It is on. Former WBA (interim) light middleweight titleholder Nobuhiro Ishida (23-6-2, 8 KOs), who acclaimed international fame after vaporizing highly regarded James Kirkland in just a round, will try to repeat this trick against possibly a harder opponent. On Dec. 17 in Zaporizhyya, Ukraine, the lanky Japanese stylist will clash his horns with Gerogian bomber Avtandil Khurtsidze (26-2-2, 17 KOs) read more ...

Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko won by sixth round TKO over Venezuelan challenger Marco Avendaño to retain his WBA welterweight world championship on Friday at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine. Senchenko successfully defended his title for the third time read more ...

Union Boxing Promotion, a Donetsk-based Ukrainian promotional company, which is governed by Yuri Ruban and his chief assistant Dmitry Yeliseev, plans a huge boxing comeback on Aug. 20 in their thriving hometown. Several well-developed local fighters will take their positions in the event labeled «Pro Boxing Show IX», which will be timed to the 20th anniversary of the state’s independence and corresponding holidays and celebrations read more ...

WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (31-0, 20 KOs), 33, will conduct the third defense of the title in his hometown of Donetsk, Ukraine. Senchenko, who had been previously rumoured as Saul Alvarez’s possible opponent, will take on WBA #11 Venezuelan Marco Antonio Avendano (30-7-1, 22 KOs) on an unspecified date under the guidance of Union Boxing Promotion read more ...