Daniel Franco undergoes surgery for double brain bleed
Andrew Karlov
June 12, 2017, 10:52 a.m.

Featherweight contender Daniel “Twitch” Franco suffered severe head injuries in his knockout loss to Jose Haro on Saturday night, June 10 at the WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa in a bout telecast on CBS Sports Network.

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Roy Jones Jr. Says Conor McGregor Could Damage Boxing
Andrew Karlov
June 12, 2017, 3:46 a.m.

Roy Jones Jr. says Oscar De La Hoya is kinda right the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight could seriously damage boxing if Conor wins. Long story short, Roy says the only way Conor wins this fight is if he gets "lucky" otherwise, Mayweather should beat that ass.

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Rios KOs Herrera
Andrew Karlov
June 11, 2017, 11:40 p.m.

In an all out war in main event action, Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (34-3-1, 24KO) made his ring return a successful one with a devastating seventh round knockout of the very tough Aaron Herrera (32-7-1, 23KO). While Rios appeared to slightly edge Herrera in the first two rounds, Herrera fought ...

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Rios: 'I'm ready to get back to the top'
Andrew Karlov
June 11, 2017, 6:44 a.m.

Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios didn't want to be one of those fighters who retired time and again only to be lured back into the ring.

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Brandon Rios set for comeback fight
Andrew Karlov
June 11, 2017, 2:34 a.m.

Brandon Rios 146.4 vs. Aaron Herrera 147.4

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Murata: "I’ll go on, pursue the belt"
Andrew Karlov
June 11, 2017, 1:33 a.m.

The headliner of the week is Japanese middleweight prospect Ryota Murata who announced on Thursday that he would go on and pursue the world belt again although he failed to win the vacant WBA 160-pound throne via highly controversial decision to Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam here in Tokyo on May 20. ...

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Burnett dethrones IBF bantam champ Haskins
Andrew Karlov
June 10, 2017, 5:31 p.m.

Unbeaten IBF #10 bantamweight Ryan Burnett (17-0, 9 KOs) seized the IBF bantamweight world title from reigning IBF champion Lee Haskins (34-4, 14 KOs) via twelve round split decision on Saturday night at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Burnett took the fight to Haskins, who was never really ...

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Braekhus decisions Farias
Andrew Karlov
June 10, 2017, 12:39 p.m.

Cecilia Braekhus wrote a new page in her history and defended her World Boxing Association Welterweight crown after beating Erica Farías by unanimous decision (99-91, 99-91 and 98-92) at Bergenhus Festning, in Bergen, Norway.

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Mike Perez wins in comeback fight
Andrew Karlov
June 10, 2017, 9:37 a.m.

In his cruiserweight debut, former heavyweight contender Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs) needed just 29 seconds to demolish previously unbeaten late sub Viktor Biscak (10-1, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was Perez’ first fight in more than two years. He immediately ...

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Saturday IBHOF happenings
Andrew Karlov
June 10, 2017, 6:36 a.m.

The Saturday edition of the 2017 IBHOF induction weekend was a bonus, no matter how you sliced it. While the skies looked hit-or-miss at times, the rain held off, though humidity was at a brutal high leaving boxing fans looking as though they had been trying to reduce weight in ...

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