The World Boxing Federation (WBF) crowned a new Lightweight Champion on Saturday night, April 22, when Italian Alessandro Riguccini beat Mexican Jesus Antonio Rios at the Auditorio Ernesto Rufo in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico.
Otto Wallin (18-0, 12 KOs) captured the WBA Continental Heavyweight Championship after producing a fifth-round TKO victory over Gianluca Mandras Saturday night at the Sprthallen in Sundsvall, Sweden
Marlon Tapales may have lost his WBO bantamweight title to the scales after having to drop a reported ten pounds in the final days of preparation, but he and Shohei Omori put on a heated performance. Tapales, running on fumes from the start, fought with a look of desperation as if unaware how far his gas tank could take him.
Andre Berto and Shawn Porter weighed in Friday ahead of their WBC welterweight title eliminator at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,New York on Saturday.
- WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis "Superman" Stevenson will take-on hard-hitting Polish contender Andrzej Fonfara in a rematch of their 2014 slugfest on Saturday, June 3 in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, live on SHOWTIME from the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Nick Durandt, South Africa’s most famous trainer and manager and successful boxing trainer has been killed in a motor cycle accident, he was 53 years old.
WBO bantamweight champ Marlon Tapales,from the Philippines, has lost his title before a punch has been thrown.
Jamie Cox has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing.
Hampus Henriksson has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled contest with Moris Markowitsch at the Nordic Fight Night on Saturday at the Sporthallen in Sundsvall, Sweden due to illness.
All the boxers weighed in Friday ahead of their respective bouts at the Leicester Arena on Saturday evening.
Unbeaten Welsh prospect Andrew Selby will face Nicaraguan Cristofer Rosales in an official WBC flyweight eliminator at the Motor Point Arena in Cardiff, Wales on May 26.
Martin Murray and Gabriel Rosado weighed in Friday ahead of their WBA intercontinental mid-eighteenth titlet clash at the Echo Arena in Liverpool,England on Saturday.
Tommy Langford is hoping a victory over Avtandil Khurtsidze for the WBO Interim Middleweight Title will secure an all-British showdown with World Champion Billy Joe Saunders.
This installment of Debutant Watch heads to Northampton, England to feature super-middleweight fighter Dominic Felix. Dominic has been around the fight game for most of his life and has now decided to bite the bullet and have a crack at the pro game.
Four-time world champion Amanda "The Real Deal" Serrano will look for a record-breaking fifth world title when she battles former world champion Dahiana Santana for the vacant WBO Bantamweight Championship on Saturday, April 22 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Reigning WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Guillermo "El Chacal" Rigondeaux will face WBA interim titleholder Moises "Chucky" Flores in a mandatory 12-round WBA title defense that will tarnish one fighter’s perfect record.
Olympic captain Anthony Fowler has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing.
Dave Allen has landed a dream Commonwealth Heavyweight title shot against Lenroy Thomas at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on May 27.
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee ordered a mandatory fight the minimum world Champion Thammanoon Niyontrong from Thailand and number one rated contender Rey Loreto from Philippines.
Heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois has been added to Saturday’s (April 22) stacked Leicester Arena bill.