Fighting

Results Blair Cobbs UD-10 Adrien Broner (96-93, 96-93, 97-91) Michael Hunter UD-10 Cassius Chaney (100-90, 100-90, 100-90) Ian Green UD-10 Roy Barringer (96-94, 96-94, 97-93) Antonio Perez UD-10 Antonio Williams (99-90, 99-90, 99-90) De Von Williams TKO-4 Travis Floyd (2:33) Adrien Broner and Blair Cobbs meet tonight in a Don King and Heavyweight Factory pay-per-view
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Julio Cesar Martinez’s decision to vacate the WBC flyweight title may have been motivated by more than just a desire to fight at 115. Jake Donovan reports that “Rey” tested positive for a banned substance under the “Diuretics and Other Masking Agents” category around his March 30th decision win over Angelino Cordova. As Donovan points
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Blair “The Flair” Cobbs picked up the most noteworthy win of his career by beating Adrien Broner tonight in Florida, taking a 10-round unanimous decision victory. Judges scored the fight 96-93, 96-93, and 97-91 for Cobbs, who put Broner on the canvas in the second round but otherwise never came close to finishing the fight
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It wasn’t the prettiest fight, but former undisputed super middleweight champion Savannah Marshall emerged victorious in her mixed martial arts debut against Mirela Vargas. Marshall (13-1, 10 KO Boxing, 1-0 MMA) was predictably vicious on the feet and inept with her leg kick defense and leg kick defense against the hand-picked Vargas (1-3 MMA); Marshall
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Salvador Rodriguez, confirming an earlier report from Viva Promotions, brings word that former featherweight champion Mark Magsayo will meet Eduardo Ramirez in a “WBC Super Featherweight title eliminator” on PBC’s June 15th Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin show in Las Vegas. Magsayo (25-2, 17 KO) is best known for freeing the WBC featherweight title from
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Well, that didn’t take long. Just three days after Christian Mbilli’s 40-second wipeout of Mark Heffron, Top Rank has officially announced “Solide’s” previously revealed August 17th showdown with Sergiy Derevyanchenko. ESPN and ESPN+ carry the broadcast in the States, Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. As I mentioned in the post above, Mbilli (27-0,
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Former undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford is another belt lighter at 147 with the WBC moving to name Crawford their champion in recess as he gets set to challenge Israil Madrimov for a 154 lb WBA world title on Aug. 3. The move presumably makes space for others to either contend or move into the
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Despite confronting undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue in the ring after “The Monster’s” knockout of Luis Nery, IBF mandatory challenger Sam Goodman isn’t jumping straight into a title fight. No Limit Boxing announced yesterday that Goodman will meet Chainoi Worawut atop a July 10th show in Wollongong. The plan is reportedly to face Inoue
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Nearly two months after its initial reveal, Teofimo Lopez’s next title defense is official. Top Rank announced today that “The Takeover” will meet Canadian veteran Steve Claggett on June 29th at Miami, Florida’s James L. Knight Center. It’s worth noting that this ESPN show will almost certainly run head-to-head with Juan Francisco Estrada vs. “Bam”
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Heading into this weekend’s rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, Matchroom Boxing and DAZN release behind the scenes footage of the entire build-up to this sequel which has been delayed several times. Taylor, who won a controversial decision over Catterall in the first meeting, will have the opportunity to prove himself the superior fighter
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