Pascal edges Jack, retains WBA title in Atlanta.

WBA light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal 35-6-1 (20 KOs) retained his title by way of a twelve round split verdict against a game Badou Jack 22-3-3 (13 KOs) on Saturday night at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
In an enthralling fight that contained back and forth exchanges, many ringsiders found it hard to split the pair at the final bell.. Pascal pressed the action at a fast pace, dictation the best part of the early action. Jean hurt and dropped Jack with an overhand right in the fourth but was prevented from capitalising by the bell.. The action became more laboured towards the middle rounds, with Badou finding his range with short combinations.. In the final round Jack did spring to action dropping the champion with a cluster of right hands, in what appeared to be his signature to victory.. Unfortunately ringside officials had Pascal ahead with scores of 114-112 for Jack, 114-112, 114-112 for Pascal.

Davis stops brave Gamboa in Atlanta, picks up Vacant WBA title.

In a fight for the vacant WBA lightweight Championship, Gervonta Davis 23-0 (22 KOs) scored a final round KO over Yuriorkis Gamboa 30-3 (18 KOs) on Saturday night after dominating the injured veteran for the majority of the proceedings at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Davis set a high tempo and had Gamboa on the canvas as early as the second.. 

It soon became apparent that Gamboa had picked up an ankle injury in the process of the knockdown.. Yuriorkis battled through the handicap but found the job an uphill struggle.. Davis enjoyed a dominant 5th round then went on to put Gamboa on the floor a second time in round 8.. The trailing Cuban hung in there against some heavy fire and rolled the dice in the twelfth, slugging it out only to find himself on the wrong end, knocked down and stopped at 1:17 of the session..

Joyce v Huck, Euro clash is off..

The scheduled European Heavyweight title fight between Joe Joyce 10-0 (9 Ko’s) and former world cruiserweight champion and world heavyweight title challenger Marco Huck 41-5 (28 Ko’s) pencilled in for January 11th at the TUI Arena in Hannover Germany has been called off due to a reported injury suffered by Huck in sparring.. The German is said to have either cracked or fractured a metacarpal on his right hand.. Huck v Joyce May be rescheduled for early 2020, but the alternative match between Joyce and fellow undefeated Brit, Daniel Dubois has suddenly surfaced.. Joyce v Dubois however has a more alluring pull to it if Joe is able to deliver the European title to the table..

Heavyweight Lorenzo Boyd passes in Oklahoma.

The news that 59 year old Midwest heavyweight journeyman Lorenzo Boyd sadly passed away today in his hometown of Cushing Oklahoma..

Lorenzo turned pro in 1983, and after a quality start of 6 straight wins, Lorenzo was moved into very capable company facing Bert Cooper and Mike Williams both within a 3 week period.. Boyd regrouped to pick up 4 straight wins in 85 before losing to Angelo Musone in Italy.. Lorenzo would continue to face a plethora of quality heavyweights, including Terry Anderson, Mike Tyson, Gary Mason, James Tillis, Olian Alexander, Adilson Rodriguez, Tyrell Biggs, Trevor Berbick, Tommy Morrison, James Pritchard, Joe Hipp, Vaughn Bean and Michael Moorer.. Boyd boxed in 7 different countries and always gave a good account of himself.. Lorenzo finest performances were possibly towards the end of his career when he outpointed world class amateur Olian Alexander in 1998 in Kansas and holding the then rising Syrian Heavyweight Ahmad Abdin to a draw in 2001.. Lorenzo Boyd last boxed in 2003 when he boxed 2 rounds of a scheduled 8 against Jason Nicholson before the bout was declared a No Contest..

Lorenzo Boyd’s career ended with a record of 30-54-1 (18 Ko’s)

Friend and former opponent James Tillis referred to Boyd as ‘A Good Man.’ 

Dubois knocks out overmatched Fujimoto in 2 at the Copperbox.

Undefeated British and commonwealth heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois 14-0 (13 KOs) scored a textbook one punch knockout in round 2 over unknown Japanese import Kyotaro Fujimoto 21-2 (13 KOs) tonight at the Copper Box Arena in London. Dubois put Fujimoto on the floor earlier in the round with a stiff jab, then finished the job with a well timed looping right hand. Fujimoto in all honesty only came to survive and never appeared to land a single shot.. time of stoppage was 2:10. The bout was officially contested for Dubois’ WBO international title and the vacant WBC silver heavyweight title..

