Mundine: They robbed me
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 4, 2017, 3:48 a.m.

Former world champion Anthony Mundine reflects on his controversial majority decision loss to Danny Green. The decision to award Green a controversial majority decision in the pair’s Adelaide Oval bout was met with widespread dismay in boxing circles. Mundine said the fact he knows in his heart that ...

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Green gets revenge over Mundine
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 3, 2017, 8:17 a.m.

In a cruiserweight grudge match between former world champions, Danny “The Green Machine” Green (36-5, 28 KOs) scored a controversial ten round majority decision over Anthony “The Man” Mundine (47-8, 27 KOs) on Friday night at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia. Mundine staggered the much larger Green ...

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Usyk Return is Targeted For April
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 3, 2017, 3:02 a.m.

The original plan was to feature WBO cruiseweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk on the Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs HBO pay-per-view undercard on March 18th at the Madison Square Garden in New York. But now it looks like his next bout will come in the following month.Usyk lost ...

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Kirkland breaks nose, Cotto fight off
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 3, 2017, 2:40 a.m.

Roc Nation Sports today received notification from James Kirkland’s team that Kirkland has suffered an injury which will force him to withdraw from his match against Five-Time World Champion Miguel Cotto on Saturday, February 25, 2017. The reported injury is a fractured nose. Unfortunately, the entire HBO Pay-Per-View ...

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Collazo KOs Vasquez
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 3, 2017, 1:38 a.m.

In the main event on Thursday from the Horseshoe in Tunica, Mississippi, southpaw Sammy Vasquez (21-2, 15 KOs) looked to bounce back from his first defeat by facing Luis Collazo, (37-7, 20 KOs), himself coming off a layoff after his loss to Keith Thurman.

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GYM wins IBF light heavy purse bid
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 2, 2017, 3:50 p.m.

A purse bid was held in the IBF Office today for the light heavyweight eliminator for #1 between Artur Beterbiev vs. Sullivan Barrera. There were two bidders: Groupe Yvon Michel and Main Events. Groupe Yvon Michel bid $251,000 and Main Events bid $181,000. The fight must take place ...

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Arum: "Every boxer wants McGregor because they'll knock him out!"
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 2, 2017, 12:35 p.m.

Top Rank boss Bob Arum has claimed any pro boxer who faced Conor McGregor in the squared circle would be able to knock the two-weight UFC champion out. Arum was responding to questions regarding star fighter Manny Pacquiao’s recent admission that the Filipino Senator would love to share a ring ...

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Green vs Mundine II Weights (photos)
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 2, 2017, 9:49 a.m.

Danny Green 182.5 vs Anthony Mundine 174.8
Nader Hamdan 173.0 vs Trent Broadhurst 176.2
Quade Cooper 200.1 vs Jack McInnes 212.5
Andrew Moloney 117.9 vs Renoel Pael 117.5
Tim Tszyu 157.6 vs Mark Dalby 158.2
Jason Moloney 121.9 vs Marco Demecillio 123.2
Antonio Caruso 166.4 vs Friday Nwaiwu 161.8
David Aloua 205.0 vs Filipo Masoe 207.2
Shane Tuck ...

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Lomachenko, Sosa set to unify at super-featherweight
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 2, 2017, 7:46 a.m.

Vasyl Lomachenko is at it again as the Ukrainian star attempts to pick up yet another world title. Not content with claiming two world titles in the last six of his eight fights, ‘Loma’ is aiming to unify a division for the first time on April 8. The 28 ...

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Povetkin's 'B' sample comes back positive
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 2, 2017, 3:42 a.m.

Former WBC mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin faces future sanctions following the ratification of the Russian's positive test for ostarine. Povetkin initially failed a test in December prior to his stipulated World Boxing Council eliminator with Bermane Stiverne, which was subsequently called off.

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