Ricky Hatton fought a number of big names, some truly great fighters. And, if one were to ask the “Hitman” to name the toughest fight of his entire career, a fan would likely expect the Manchester icon to reply Floyd Mayweather, or Manny Pacquiao, or Kostya Tszyu.
Unbeaten rising welterweight Eimantas Stanionis (13-0, 9 KOs) and former world champion Luis Collazo (39-8, 20 KOs) fought to a no-decision after an accidental headbutt injured Collazo in the fourth round, leading to the referee calling off the bout that headlined FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes Saturday night from the Armory in Minneapolis.
It was a savage light heavyweight battle that lived up to the Philadelphia billing. Artur Beterbiev, in a back-a-forth affair, knocked out Oleksandr Gvozdyk in the 10th round to unify the WBC/IBF light heavyweight titles Saturday evening at the Liacouras Center.
IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KOs) showed off his brutal punching power in pounding away at WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (17-1, 10 Kos) until the fight was halted in the 10th round on Friday night in their unification fight at the Liacouras Center, in Philadelphia.
Light heavyweight champions Artur Beterbiev and Oleksandr Gvozdyk both made weight successfully on Thursday afternoon for their unification match this Friday evening on Top Rank Boxing on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev and WBC light heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk ended their fight promotion obligations Wednesday at the office of Hall of Fame promoter J Russell Peltz.
A high-stakes welterweight co-feature will set the stage for the can’t-miss light heavyweight unification bout between IBF champion Artur Beterbiev and WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk Friday, October 18 at the Liacouras Center.
The soccer field will become a fistic battleground Saturday, August 17, as Jose Benavidez Jr. will battle former world champion Luis Collazo in a 10-round welterweight co-feature at Banc of California Stadium, the home of Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles FC.
While we wait for the two unbeaten welterweights to get it on and fight each other in what would/will be a massive fight, it seems Errol Spence and Terence Crawford both have their next fight all set.
Former world champion Andre Berto (32-5, 24 KOs) won a back-and-forth fight by split decision Saturday night against fellow former champion Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes from NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.