Parker motivated to KO H Fury
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 30, 2017, 3:02 a.m.

WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) will be prepared to defend the world title in England against mandatory contender WBO #2 Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) ahead of the purse bid to be held at the WBO Head Office in San Juan Puerto Rico on February ...

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Santa Cruz edges Frampton (video)
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 29, 2017, 12:48 a.m.

Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, 18 KOs) avenged his loss to previously unbeaten Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) with a twelve round majority decision to reclaim the WBA featherweight title on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After a hard twelve rounds, scores were 115-113, 115-113 ...

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Berchelt TKOs Vargas in 11 (video)
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 29, 2017, 12:46 a.m.

WBO interim super featherweight champion Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt (31-1, 28 KOs) dethroned WBC super featherweight champion Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas (23-1-2, 17 KOs) by brutal eleventh round TKO on Saturday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Berchelt punished Vargas the whole way until the ...

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Mayweather says comeback likely against McGregor
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 28, 2017, 11:44 p.m.

Former world champion Floyd Mayweather said tonight that it’s “likely” he will return to the ring against MMA star Conor McGregor. Floyd will be looking to move his unbeaten record to 50-0, while McGregor would be making his professional boxing debut.

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Miura stops Roman in twelve (video)
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 28, 2017, 11:42 p.m.

In his second fight since losing 2015’s Fight of the Year to tonight’s main event fighter Francisco Vargas, super featherweight contender Takashi Miura, (31-3-2, 24 KOs), rode an amazing second wind to score three late knockdowns en route to a twelfth round knockout of Mickey Roman, (56-12, 43 ...

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Garcia demolishes Zlaticanin (video)
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 28, 2017, 11:40 p.m.

In the co-feature bout of the evening at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, “Mikey” Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) of Oxnard, California added another world title to his collection as he knocked out Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1, 15 KOs) of Montenegro to win the WBC lightweight title. Establishing the ...

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Redkach stopped Brock
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 28, 2017, 11:38 p.m.

Ukrainian lightweight Ivan Redkach (20-2-1, 16 KOs) stopped Demond Brock (13-4-1, 4 KOs) of Kenner, Louisiana. Redkach kept his distance fighting from the southpaw stance as Brock stalked. Brock was cut from a punch in round three and referee Jay Nady warned Brock in round four for leading ...

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Watch online Frampton vs. Santa Cruz and Zlaticanin vs. Garcia on at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 28, 2017, 2:08 p.m.

Undefeated featherweight world champion Carl Frampton and former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz will square off in a highly anticipated rematch at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the opener of a telecast Montenegro’s Dejan Zlaticanin will make the first defense of his ...

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Watch online Vargas vs. Berchelt and Miura vs. Roman on at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 28, 2017, 1:41 p.m.

Watch online doubleheader Mexico City’s Francisco Vargas vs Miguel Berchelt of Merida, Mexico, for WBC world super featherweight championship and Japan’s Takashi Miura vs Mexico’s Miguel Roman on HBO “Boxing After Dark” main events at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. HBO’s telecast is scheduled ...

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Selby-Barros fight is off
Andrew Karlov
Jan. 28, 2017, 10:24 a.m.

Per NSAC, the featherweight championship bout between IBF champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KOs) of Wales and Jonathan Barros (41-4-1, 21 KOs) of Argentina is off. Barros did not meet the physical requirement.

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