In a toe-to-toe slugfest, former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 21 KOs), who lost his title on the scale Saturday, #11 John Murray (31-2, 18 KOs). By the sixth round, Rios’ attack had badly busted up Murray’s face. Murray’s woes continued when he was deducted a point for a low blow in round seven. The bout ended in round eleven when referee Earl Brown waved it off with Murray taking heavy punishment. Had Murray won, he would have claimed the vacant WBA crown. The time was 2:06 read more ...

Brandon Rios dropped his World Boxing Association lightweight title at the scales after failing to make 135 pounds. And his bout with John Murray will only go on if he makes a weight limit Saturday morning that was negotiated between both camps. Rios will only be allowed to gain 10 pounds before Saturday’s weigh-in; he must make 146.6 pounds by 9 a.m. Eastern Time read more ...

Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito both made weight for Saturday night’s pay-per-view headliner at Madison Square Garden. Cotto came in at 152.25 pounds, Margarito weighing in at 152.5 pounds read more ...

WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (32-2, 9 KOs) scored a first round TKO over former champ Nicky Cook (30-3, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Really a non-fight as Cook was down multiple times and apparently entered the ring with a back injury and was unfit to fight. Cook was taken from the ring on a stretcher. Time was 1:33 read more ...

According to a report in UK publication The Sun, lightweight Kevin Mitchell, and his mother, were arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine and running a cannabis farm. Mitchell, 26, was held during a morning raid on his family home following a tip from an anonymous source. The arrests happened on April 15. Police were seen removing bags from the Dagenham read more ...

At the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England, WBC #3 and WBO #8 lightweight John Murray of Manchester, England, retained both his European title and his status as the British fighter with the best perfect record to date after his sixth stoppage win in a row - this time over determined Ukrainian veteran Andriy Kudriavtsev (34-8, 15 KOs) in all-action brawl. Time was 2:39 of the ninth round read more ...

John Murray will defend his EBU lightweight title here in Manchester on Saturday the 25th of September against the Ukraine’s Andriy Kudriavtsev. Boxingscene’s sources claim that the fight will be promoted by Matchroom, who promoted Murray’s European title win over Gary Buckland back in May read more ...

Unbeaten lightweight John Murray (29-0, 17 KOs) won the vacant European 135lb title while retaining his British belt with a punishing eleventh round TKO over Gary Buckland (18-2, 6 KOs) on Friday night at Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes, England read more ...