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WBA super middleweight champion Tyron Zeuge (22-0-1, 12 KOs) scored a second round TKO over Isaac Ekpo (32-4, 25 KOs) on Saturday at the Inselparkhalle Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Zeuge dropped Ekpo with a hard combination in round two and the bout was stopped by referee Mark Nelson. Time was :23.

The bout was a rematch. In their first clash in March of last year, Zeuge won a technical decision after a cut caused by a head clash and a rematch was granted. This time no controversy. Continue reading “Zeuge TKOs Ekpo to retain WBA 168lb title”

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WBA #3 super welterweight Michael Soro (32-2, 21 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated WBA #2 John “The Phenom” Vera (18-1, 11 KOs) to claim the WBA interim 154lb title on Saturday night in Marseilles, France.

Soro dismantled Vera from the opening bell. He knocked down Vera in round seven and cruised to victory by scores of 118-109, 120-107 and 119-108.

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By Ron Jackson

Emmeny Kolombo of the DRC won the vacant WBF Intercontinental junior-middleweight title with a devastating fifth round knockout over South African junior-middleweight champion Nkululeko Mhlongo at the Edenvale Community Centre on Friday night. Continue reading “Kolombo wins by fifth round knockout”

By Gary “Digital” Williams

The Washington DC/Baltimore boxing community has been hit with a number of deaths in recent weeks. Three of the passings were legendary figures in the Beltway Boxing area. The other two were also tragic but for a different reason. Continue reading “Five Passings Rock DC/Baltimore Boxing Community”

By Joe Koizumi

Hard-punching southpaw, former Japanese 115-pound champ Kenta Nakagawa (16-3-1, 11 KOs), 115, decked his third victory since his title forfeiture to his ex-high school classmate Ryuichi Funai (now world rated by all the organizations) in March of the previous year, as he scored a couple of knockdowns and pounded out a shutout decision (all 80-69) over Kittipong Jareonroy (reportedly 10-4, 3 KOs), 113.75, over eight rounds on Friday in Tokyo, Japan.

When Nakagawa, an upright southpaw, floored the Thailander at first with a straight left to the liver, and again with a flurry of punches in the third, it looked a matter of time for the audience to watch a short affair soon. The hard-hitting Japanese attempted to finish him with solid combinations, but Kittipong, from the fourth on, inexplicably became a different boxer—very tough and durable—from what he was in the first three sessions. Continue reading “Ex-Japanese 115lb champ Nakagawa, Nagata win”

Below are the betting odds for tonight’s major fights. Which underdog has the best chance to spring an upset?

Dillian Whyte -400 vs. Lucas Browne +300
(WBC silver heavyweight title)

Tyron Zeuge -900 vs. Isaac Ekpo +500
(WBA super middleweight title)

Arsen Goulamirian -187 vs. Ryad Merhy +137
(WBA cruiserweight title)

Michel Soro -2000 vs. John Vera +800
(WBA interim super welterweight title)

Heavyweight Dillian Whyte (22-1, 16 KOs) has no intention of letting Lucas Browne (25-0, 22 KOs) derail his path to world title glory when they clash at The O2 tonight, live on HBO and Sky Sports. Whyte defends the WBC silver title he won against Robert Helenius in October, landing the number one spot in the WBC into the bargain.

“I should be mandatory challenger in maybe two or three governing bodies because I’m highly ranked in all of them and Lucas is a good name to have a win over,” says Whyte, whose only loss was against Anthony Joshua.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has placed Canelo Alvarez under “temporary” suspension for twice testing positive for the banned substance Clenbuterol. Canelo must appear before the commission on April 10 to explain himself. The move came two weeks after Alvarez’ adverse test results became known, and days after middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin harshly condemned the NSAC.

Canelo maintains the adverse test result was due to tainted meat he ingested while training in Mexico. Golovkin accuses Canelo of being a long-term drug cheat who has traces of injections.

Golovkin vs. Canelo are due to meet in a high stakes May 5 mega-rematch at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.