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1 week ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner
Rarely do great fighters meet when they are still in the prime of their careers. There were four great fighters meeting in two matches. The only thing was that the two were former champions and not in their prime. Future world heavyweight champion Rocky ‘The Brockton Blockbuster’ Marciano was 37-0 when he met Joe ‘The Brown Bomber’ Louis, 66-2 with 52 stoppages in October of 1951 at Madison Square Garden.
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1 week ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner
IBF World Super Lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) stopped former IBF, WBA, WBO Lightweight champion George ‘Ferocious’ Kambosos, Jr. (22-4, 10 KOs) in the final minute of the eighth round on Saturday night at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was halted at 2:33 of the eighth round of a scheduled 12 rounds.
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1 week ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner
Super flyweight LeAnna ‘2 Much’ Cruz (11-0, 1 KOs) defeated Regina ‘Rony’ Chavez (8-6-3, 1 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision to capture the WBA title in the main event on Friday night at the 2300 Arena, in Philadelphia, PACruz was dropped in the first round, possibly suffering a left knee injury, and later suffered a broken nose. In the first round, a right from Chavez on the chin dropped Cruz for an 8-count from Referee Ricky Gonzalez. Cruz may have a left knee injury after this.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner
Let’s look at Japan’s four-division world champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue, who is the current IBF, WBC, and WBO world Super Bantamweight champion and possibly the pound-for-pound best in the world. Inoue’s amateur record was 75-6 before turning professional in May of 2012, knocking out the Philippines Crison ‘No Surrender’ Omayao, 16-4-1, in four rounds of a scheduled eight rounds. In his fourth fight, he won the Japanese Light Flyweight title defeating Ryoichi Taguchi, 18-1-1.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Dan Ambrose
Kelvin Davis apologized for the actions of his brothers, Keyshawn and Keon Davis, in an altercation that occurred last night with Nahir Albright in Norfolk, Virginia. He showed maturity and class by apologizing for his brothers, Keon and Keyshawn.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Chris Williams
Turki Alalshikh confirmed today that Dana White will promote the September 13th bout between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford along with TKO Boxing. With Dana’s reach through UFC, it could bring in more fan interest and PPV buys for this Super Fight. Canelo-Crawford PPV Price DebateThe platform for Canelo-Crawford hasn’t been revealed, nor has the PPV price. Canelo’s recent fights against Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia have been in the $70 range. Considering that Turki is calling Canelo vs.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Chris Williams
WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (31-0, 24 KOs) made easy work of the light-hitting, little-known IBF 118-lb champion Ryosuke Nishida (10-1, 2 KOs), scoring a sixth-round technical knockout victory on Sunday night at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. Along with the IBF belt, Nakatani captured the Ring Magazine bantamweight strap. Nishida’s Eye and ShoulderThe official time of the stoppage was at 3:00 of round six.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner
Abdullah Mason (19-0, 17 KOs) defeated Jeremiah ‘Low Key’ Nakathila (26-5, 21 KOs) by a fifth-round technical knockout in a lightweight bout on Saturday night at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. In the first two rounds, Mason had a slight edge. In the third round, Mason outlanded Nakathila with countering punches. In the fourth round, Mason rocked Nakathila seconds before the end of the round with a left on the chin.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner
Fabio Wardley (19-0-1, 18 KOs), behind on points, knocked out his replacement opponent Justis Huni (12-1, 7 KOs) in the tenth round to capture the WBA interim heavyweight title on Saturday night at Ipswich, Suffolk, UK. The camera panned away while the referee was giving a count to Huni, who appeared to make it to his feet in time, but the fight was still stopped for some reason. The stoppage didn’t sit right with fans on social media, who felt that Huni should have been allowed to continue.
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3 weeks ago | 
boxingnews24.com | Ken Hissner
IBF USA Heavyweight champion Brandon ‘OJ Bam’ Moore (18-1, 10 KOs) won a technical decision over the much shorter Stanley ‘The Black Shogun’ Wright (14-1, 11 KOs) after a cut stopped the fight that happened in the third round due to a clash of heads with a minute remaining in the fifth round on Friday night at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New YorkIn the first round, with a 6” height advantage, Moore used his jab to control the round.