Новости за 23.12.2019

Ryota Murata closed a big 2019 with another strong performance in front of his home country, stopping Steven Butler in five rounds Monday at the Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The finish came at the 2:45 mark, as a series of right hands, cleaned up by a left hook, sent the Canadian Butler crashing to the […]

Ken Shiro retained his WBC junior flyweight title for the seventh time Saturday, dropping Filipino challenger Randy Petalcorin three times in the third before the fight was stopped in the fourth round. Despite the early result, Petalcorin had come to fight, landing big shots with both hands from the southpaw stance. Shiro (17-0, 10 knockouts) […]

Roman Gonzalez, the former pound for pound champion from Nicaragua, ended a 15-month layoff Monday, stopping overmatched Filipino Diomel Diocos in two rounds on the Murata- Butler card in Yokohama, Japan. Gonzalez (48-2, 40 knockouts) kept his composure as Diocos (14-6-3, 4 KOs) of Siaton, Philippines threw slapping combinations, mostly against the gloves of Gonzalez. “Chocolatito” […]

The Ring magazine year-end awards have been running since 1928 and remain the most prestigious in world boxing. Here are the winners for 2019: Fighter of the Year Canelo Alvarez Fight of the Year Naoya Inoue UD 12 Nonito Donaire   Knockout of the Year Deontay Wilder KO 7 Luis Ortiz Trainer of the Year […]