By Marc Livitz. Five years ago, Victor Ortiz knocked out Andre Berto as Floyd Mayweather, Jr. admired the action at ringside. The entertaining win meant a Las Vegas showdown with Floyd later that year as Berto went in a different direction. Saturday night at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, California, Berto turned back the clock and turned the tables on "Vicious" Victor with a convincing fourth round knockout win in.
By Jeff Jowett at ringside: The Dirrell Brothers headlined a Marshall Kauffman card at Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal with opposing performances. Anthony Dirrell, 168 3/4, Flint, MI, made quick work of Caleb Truax, 168 1/2, Osseo, MN, in a scheduled 10, and showed a flashy pair of hands doing it.
Undefeated Super Middleweight Zac Dunn Melbourne, AU), successfully defended the WBC International Silver Super Middleweight championship with a spectacular third round KO over veteran Les Sherrington at The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, Australia.
All the undercard results from Saturday night’s fight card at the Copper Box Arena in London.
Patrick Nielsen (28-1, 14 KOs) takes on ‘Momma’s Boy’ Denis Douglin (20-4, 13 KOs) for the WBO Intercontinental Super Middleweight title at the Nordic Fight Night on May 28 at the Arena Midt in Kjellerup, Denmark.
NEW YORK (April 28, 2016) - The best the sport has to offer, two of the most talented fighters in the world, elite athletes in their prime and set to fight each other at the world-class Barclays Center in Brooklyn and live on broadcast TV
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 28, 2016) – Four of the top super middleweights in the world shared a stage Thursday afternoon asBadou Jack, Lucian Bute, James DeGale and Rogelio Medina participated in the final press conference for their fights this Saturday, April 30 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING from the DC Armory in Wash28ington, D.C.
Fresh off of its wildly successful inaugural event, "Knockout Night at the D" returns Saturday night, May 21, with the second event of its 2016 series, as undefeated middleweight Arif Magomedov takes on Andrew "Hurricane" Hernandez in the 10-round main event, airing at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC) outdoor venue.
Tony Bellew has landed his dream World title night at the home of Everton Football Club as he takes on Ilunga Makubu for the vacant WBC Cruiserweight strap at Goodison Park on Sunday May 29
At today’s official weigh-in at Stratford’s Copper Box Arena in London, unbeaten Heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury and New Orleans-based opponent Fred Kassi both hit the weight on the scales ahead of their Vacant WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight title showdown.
All The boxers Weighed Friday ahead of their Super middleweight unification bouta on Saturday at the DC Armory In Washington, D.C.
Fight week began Wednesday for the Showtime televised doubleheader taking place Saturday, April 30 at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C
Belfast’s Carl Frampton will take on California’s undefeated Leo Santa Cruz for the latter’s WBA featherweight title on Saturday July 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton has relinquished his IBF super bantamweight belt ahead of his WBA Super featherweight title challenge against Californian based champion Leo Santa Cruz, on July 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York
As Curtis Stevens prepares to step into the ring against Patrick Teixeira on the HBO Pay-Per-View undercard for the May 7 Canelo-Khan telecast live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, he has a new trainer, a new nickname and new plan of attack.
Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury came face-to-face with his latest opponent ‘Big’ Fred Kassi at today’s press conference at the Savoy Hotel in London.
By Marc Livitz: In the eyes of some, the boxing calendar of 2016 is somewhat beginning to percolate, all the while with two major bouts on the horizon getting much of the attention. First and perhaps foremost is the hotly anticipated showdown between Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez possibly set to take place in the fall, provided Alvarez gets past Amir Khan on May 7th in Las Vegas.
WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman and former titleholder Shawn Porter went head-to-head Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan as they hosted a press conference to discuss their title fight on Saturday, June 25 showdown at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York .
Middleweight Dashon Johnson returns against DeCarlo Perez , of Atlantic City, NJ, in the scheduled eight-round main event on June 3.
Fresh from his recent stoppage win over Jarkko Putkonen, for the WBA continental super-lightweight title in Liverpool in March, Robbie Davies jnr. gets an early chance to defend the belt against another highly rated opponent – Argentina’s WBA Fedebol super-lightweight champion, Xavier Luques Castill