Boxing results from all major fights worldwide
WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 KOs) stole the spotlight from the main event fight by destroying his opponent Derrieck Cuevas (27-2-1, 19 KOs) in three rounds at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas.
Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs) blew his chance of defeating WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) by focusing on clinching instead of throwing shots and wound up losing a 12-round majority decision in their rematch at the Poliforum Benito Juárez in Cancún, Mexico.
William Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) retained his WBC interim lightweight title with a 12-round majority decision over former IBF super featherweight champion Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday night in their rematch at the Poliforum Benito Juárez in Cancún, Mexico.
In an anticlimactic rematch, the hulking WBO welterweight champion Mikaela Mayer (21-2-1, 5 KOs) defeated Sandy Ryan (7-3-1, 3 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision in their rematch at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Promoter Eddie Hearn seemed pretty shaken, trying to make sense of what had happened to his fighter, WBC world female featherweight champion Skye Nicolson (12-1, 1 KO), with her losing to Tiara Brown (19-0, 11 KOs) by a ten round split decision last Saturday night at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.
Chordale Booker (23-2, 11 KOs) put up a good fight briefly before being crushed under the size and work rate of the tall WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) in a fourth-round TKO defeat on Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) successfully defended his WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles, stopping Chordale Booker (23-2, 12 KOs) in the fourth round on Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
Skye Nicolson rocked up thinking she was about to stroll through a coronation. Home crowd, main event slot, shiny WBC strap up for grabs — perfect stage to go 13-0, yeah?
George Kambosos Jr dragged himself through a bloody scrap with Jake Wyllie – a guy who was literally in the crowd with a ticket six days ago – and somehow decided now’s the right time to call out Richardson Hitchins.
George Kambosos Jr walked away with a unanimous decision win (117-111 x2, 115-113) over Jake Wyllie, but it wasn’t the walk in the park boxing fans expected.