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Ali Spoils Cotto’s Garden Party

By Derek Bonnett Given as many times as I’ve called them wrong, I’ll never pass up the opportunity to gloat! As soon as I heard that Miguel Cotto had a planned retirement event and the opponent was a younger and faster Sadam Ali, I instantly recalled Erik Morales versus Zahir Raheem. Now, these two fights did not end up mirroring one another head to head, but, in the end, speed and youth overcame experience and grit in one of the most competitive and accurately scored bouts of 2017.

3 Dec 2017

Haskins Returns On December 15.

Former IBF Bantamweight Champion Lee Haskins will return to action on December 15th at the Merthyr Leisure Centre in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.

2 Dec 2017

Cotto And Ali Make Weight

Puerto Rican boxing legend Miguel Cotto made weight for the very last time Friday night as he prepares for the final fight of a memorable career.

2 Dec 2017

Kahn Clary Scores Stoppage Win Over Morlade

By Stephen Tobey at ringside in Providence, R.I. – After a slow start, Toka Kahn-Clary wore down John Vincent Moralde and the southpaw from Providence earned a stoppage victory at the end of the seventh round of a scheduled 10-round bout at the Strand Theater on Friday.

2 Dec 2017

WBC Final Ruling Regarding Luis Ortiz

WBC Final Ruling Regarding Luis Ortiz Issued By World Boxing Council Board Of Governors

2 Dec 2017

Encarnacion Defeats Bauwens In Rematch

In October of 2010 Ruddy Encarnacion felt unlucky to only get a draw against Jean Pierre Bauwens, so he believed he had unfinished business in the rematch on Friday night, December 1, with the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental Lightweight title on the line.

2 Dec 2017

Q And A With Dmitry Bivol

On Saturday at Madison Square Garden, World of Boxing hosted a media roundtable with WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Dmitry Bivol.

1 Dec 2017

Elbiali Steps Up To Face Pascal

Unbeaten light heavyweight Ahmed Elbiali will look to stamp his contender status when he faces former champion Jean Pascal in the 10-round main event from the Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida on December 8.

1 Dec 2017

Yigit And Hughes Make Weight

Anthony Yigit and his opponent Joe Hughes both made weight today ahead of their European Super Lightweight Championship fight tomorrow at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, United Kingdom.

1 Dec 2017

Spence And Peterson Come Face To Face

Unbeaten welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. and former champion Lamont Peterson went face-to-face for the first time Wednesday at a press conference in Brooklyn to discuss their world title showdown headlining action on Saturday, January 20

30 Nov 2017

Promoters Go Head To Head In Philly

With the show sold out a week in advance, why did they have a press conference? But they did. And it was good.

30 Nov 2017

Yigit Signs Contract Extension With Team Sauerland

Anthony Yigit has signed a contract extension with Team Sauerland.

29 Nov 2017

WBA Order Charr Vs Oquendo

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has ordered the teams behind German based WBA Heavyweight Champion Manuel Charr, and WBA No.3 Fres Oquendo to start negotiations for their mandatory fight.

28 Nov 2017

Groves Vs Eubank Jr Sells Out In 7 minutes

It took seven minutes to sell out the Ali Trophy semi-final bout between WBA Super Champion George Groves and IBO-titleholder Chris Eubank Jr. at the Manchester Arena on February 17, 2018.

28 Nov 2017

Selby Plans Painful Night For Ramirez

Welsh wizard Lee Selby intends to cement his standing as the leading light in Britain’s featherweight division by sizzling in the fourth defence of his IBF belt against unbeaten Mexican Eduardo Ramirez at London’s Copper Box Arena on December 9th.

28 Nov 2017

Groves And Eubank Jr. Face To Face At Heated Press Conference

Heated words were exchanged at the kickoff press conference before the Ali Trophy semi-final bout between WBA Super World Champion George Groves and IBO-Champ Chris Eubank Jr. at the Manchester Arena on February 17, 2018.

28 Nov 2017

Ward Aims To End Year By Winning Euro Crown

Martin J Ward is aiming to crown the best year of his career by landing the vacant European Super-Featherweight title against Juli Giner at a sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green on Wednesday December 13.

28 Nov 2017

‘The Hedrew Hammer’ Makes Quick Return

A big jump in the super lightweight rankings will be on the line Saturday, December 16 when Cletus "Hebrew Hammer" Seldin returns just more than a month after a dominating KO to take on highly regarded Yves Ulysses, Jr

28 Nov 2017

Ceja Edges Teran in War

By Derek Bonnett Julio Ceja looked for his second win of 2017 at Palenque de Deportes in Chetumal, Mexico. After destroying former bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno in three rounds back in May, Ceja, who briefly held a super bantamweight title, took on tough Venezuelan Breilor Teran for a minor belt. Teran was riding a five fight win-streak over nondescript opposition, but owned more than a dozen defeats on his dossier.

26 Nov 2017

Menayothin Matches Marciano

By Derek Bonnett Thailand’s Wanheng Menayothin, world titlist at 105-pounds, won his ninth world championship bout early this morning in Nakhon Ratchasima. Menayothin, one of boxing’s busiest fighters, won over Japan’s Tatsuya Fukuhara in a twelve round bout, giving him his fifth decision victory in 2017. What was lost on most boxing fans was that the victory also pushed Menayothin even with Rocky Marciano’s unbeaten streak and one more victory from a tie with Floyd M

26 Nov 2017