Boxing
Filip Hrgovic defeats Joe Joyce in a unanimous decision
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11 months agoon
Filip Hrgovic regained a certain momentum, winning a unanimous decision on points over Joe Joyce, who crashed in the fourth defeat in five fights.
Joyce (16-4, 15 KO) is threatened with withdrawal to the heavyweight stage, because his career continued to develop after Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KO) won dozens 97-93, 96-95 and 98-92 at Manchester in Manchester, England.
The 32 -year -old HRGOVICA (32 years) was not firm from Zagreb in Croatia, but he did enough to regain his career after the first professional defeat in June last year, when he stopped him in the cuts of the English rival Joyce Daniel Dubois, who is currently the wwwf wwgweight wwwf champion.
“I took this fight in a brief time and I wasn’t ready,” said Hrgovic.
“I am looking forward to great fights in the future. This guy [Joyce] It is like steel, he made many enormous shots. This guy beat Dubois, I want a rematch from Dubois. I did very badly in the last fight and one day I want a rematch. “
Abel Sanchez from California was the first time in the corner of HRGovica and there is still some work if the Croatian is to become one of the leading boxers of the heavyweight division.
But Hrgovic still landed in better quality blows than Joyce, who suffered another failure after the defeat of points with Derek Chisor last year and loss of detention from Zhilei Zhang in 2023. Joyce later said that he would hurt, despite the lost trend and punishment, which he accepted in recent fights.
Joyce, Silver Silver Olympic medalist in 2016 with Putney in London, looked like threats in recent fights and did not take Hrgovic to find gaps in his defense. Hrgovic landed with a ponderous right hand in round 1, which seemed to be temporarily stunned by Joyce, and more blows found the target before the bell.
However, Hrgovic suffered a cut above his left eye in round 1, and through the second one around his face blurred with blood. Since he lost the previous fight with Dubois in cuts, it was both a promising and disturbing beginning for HRGovica.
Joyce, who won the divided decision about Hrgovic when they were amateurs in 2013, was better in the second round, but caught pure shots in round 3.
Hrgovic landed quick combinations for round 4, but Joyce’s work indicator and individual arrows kept him fighting. Despite the landing of pure blows, Hrgovic was not able to seriously force Joyce, like when he landed a series unanswered to end the 8th rounds.
But Joyce looked close to succumbing in round 9, when Hrgovic landed with his right hand many times, and Croatian ended the last, 10th round under control.
Also on the account, Delicious Orie, who did not win a medal at last year’s Olympic Games, gave his professional career for a successful but indescribable start with winning at points on Milos Veletic.
The 27 -year -old Orie, who was born in Russia, but moved to England at the age of seven, was overtaken in the first fight in Paris last summer, after the start of the competition as a core No. 2. After this disappointment of Orie from Wolverhampton, he decided to end his amateur career and began his professional decision on 40-36 points.
Veletic (3-8, 1 KO), from Bosnia and Herzegovina, refused to Orie Ko, whom he hunted for most of the four-ways, but none of his hooks landed spotless enough to hurt the journeyman.
David Adeleye (14-1, 13 KO) detained Jeamie Tshikeva (8-2, 5 KO) in round 6 to get the free British heavyweight title.
Judge Ron Kearney called for a break and caught the left arm of Tshikevy during the clinch, but Adeleye continued the fight. When Tshikeva warned the judge’s instructions, Adelye landed a great left hook that sent Tshikeva to canvas. When Tshikeva got up, he was uncertain, and Adeleye threw himself at him to force another knocking, which prompted Kearney to the pomark 55 seconds to the round.
It was Adeleye’s second victory in a row since Fabio Wardley stopped him in seven rounds in October 2023.
It was also announced just before Joyce vs. Hrgovic that Wardley (18-0-1, 17 Kos), 30, Will Box Jarrell Miller from Fresh York (26-1-2, 22 Kos), 36-year-old WBA for the free title of WBA in his hometown of Ipsswich on Portman Road, at the Premier League Ipswich Town English house on June 7.
Wardley leaves the first round of the English rival of Frazer Clarke in October and will face his most experienced opponent in Miller, who convened with the former world champion Andy Ruiz during the last exit in August.
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The 35-year-old is already destined for a place in the Hall of Fame, as he became a four-division world champion, but he still wants to compete at the highest level.
Since his professional debut in 2005, the Mexican has made 68 appearances and has twice become the undisputed king of the 168-pound division, scoring notable victories over the likes of Callum Smith and Caleb Plant.
However, his most critical victory came in the middleweight division, where Alvarez made a very controversial decision by majority vote in a rematch with Gennady Golovkin in 2018.
