IBF /USBA

AKHMADALIEV AND DIAZ NEW INTERNATIONAL BOXING FEDERATION TITLISTS

Two International Boxing Federation titles changed hands on January 30, 2020 when Murodjon Akhmadaliev bested super bantamweight champion Daniel Roman and Joseph Diaz dethroned lightweight title holder Tevin Farmer in Miami, Florida on Super Bowl LIV weekend.

INOUE FENDS OFF DONAIRE

Naoya Inoue’s third fight in the World Boxing Super Series’ bantamweight tournament wasn’t nearly as easy as his first two quick knockouts in it. Powerful veteran Nonito Donaire rocked Inoue with a right hand in the ninth round, bloodied the unbeaten Japanese star and made him work harder to win Thursday night than he had done in any of his first 18 professional fights. Inoue landed his fair share of damaging punches on the ever-dangerous Donaire, too, dropped Donaire with a body shot in the 11th round and won a unanimous decision in their 12-round WBSS 118-pound final at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

JOSH TAYLOR DECISIONS REGIS PROGRAIS TO UNIFY TITLES

Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor couldn’t stop jawing at each other during the build up of their unification bout as to who the best boxer was in the super lightweight division. On Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, Taylor (16-0, 12 KOs) showed his bite was bigger than his bark when he beat Prograis (24-1, 20 KOs) via majority decision in an evenly matched, highly skilled encounter that delivered on its promise with a tit-for-tat fight.

SHIELDS DEFEATS HAMMER FOR THIRD IBF TITLE DEFENSE

In what was her most impressive fight to date, Claressa Shields dominated Christina Hammer in defending the International Boxing Federation middleweight title via unanimous decision at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 13, 2019.

JACOBS SET TO DEFEND IBF MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST ALVAREZ

International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs is set to defend his title against Canelo Alvarez on May 4 after wrapping up a three-stop, international press tour that began in Jacob’s home state of New York, traveled to Alvarez’s home country of Mexico, and ended at the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California this week.