By Jason Pribila, Ringside – Atlantic City – Hard Rock Hotel and Casino: WBA Light Heavyweight titlist Dmiry Bivol remained perfect as he out-pointed Isaac Chilemba over 12 rounds on Saturday evening on the Kovalev Vs Alvarez undercard.
Meiirim Nursultanov made it a quick night, needing only two rounds to defeat Jonathan Batista. Batista’s corner called an end to the fight after the second round, following a tremendous headshot by Nursultanov at the end of the round. While it did not cause a knockdown, Batista had already taken enough punishment through both rounds for his team to protect their fighter.
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Former welterweight champion Andre Berto won a back-and-forth fight by split decision Saturday night against fellow former champion Devon Alexander in the main event at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
The opening bout on the Berto Vs Alexander undercard in Uniondale featured former world champion Sergey Lipinets as he earned a majority decision over Erick Bone after 10 rounds of welterweight action.
New IBF junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer has expressed a desire to unify the division after out-pointing Australian veteran Billy Dibb at Technology Park, in Eveleigh, Sydney, Australia on Friday.
Joe Cordina defeated Sean "Masher" Dodd to win the vacant Commonwealth Lightweight Championship in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday night.
Lightweight contender Ladarius Miller won a competitive unanimous decision over Dennis Galarza in the main event from Sam’s Town in Las Vegas on Friday.
WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol faces a title defense against light heavyweight contender Isaac Chilemba of Malawi. Bivol and Chilemba will fight in the co-main event on the Sergey Kovalev vs. Eleider Alvarez card at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Saturday
Sullivan Barrera suffered an eye injury during a sparring session while training for his August 18, 2018 bout with Irish "Seanie" Monaghan.
WBO and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev of Russia makes a dual title defense against undefeated light heavyweight contender Eleider "Storm" Alvarez of Colombia at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday
Opening the HBO telecast at The Hard Rock in Atlantic City, NJ ON Saturday night is WBA light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol taking on challenger Isaac Chilemba in a 12-round bout.
Promoter Frank Warren will stage a night of boxing at the Leicester Arena on Saturday, October 6.
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee has ordered a purse bid to secure a match between the Japanese fighter and champion Ryota Murata and the American Robert Brant for the WBA middleweight title.
Yordenis Ugas and Argentine boxer Cesar Barrionuevo will battle in a WBC welterweight title eliminator and Polish heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki will face former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin in a 10-round attraction as part of a on Saturday, September 8 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Tevin "The American Idol" Farmer has the opportunity to realize his dream of becoming a world champion this Friday when he faces off against Australian Billy Dib for the vacant IBF Junior Lightweight Title, at Technology Park, in Eveleigh, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington has issued a warning to Carl Frampton and his loyal band of fans not to dismiss the threat presented by Luke Jackson when the pair clash at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 18.
Junior middleweight Bakhram Murtazaliev of Grozny, Russia faces the hard-hitting Fernando Carcamo of Ciudad, Mexico in ten rounds on the undercard of the Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev vs. Eleider "Storm" Alvarez card at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Etess Arena on Saturday, August 4.
Filip Hrgović will face on September 8 when he meets Scotland’s Gary Cornish for the WBC International Heavyweight Championship at the Arena Zagreb in Croatia
Mikey Garcia became the 10th lightweight champion to unify the division with a unanimous 12 round decision against Robert Easter Jr. Saturday and immediately afterward set his sights on boxing’s best, namely Errol Spence Jr
