Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs is convinced that he will not require a miracle to beat Gennady “GGG” Golovkin , who holds the WBC, WBA, IBO, IBF middleweight titles. Jacobs believes that he will be the first serious test for Kazakhstan’s dangerous puncher when they meet on March 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Category: Middleweight Boxing
Cook beats Butler with seventh round TKO
Brandon Cook scored a stunning victory over Steven Butler when he sent the promising light middleweight to the canvas at the end of the seventh round, sparking a melee among some of the 5,500 fans at the Bell Centre on Saturday night. Cook , of Ajax, Ont., retained his own WBA North American title and took the IBF continental belt from Butler .
Cook beats Butler with seventh round TKO for light middleweight titles
Toronto’s Brandon Cook earned a TKO win over Montreal’s Steven Butler on Saturday night three minutes into the seventh round of their light middleweight showdown. They are rated as Canada’s top two 154-pound boxers and each put a North American title on the line – Butler’s from the IBF and Cook’s from the WBA.
Lara Willing to Face Jermell Charlo Next in Unification Fight
The odds of Lara landing either of those fights seem slim, though, because Golovkin and Alvarez already have pay-per-view fights scheduled for March 18 and May 6, respectively, and supposedly are on a collision course. That’ll likely leave Lara to fight other 154-pound champions.
James DeGale dreaming of becoming undisputed world champion in 2017…
The IBF World super-middleweight champion will take on The Ripper in Brooklyn this Saturday but is already looking to a rematch with domestic rival George Groves, if he can pick up the WBA world title James DeGale is in the biggest fight of his career on Saturday when he attempts to unify the super-middleweight division against Badou Jack. Chunky will hope to add the Swede’s WBC belt to his own IBF World title in front of a packed crowd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Chocolatito vs. Sor Rungvisai Winner To Face Cuadras
According to the President of the World Boxing Council , Mauricio Sulaiman, the winner of the upcoming fight between Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez of Nicaragua and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand will have to make a defense against former world champion Carlos Cuadras. As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Gonzalez will make a mandatory defense of the WBC super flyweight world title against Sor Rungvisai.
WBA Orders Zeuge vs. Ekpo, Denies Paul Smith Request
The Liverpool super-middleweight, who has fought for global honours twice and been in the ring with pound-for-pound star Andre Ward, was last in action last September, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office. Smith stopped Daniel Regi at the O2 Arena, as part of the undercard to Gennady Golovkin’s IBF, WBA Super, WBC and IBO world middleweight title defence against IBF welterweight king Kell Brook.