by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Dec 19, 2016 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
At the Forum, California, Hopkins vs Smith Jr was billed as the final outing for one of boxing’s modern greats. And that it (probably) was. But Hopkins’ swan song didn’t pan out quite as planned. The two-weight champion, approaching 52-years-old,...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Dec 10, 2016 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
At the Manchester Arena, England, Joshua vs Molina lived up to…well, not a great deal. But that’s OK. No one with eyes firmly on the Heavyweight scene was expecting too much from this hollow title defense, so no one should be shocked by the one-sided...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Dec 10, 2016 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
It’s going to be a loaded twenty-four hours of boxing. Yes, Saturday holds plenty of action for fight fans, with four marquee events taking place, two stateside, one in New Zealand, plus a loaded Joshua vs Molina card in the UK. Let’s kick things off with Parker vs...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Dec 3, 2016 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
At the Khodynka Arena, Moscow, Murat Gassiev tore up the pre-fight script, defeating Denis Lebedev over a hard-fought 12 rounds of action. Gassiev dethroned the reigning champion of his WBA and IBF titles tonight, winning on scores of 114-113, 112-116 and 113-114,...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Nov 27, 2016 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
At the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, Lomachenko vs Walters wasn’t quite the rumble boxing fans had hoped for. But there was a clear-cut victor at least, that being Vasyl Lomachenko. The Ukranian standout, who made the first defense of his WBO Junior Lightweight title,...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Nov 20, 2016 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
At the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Andre Ward beat Sergey Kovalev by a razor-thin decision to claim Light Heavyweight world supremacy. Ward, who dethroned Kovalev of his WBO, WBA and IBF titles, picked up a Unanimous Decision from all three judges who turned in...
