucion, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The bout was contested at light heavyweight. Junior attacked Minda’s body ferociously, dropping him in rounds two, three, and four before Minda’s corner waved the towel.

In the co-feature, unbeaten bantamweight Karim Arce (18-0-2, 8 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Jesus Carlon (9-8-2, 3 KOs). It was an entertaining fight with Arce, the nephew of Mexican ring legend Jorge Arce, having his arm raised at the end. No scores announced.

Unbeaten IBF #10 heavyweight Tony Yoka (9-0, 7 KOs) scored a lackluster ten round unanimous decision over Christian Hammer (25-7, 15 KOs) on Friday night at H Arena in Nantes, France. Yoka, who won the super heavyweight gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was in command all the way but never had Hammer in any trouble. Hammer was deducted a point in round six for hitting on the break.

Unbeaten heavyweight Victor Faust (5-0, 4 KOs) scored a six round unanimous decision over game Kamil Sokolowski (10-20-2, 4 KOs). Faust dropped Sokolowski in round three, but had to go the distance for the first time. Continue reading “Yoka defeats Hammer, remains unbeaten”

WBC #3 rated Panya Pradabsri (35-1, 24 KOs) took the “0” and the green belt from record-breaking previously undefeated WBC strawweight champion Wanheng Menayothin (54-1, 18 KOs) with a hard-fought twelve round decision on Friday at the City Hall Ground in Nakhon Sawan Thailand. It was a close fight with Wanheng coming on at the end, but the result was in doubt until Pradabsri’s arm was raised after scores of 115-113, 115-113, 115-113 were read in favor of the +600 underdog.

The 35-year-old Wanheng, also known as Chayaphon Moonsri, was making his 13th defense of the 105lb title. He eclipsed Floyd Mayweather’s 50-0 mark in 2018, and had briefly retired earlier this year at 54-0, but changed his mind.

By Wanheng absorbing this loss, Floyd gets back the recognition for best record in an unbeaten career.

It was raining knockouts during Sanman’s closed-door pandemic event held Saturday at the Sanman Gym in General Santos City, Philippines.

Former world champion Marlon Tapales (34-3, 17 KOs), rebounding from a TKO loss to IBF interim super bantamweight champion Ryosuke Iwasa last December, winning by second round KO over Eden Sonsona (36-12-2, 13 KOs). Tapales downed Sonsona twice in the opening round via vicious body shots before finally ending the night in the second stanza courtesy of a perfectly timed uppercut to the mid-section.

Two-time world title challenger Aston Palicte (27-4-1, 22 KOs) easily disposed of journeyman Reymark Taday (10-12-1, 5 KOs) in the third round of a bantamweight bout. Continue reading “Night of knockouts in the Philippines”

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

Crafty southpaw speedster Rikki Naito (23-2, 8 KOs), 140, successfully kept his OPBF (Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation) super-lightweight belt as game compatriot Yusuke Konno (16-5, 9 KOs), 140, retired on the stool because of his pain on the neck and left shoulder after the ninth session on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Naito, making his fourth defense, took the initiative with more accurate combinations to the taller challenger Konno who had once captured the WBA Asia 140-pound belt by a spectacular eleventh round knockout of highly regarded Chinese Baishanbo Nasiyiwula in Shanghai in March of the previous year. Continue reading “Naito halts Konno, keeps OPBF 140lb belt”

Lightweight Steve Claggett (29-6-2, 19 KOs) was victorious when David Theroux (16-4, 11 KOs) was pulled out after six rounds in an NABA title bout. Continue reading “Ulysse, Claggett triumph in Quebec”

Fortuna was back in action after scheduled fights with Luke Campbell and Jorge Linares were canceled by Covid-19. He’s right in the middle of the lightweight mix with Teofimo, Tank, Loma, Haney, Kingry, Campbell and Linares. Continue reading “Fortuna stops Lozada in six”

Unbeaten heavyweight Fabio Wardley (10-0, 9 KOs) knocked out Richard Lartey (14-4, 11 KOs) in round two. A crushing right hand laid out Lartey. Time of the KO was 1:22.

Unbeaten heavyweight Alen “The Savage” Babic (6-0, 6 KOs) scored a third round KO over Tom Little (10-9, 3 KOs). The aggressive Babic floored Little in round three then put him down and out. Time was 2:38. Babic has beaten all six of his opponents inside three rounds. Continue reading “Benn dominates Formella; Wardley, Babic KO foes”

Former IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (25-3, 20 KOs) returned to the ring after a six-year layoff to get a third round TKO over Ryan Soft (4-12-1, 1 KO) on Friday night at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. After a slow opening round, Cloud began teeing off on Soft in round two. Cloud finally put some punches together and got Soft out of there in round three. Time was 1:29.

Among those in attendance were Floyd “Money” Mayweather and the “Money Team,” who were on hand to watch TMT super bantam Javon “Pop” Campbell (3-1, 2 KOs), who laid out Waverly Bagby (1-3, 1 KO) in the first round. Time was 1:15.

Unbeaten lightweight Jeremy Hill (14-0, 9 KOs) scored a third round TKO over Travis Castellon (16-4-1, 12 KOs). Hill dropped Castellon at the end of round two, then floored him again in round three and got the stoppage soon after. Continue reading “Ex-champ Tavoris Cloud returns with KO”

WBO #15 bantamweight Melvin “Melo” Lopez (24-1, 15 KOs) destroyed Jesus Martinez (27-12, 13 KOs) in the first round on Friday night at the Mediapro Studio in Miami, Florida. “Melo” dropped Martinez twice in the opening stanza and the bout was halted at the end of the round.

Welterweight James “Bring Home the” Bacon (25-4, 17 KOs) scored a devastating second round KO over Roque Agustin Junco (10-7-1, 6 KOs). Bacon Laid out Junco for several minutes. Time of the KO was 2:33.

Unbeaten junior middleweight Mekhrubon Sanginov (8-0-1, 6 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Cleotis “Mookie” Pendarvis (21-6-2, 9 KOs). Pendarvis down three times in round four. Time was 2:40. Continue reading ““Melo” demolishes Martinez in one”

On Thursday night, unbeaten super middleweights Juan “Just Business” Barajas and Bruno “Tiburon” Sandoval battled to an 8-round draw in the main event on the latest RJJ Boxing on UFC Fight Pass, presented by Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions (RJJ) and De La O Promotions, at Marinaterra Hotel Spa and Event Center in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico.

The 24-year-old Barajas (11-0-1, 7 KOs), fighting out of Victorville, California, remained unbeaten, albeit fighting to a draw with Mexican knockout artist Sandoval (21-4-2, 17 KOs), but the World Boxing Council (WBC) Latino title remains vacant. Continue reading “Barajas-Sandoval ends in draw”

WBC #9 super featherweight O’Shaquie Foster (18-2, 11 KOs) won by ninth round TKO over WBC #7 Miguel “Mickey” Roman (62-14, 47 KOs) on Thursday night in a temporary ring built in the parking lot of Freddie Roach’s legendary Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles. Foster dropped Roman with a right hand in round one, but veteran ring warrior Roman hung tough until he was dropped again in round nine. Foster got the stoppage with his follow-up barrage. Time was :58. Foster retained his WBC silver title.

Terence Crawford: “I was trying to gauge the distance. He had good distance. I was trying to find my rhythm in between getting my distance together. That’s why it was so competitive at first. I couldn’t get my shots off. Kell is a tremendous talent. He came and he tried to take my title. He was in shape. He made the weight. There were no excuses to be put on the table. He came off of three wins. He lost to the better man. Continue reading “Crawford crushes Brook in four”