Braekhus will return this coming Saturday
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 14, 2022, 8:01 a.m.

Former undisputed world welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus (36-2, 9 KOs) will fight his next professional fight on December 17 at a Golden Boy Promotions event in Commerce, California.

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Three possible dates for the Stanionis-Ortis fight
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 14, 2022, 7:01 a.m.

On February 25 in Texas, March 11 in Los Angeles or March 25 in Las Vegas, a fight for the regular WBA welterweight belt between Virgil Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) and Eimantas Stanionis (14-0, 9 KOs).

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Bidding for Okoli-Light will be rescheduled
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 14, 2022, 6:09 a.m.

Promotional bidding for the fight for the WBO cruiserweight title between Lawrence Okoli (18-0, 14 KOs) and David Light (20-0, 12 KOs) rescheduled for December 22.

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WBA returns Russian and Belarusian boxers to the ratings
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 14, 2022, 4:35 a.m.

After a meeting on Tuesday over the comments of former world welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, the WBA decided to restore Russian and Belarusian boxers in their ratings. At the same time, the WBA clarifies that athletes should not participate in the war against Ukraine and should not openly support it. ...

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Berinchyk: "I dedicate the victory to Valery Zaluzhny"
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2022, 9:49 a.m.

New EBU European Lightweight Champion Denis Berinchik after a victorious fight against the Frenchman Ivan Mendy met with representatives of the media in Ukraine.

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Inoue stopped Butler in the 11th round, became the undisputed champion
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2022, 7:21 a.m.

"Monster" Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) unified four bantamweight championship belts by patiently chasing and beating Paul Butler (34-3, 15 KOs), and finally knocked him down with a series of punches and got a stoppage at 1:09 of the eleventh round in the main event of the tournament ...

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Santa Cruz vacates WBA title
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2022, 5:01 a.m.

Leo Santa Cruz (38-2-1, 19 KOs) has finally decided to vacate his WBA featherweight title. The Mexican thus made it clear that he was not going to fight against Lee Wood (26-2, 16 KOs).

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Golden Boy wins promo bid for Ortis-Stanionis fight
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2022, 4:51 a.m.

Promotional organization Golden Boy Promotions has won a tender to organize a fight for the regular WBA welterweight belt between Virgil Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) and Eimantas Stanionis (14-0, 9 KOs). The winning bid was $2.3 million.

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WBA obliges Usyk to fight Dubois
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 13, 2022, 3:47 a.m.

WBA at its congress decided to oblige Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) to make a mandatory defense of his title against Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs). The Ukrainian is a full-fledged WBA world heavyweight champion, and the Briton owns the regular version of this belt.

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Fury is back in the Ring magazine rankings
Andrew Karlov
Dec. 12, 2022, 11:01 a.m.

Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) returned from a four-month sports pension, defeated Derek Chisora, thanks to which he also returned to the ratings of The Ring magazine. When he defeated Dillian Whyte in April and announced his retirement, he was considered the champion. Now he is in first place, ...

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