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RESULTS: Canelo defeats Golovkin by controversial decision

Jeff Sorby - 16/09/2018 Leave a Comment

After being ridiculed for months for testing positive for clenbuterol and being given what many boxing fans saw as a gift draw in the first fight with Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) in Las Vegas, Saul Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) got the last laugh in beating the Kazakhstan fighter by a 12 round majority decision in their long awaited rematch on Saturday at front of 21,965 fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. » Read Full Article

RESULTS: Shawn Porter defeats Danny Garcia

Jeff Sorby - 09/09/2018 Leave a Comment

In a back and forth fight, ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 KOs) outworked Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia (34-2, 20 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to capture the vacant WBC 147 pound title on Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. » Read Full Article

RESULTS: Jose Pedraza and Isaac Dogboe both victorious

Jeff Sorby - 26/08/2018 Leave a Comment

Jose Pedraza dethroned WBO lightweight champion Raymundo Beltran, and WBO super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe crushed Hidenori Otake (31-3-3, 14 KOs) by a 1st round knockout on Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ on Saturday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. » Read Full Article

RESULTS: Tyson Fury decisions Francesco Pianeta

Jeff Sorby - 18/08/2018 Leave a Comment

Tyson Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) stayed unbeaten with an easy 10 round decision win over Francesco Pianeta (35-5-1, 21 KOs) on Saturday night in his second fight of his comeback at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. » Read Full Article

RESULTS: Eleider Alvarez destroys Sergey Kovalev

Jeff Sorby - 05/08/2018 Leave a Comment

Eleider ‘Storm’ Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs) dethroned WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev (32-3, 28 KOs) in halting the 35-year-old Russian knockout artist in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. » Read Full Article

RESULTS: Mikey Garcia beats Robert Easter Jr.

Jeff Sorby - 29/07/2018 Leave a Comment

WBC 135 pound champion Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) was forced to go the distance in defeating International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. » Read Full Article

RESULTS: Dillian Whyte defeats Joseph Parker

Jeff Sorby - 28/07/2018 Leave a Comment

Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (24-1, 17 KOs) got help from a questionable 2nd round head-butt knockdown to defeat Joseph Parker (24-2, 18 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to win their fight on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, UK. » Read Full Article

Results: Oleksandr Usyk decisions Murat Gassiev, wins WBSS cruiserweight tournament

Jeff Sorby - 21/07/2018 Leave a Comment

Oleksandr Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) triumphed on Saturday night in beating a badly over-matched IBF/WBA cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (26-1, 19 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to win the Muhammad Ali Trophy in capturing the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia. » Read Full Article

Results: Regis Prograis stops Juan Jose Velasco

Jeff Sorby - 15/07/2018 Leave a Comment

Fighting in front of a home audience, WBC interim light welterweight champion Regis “Rougarou” Prograis (22-0, 19 KOs) knocked the over-matched previously undefeated Juan Jose Velasco (20-1, 12 KOs) in the 8th round on Saturday night on ESPN Boxing in a three knockdown performance at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. » Read Full Article

Results: Manny Pacquiao destroys Lucas Matthysse