Sergey Kovalev faces Igor Mikhalkin on March 3 on HBO

12/20/201712/19/2017 Andy Brooks

Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev (31-2-1, 27 KOs) will be making his first defense of his WBO 175lb. title against Igor Mikhalkin (21-1, 9 KOs) on March 3 on HBO at Madison Square Garden in New York. Kovalev’s management wanted Sullivan Barrera for the fight, but he decided to fight WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol for his title.

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Results: Saunders dominates Lemieux

12/17/201712/16/2017 Andy Brooks

WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) took former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs) to school on Saturday night in defeating him by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision at the Place Bell in Laval, Canada. The scores were 120-108, 117-111 and 118-110.

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Saunders, Lemieux make weight

12/17/201712/15/2017 Andy Brooks

WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) and former middleweight champ David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) made weight on Friday in weighing in each coming in at 160 pounds for Saturday’s contest at the Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Saunders-Lemieux will be televised on HBO Championship Boxing and BoxNation on Saturday night.

With Saunders heckling him the whole time, Lemieux had to strip down completely to make the 160 lb. weigh-in limit. Lemieux made the weight, but he looked pretty drained for having made the weight. Saunders is hoping he can take advantage of Lemieux on Saturday night if he’s not 100 percent due to his problems getting down to the weight.

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Results: Truax defeats DeGale

12/10/201712/10/2017 Andy Brooks

In a huge upset of epic proportions, #15 IBF Caleb Truax (29-3-2, 18 KOs) defeated IBF super middleweight champion James … continue

Results: Lee Selby decisions Eduardo Ramirez

12/11/201712/10/2017 Andy Brooks

IBF World featherweight champion Lee Selby (26-1, 9 KOs) retained his title tonight with a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over the much younger 24-year-old Eduardo Ramirez (20-1-3, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.

The final scores were 118-110, 119-109 and 115-112. Boxing 247 had Selby winning 9 rounds to 3. Ramirez fought well in rounds 3, 9 and 11.

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Results: Anthony Yarde TKOs Nikola Sjekloca

12/11/201712/10/2017 Andy Brooks

Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde (14-0, 13 KOs) powered through former world title challenger Nikola Sjekloca (32-5-1, 11 KOs) in stopping him in the 4th round on Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.

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Results: Daniel Dubois destroys Dorian Darch

12/09/201712/09/2017 Andy Brooks

Unbeaten Heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois (6-0, 6 KOs) picked up his 6th consecutive knockout in stopping journeyman Dorian Darch (12-6-1, 1 KOs) in the 2nd round on Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena, London, England. Dubois, 20, knocked Darch down 4 times in the fight with 3 knockdowns coming in round 3. The fight was halted after the 3rd knockdown in round 3.

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Bryant Jennings vs. Don Haynesworth this Sat. night

12/10/201712/08/2017 Andy Brooks

Former heavyweight world title challenger Bryant Jennings (20-2, 11 KOs) will be fighting this Saturday against 35-year-old Don Haynesworth (13-1-1, 11 KOs) in an 8 round fight on the undercard of the Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux fight at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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Joshua-Parker negotiations still stalled

12/07/2017 Andy Brooks

WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker’s promoter David Higgins says IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is still quibbling over a few percentage points in the negotiations for a fight in early in 2018.

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Kell Brook in action on 3/3 at 154

12/06/2017 Andy Brooks

Former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook will be trying to revive his sinking career on March 3 in a fight in the junior middleweight division in Sheffield, England. Brook will be fighting for the first time since being stopped in the 11th round by Errol Spence Jr. on May 27 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.

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