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WBO #8, IBF #12 welterweight Mikael Zewski (34-1, 23 KOs) scored a tenth round stoppage over previously unbeaten Alejandro Davila (19-1-2, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Time was :44. Zewski had dropped Davila in the previous round. He retained his IBF NA and WBO NABO titles.

IBF female super welterweight champion Marie Eve Dicaire (17-0, 0 KOs) outpointed Ogleidis Suarez (29-4-1, 13 KOs) over ten rounds. Scores were 100-90, 100-90, 99-91. Continue reading “WBO #8 welter Zewski stops Davila in ten”

Judges Jose Roberto Torres, Terry O’Connor and Francisco Alloza Rosa all gave WBA super middleweight champion Callum Smith five of the first six rounds against challenger John Ryder on Saturday night in Liverpool, England. Many pundits (including Fightnews.com®) had Ryder ahead in the fight at the midway point due to his aggression and cleaner punching.

Report/Photos by Bob Caico

Super lightweight Lucas “Prince” Bahdi of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada sent the hometown fans happy Saturday night with a second round knockout over Victor Cardozo (29-13-2) of Mexico. Bahdi who had scored five straight first round stoppages was more methodical in round one against the veteran, measuring his opponent and being very patient. His patience didn’t last long. A thunderous right hand just under Cardozo’s heart dropped him to his knees in obvious pain and Cardozo could not beat the count 33 seconds into the round. Bahdi improves to 7-0 all by knockout in two rounds or less. Continue reading “Prince Bahdi remains unbeaten”

By Jeff Zimmerman
Photos: Porfirio Barron Jr. / Knockout Sports Bar

At the Mesquite Championship Rodeo on Saturday night, hometown fighter and fan favorite, Alexis Del Bosque (17-5, 9 KOs) beat the super tough Eduardo Rafael Reyes (9-16, 6 KOs) out of Mexico over six rounds. It took Del Bosque everything he had to fend off the durable and dangerous Reyes, who despite the upside-down record showed he was up for the challenge. Continue reading “Del Bosque wins in Dallas”

By Przemek Garczarczyk

Deontay Wilder: “I’m the hardest hitting man, most devastating puncher in the history of boxing. This is a fact. But this one against Ortiz wasn’t my hardest punch ever. The one against Szpilka…I really thought I killed him!”

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By Miguel Maravilla

“What an amazing fight. The fight lived up to the hype,” WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder talking about his spectacular knockout over Luis “King Kong” Ortiz on Saturday night in Las Vegas. “Ortiz proved tonight that he is one of the best. He proved age is nothing but a number. I give him respect and he has tremendous skill.”

A crushing right hand ended matters in the seventh round with Wilder behind on all three scorecards.

“To be honest I’m not worried if I’m losing the fight. I’m blessed with tremendous power. I really had to be smart with him. We put a plan together. What I do is not textbook. I saw the opportunity and took it. I knew sooner or later it would come,” Wilder said. Continue reading “Wilder: I knew sooner or later it would come”

By Miguel Maravilla

Cuban heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (31-2, 26 KOs) made his way to the post-fight press conference to speak about his knockout defeat to WBC champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama Saturday night in a rematch at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas headlining the PBC on FOX PPV.

“This is boxing. It was either him or me. The plan was to work, work, work. I stuck to the plan but then got caught. I was effective. Like Wilder says, all he needs is a second. Everyone saw physically and mentally I was ready, but one shot is all it takes,” Ortiz said. Continue reading “Luis Ortiz: It was either him or me”

By Miguel Maravilla

“It wasn’t my best performance,” said four-division world champion “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz. “I wanted to make a statement. Flores came to fight and I have nothing but respect for him,” Santa Cruz commented at the post-fight press conference after he picked up the vacant WBA super featherweight “super” title with a unanimous decision over Miguel “El Michoacan” Flores on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Continue reading “Leo Santa Cruz: I want to fight the best”

By Miguel Maravilla at ringside
Photos: Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions

WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) settled his unfinished business with a seventh round KO over Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (31-2, 26 KOs) in a rematch on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.