Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) made easy work of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou (0-2), stopping him in the second round of a scheduled ten-round fight on Friday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Israel Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs) used his Golovkin-esque punching power to stop Magomed Kurbanov (25-1, 13 KOs) in the fifth round to capture the vacant WBA junior middleweight title on Friday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jermell Charlo will be stripped of his WBA title and given the ‘Champion in Recess’ tag by the sanctioning body. With Jermell being stripped, the former undisputed 154-lb champion is down to just his WBC belt, and who knows how long he’ll hold onto that last remaining belt?