And still WBA welterweight champion of the world, Vyacheslav Senchenko (31-0, 20 KOs), who survived some rocky moments in the midst of the bout but still got the better of WBA #12 Venezuelan brawler Charlie Jose Navarro (18-4, 13 KOs) with an unanimous twelve-round decision with the scores: 116-113 (same as BScene) and 115-113 (twice) - for Senchenko read more ...

Manchester’s Matthew Hatton will make the first defence of the European welterweight on July 16th against Yuriy Nuzhnenko. It will take place in Bolton read more ...

Finland´s Amin Asikainen will now face unbeaten Argentinian Dario Matorra on May 11 in Kyrkslaett (Kirkonummi) in his debut at super middleweight. Amin was first set to take on Bolivian Ricky Torrez. Big Timo Hoffmann, the German Oak, returns to action June 4 and headline SES´ outdoor promotion in Aschersleben. Hoffmann was last seen losing to Francois Botha read more ...

Ex-WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko is following his dream of becoming a star in America. He wants to recover from a bad 2009, where he lost his title and two close decisions to Anselmo Moreno. Sidorenko is now training with Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California read more ...

Tomorrow in Cherkassy Sport Palace «Budivelnik» Yuri Nuzhnenko (29-1-1, 14 KOs), former WBA World welterweight champion will fight in a ten-rounder against solid Russian journeyman Vyacheslav Yakovenko (7-7-1, 3 КОs). On the eve of the fight Nuzhnenko spoke with us about his training for the upcoming clash, his plans for the fight and shared his plans for the future, especially taking into consideration his title bout against Gianluca Branco (43-2-1, 22 КОs). Nuzhnenko and Branco will claim vacant EBU (European) welterweight title read more ...

Vyacheslav Senchenko (30-0, 20 KOs) retained his WBA welterweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over WBA #15 Japanese Motoki Sasaki (32-8-1, 20 KOs) three hours ago at Druzhba Palace of Sports in Donetsk, Ukraine. Senchenko controlled the action till the sixth round, when Sasaki cut his right eyebrow with an intentional headbutt. The Japanese fighter was deducted two points and the cut hadn’t helped him much read more ...

Vyacheslav Senchenko 147 vs. Motoki Sasaki 147 (WBA welterweight championship) Promoter: Union Boxing Promotion Venue: Druzhba Palace of Sports, Donetsk Opening bell: 7 PM LT (GMT+3) read more ...

The opponent for the WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (29-0, 20 KOs) was announced today. General manager of Senchenko’s promotional company Union Boxing Promotion Dmitriy Eliseev informed BoxingScene.com that the Ukrainian will hold his first title defense against the Japanese boxer Motoki Sasaki (32-7-1, 20 KOs), number 15 in the WBA rankings. Sasaki, 33 is the OPBF champion and has defended his title successfully for three times read more ...

Yuriy Nuzhnenko: «That was not the end of the life – I will continue training, I have to rehabilitate myself. No talk about retirement, of course. At first, I’ll take a short rest and then sit down with my team to make plans for the future; we’ll work out new plans for new title fights. I will continue training and analyze the fight with Senchenko – one learns from one's mistakes» read more ...

Ukrainian fighter Vyacheslav Senchenko (29-0, 20 KOs) of «Union Boxing Promotion» from Donetsk has become new WBA regular world welterweight champion after defeating Yuriy Nuzhnenko (28-1-1, 13 KOs) of Kyiv-based «K2 East Promotions» promotional company. The first loss in Nuzhnenko’s record appeared to be especially bitter since it cost him champion’s belt. After 12 action packed rounds all three judges gave unanimous nod to Senchenko read more ...