Boxing results from all major fights worldwide
Puerto Rican puncher Subriel Matias got back to his habit of scoring a KO win last night in his homeland. A former IBF champ at 140 pounds, 32 year old Matias lost his belt to Liam Paro back in June of last year, the fight proving a disappointment for the Puerto Rican fans, with Matias’s fearsome power failing to show up.
The judges bailed out WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs), scoring his title defense against Lamont Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs) a 12 round majority draw on Saturday night in their bout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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.
Referee Marcus McDonnell spoiled what would have been a perfect victory for Paddy Donovan (14-1, 11 KOs) by disqualifying him without warning in the eighth round after he folded Lewis Crocker (21-0, 11 KOs) like an accordion after with a right hand to the head on Saturday night in their IBF welterweight title eliminator at The SSE Arena in Belfast, Ireland.
Earlier today in Japan, WBC bantamweight ruler Junto Nakatani proved to be far too good for a game but very over-matched David Cuellar.
Earlier today at The Ariake Arena in Japan, WBA bantamweight champion Seiya Tsutsumi, making the first defence of his title, retained it courtesy of a draw with Daigo Higa.
Shakur Stevenson proudly boasted to the media that he “barely got touched” in his successful title defense of his WBC lightweight belt last Saturday night with his ninth-round technical knockout victory over Josh Padley at The Venue in Riyadh.
WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) dodged another bullet on Saturday, winning a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs) at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) insists that Turki Alalshikh wants to make the fight between him and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis following Shakur’s three-knockdown, ninth-round technical knockout victory over his little-known backup opponent Josh Padley (15-1, 4 KOs) on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) got his get-back with a close 12-round majority decision victory over undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) in their rematch on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.