IBF and WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KOs) fought a close-range war with #7-IBF and #13-WBO-ranked Anauel Ngamissengue (14-1, 9 KOs), stopping him in the fifth round in their headliner on Saturday night at the Barys Arena, Astana, in Kazakhstan.
Two-time Olympic heavyweight gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov (15-0, 14 KOs) won a lackluster 10-round unanimous decision over the slow, 297-lb Ihor ‘Hulk’ Shevadzutskyi (12-3, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at the Barys Arena, Astana, in Kazakhstan.
Trainer Greg Hackett believes William Zepeda will be a tough fight for WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson if they battle next after watching the Mexican defeat a very tough Tevin Farmer last Saturday night in their rematch in Cancun, Mexico.
Boxing great Juan Manuel Marquez says he doesn’t like the fight between Terence Crawford and unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez in September in a Riyadh Season event in Las Vegas.
Boxing great George Foreman died today at 76. The former two-time heavyweight champion and 1968 Olympic gold medalist is being mourned by the sport about his untimely passing.
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (18-1, 12 KOs) did his job, winning a 12 round unanimous decision over Patrice Volny (19-2, 13 KOs) in a middleweight fight on Saturday night at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Edgar Berlanga may be making the “worst decision” by choosing to leave Matchroom and become a free agent after his contract ends this Saturday, March 15th, with his fight against Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz.
Keith Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) showed that he still has something left in his fuel tank, scoring a third round TKO victory over Brock Jarvis (22-2, 20 KOs) in a junior middleweight bout on Wednesday night at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney.
Keith Thurman (30-1, 22 KOs) weighed in at 153 3/4 lbs and his opponent Brock Jarvis (22-1, 20 KOs) came in at the same weight during their weigh-in on Monday for their 10-rounder on March 12th at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia.
WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) was arguably saved by the judges with them ruling his headliner fight against Lamont Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs) a 12 round majority draw on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.