By Ciaran Gibbons at ringside:On a Cyclone promotions night of boxing Barry fighter Andrew Selby 28, continued his march towards a world title shot after beating Cristofer Rosales from Nicaragua in a WBC eliminator in the Cardiff Motorpoint arena with two judges scoring it 117-110 and the other 118-109 in a fight that was a lot closer than the score cards indicate.
By Steve Bateson: Errol Spence Jnr stopped Kell Brook in the 11th round to win the IBF Welterweight Championship in Sheffield,England on Saturday night. On the undercard; George Groves realised his dream and TKO’d Fedor Chudinov in the sixth round to win the WBA Super Middleweight title.
Following the tragic events on Monday night in Manchester, organisers are doing everything possible to ensure Saturday’s world championship boxing event at Bramall Lane is a safe and enjoyable spectacular for all.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and unbeaten American challenger Errol Spence both weighed inside the 147lbs limit Friday ahead of their title showdown in Sheffield,England on Saturday night.
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IBF Welterweight Champion Kell Brook and undefeated rising star Errol Spence face off this Saturday in front of a 30,000 crowd at soccer ground, Bramell Lane in Sheffield, England in the latest in a series of significant welterweight matchups between the best fighters in one of boxing’s deepest divisions.
A matchup between former world champions Omar Figueroa and Robert Guerrero headlines a packed night of Premier Boxing Champions on Saturday, July 15 in the first boxing event at the newly-renovated NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Shane McGuigan says he believes George Groves is the best super middleweight on the planet and that the ‘Saint’ is ready to prove it starting on Saturday at Bramall Lane in Sheffield when he challenges Fedor Chudinov for the vacant WBA title, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Dmitry Bivol (10-0, 8 KOs) and Cedric "L.O.W." Agnew (29-2, 15 KOs). Will clash in a light heavyweight clash on the undercard of the much-anticipated rematch between Andre "S.O.G." Ward and Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on June 17.
Kell Brook will make his fourth IBF Welterweight Title defense against unbeaten U.S. star Errol Spence Jr. at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England this Saturday May 27.
Tommy McCarthy and Mike Perez will meet in a crunch Cruiserweight clash at the SSE Arena Belfast on June 10.
Top featherweight prospect Ruben Villa continues to impress early in his professional career. Villa, a southpaw fighting out of Salinas, Calif., picked apart Anthony de Jesus Ruiz to win by fifth round technical knockout at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario on Friday.
Erick Ituarte clinched the vacant Junior NABF Featherweight championship on Friday night by overcoming a third round knockdown by Isaac Zarate to win via 12 round split decision.
George Groves believes the time is right for him to be crowned World Champion when he meets Fedor Chudinov on Saturday, May 27 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield,England.
Leon Dawson, the trainer and Uncle of super middleweight Andre Dirrell is being hunted by Maryland police after sucking punching Dirrell’s opponent Jose Uzcategui after the Venezuelan was disqualified for punching Dirrell after the bell.
By Marc Livitz: Terence "Bud" Crawford made ten rounds of a title defense against Felix Diaz look like a mere walk in the park on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. The supreme masterclass by the still unbeaten champion was more of a sparring session which enabled him to use a southpaw stance for the duration of the contest.
Melrose, Mass. – Greg Vendetti picked up his 10th straight win, stopping Ryan Davis of St. Louis in the first round of a scheduled eight-round junior middleweight bout on Saturday, May 20 at Melrose Memorial Hall.
WBC featherweight champ “Mr.” Gary Russell Jr. (28-1, 17 KOs) made a successful homecoming From the MGM National Harbor with a seventh-round stoppage against a determined Oscar Escandon (25-3, 17 KOs) in the main event of Showtime Championship Boxing cars on Saturday.
Gervonta Davis went on the road in the first defense of his IBF Junior Lightweight World Championship and made a statement with an emphatic third-round TKO of previously undefeated local favorite Liam Walsh in the opening bout of Showtime Championship Boxing from Copper Box Arena in London.
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.
