Wilder TKOs Washington in 5 (video)
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 25, 2017, 10:52 p.m.

Deontay Wilder (38-0, 37 KO) put his WBC heavyweight belt on the line against Gerald Washington (18-1-1, 12 KO) in a fight that featured few highlight reel moments—that is, until its explosive end. After a feeling-out first round, Washington landed a couple of solid rights to the body ...

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Hurd stops Harrison to win IBF junior middleweight world title (video)
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 25, 2017, 9:54 p.m.

In a fight for the vacant IBF junior middleweight belt, Jarrett Hurd (20-0, 14 KO) took on Tony Harrison (24-2, 20 KO). After a tentative, feeling-out first round, Harrison was able to catch Swift coming in, while Swift followed Harrison around without cutting off the ring. Action heated ...

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Breazeale KOs Ugonoh to end knockdown-filled war (video)
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 25, 2017, 8:57 p.m.

2012 Olympian Dominic Breazeale (18-1, 16 KO) looked to rebound after his TKO loss to Anthony Joshua last June by taking on Izuagbe Ugonoh (17-1, 14 KO) in a hard-fought heavyweight war. Ugonoh looked sharper from the outset, cracking hard power shots to the body of Breazeale, ...

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Zimnoch stops Mollo in rematch (video)
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 25, 2017, 6 p.m.

Heavyweight Krzysztof Zimnoch (21-1, 14 KOs) avenged his only loss with a sixth round TKO over Chicago’s Mike Mollo (21-7, 13 KOs) on Saturday night in Szczecin, Poland. In a highly anticipated rematch of their fight almost exactly a year ago, when Mollo knocked out Zimnoch in less ...

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Vargas beats McDonnell for WBC 122 belt
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 25, 2017, 5:07 p.m.

In a clash of unbeaten super bantamweights, WBC #1 Rey Vargas (29-0, 22 KOs) scored a twelve round majority decision over WBC #2 Gavin McDonnell (16-1-2, 4 KOs) to claim the vacant WBC 122lb title on Saturday night at the Hull Ice Arena in Hull, England. It was ...

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DeLoach destroys Pearson
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 25, 2017, 1:59 a.m.

Hot super welterweight prospect Justin “The Chosen One” DeLoach (17-1, 9 KOs) scored a second round KO over Chris “Young King” Pearson (14-2, 10 KOs) on Friday night at the Pechanga Casino & Resort in Temecula, California. In round two DeLoach knocked down Pearson twice, the second time ...

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Alvarez KOs Bute in fifth
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 24, 2017, 6:56 p.m.

In a battle of two top ranked Quebec boxers, Eleider Alvarez scored a big 5th round knockout over former world champion Lucian Bute (32-4-1) on Friday night at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City.

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Chavez Sr. convinces Canelo to end wager
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 24, 2017, 5:52 p.m.

During a heated press tour between Canelo Alvarez and Julio César Chávez Jr., Canelo and Chavez Jr. agreed to make a large wager on the outcome of the fight. Junior’s father, Mexican ring legend Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. was against the idea of a bet and thought that ...

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Washington ready to turn the heavyweight division upside-down
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 24, 2017, 11:35 a.m.

If Gerald Washington lifts the belt from Deontay Wilder when they meet on Saturday (Fox, 8 p.m. ET, with additional bouts on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 10 p.m. ET) at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, it will go down as a gargantuan upset and turn the heavyweight ...

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Canelo, Chavez willing to bet entire purses on fight
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 24, 2017, 7:22 a.m.

Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. may not get away with it, but that didn't stop the two from agreeing to bet their entire fight purses against each other during Wednesday's prefight tour ahead of their May 6 bout.

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