Daily Archives: October 14, 2024

Junto Nakatani, one of the best fighters in the world, retained his WBC bantamweight crown and stayed on course for possibly the biggest fight in Japanese history, against Naoya Inoue, with a sixth-round stoppage victory of Filipino Petch Sor Chitpattna. The defending champion, from Sagamihara…

In an excellent fight, South Africa’s unbeaten Phumelele Cafu won the WBO super flyweight championship, scoring a fifth-round knockdown on his way to a contentious split decision win over Kosei Tanaka. It was a brilliant battle. Tanaka looked heartbroken by the end, although he had…

British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion, Fabio Wardley, is developing quite the collection of hardware. When the end of year awards are handed out, Wardley, 18-0-1 (17 KOs), may need to clear yet more space in his trophy cabinet. In February, he and Frazer…

The WBO flyweight championship fight between Anthony Olascuaga and Jonathan Gonzalez at the Airake Arena in Tokyo, Japan ended after just 2:25 of the first round following a clash of heads. The action was warming up before the fighters leant into one another and their…

Raymond Ford is plotting a world title in a second weight class as he moves up to 130lbs to take on Orlando Gonzalez in Philadelphia on November 9.  Ford, who this year lost his featherweight strap to Nick Ball, will act as chief-support to…

Junior featherweight John Riel Casimero might be back in the win column, though questions about his professionalism remain. After two failed attempts to make weight on Saturday, Oct. 12, Casimero picked a first-round technical knockout of former title contender Saul Sanchez at Yokohama Budokan…