World ranked British middleweight Liam Williams 21-2-1 (16 KOs) scored a fifth round KO over WBO #2, Alantez Fox 26-1-1 (12 KOs) to pick up the vacant WBO intercontinental title. Williams forced the action from the off, visibly overwhelming the 6 foot 4 Fox with fast paced pressure.. Both fighters picked up facial cuts, before a right hand dropped the American in round four. Fox hung in there with a mix of survival tactics but was deducted a point in the 5th for excessive holding. Later in the round, Williams caught Fox with a barrage of shots, again forcing Fox to the canvas, to end the affair.. Time was 2:59.

The youngest of the popular Fury family, Light heavyweight Tommy Fury 3-0 (2 KOs), half-brother to Tyson, returned to the ring, following his reality Tv appearance on Love Island and needed just over a minute to stop an overmatched Przemyslaw Binienda 2-27 (2 KOs). Fury came out blazing, catching Binienda cold and dropping him twice before forcing the referee to stop the one way action.. Fury celebrated like he’d won a championship, however tonight’s defeat is the 25th straight loss for the visitors resume..

Former British amateur heavyweight standout David Adeleye successfully made his professional debut with a bang, knocking out Dmitrij Kalinovskij 13-63-4 (5 KOs) in the opener.. Adeleye, an intelligent student had options to turn pro over 18 months ago, yet opted to complete his university degree before making the step.. Time of stoppage was 2:25.

Unbeaten super flyweight Sunny Edwards 14-0 (4 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous points decision over Liverpools, Marcel Braithwaite 9-2 (0 KOs) in a bout for the vacant British title.. However the usually light punching Braithwaite shocked onlookers when he dropped Edwards in the 7th.. Edwards did maintain his composure to stay in complete command for the remainder of the bout.. Scores were 118-109, 117-110, 117-110.

Top Rank inks undefeated New York based Super Featherweight Abraham Nova.

Unbeaten New York based Puerto Rican super featherweight Abraham Nova 17-0 (13 KOs) has signed a multi-fight promotional contract with Top Rank Boxing..
Nova will enter the contract on January 18th with his first appearance, under a Co-promotional umbrella of Top Rank, Murphys Boxing and 12 Rounds Promotions.. The January 18th deal will see Abraham appear live on ESPN+ ..
Nova was a chief sparring partner for Teofimo Lopez as he prepared for his December 14th victory over Richard Commey.. The 25 year old Novas last outing was in October when he scored a 4th round knockout of Sandro Hernandez in Belgium..

Jarrett Hurd returns January 25th in Brooklyn.

Former unified super welterweight champion Jarrett Hurd 23-1 (16 Ko’s) returns to action on the January 25 Showtime show broadcast from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn headed by the WBC welterweight elimination bout between Philadelphia’s Danny Garcia and the tough Ivan Redkach.
Hurd will meet Francisco Santana in a 10-round super welterweight fight, acting as the co-feature on the show..
Opening the televised portion of the show is super bantamweight Stephen Fulton, boxing a super bantamweight eliminator against undefeated Arnold Khegai over 12..

Former Champion Saoul Mamby passes ages 72.

Sad news has surfaced this week that former WBC super lightweight champion Saoul Mamby has passed away at the age of 72.
Mamby won the WBC super lightweight title in 1980, beating Sang Hyun Kim in South Korea, going on to make 5 successful defences before losing the to Leroy Haley in 1982.. Mamby rematched Haley in an attempt to regain his belt a year later but again fell short.. Haley campaigned in tremendous company, losing to Ronnie Shields, Billy Costello, Maurice Blocker, Glenwood Brown, John Meekins, Buddy Mcgirt, Jorge Vaca and Rene Arredondo in an 85 fight career..
In 1991 aged 44, Mamby went on a 8 fight losing streak, which should have signalled the end for the veteran.. Remarkably Saoul would be boxing 17 years later, losing finally to Anthony Osbourne in 2008, finished with a record of 45-34-6 with 18 KOs.

Danny Jacobs and Julio Chavez Jr agree on catchweight after Jr fails weight..

Daniel Jacobs weighed in at 167.8 pounds.. whilst opponent Julio Cesar Chavez Jr came in 5 pounds heavier at 172.7 pounds at their weigh in today at the Talking Stick Resort in Phoenix Arizona..
Originally scheduled to box at super middleweight, both teams mutually agreed to meet at a catch weight of 173 pounds.
Jacobs who heads into the fight as a 13:1 favorite, actually made the super middleweight limit, whilst Chavez Jr failed the weight and agreed to pay Jacobs a $1 million penalty fee.. The real weigh-in and surrounding machinations took place this morning, whilst the televised DAZN weigh-in ceremony was streamed after the fact in what was a staged event.. Hence no drama when Chavez Junior overweighed by 5 pounds..

