Boxing results 2021

Tyson Fury celebrates his knockout victory against Deontay Wilder to retain the WBC world heavyweight title

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2022: Fight schedule

2021 results

18: Manchester Arena, England

• Joseph Parker beats Derek Chisora by unanimous decision (heavyweight)

December

17: Montreal, