WBA #9 light welterweight Mendoza (33-7-2, 21 KOs) came in to fight and was giving the Russian fits for the first four rounds. Later on, Khabib began to dominate in power exchanges and finally put him down in the sixth with a straight left hand to the head. Mendoza got up but never recovered, and the fight was stopped at 0:27 of the seventh by referee Alexander Kalinkin read more ...

Polish light middleweight Damian Jonak (30-0, 20 KOs) won his third fight this year easily defeating overmatched Alex Bunema (31-8, 17 KOs) by scores of 100-89, 100-89 and 99-90 during the «Wojak Boxing Night» event in Katowice, Poland. Jonak acquired the WBA Intercontinental belt with superior speed and ring generalship. Bunema couldn’t handle Jonak’s jabs and straight punches and was knocked down in the second round read more ...

Last night’s fights at the Seminole Hard Rock Live arena certainly lived up to the billing as “The Backyard Brawl”. Fans braved the blustery winter conditions outside to see Chicago native and former world heavyweight champion Oliver “The Atomic Bull” McCall (55-10, 37 KOs) snatch a split decision victory over fellow Chicagoan “Fast” Fres Oquendo (32-7, 21 KOs) to win the vacant IBF Intercontinental heavyweight belt read more ...

Former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall (54-10, 34 KOs) outweighed and former world title challenger Fres Oquendo (32-6, 21 KO) by 31 pounds in advance of Tuesday’s crossroads clash Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida read more ...

WBC #14 heavyweight Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (34-2, 22 KOs) scored an impressive fourth round TKO over Owen Beck (29-5, 20 KOs) in a battle of former heavyweight title challengers on Friday night at the Omni New Daisy Theater in Memphis, Tennessee. The 38-year-old Thompson simply battered Beck until Beck’s corner threw in the towel read more ...

In a battle of former heavyweight world title challengers, Tony Thompson (33-2, 21 KOs) will take on Owen Beck (29-4, 20 KOs) on April 16th. The bout will be a scheduled ten round main event aired on an edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights boxing series. The ten round co-main event will feature a battle of unbeaten lightweights as Henry Lundy (17-0-1, 10 KOs) will meet Tyrese Hendrix (18-0-1, 7 KOs) read more ...

Charismatic Brooklyn bomber Shannon Briggs will make his return to the ring Friday April 13th against Rafael Pedro in a 10-round main event from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The 38-year old American heavyweight contender Briggs, 48-5-1, 42 KO’s, is coming off a dominating 1st round KO over journeyman Marcus McGee read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (44-0, 32 KOs) destroyed challenger Owen Beck (25-3, 18 KOs) by third round KO on Saturday in Hannover, Germany. Beck tried to crowd Valuev, smothering the seven-footer's punches, but Valuev had some success landing his jab and rocked Beck with a hard right in the first round. Valuev dropped Beck with a right hand late in the second round and nearly finished him off. Valuev dropped Beck again with a right read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev weighed in at a relatively svelte 320.7 pounds in advance of his first world title defense on Saturday. Challenger Owen Beck scaled in at 242.5 pounds, a little on the high end for him. Below are the complete weights from today's weigh-in: Nikolai Valuev 320.7 vs. Owen Beck (WBA heavyweight championship) Sebastian Sylvester 159.6 vs. Amin Asikainen 159.6 read more ...

Both WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (44-0) and challenger Owen Beck (25-2) were on their good behavior at the final press conference before their collision Saturday night at the TUI Arena in Hannover, Germany. "I had a very good training camp and an fit for my first title defense," said Valuev, who also congratulated Beck on his 39th birthday. The seven-foot, 330lb champion will have a ten inch height advantage and read more ...