Anthony Joshua regains titles in Saudi Arabia.

Six months after surrendering his titles to Andy Ruiz, Anthony Joshua 23-1 (21 KOs) took hold of his WBA, IBF, and WBO titles tonight with a crafty display of boxing to outmanoeuvre the 283 pound Andy Ruiz Jr 33-2 (22 KOs) over twelve rounds at the Diriyah Arena in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Joshua controlled the tempo of the action, dictating the pattern of the early rounds, cutting the champions left eye early.. Joshua himself sustained an eye injury in the second from the only real close quarters encounter of the fight.. Ruiz took chances to attempt to close the distance throughout but was out hustled on every occasion, leaving the American increasingly desperate as the rounds wore on.. Ruiz had one final last stand in the 9th but failed to replicate anything close to his performance in June.. Joshua regained the titles by scores of 118-110, 118-110, 119-109.

Dillian Whyte... Cleared by UKAD..

Dillian Whyte has today been cleared by UKAD as regards to the adverse findings in his drug test sample on June 20th 2019..

The anti - doping agency released a statement this evening addressing the issue..

‘Having rigorously scrutinised and investigated the detailed factual and scientific evidence provided by Mr Whyte, UKAD is satisfied that the presence of the very low amounts of metabolites in his 20 June, 2019 sample was not caused by any fault, negligence or wrongdoing on Mr Whyte’s part and, given the circumstances, could not have affected the fight between Mr Whyte and Mr Rivas on 20 July 2019.’

Dillian Whyte remains the WBC number 1 mandatory challenger..

UK Cruiserweight Lawrence Okolie to meet Krzysztof Glowacki for vacant WBO title.

The outcome of the Mairis Briedis - Krzysztof Glowacki saga has reached its harsh conclusion, the WBO have decided to strip Briedis for not complying with the governing bodies decision to enforce an immediate rematch of their WBSS final bout..
Moving forward the WBO have endorsed through a unanimous vote that the number one ranked Glowacki should face the number 2 ranked Lawrence Okolie for the vacant Cruiserweight belt..
Glowacki was stopped by Briedis in three for the WBO belt back in June, despite the inept refereeing of the bout by Robert Byrd that included an instance where Briedis dropped Glowacki with an obvious elbow, eventually leading to the conclusion of the fight.
After the WBO Championship Committee ordered the 120 day rematch, Glowacki appealed the decision to the WBO Grievance Committee, which overruled the WBO Championship Committee to uphold the immediate rematch order..
As Briedis was already committed to the World Boxing Super Series tournament final unification bout against Yunier Dorticos, his decision to neglect the immediate rematch. resulted in the title being declared vacant.

Weights from Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.

Andy Ruiz Jr 283 v Anthony Joshua 237
(WBA - IBF - WBO heavyweight titles)
Ruiz adding 15 pounds since the first fight, whilst Joshua has dropped a full 10 pounds..

Alexander Povetkin 229 v Michael Hunter 226

Dillian Whyte 271 v Mariusz Wach 270

Filip Hrgovic 241 v Eric Molina 248

Mahammadrasul Majidov 231 v Tom Little 251

Zuhayr Al Qahtani 134 v Omar Dusary 129

Majid Al Naqbi 133 v Ilia Beruashvili 124

Diego Pacheco 167 v Selemani Saidi 166

Hopey Price 125 v Swedi Mohamedi 125

The Event is hosted by The Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
Promoted by Eddie Hearn at Matchroom Boxing.
Broadcast by DAZN and Sky Sports Box Office.

John Casimero causes huge upset, stops Zolani Tete to arrest WBO title.

In a significant upset, former two weight world champion John Riel Casimero 29-4 (20 KOs) dethroned WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete 28-4 (21 KOs) on Saturday night at Birmingham Arena in Birmingham, UK..
The heavily favoured Tete won the first couple of sessions but ran into heavy weather in the third.. Casimero dropped Tete with two quick right hands midway into the round, Tete managed to continue but was dropped a second time moments later.. The game champion did get back to his feet again but was stopped at 2:14 of the round..

Casimero becoming the fourth Filipino fighter to pick up world titles in three separate weight classes...