WBA Interim Light Heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol (11-0, 9 KOs) continued to bolster his credentials as a potential future challenger to the Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev winner with an easy four-round TKO of former light heavyweight title challenger Cedric Agnew (29-3, 15 KOs) in a scheduled ten-round non-title bout on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Undefeated Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KOs) retained his USBA middleweight belt with a stoppage victory over Arif Magomedov (18-2, 11 KOs) at 1:16 of round five in a scheduled ten-round bout. Magomedov appeared to have the advantage early behind a consistent left jab and lead left hands. Arias though had repeated success with his right hand, particularly to the body, and seemed to be landing with greater frequency as the bout progressed.
WBA “regular” super middleweight champion Tyron Zeuge (21-0-1, 11 KOs) retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Paul Smith (38-7, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Rittal Arena in Wetzlar, Germany. Zeuge outworked Smith and scored a twelfth round knockdown just before the final bell to pull away to a 119-108, 119-108, 119-108 verdict. It was Smith’s third unsuccessful world title attempt.
In a rematch of last year's thrilling and controversial light heavyweight bout, Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev are set to reprise their rivalry. Tune in Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. and watch it here, here, here или here.
The Super Flyweight Division, long one of boxing’s most exciting, filled with many of the sports’ legendary superstars, will add another chapter into its annals of memorable evenings on Saturday, September 9.
In a move that should come as a surprise to nobody, WBO Interim Middleweight champion Avtandil Khurtsidze was formally stripped of his title on Thursday by the WBO after he was arrested and formally charged by the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York for Conspiracy under RICO (18 U.S.C. § 846), a charge that could lead to a sentence of 20-years in federal prison. Khurtsidze was forced to drop out of his July 8th showdown with WBO Middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders due to his arrest.
Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and new WBC Silver Super Middleweight Champion Claressa Shields (3-0, 1 KO), won by unanimous decision over her opponent Sydney LeBlanc (4-2-1) on Friday night at the Detroit Masonic Temple in the main event of another installment of the “Detroit Brawl” series. On display was Shields’ masterful ability to double up on her jabs and follow them up with right hands to the nose of LeBlanc. Shields proved to be dominant in yet another fight, even though the fight went the distance. LeBlanc never landed a significant punch and allowed Shields to use her as a punching bag for most of the fight. The judges scored the fight 80-72.
Andre Ward 175 vs Sergey Kovalev 175
(WBA Super World light heavyweight title)
(IBF World light heavyweight title)
(WBO World light heavyweight title)
Lee Selby will take out his frustrations on Jonathan Barros in his latest IBF world featherweight title defence on July 15th on the massive Chris Eubank v Arthur Abraham bill.
Super-Middleweight Champion George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs) has officially entered the bracket-style elimination tournament for the Muhammad Ali Trophy.
