Heavyweight Martin Bakole (14-1, 11 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over former world title challenger Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (34-16-1, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the Newcastle Arena in Newcastle, England. After four slow rounds, Bakole opened up in round five and got a referee’s stoppage after a series of unanswered punches. Time was :58. Only the third time Johnson was stopped. The 40-year-old Johnson just fought 8 days ago in Germany.

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

Former Australian light middleweight champion Joel Camilleri (18-6-1, 8 KOs) outpointed Samuel Colomban (25-12-1, 12 KOs) at the Melbourne Pavilion at Flemington, Victoria on Friday. Camilleri controlled the action in all of the rounds to be awarded the decision by scores of 100-90, 99-91, 99-91.

Camilleri was returning to the ring after suffering a ten round points loss IBF#8 Tim Tszyu to lose the Australian crown in May. Colomban was coming off a seven round stoppage loss in South Korea toJung Kyoung Lee in a challenge for the OPBF crown in January. Continue reading “Camilleri and Harris victorious”

Report and Photos by Bob Ryder

In the main event Friday night at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center, super welterweight Patrick Boozer rolled to an easy first round TKO over Thomas Turner in their scheduled eight rounder.

Boozer (13-4, 4 KOs) had little trouble dominating Turner (5-9, 4 KOs), walking right through his opponent before landing a crushing overhand bomb that dropped Turner along the ropes. Referee Ron Cunningham waved off the count at 1:52 when it was obvious Turner was unable to rise. Continue reading “Results From Ypsilanti”

Photos: Sumio Yamada

Beterbiev was behind on two of the three scorecards at the time of the stoppage! After nine rounds, judges had it 87-84 Gvozdyk (John McKaie), 86-85 Gvozdyk (Ron McNair), and 87-83 Beterbiev (John Poturaj).

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By Héctor Villarreal

Ronal Batista 118.4 vs Alexander Taylor 118.6
Yaditza Perez 109 vs Jamileth Vallejos 114
Roger Saldaña 113.8 vs Angel Chavez 114.4
Teresa Almengor 116.6 vs Haidee Zapa 114.8
Aristides Quintero 146 vs Carlos Saenz 145.8
Ariel Vasquez 147 vs Freddy Oporta 145.8
Arnulfo Bejerano vs 126.8 vs Jonathan Carmona 127.4
Jose Beitia vs 140.4 vs Augusto Pinilla 143.8

Date: Saturday, October 19th
First fight starts 7:30 pm
Venue: Gimnasio Los Naranjos, Boquete, Panama
Promoters: Megamix & Casa de Campeones Promotions
Tickets: $5, $10, $12

By Kurt Wolfheimer at ringside
Photos: Darryl Cobb Jr.

In a spectacular light heavyweight world title unification showdown, IBF champion Artur Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KOs) scored a tenth round KO against WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (17-1, 14 KOs) on Friday night before 3,283 at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.

Beterbiev was credited with a knockdown at the end of round one, but it was overruled as a push after an instant replay review. Both fighters landed big shots as the bout progressed. The relentless Beterbiev had Gvozdyk hurt and holding on in round nine. Gvozdyk finally took a knee in round ten. Beterbiev then battered him to the canvas two more times in the round to end it! Time was 2:49.

“For this moment, it’s my most important fight,” said Beterbiev afterward. “I had big work to prepare for this fight.”

Keys to victory? “I think you have to ask my coaches about that. I have three coaches. We work in the gym. We work hard, and we have some targets. My first target, second target and other one comes soon.”

“It doesn’t matter {who I fight next.} Anyone. I’m focused on the title, not on the name.” Continue reading “Beterbiev KOs Gvozdyk, unifies IBF/WBC LH titles”

By Bob Caico at ringside

Local junior welterweight Emmanuel “Pinky” Colon (17-1-1, 16 KOs) scored his 12th first round knockout with a opening stanza TKO over Richard Zamora (19-4, 12 KOs) of Mexico on Friday night at the sold out Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York.

Colon dropped Zamora twice in round one and the carnage was waved off at 2:46. With the win Colon secured the WBA Fedecentro belt. Continue reading ““Pinky” Colon destroys Zamora in one”

By Kurt Wolfheimer at ringside

The co-feature of the eight bout card promoted by Top Rank with Peltz Boxing IBF number one ranked welterweight contender Kudratillo “The Punisher”Abdukakhorov (17-0, 9 KOs) remained undefeated in a fight that went to the scorecards in the tenth and final round when former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo (39-8, 20 KOs) who was behind on the scorecards received a brutal cut over the right eye from an accidental headbutt.

Abdudukakhorov fought well early as lured Collazo in and landed counter combinations in the second round. Colazzo continued to press the attack and started to find his range in the third round. It became a chess match in the fourth and fifth rounds. Collazo used his elusiveness to force Abdukakhorov to miss on several combinations, but the ones that landed in the fifth round slowed the advances. Collazo seemed to injure his left arm, but his experience allowed to take the seventh round as he worked the inside. Collazo was cut over the left eye that was opened up from counters from the native of Uzbekistan. Collazo shook his left arm in between rounds to loosen up the injured arm. Collazo was following Abdukakhorov and basically barely throwing his injured left arm as the fight wore on in the ninth. In the tenth both fighters banged heads in a clinch which opened a huge cut over the right eye of Collazo, which was deemed to dangerous to continue, sending the fight to the scorecards. All three judges saw the fight for Kudratillo Abdukakhorov by scores of 97-93, 98-92 and 99-91 for the unanimous decision victory. Continue reading “Undercard Results from Philadelphia”

Venue: Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: Facebook Watch

Photos: Rosita Gutiérrez / Zanfer

Carlos Ocampo 155.2 vs. Adrián José Pérez 154.3
Bryan Figueroa 135.3 vs. Andrey Robles 136
Erick Robles 128.8 vs. Luis Ángel Martínez 131
José Manuel García 140.2 vs. Manuel Martínez 142.2
Sandra Robles 112 vs. Rosalinda Gómez 113
Rubén Aguilar 141 vs. Alejandro Martínez 141

Venue: Casa Zonkeys, Tijuana, BC, Mx
Promoter: Zanfer
TV: TV Azteca

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Robbie Davies Jr 139.5 vs. Lewis Ritson 139.75
(WBA super lightweight eliminator)

Savannah Marshall 166 vs. Ashleigh Curry 171.25
Lawrence Osueke 173.75 vs. Ricky Summers 174
Martin Bakole 265 vs. Kevin Johnson 256.5
Kieron Conway 156.25 vs. Konrad Stempkowski 156.5

Venue: Utilita Arena, Newcastle, England
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

Note: Derrick Webster weighed 174.8 lbs while his opponent Israel Duffus was overweight at 183 and the bout was cancelled.

Venue: The Met Philadelphia
Promoter: Hard Hitting Promotions and Live Nation
1st Bell: 7 PM ET / Doors 6 PM ET

The World Boxing Council has closed its Clean Boxing Program’s Results Management process concerning Avni Yildirim’s adverse finding related to a recent out-of-competition anti-doping test. That process included a thorough scientific investigation and evaluation, with the participation of independent experts.

That investigation and subsequent evaluation concluded that Yildirim did not ingest or became exposed to a banned substance knowledgeably or with a performance enhancement intention. Instead, Yildirim unintentionally and inadvertently became exposed to a substance as part of a muscular inflammation therapy he received in Germany which was fully confirmed during the investigation. Credible evidence was presented that the source of the banned substance was a specific contaminated product that was administered to Yildirim. Continue reading “Benavides-Yildirim mandatory bout confirmed”