WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (23-0, 18 KOs) successfully made the first defense of his belt with a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over WBO #14 Razvan Cojanu (16-3, 9 KOs) at the Sparks Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Parker was in command the whole way, but unable ...
In an upset, tough but unheralded Robinson Castellanos (22-11, 13KO) forced former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (26-2, 17KO) to not come out for the eight round of a scheduled lightweight ten.
Saul Alvarez 164 vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr 164
*Contracted catch weight of 164.5 pounds. There was a one million dollar penalty if either failed to make weight. Junior looked emaciated.
Joseph Parker 245.8 vs. Razvan Cojanu 274.6
(WBO heavyweight championship)
George Groves will challenge Fedor Chudinov for the vacant WBA World Super-Middleweight title at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on May 27 as chief support for the IBF World Welterweight title clash between Kell Brook and Errol Spence.
Former Two-Division World Champion Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and former WBC Middleweight World Champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs), who are being VADA tested for this fight, have so far each been tested nine times -- 6 urine and 3 blood tests apiece -- and ...
It’s fight week and the anticipation for the Chavez Jr vs Canelo fight is comparable to those great fights which have taken place during this traditional 5 de Mayo weekend celebration. Cinco de Mayo is a national patriotic date and it has been celebrated with boxing for many years. Iconic ...
The crown jewel of the U.S. Olympic boxing team and the Pride of Newark, New Jersey, Shakur Stevenson will be featured in a six-round featherweight bout on the undercard of the TERENCE "Bud" CRAWFORD - FÉLIX DÍAZ World Junior Welterweight Championship, Saturday, May 20, at the Mecca of Boxing, ...
Boxing superstar Deontay Wilder has a message for Anthony Joshua. After Joshua's impressive win over Wladimir Klitschko last weekend, Wilder tells the time is finally right for a USA vs. Great Britain showdown.
In thirty days, on June 3 in Montreal, Andrzej Fonfara (29-4, 17 KO) will have a boxing version of déjà vu – same place (Bell Centre), same rival (Adonis Stevenson) and same stakes (WBC light heavyweight championship). Almost exactly three years ago, on May 24, 2014, then 26-year-old ...
