Tag: featherweight
Luis Alberto Lopez: The IBF featherweight champion with ‘Prince Naseem levels of power’ takes on Angelo Leo | Boxing News
Luis Alberto Lopez, the fearsome IBF featherweight champion, has made a habit of taking out his opponents in their hometowns. “Venado” Lopez did that when he beat Josh Warrington in Leeds to win his world title. He did that in Belfast when he dismantled Michael Conlan and even knocked out Isaac Lowe in Bethnal Green’s…
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Olympics 2024: Lin Yu-Ting reaches Olympic featherweight final amid ongoing eligibility row | Boxing News
Lin Yu-Ting, one of the boxers at the centre of a bitter eligibility row at the Olympic Games, has reached the women’s featherweight final. She beat Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman on points in their 57kgs semi-final at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday. Taiwanese boxer Lin and Algeria’s Imane Khelif were disqualified from the World…
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Luis Alberto ‘Venado’ Lopez vs Angelo Leo IBF featherweight world title fight set for Saturday August 10 | Boxing News
Luis Alberto ‘Venado’ Lopez will put his IBF featherweight world title on the line against Angelo Leo on Saturday August 10, at Tingley Coliseum in Leo’s hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lopez (30-2, 17 KOs), from Mexicali, Mexico, is emerging as one of his nation’s most decorated champions. The 30-year-old powerhouse captured the IBF featherweight…
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Ray Ford beats Kholmatov in thriller for WBA featherweight title
American Ray Ford stops Uzbekistan’s Otabek Kholmatov in the 12th round to capture the WBA featherweight title.–TOP RANK PHOTO American Ray Ford clinched the vacant WBA featherweight world title with a thrilling 12th round last-minute stoppage of Uzbekistan’s Otabek Kholmatov on Saturday. Ford was down 106-103 on two of the scorecards going into the final…
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Amanda Serrano retains featherweight titles against Danila Ramos in historic contest for women’s boxing | Boxing News
Amanda Serrano defeated Danila Ramos and retained her WBO, WBA and IBF world featherweight titles on a historic day for women’s boxing; It was the first women’s world title fight held over 12, three-minute rounds since 2007, with Serrano coming out on top after 36 minutes.
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Alexander Volkanovski stops Yair Rodriguez for featherweight title – rezal404
UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski celebrates after defeating interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez during UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena on July 08, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Volkanovski won with a third-round TKO. Steve Marcus/Getty Images/AFP LAS VEGAS — Alexander Volkanovski re-asserted himself as the featherweight champion with a technical knockout over Yair Rodriguez at…
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