The Palms Resort and Casino, Las Vegas - Saturdays grueling lightweight bout left both of the involved boxers with some visible scars of war. Brandon Rios (27-0, 20 KOs)captured the WBA lightweight title with a tenth round knockout of Miguel Acosta (28-4) read more ...

Unbeaten 1 ranked Brandon Rios (27-0-1, 19 KOs) won the WBA lightweight title with a scintillating tenth round KO over reigning world titleholder Miguel Acosta (28-4-2, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Facing his toughest opponent to date, Rios applied heavy pressure but Acosta was able to respond. The lightning quick Acosta rocked Rios with a big right hand at the end of round three read more ...

Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada - The weights are in for tomorrows Showtime televised lightweight title clash. The first boxer to step on the scale was the challenger, Brandon Rios (26-0, 19KOS), and he weighed in at 134.5-pounds. WBA champion Miguel Acosta (28-3, 22KOs) stepped second. He was shredded and looked very strong. Acostas weight was identical to Rios, at 134.5-pounds. Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank read more ...

WBA interim lightweight champion Miguel Acosta of Venezuela (27-3-2, 21 KOs) upset previously unbeaten WBA lightweight champion Paulus â?œThe Hitmanâ? Moses (25-1, 17 KOs) by way of sixth round knockout. The bout took place Saturday in Moses’ native land at the Kalahari Sands Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia read more ...

Undefeated World Boxing Association lightweight champion Paulus Moses (25-0, 17 KOs) will defend his title in the capital city of his native Namibia on May 29 in a showdown against WBA interim lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (26-3-2, 20 KOs). Don King Productions won the right to promote the match in a WBA purse bid of $150,000 and will present the event in association with Namibia-based Nestor Sunshine Promotions read more ...

Looks like a showdown between WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses of Namibia (25-0, 17 KOs) and WBA interim lightweight champion Miguel Acosta of Venezuela (26-3-2, 20 KOs) will be happening in May. No specific date has been singled out yet, but Caracas, Venezuela is the likely site for the read more ...

WBA mini flyweight champion Giovani Segura (23-1-1, 19 KOs) scored a third round TKO over Walter Tello (14-4, 6 KOs) on Saturday night at the Discoteca El Alebrije in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. Both fighters went right at each other in round one with both landing good shots read more ...

In a clash for the WBA interim lightweight championship, WBA #8 Miguel Acosta (25-9-2, 19 KOs) scored an explosive ninth round KO upset over previously unbeaten WBC #1 Urbano Antillon (26-0, 19 KOs) on Saturday night in Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico. Brisk two-way action early with Antillon applying heavy pressure, but Acosta’s movement frustrated Antillion as the bout progressed read more ...