Hard-charging light heavyweight Imam Khataev added another victim to his rapidly growing resume by thrashing previously undefeated Cuban import Yunior Menendez in less than three rounds of one-sided action.
The bout occurred in Grozny, Russia, the capital of Khataev’s native Chechnya, and marked the…
Kubrat Pulev won a unanimous decision over Mahmoud Charr on Saturday, picking up Charr’s WBA’s “regular” heavyweight title and putting himself in position to challenge the winner of the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
Pulev triumphed in front of his hometown…
Two-time world heavyweight title challenger Kubrat Pulev (32-3, 14 KOs) finally captured his first major title with a 12-round unanimous decision win over WBA ‘regular’ champion Mahmoud Charr (34-5, 20 KOs) on Saturday night at the Arena Sophia in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The 43-year-old Pulev showed…
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Israil Madrimov has pulled out of his December 21st co-feature fight against Serhii Bohachuk due to a case of acute bronchitis, and has been replaced by Ishmael Davis for the card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
His…
Tonight in Bulgaria, heavyweight veterans Kubrat Pulev and Manuel Charr put on a surprisingly good, fun fight. Forget the fact that, somehow, a version of the WBA heavyweight championship was on the line. The two aging warriors gave fans a fight worth seeing.
After 12…
LONDON – Denzel Bentley hopes to progress towards a rematch with the IBF and WBO middleweight champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly after victory over Brad Pauls at Wembley Arena.
The 29 year old lost to Alimkhanuly in 2022, and despite winning one of the finest contests staged in…
Welterweight Jose Roman secured the biggest win of his career with a split-decision victory over previously unbeaten Jalil Hackett in their 10-round bout on the Liam Paro-Richardson Hitchins undercard.
The upset took place at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part…
Former junior middleweight titleholder Israil Madrimov has pulled out of his December 21 fight against Serhii Bohachuk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, due to an illness, according to Turki Alalshikh.
Uzbekistan's Madrimov, 10-1 (7 KOs), who lost a physical battle to Terence Crawford in August,…
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Turkish Alalshikh reports that Israil Madrimov has been pulled from his fight against Serhii Bohachuk due to acute bronchitis for the December 21st Riyadh Season card.
The former WBC interim junior middleweight champion Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) will remain…