Metro Manila, Philippines (SportsNetwork.com) – Donnie Nietes kept his WBO light flyweight title after a technical knockout win over Mexico’s Gilberto Parra on Saturday. Nietes (35-1-4, 21 KO) sent Parra (19-3) down to the canvas in the eighth round and […]
Chiapas, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) – Emanuel Lopez recorded a ninth round knockout of Carlos Padilla to secure the vacant WBA World Super Featherweight Title. Lopez (18-4-1) showed throughout the evening that he was the stronger fighter, connecting on multiple shots to […]
Las Vegas, NV (SportsNetwork.com) – The blockbuster fight years in the making is finally on, with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao officially scheduled to meet May 2 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The welterweight bout between boxing’s two […]
Hermosillo, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) – David Sanchez defeated Juan Alberto Rosas by a second round technical knockout on Saturday night to capture the interim WBA World super flyweight title. The 23-year-old Mexican Sanchez (27-2-2, 21 KOs) has won 17 fights in […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – The wait is apparently over, boxing fans. According to England’s The Sunday Telegraph, one of the most anticipated fights in boxing history will likely take place May 2 in Las Vegas between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. […]
Frederikshavn, Denmark (SportsNetwork.com) – Denmark’s Micki Nielsen won the vacant WBC international cruiserweight title Saturday in a unanimous decision over Brazil’s Julio Cesar Dos Santos. Nielsen (17-0) won the 10-round fight on scorecards of 100-90, 100-91 and 99-91. Dos Santos […]
Las Vegas, NV (SportsNetwork.com) – Deontay Wilder became the first American to win a heavyweight title in more than eight years when he earned a lopsided decision over Bermane Stiverne for the WBC belt on Saturday night. In a fight […]
Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has been hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia, according to several media reports. The 72-year-old, three-time world heavyweight champion, who has been battling Parkinson’s disease for 30 years, went to an […]
Quebec City, QC (SportsNetwork.com) – Adonis Stevenson retained his WBC world light heavyweight title with a knockout, dropping Dmitry Sukhotsky in the fifth round on Friday night. Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) sent Sukhotsky to the canvas with a straight left […]
Mendoza, Argentina (SportsNetwork.com) – WBA flyweight champion Juan Carlos Reveco retained his title on Friday with a fifth round TKO over challenger Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep. Fighting in front of his compatriots, Reveco (35-1, 19 KOs) tagged Vor Saengthep (34-3, 20 […]