In a close-and-hard-fought battle, Vargas recovered from a late knockdown to win the WBC Featherweight title via split decision over Magsayo. The scores of 115-112 twice for Vargas and 114-113 for Magsayo.
The prevailing questions heading into Saturday night’s fight between Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (16-0, 11 KOs) and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (50-6-1, 43 KOs) had to do with power. It was thought…
No pre-fight nonsense, trash talk or wild press conference antics were needed to sell this hard-hitting bout. Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith was guaranteed to please--and it did.
WBC/IBF world champion Artur Beterbiev (17-0, 17 KOs) and WBO champion Joe Smith Jr. (28-3, 22 KOs) will meet TONIGHT at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Devin “The Dream” Haney (28-0, 15 KOs) became the undisputed lightweight champion of the world by outclassing George “Ferocious” Kambosos Jr. (20-1, 10 KOs) en route to a 12-round unanimous decision.
Rolando Romero promised to finish Gervonta Davis in one round. Unfortunately for Romero, it was he who walked into the big shot that spelled the end.
11-rated Heavyweight Otto Wallin of Sweden cruised to a clear and workmanlike unanimous 10-round decision over disappointed hometown hopeful Rydell Booker.
David Benavidez impressed his hometown fans, scoring a third-round TKO against former world champion David Lemieux.
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-0, 30 KOs) of Mazatlan, MX, defeated former interim world champion Dominic Boesel in four rounds.
On Saturday, May 7, 2022, Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol headlined a high stakes 175-pound title clash for Bivol's WBA title.
It was a historic night in New York as Katie Taylor battled Amanda Serrano in front of a sold-out crowd of 19,187 at Madison Square Garden.
WBO junior lightweight world champion Shakur Stevenson outboxed and outfoxed WBC champion Oscar Valdez via unanimous decision (118-109 2x and 117-110) Saturday evening.
Statement made! “Ammo” Williams promised to blast though the Middleweight door of contenders and did just that stopping Chordale Booker in the first round.
Making the short trip across the river by ferry or car from his native Staten Island, Reshat Mati defeated Joe Eli Hernandez by one-sided unanimous decision over eight rounds.
After not having fought in his native land for almost four years, Tyson Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) returned home with a spectacular sixth-round knockout.
