Angelo Pena (9-0, 6 KOs) will fight this Saturday in Mobiliar Arena, Bern against Japan’s Hiroki Hanabusa (13-2-5) for WBO Inter-Continental super-featherweight title. It will be biggest test in Pena’s career. Pena is motivated for the fight. He trained for the fight in USA. “I don’t have time to lose. In two years I want […]
WBC World lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (22-0) sustained a hand injury and had to undergo an immediate surgery. His scheduled title defense on October 12 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, against Joe Cordina (17-1) is off. Stevenson was supposed to defend title in undercard of Dmitri Bivol – Artur Beterbiev undisputed light-heavyweight title fight. Stevenson is […]
Mexico’s Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (46-1, 30 KOs) will face Britain’s Chris Billam Smith (20-1, 13 KOs) in cruiserweight title unification on November 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At stake would be WBA and WBO world cruiserweight titles. The matchup will headline a five-fight Riyadh Season “Latino Night” card promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden […]
Cuba’s William Scull (22-0, 9 KOs) will fight Russian Vladimir Shishkin (16-0, 10 KOs) on October 19 in Berlin, Germany for vacant IBF World super-middleweight title. AGON Sports won the rights to organize the title fight. IBF title became vacant after Saul “Canelo” Alvarez decided not to fight mandatory challenger Scull. “It’s a big chance […]
Croatia’s Luka Plantic (10-0, 9 KOs) defended his WBC International super-middleweight title on Saturday night (September 7) in Cologne. Plantic stopped Romanian living in UK, Catalin Paraschiveanu (22-3) in third round of the contest. Fight was held in the show promoted by Universum Box Promotion. On the same event Albanian “Sniper”, Ermal Hadribeaj (19-0-1) defended […]
Mexico’s Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (46-1, 30 KOs) is expected to fight Chris Billam-Smith (20-1, 13 KOs) in a unification bout on November 16. According to “The Ring” teams are in advanced talks for a WBO and WBA cruiserweight unification fight. If they reach deal the fight will happen in the first show of Golden Boy […]
Britain’s Sam Noakes (15-0, 14 KOs) defended his EBU European lightweight title. Noakes on Friday night in York Hall stopped Italy’s Gianluca Ceglia (21-5-1) in round eight. Ceglia at the end of round eight had swollen and damaged right eye and informed his corner that he couldn’t continue. For Noakes was first title defense of […]
World Boxing Organization have ordered a rematch between featherweight titleholder Rafael Espinoza (25-0, 21 KOs) and Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez (14-2, 9 KOs). Mexico’s Espinoza defeated Ramirez in December last year via majority decision and took the title. According to a letter that WBO sent to both camps on September 4, they have 15 days negotiations […]
No Limit Boxing outbid Top Rank by 1000 dollars and won the right to organize the mandatory title defense of Kazakh, Janibek Alimkhanuly (15-0, 10 KOs) against Andrei Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KOs). Alimkhanuly will defend IBF and WBO World middleweight titles. Top Rank offered 350,000 dollars for the right to organize the fight and No […]
Bakhram Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KOs) will defend his IBF World super-welterweight title on October 19 in Orlando against Australia’s superstar Tim Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs). For Murtazaliev will be first title defense. He won the title in April this year beating by KO in round 11 in Germany, Jack Culcay. Tszyu will fight for the […]
