Mexico City, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) – Juan Francisco Estrada retained his WBA and WBO flyweight titles with an 11th-round TKO of former junior flyweight champion Giovani Segura on Saturday. Estrada (27-2) made his third title defense since dethroning Brian Viloria in […]
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (SportsNetwork.com) – Carl Frampton delivered a convincing unanimous decision over champion Kiko Martinez on Saturday to capture the IBF super bantamweight title. Frampton (19-0) remained unbeaten thanks to a fast start and a knockdown of Martinez […]
Tokyo, Japan (SportsNetwork.com) – Roman Gonzalez of Nicaragua remained unbeaten with a ninth-round TKO of Japan’s Akira Yaegashi to capture the WBC flyweight title on Friday. Gonzalez floored Yaegashi in the third round, then sent him to the canvas again […]
Cape Coral, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Bob Arum is something else. He spans across the globe schlepping a fight few seems to care about, yet he maintains enough savvy amid the jet lag to know precisely what to say to get […]
Halle, Germany (SportsNetwork.com) – In the end, Marco Huck will retain his WBO cruiserweight crown, although there was some controversy as to how his bout against Mirko Larghetti ended. Huck (38-2-1) battered Larghetti with a barrage of punches at the […]
Cape Coral, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – A partially torn left biceps muscle typically won’t get a guy pondering the future. But when the ace assistant to International Boxing Organization president Ed Levine sent an email saying Wladimir Klitschko’s Sept. 6 title […]
Cape Coral, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Yes, I do loves me some cookies. Still, when asked on Saturday night if I thought the judges for the Kell Brook-Shawn Porter welterweight title fight deserved one, I had to concede no. Maybe Adelaide […]
Thuringen, Germany (SportsNetwork.com) – Yoan Pablo Hernandez successfully defended his IBF cruiserweight title with a 12-round split decision win over Firat Arslan on Saturday. Hernandez (29-1) won 115-113 and 116-113 on two judges’ scorecards while the 43-year-old Arslan (34-8-2) took […]
Cape Coral, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – It’s that time of year again. Hope is springing eternal at National Football League training camps. Short- term pretenders are being revealed by distance-worthy contenders on major- league baseball diamonds. And premium cable TV announcers […]
Monterrey, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) – Francisco Rodriguez won a 12-round unanimous decision over Katsunari Takayama on Saturday to retain his WBO minimum weight belt and win the IBF belt. Rodriguez (15-2 10 KOs) knocked down Takayama (27-7 10 KOs) in round […]