By Derek Bonnett Just one day after a huge triple header featuring Ryota Murata, Ken Shiro, and Daigo Higa in world championship bouts, both Naoya Inoue and Akira Yaegashi put their respective world titles on the line at the very same Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. Today’s action was brief by comparison, but another shock wave was sent throughout the light flyweight division and one of boxing’s best lived up to his moniker.
The President of the World Boxing Association Gilberto Jesus Mendoza has issued a statement via social media to apologise for the controversial scoring for the vacant WBA super middleweight title clash between Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam and Ryota Murata in Tokyo on Saturday night.
German cruiserweight Noel Gevor says he is confident of causing an upset when he meets former IBF and WBC World Champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk tomorrow at the Hala Arena in Poznan, Poland.
All the boxers weighed in Friday ahead of their respective fights at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Saturday night.
WBC/WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford champion and challenger Feliz Diaz weighed in Friday ahead of their title clash at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night.
By Derek Bonnett Two Japanese boxers captured their first world championships as a professional at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan this morning, May 20. A third fell victim to poor scoring. Ryota Murata overcame a slow start to seemingly capture a middleweight strap with a decision over Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam. However, the judges favored N’Dam controversially. Daigo Higa dropped Mexico’s Juan Hernandez six times throughout the six rounds contested to claim a flyweight
By Derek Bonnett In other Japanese action, Japanese Wonder Kid, Kosei Tanaka, put his light flyweight title on the line against little known Angel Acosta at Takeda Teva Ocean Arena in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Tanaka was making the first defense of his title against the Puerto Rican challenger. The two boxers let it all hang out for twelve action packed rounds which saw the champion retaining his title, but the challenger had plenty of room to gripe with the final scores.
By J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Hyper-active Marshall Kauffman, now calling himself King’s Prom’ns, is becoming a throwback to the ‘50s, when promoters regularly ran weekly cards.
Sanigar Events return to Bristol on June 23rd with ’Young Guns’ a night of professional boxing at The Dolman Hall, Ashton Gate.
IBF Junior Lightweight Champion Gervonta Davis, undefeated No. 1 contender Liam Walsh and promoter Floyd Mayweather got into a jarring session during Thursday’s final press conference at the Landmark Hotel in London just two days before Saturday’s world title clash at the Copper Box Arena in London,England.
Featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. and challenger Oscar Escandon went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they square-off in the main event of Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday,( May 20) from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
On Thursday evening, DiBella Entertainment’s popular Broadway Boxing series returned to New York for the first time in almost a year with a special edition, one-time-only event, held at Brooklyn’s historic Paramount Theater at Long Island University.
Undefeated WBO and WBC Junior Welterweight Champion Terence Crawford of Omaha, Neb., will make his 2017 debut, Saturday night (May 20) at Madison Square against Felix Diaz.
By Ron Valderrama: Diego De La Hoya faced Erik Ruiz as the main event from Tucson Thursday night at the Casino Del Sol. The super bantamweight bout was presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Showdown Promotions and was televised on ESPN.
IBF super featherweight champ Gervonta Davis, and undefeated No. 1 contender Liam Walsh both tipped the scale at the 130-pound limit during Friday’s official weigh-in at the Theatre Royal Stratford East for Saturday’s clash at the Copperbox Arena in London,England.
The super featherweight division will be on full display July 15 when two world title fights come to Los Angeles’ "Fabulous" Forum
"The Common Man", Joe Smith Jr. will make his first start of the new year, defending his WBC International Light Heavyweight Title against world ranked Sullivan Barrera on Friday, July 15 from the iconic, Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles.
Gervonta Davis and Liam Walsh participated in public workouts on Wednesday at the York Hall in advance of this Saturday’s IBF Junior Lightweight Championship from Copper Box Arena in London,England.
On paper, it looks like a terrible mismatch: This Friday, unbeaten but untested cruiserweight contender Mario Daser (12-0) takes on former IBO champion and multiple time world title challenger Ola Afolabi for the IBO International International and WBO European Championship.
By Marc Livitz: Texas native and undefeated welterweight contender, Errol "The Truth" Spence has his sights set on his first world title. The 2012 Olympian has put together an impressive record since he turned pro that same year and he now stands with twenty one victories with eighteen knockouts.