- Rising Hartford folk hero Richard "Popeye The Sailor Man" Rivera kept his pro record perfect (8-0) intact, knocking out his tough opponent,Jaime "Zarco" Solorio in the eighth round to capture the vacant ABF Continental cruiserweight on Saturday.
Angel “Tito” Acosta retained his WBO light flyweight title with 12th round stoppage over challenger Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on Saturday night.
J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Maryland boxer/promoter Tony Jeter (Jeter Prom’ns & GQ Prom’ns) returned to action on 6/16/18 after a short hiatus. The show was billed as being in “Laurel”, but heaven knows where we really were
Weights And Running Order From Newcastle
The official weigh in was held Friday for Saturday night’s 12-round main event between WBO Light Flyweight Champion Tito Acosta and challenger Carlos "Chocorroncito" Buitrago airing live on PPV from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
Unbeaten British super middleweight Zach Parker returns to action on July 14 in an eight-round contest with Geard Ajetovic on the undercard of Tyron Zeuge’s WBA World title defence against Rocky Fielding in Offenburg, Germany.
As expected British heavyweight prospect Joe Joyce barley broke sweat in taking out late replacement Ivica Bacurin inside a round at the York Hall in London on Friday night.
Lewis Ritson wins the British Lightweight Title outright with a devastating first round knockout over Paul Hyland Jnr whilst Sunderland’s Josh Kelly wins the Commonwealth Welterweight Championship against Australia’s Kris George.
Martin Murray can start dreaming of a rematch against Gennady Golovkin if he can defeat Roberto Garcia for the Mexican’s WBC silver middleweight title at the 02 in London on June 23.
WBA Super Bantamweight champion Danny Roman and No. 1 challenger Moises Flores formally addressed the media one last time prior to their clash at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas on Saturday night.
By Marc Livitz: Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta zigged and zagged his way to the vacant WBO NABO lightweight title with a tight majority decision win over Robert Manzanarez on Thursday evening at the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, California.
News was announced that the on-and-off again rematch between World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is on for September 15th in Las Vegas
Dereck Chisora and Carlos Takam will meet in a crunch Heavyweight clash at The O2 in London on July 28.
This Sunday (June 17), WBA Flyweight Champion Artem Dalakian will defend his title against Sirichai Thaiyen at the Parkovy Convention Centre in Kiev, Ukraine.
Charlie Edwards finally gets his hands on Anthony Nelson when they clash for the WBA Continental Super Flyweight title at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle,England on Saturday night.
Ohara Davies will now face WBC international super-lightweight champion Paul Kamanga at o2 Arena in London on June 23.
Commonwealth heavyweight champion Joe Joyce will now face late replacement Ivica Bacurin, who replaces Richard Lartey at the York Hall in London on Friday night.
Anthony Nelson has branded Charlie Edwards ‘full of himself’ and has vowed to punish his over-confident opponent when they clash for the WBA Continental Flyweight title at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle on Saturday night.
Super-welterweight prospect Mekhrubon Sanginov from Dushanbe, Tajikistan, has moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to continue his dream of becoming a world champion.
Terry Flanagan’s record for having the longest unbeaten winning run amongst the current crop of British boxers came to an end on Saturday night, in his home city of Manchester,England.
