
Photos | Mikkel LesPierre vs. Noel Murphy Fight Night
In the main event, Noel Murphy, 139.2 lbs., of Woodlawn, NY, by way of County Cork, Ireland, and Brooklyn's Mikkel LesPierre, 139.4 lbs., waged a barnburner for 10 thrilling rounds.
In the main event, Noel Murphy, 139.2 lbs., of Woodlawn, NY, by way of County Cork, Ireland, and Brooklyn's Mikkel LesPierre, 139.4 lbs., waged a barnburner for 10 thrilling rounds.
Hank Lundy defeats DeMarcus Corley by eight-round unanimous decision tonight at the 2300 Arena in Philly.
Undefeated Adam Kownacki (17-0, 14 KOs) delivered a brutal knockout of Iago Kiladze (26-2, 18 KOs) at 2:08 of the sixth round of their heavyweight matchup. Kownacki, born in Lomza, Poland but fighting out of Brooklyn, New York, enjoyed the support of his hometown crowd as he steadily wore Kiladze down.
Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne (21-0, 16 KOs) made quick work of Francy Ntetu (17-2, 4 KOs) in SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS action, as he dropped and battered his opponent early to force referee Arthur Mercante to stop the bout at just 2:15 of the first round.
Undefeated 135-pound world champion Robert Easter (21-0, 14 KOs) earned a split decision victory over former world champion Javier Fortuna (33-2-1, 23 KOs) in the co-main event of the SHOWTIME telecast. The judges scored the bout 114-113, 113-114 and 115-112.
Undefeated welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. retained his IBF title with an impressive stoppage of former two-division champion Lamont Peterson in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturday night from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®.
Unified Women’s Super Middleweight World Champion Claressa Shields dominated previously undefeated Tori Nelson.
In the ShoBox co-feature, Jesse Hernandez narrowly defeated Ernesto Garza via split-decision in an action-packed fight that was scored 95-94 Hernandez, 95-93 Garza, 97-93 Hernandez.
Undefeated Uzbekistan power-puncher Shohjahon Ergashev handed Sonny Fredrickson the first loss of his career with an impressive third round TKO in the opening bout of the ShoBox telecast.
Michael Conlan has boosted his pro record to 5-0 following a dominant points victory over Luis Fernando Molina at New York’s Madison Square Garden Theater.
On Saturday, December 9, 2017, Shakur Stevenson earned a second-round stoppage over Oscar Mendoza on the Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux undercard.
On Saturday, December 9, Christopher Diaz dropped Bryant Cruz four times en-route to a third-round TKO win from The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Last night’s fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko (10-1-0, 8 KOs) and Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1-0, 11 KOs) delivered big on ratings, making it the second highest-rated boxing telecast on cable in 2017, according to Nielsen overnight ratings.
Top-rated pound-for-pound fighters and Olympic legends Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux are in the Big Apple where they will go mano a mano in a collision of world champions this Saturday, December 9, 2017 at the The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
In the co-main event, despite suffering severe gashes over both eyes caused by accidental headbutts, WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Rey Vargas (31-0, 22 KOs) defended his title a second time,rolling to a 12-round unanimous decision victory over a very game Oscar "El Jaguar" Negrete (17-1, 7 KOs).