Ken Hissner

6 days ago | boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner

Former IBF World Super Middleweight champion and current WBA interim super middleweight champion Caleb ‘Sweethands’ Plant (23-3, 14 KOs) lost by 12-round split decision to Jose Armando ‘Toro’ Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) in the main event on Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. In the first two rounds, Plant outworked Resendiz. In the third round, Resendiz came back well, rocking Plant with a right on the chin. In the fourth, it was close with Resendiz taking it.

1 week ago | boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner

Edgar ‘Sugar’ Nunez (28-1, 27 KOs) easily defeated Japan’s WBC Silver super featherweight champion Masonri Rikiishi (16-2, 11 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision to capture the vacant IBF 130-lb championship on Wednesday night at the Yokohama Buntai, in Yokohama, Japan. In the first two rounds, Nunez was the aggressor and won both rounds. In the third round’s final seconds, Rikiishi landed a good combination to the chin of Nunez.

2 weeks ago | boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner

Former undisputed World Light Welterweight champion Josh ‘The Tartan Tornado’ Taylor (19-3, 13 KOs) was upset by the former British, Commonwealth, IBF Euro and WBC International Silver Welterweight champion Ekow ‘The Engine’ Essuman (22-1, 8 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. In the first two rounds, Taylor outworked Essuman. Both had moments in the third round, with Essuman taking a close round.

2 weeks ago | boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner

WBO World Lightweight champion Terry Harper (16-2-2, 6 KOs) easily defeated the former WIBF World Super lightweight champion and unbeaten Natalie Zimmermann (13-1, 3 KOs) of Germany by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK. In the co-main event, Maxie ‘Maximus’ Hughes (29-7-2, 6 KOs) easily defeated Archie ‘Sharpshooter’ Sharp (25-2, 9 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision to capture the vacant WBC Silver lightweight title.

2 weeks ago | boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner

Junior middleweight southpaw Fernando ‘El Feroz’ Vargas, Jr. (17-0, 15 KOs) stopped southpaw Gonzalo ‘El Mago’ Gaston Coria (23-8, 9 KOs) at 1:44 of the fourth round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Saturday night at Thunder Studios, Long Beach, California. Coria backed up Vargas the entire second and third rounds. In the fourth round, Vargas landed a combination to the chin, and down went Coria for an 8-count from referee Raul Caiz, Jr., who halted the fight upon Coria getting up.