More controversial was their first meeting a year earlier, when many felt Golovkin had done enough to claim a convincing victory and the Kazakhstan ended in a draw.
Still, Canelo received plenty of credit for his follow-up triumph before dethroning Sergei Kovalev to capture the WBO featherlight heavyweight title over a year later.
Alvarez’s second undisputed super middleweight reign came to an end last September when Terence Crawford moved up two weight classes and won a unanimous decision.
But Canelo explained anyway Froch About the fight that he can still compete for another two years, maybe even longer, depending on how often his opportunities come along.
“I don’t know. I think maybe two years. I don’t need it, [but] I still enjoy it. If I [fight] maybe once a year [I can go on] a little bit [longer].
“Once a year to rest my body, I think I can fight more [than two years]”
Although an official announcement has not yet been made, Canelo is scheduled to fight in Riyad, Saudi Arabia this September, and Turki Alalshikh has promised to fight for the world title.
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The Inoue-Nakatani title fight will take place on May 2 at the Tokyo Dome
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Boxing’s worst kept secret has now been confirmed – Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KO) and Junto Nakatani (32-0, 24 KO) will meet on May 2 at the Tokyo Dome for Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight championship.
The all-Japan clash was formally announced at a press conference in Japan. The fight will be broadcast live on Lemino pay-per-view; US distribution rights have not yet been announced.
Inoue – ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer – is coming off an impressive 2025 in which he competed four times, defeating Kim Ye-Joon, Ramon Cardenas, Murodjon Akhmadaliev and David Picasso. Thanks to Inoue’s unanimous decision victory over Picasso in December, Nakatani defeated Sebastian Hernandez in the second fight of the night in a tougher-than-expected fight. Their victories set up a long-awaited clash between two of Japan’s best players.
Nakatani is ranked No. 6 pound-for-pound by ESPN and will look to become a four-division champion after winning world titles at bantamweight, junior bantamweight and flyweight. Although Nakatani narrowly won his junior featherweight debut in a grueling fight against Hernandez, Nakatani proved he was one of the best fighters in the world and had a powerful showing in 2025, winning 3-0.
The Undercard will feature Inoue’s younger brother Takuma defending his WBC bantamweight title against former four-division titleholder Kazuto Ioka.
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Dan Rafael says IBF president opposed Jai Opetaia Presser
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6 hours agoon
March 7, 2026
Jai Opetai’s fight against Brandon Glanton is still moving forward, but veteran reporter Dan Rafael says the issue that caused the IBF title to be removed from the fight had to do with how the belt was presented during fight week. Rafael reported that IBF president Daryl Peoples believes that the organization’s title was shown as secondary to Zuffa’s belt during a recent press conference.
This explanation makes the argument about the presentation rather than the match itself. Rafael wrote that Peoples objected to the way the belts were arranged at the press, with Zuffa’s belt posed for the cameras while Opetaia held the IBF title rather than raising it in the usual manner towards the audience.
“The IBF withdrew sanctions and sent the overseer home after the journalist because IBF President Daryl Peoples felt disrespected by the belt being placed secondary to Zuffa’s,” Rafael wrote on social media.
Fight week photos reflect the arrangement Rafael described. At the final press conference on Friday, Zuffa’s belt was centered and Opetaia held the red IBF title at his side. Saturday’s weigh-in had a similar effect. Zuffa’s belt was raised over the fighters on the restart, while Opetaia continued to hold the IBF Championship on his chest. This sequence appears to have irritated the sanctioning authority.
Rafael also reported another unusual detail related to the fight. Even after the IBF dropped its sanctions, Opetai and Glanton were still expected to adhere to IBF weight rules ahead of the morning fight. Rafael said that no competitor can weigh more than ten pounds over the cruiserweight weight limit of 200.
Rafael later noticed that the IBF belt continued to appear in promotion for the event. Opetaia held the title at media events and discussed it publicly, and graphics broadcast by Zuffa covered the championship. Rafael’s account points to the dispute that raged over Zuffa’s title belt relationship during press events.
Opetaia entered fight week as the IBF cruiserweight champion after regaining the belt in a rematch victory over Mairis Briedis in 2024. The Australian continues to wear the physical belt while promoting his fight against Glanton. Once he steps into the ring and takes part in an unsanctioned fight, the IBF Championship will no longer move forward with him.
The fight remains scheduled, and reports from Rafael indicate that the split was due to belt politics and presentations at public events. The episode shows how rigorously sanctioning bodies guard the status of their championships as modern promoters introduce competitive titles.
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