WBA super lightweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios (26-0, 17 KOs) successfully defended his title by sixth round TKO against a very game Ryan “Cowboy” Karl (18-3, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The bout was an exciting toe-to-toe war until Barrios broke it open with two knockdowns in round six. Time was 2:23. At the time of the stoppage, Barrios was ahead on all three scorecards (48-47 and 49-46 twice).

Continue reading “Barrios stops Karl to defend WBA 140lb title”

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Female junior lightweight Mikaela Mayer (14-0, 5 KOs) won the WBO women’s title with a ten round unanimous decision over former world champion Ewa Brodnicka (19-1, 2 KOs), who lost the title after missing weight by .1 pounds on Friday afternoon. Brodnicka was deducted points for holding in rounds six and seven. Scores were 99-89, 100-88, 100-88.

2016 Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição (15-0, 7 KOs) escaped with a unanimous decision over Luis Coria (12-4, 7 KOs) in a junior lightweight bout. Coria dropped Conceição in round two. Conceição was also deducted points in round four and round six for low blows. Scores were 94-93, 95-92, 95-92. Continue reading “Undercard Results from Las Vegas”

WBO #1 heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) passed his first real heavyweight test with a hard fought twelve round unanimous decision over Derek Chisora (32-10, 23 KOs) on Saturday night at the SSE Arena, outside London, England. Chisora came out aggressively, but Usyk soon adjusted and took control. Chisora was game the whole way and gave a good account of himself. Scores were 117-112, 115-113, 115-113.

Usyk remains the WBO mandatory challenger to Anthony Joshua, who watched from ringside, and who he intends to fight in 2021.

“I was very happy to be back in the ring,” Usyk told Matchroom afterwards. “I haven’t fought for more than a year. It was a huge pleasure for me. You saw my smile when I went into the ring. I really want to thank god for this victory. Derek has big power, he has strong punches but I was prepared for it. Continue reading “Usyk beats Chisora by unanimous decision”

In his first bout since facing Oleksandr Usyk in the WBSS cruiserweight finals in July 2018, former WBA/IBF world champion “Iron” Murat Gassiev (27-1, 20 KOs) quickly demolished 43-year-old veteran Nuri Seferi (41-10, 23 KOs) in the first round on Saturday night at the WOW Arena in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. A flush right hand dropped Seferi and the bout was halted. Time was 1:47.

Gassiev was originally slated to face Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson. When that fell through, he was slated to face former Tyson Fury-opponent Sefer Seferi. When that fell through also, promoters managed to bring in Seferi’s brother, Nuri. Continue reading “Gassiev annihilates Seferi in one”

Unbeaten IBF #3 lightweight George Kambosos Jr (19-0, 10 KOs) scored a twelve round split decision over former IBF featherweight champion and current IBF #4 Lee Selby (28-3, 9 KOs) in a final eliminator for the IBF lightweight world title on Saturday night at the SSE Arena, outside London, England. Kambosos pressed the action and threw the harder punches while slickster Selby tried to box. In the end, judges scored it 118-110, 116-112 Kambosos, 115-114 Selby.

“I can’t get this smile off my face,” said Kambosos afterward. “It hasn’t sunk in yet. I dug deep and I won a lot of them rounds. The big shots landed and I thought he was hurt a few times. Continue reading “Kambosos beats Selby in IBF eliminator”

The long awaited professional debut of 3X amateur standout champion Marcel “Man Man” Barlatier (1-0, 1 KO) took place Friday night in Merida, Mexico. “Man Man” lived up to the hype stopping David “Mosco” Sanchez (0-1) in round 3 of their featherweight bout. Sanchez was no slouch having a solid amateur career in the very respected Mexico amateur system. The Miami, Florida native, Barlatier showed his whole arsenal of defense, boxing, and punching until finally breaking down Sanchez. The official time of the stoppage was 2:34 of round 3. Continue reading ““Man Man” shines in pro debut in Mexico”

“I’m delighted to get the victory,” said Munguia. “He surprised us early in the fight. He has a style that makes one very uncomfortable. But my corner told me to adjust and find my distance. Then I found the right uppercut. I saw that he had gotten cut from it, and then it was just a matter of time. I am ready for all the best fighters of my division.”

“I’m very happy to walk away with the victory,” said Soto. “I tried pressure as much as I good to score a win. These are the kind of tough fights you are in when a world title is at stake. His style was difficult for me, but I felt I did enough to win. Now it’s time for me to rest and see what my team has in store for me.”

In a clash between unbeaten welterweights, Rashidi “Speedy” Ellis (23-0, 14 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Alexis “Lex” Rocha (16-1, 10 KOs) to claim the vacant WBC International silver title. Scores were 116-112, 116-112, 115-113.

In a WBC female flyweight eliminator, Marlen Esparza (8-1, 1 KO) won an eight round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Sulem Urbina (12-1, 2 KOs). Scores were 80-72, 80-72, 78-74.

Unbeaten super middleweight Bektemir Melikuziev (6-0, 5 KOs) captured the vacant WBO Intercontinental title by stopping Alan Campa (17-6, 11 KOs) at :21 of the third round. Continue reading “Undercard Results from Fantasy Springs”

On what felt like the coldest night of the year in Rhode Island, New England’s top fighters brought the heat Thursday in a short, but sweet, pro boxing showcase at “The Tent.”

Fan-favorite Toka Kahn-Clary of Providence scored a second-round knockout victory in the main event and highly-decorated welterweight James Perella won for the sixth time in as many fights as CES Boxing ended its eight-month layoff at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Continue reading “Toka Kahn-Clary smokes Popeye Perez in 2”

Late result: After exactly one year, boxing returned in Italy live on DAZN last Friday night at the Allianz Cloud in Milan. In the main event, Fabio Turchi (18-1, 13 KOs) won the IBF International cruiserweight title by ten round unanimous decision against Latvian Nikolajs Grisunins (12-2-1, 5 KOs).