Devin Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) did just enough to retain his undisputed lightweight championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over Vasily Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) on Saturday night in the main event on ESPN PPV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Tonight, boxing fans are in for a treat when lineal champ Devin Haney faces Vasiliy Lomachenko in a battle of craft and skills.
Heavyweight Efe Ajagba (17-1, 13 KOs) did just enough to win a boring 10 round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Stephan Shaw (18-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night in a disappointing headliner at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York.
Top Rank’s top-3 billed bouts are basically 50-50 matchups on the mid-level, something boxing fans hope to see more of on ESPN/ESPN+ in 2023.
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) stayed unbeaten on Saturday night with a 10th round knockout win over Shawn Porter (31-4-1, 17 KOs) at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.
Unbeaten IBF/WBA bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (21-0, 18 KOs) made it look easy in destroying a badly overmatched #1 IBF challenger Michael Dasmarinas (30-3-1, 20 KOs) in the third round on Saturday night at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
IBF/WBA bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (20-0, 17 KOs) came in at the limit at 118 lbs for his title defense against #1 IBF Michael Dasmarinas (30-2-1, 20 KOs) on Friday at their weigh-in for Saturday’s headliner on ESPN at the Virgil Hotels Las Vegas.
Welcome back, Richard Commey. Fourteen months after losing his IBF lightweight world title to Teofimo Lopez, Commey made an emphatic statement, knocking out
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Welcome back, Richard Commey.
Jessie Magdaleno beat his overmatched opponent Yenifel Vicente on Thursday night by a 10th round disqualification at ‘The Bubble at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rising lightweight prospect and ShoBox: The New Generation veteran Thomas Mattice and hard-hitting Isaac Cruz both made weight a day before their ShoBox main event on Friday, February 14 live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m.