By Steve Bateson: It took just one punch and around ten seconds for Zolani Tete to knock out fellow South African Siboniso Gonya, retaining his WBO Bantamweight Championship in Belfast,Northern Ireland.
By Derek Bonnett Julian Williams and Ishe Smith met head on at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ten round clash, one of Smith’s most entertaining bouts in years, was contested in the junior middleweight division and presented the winner with a great likelihood for another world championship bout. Williams entered the ring just one victory removed from his fifth round stoppage at the hands of Jermall Charlo. Smith had won two in a row, but was absent from the ring for over a year.
Mike Gavronski and Andrew Hernandez both made weight for Saturday’s WBC-NABA Super Middleweight championship fight at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma.
Travis Hanshaw put on a near flawless performance to win the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental Light Heavyweight title on Friday night, November 17, at the Boyd County Community Center in Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Former WBC super middleweight champ Anthony Dirrell claimed six round technical decision win over Denis “Momma’s Boy” Douglin at the Dort Federal Event Center Flint, Michigan on Friday night
Carl Frampton climbs off the canvass to defeat Horacio Garcia in his homecoming fight whilst Jamie Conlan is stopped in six by Jerwin Ancajas for the IBF Super Flyweight Championship
Kai Robin Havnaa is confident of extending his unbeaten record on Saturday when he travels to Germany to face the experienced Georgian Ramazi Gogichashvili in an eight-round cruiserweight contest.
Jono Carroll will be out to boost his World ranking when he fights for the vacant IBF Intercontinental Super-Featherweight title on Saturday’s ‘Frampton Reborn’ fight card at Belfast’s SSE Odyssey Arena.
Golden Boy Promotions and Cancun Boxing initiated their new partnership in exciting fashion as Jose “Chiquiro” Martinez captured the NABO Super Flyweight Title by defeating Jesus Martinez via a brutal shot to the liver in the fourth round of the scheduled 10-round main event of the latest edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at the Poliforum Benito Juarez in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
All four boxers made weight Friday ahead of their respective world title showdowns at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday night.
Ferdie “The Fight Doctor” Pacheco, an integral part of Muhammad Ali’s cornerman team, passed away at the age of 89.
Paddy Barnes believes his elite amateur experience will be key when he takes to the ring on Saturday night at the SSE Odyssey Arena.
WBO welterweight champ Jeff Horn, form Australia, is confident he can defeat American Terence Crawford, the WBO mandatory contender, should the pair clash or Horn’s title in 2018.
Lenny Daws is looking to end the year on a high when he features at the Tolworth Recreation Centre, in Surbiton,Surrey on Friday, 24th November.
Katie Taylor will defend her WBA Lightweight title against Jessica McCaskill at York Hall, Bethnal Green in London on Wednesday, December 13
Otto Wallin will face Gabriel Nguema in a ten-round contest on the undercard of the WBA Super Middleweight title rematch between Tyron Zeuge and Isaac Ekpo on December 2 at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Flyweight title has become vacant after the official resignation of Japanese based Kazuto Ioka.
James DeGale MBE will make the fourth defence of his IBF Super-Middleweight World Championship against Caleb Truax at London’s Copper Box Arena on Saturday 9th December.
Undefeated welterweight contender Kerman "The Revolver" Lejarraga from Bilbao, Spain, thrilled the crowd of over 11,000 at the Bilbao Arena, earning a dominant 10-round unanimous decision versus southpaw Jose Del Rio on Saturday night.
WBA Champion Yunier Dorticos is preparing for the fight of his career against IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev in the Ali Trophy semi-final and wants to make a statement to fight fans all over the world.