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Floyd Mayweather, (47-0, 26 KOs), retained his WBC and WBA welterweight titles, along with his WBC super welterweight title, with an unimpressively dominant decision over Marcos Maidana, (35-5, 31 KOs), that had the 16,144 fans in attendance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas booing through most of the final round. Scores were 115-112, 116-111, 116-111 read more ...

Middleweight James De La Rosa pulled the upset over Mexican slugger Alfredo «Perro» Angulo of Mexicali, winning a ten round unanimous decision on Saturday night opening the Mayweather-Maidana pay-per-view card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Angulo stalked De la Rosa from the opening bell, however in the closing seconds of round two read more ...

WBC super bantamweight world champion Leo «Terremoto» Santa Cruz (27-0-1, 15 KOs) of Lincoln Heights by way of Huetamo, Michoacan, Mexico, scored a second round knock out over his former sparring partner Manuel «Suavecito» Roman (17-2-3, 6 KOs) of Paramount, California, on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Santa Cruz began working the body early in the opening round as Roman boxed read more ...

In a clash for the vacant WBA interim world heavyweight title, unbeaten Luis «The Real King Kong» Ortiz (22-0, 19 KOs) scored a first round KO over previously unbeaten Lateef «Power» Kayode (20-1, 16 KOs) on Thursday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Ortiz dropped Kayode in round one and later got the stoppage from referee read more ...

WBA/WBO flyweight champion Juan Francisco «Gallo» Estrada (27-2, 20 KOs) scored an eleventh round TKO over former world champion Giovani «Guerrero Azteca» Segura (32-4-1, 28 KOs) on Saturday night at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City. Estrada’s reach, movement and crisp combinations paid dividends as he largely neutralized Segura’s pressure read more ...

Former unified world lightweight champion Juan «Baby Bull» Diaz (35-4-1, 19 KOs) scored an entertaining ten round unanimous decision over Carlos Cardenas (21-9, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas. As always, Diaz applied the pressure and unleashed a barrage of non-stop punching, but Cardenas was more than read more ...

Former world champion Adrien «The Problem» Broner had almost more than he bargained for in the person of a gritty and determined Emmanuel Taylor as a big left hook knockdown in the fight’s fading seconds sealed a close win for Cincinnati’s favorite son. Taylor continually chugged forward never giving Broner a respite. By spending too much time along the ropes allowing Taylor to fire away read more ...

In a hard fought IBF welterweight championship bout, Kell «The Special One» Brook (33-0-0, 22 KO) dethroned «Showtime» Shawn Porter (24-1-1, 15 KO) by way of majority decision. Porter was the busier fighter but Brooks was the superior technician, seemed to land the cleaner blows and displayed the better ring generalship. Porter started the fight strongly but was cut in the sixth round and faded down the stretch read more ...

IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) won a twelve round split decision over 43-year-old former champion Firat Arslan (34-8-2, 21 KOs) on Saturday night at the Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany. The superbly conditioned Arslan aggressively pressed the action, while Hernandez connected with clean shots in spurts read more ...

In an IBF lightweight eliminator, Denis Shafikov (34-1-1, 19 KOs) scored a punishing ninth round TKO over Rustam Nugaev (27-7-1, 17 KOs) on Friday night at the Chumash Resort & Casino in Santa Ynez, California. Southpaw Shafikov outboxed Nugaev all the way in a fight that featured good close-quarters action. Shafikov brutally broke down Nugaev as the bout progressed read more ...