Carl Froch’s greatest night: Weekend Review
Carl Froch came through in a big way in the most significant fight of his career, stopping George Groves with an unforgettable right hand before 80,000 in London.
read morePhoto gallery: Simpiwe Vetyeka-Nonito Donaire weigh-in
“Featherweight Fury” participants, including WBA titleholder Simpiwe Vetyeka, challenger Nonito Donaire, Vic Darchinyan and Nicholas Walters, stepped to the scales in Macau, China. Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
read moreSimpiwe Vetyeka 125.5, Nonito Donaire 126
The weigh-ins for Saturday’s Simpiwe Vetyeka-Chris John featherweight title bout and its accompanying undercard are officially in.
read morePhoto gallery: Simpiwe Vetyeka-Nonito Donaire final press conference
Fighters on the “Featherweight Fury” card gathered for one last photo op before the opening bells in Macau, China. Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
read morePhoto gallery: Nonito Donaire-Simpiwe Vetyeka Macau arrivals
Participants in this Saturday’s fights — Nonito Donaire-Simpiwe Vetyeka, Nicholas Walters-Vic Darchinyan and others — arrived at the Venetian Resort in Macau, China, to do battle. Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
read moreVetyeka-Donaire, Walters-Darchinyan, Gradovich-Ishimoto card set
Nonito Donaire will try to continue his recovery from the Guillermo Rigondeaux loss by facing WBA featherweight titleholder Simpiwe Vetyeka on a Macau card that will also feature top-5 126-pounders Evgeny Gradovich and Nicholas Walters.
read moreServania stops Munoz in 12, eyes Montiel or Darchinyan next
Undefeated Filipino prospect Genesis Servania was too young and active for former two-time WBA junior bantamweight titleholder Alexander Munoz who was stopped in the 12th round of their featherweight bout in Pasay City, Philippines, on Friday.
read moreReferee Laurence Cole on Marcos Maidana UD 12 Adrien Broner
Referee Laurence Cole discussed his role in the very physical, action-packed fight during which Marcos Maidana unanimously decisioned Adrien Broner for the WBA’s welterweight belt.
read moreChavez-Vera II aimed for March 1, Arum likes Donaire vs. Walters
Bob Arum told RingTV.com that a return bout between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Bryan Vera could happen on March 1 in either Texas or Las Vegas. The Top Rank CEO also said that he woudl like to match Nonito Donaire with undefeated featherwieght puncher Nicholas Walters.
read moreMikey Garcia impresses, Nonito Donaire inspires
Featherweight standout Mikey Garcia made his junior lightweight debut a successful one by getting up from an early knockdown and dominating Rocky Martinez to an eighth-round KO on Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas. In the co-featured bout of the show, Nonito Donaire scored a come-from-behind ninth-round stoppage of old rival Vic Darchinyan.
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