The Executive Committee, the President and all the family of the World Boxing Association wish the Panamanian champion Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno great success in his new stage after he announced his retirement from boxing.
WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (29-1, 24 KO) demolished Andrzej Fonfara (29-5, 17 KO) in two rounds on Saturday night at the Bell Center in Montreal. Stevenson dropped Fonfara in round one and then almost finished him. It was only a matter of time. After more punishment in round two, Fonfara’s trainer Virgil Hunter got on the ring apron prompting a stoppage. Time was :28.
Unbeaten 175-lb contender Eleider Alvarez (23-0, 11 KO) won a hard-fought twelve round majority decision over former champion Jean Pascal (31-5-1, 18 KO). Scores were 114-114, 117-111, 116-112. Mandatory challenger Alvarez took step-aside money to allow Stevenson-Fonfara to happen. He remains in line for a shot at the Stevenson-Fonfara winner.
In a rematch, WBC #1, IBF #4, WBO #9 cruiserweight Dmitry Kudryashov (21-1, 21 KOs) scored an exciting fifth round KO over WBC #2, WBO #6 Olanrewaju Durodola (25-4, 23 KOs) on Saturday night at the Sports Palace in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia.
Dmitry Kudryashov 198.6 vs. Olanrewaju Durodola 198.6
(WBC silver cruiserweight title)
WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis Stevenson and Andrzej Fonfara had a tense faceoff during Friday’s weigh-in for their 175-pound rematch this Saturday live on SHOWTIME from Bell Centre. Fonfara (29-4, 17 KOs) weighed-in at 174 ¼ pounds while Stevenson (28-1, 23 KOs) measured a ready 173 ½ pounds for their rematch of an all-action 2014 showdown in which both fighters scored knockdowns.
The 38 year-old Lucas Browne's bid to rebuild his boxing career has begun in the humble surrounds of an outer-suburban social club as he clings to dreams of again becoming world heavyweight champion.
In May 2014, light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson took on relatively unknown contender Andrzej Fonfara in what many expected would be an easy defense. It turned out to be anything but, as Fonfara traveled to Stevenson's hometown of Montreal and gave him hell in a far rougher fight than anyone expected.
Wladimir Klitschko says he has been left feeling like a winner despite his defeat at the hands of Anthony Joshua in April. Klitschko had now IBF and WBA heavyweight champion Joshua (19-0-KO19) on the canvas in the sixth round of their clash at Wembley Stadium but eventually succumbed to an 11th-round stoppage.
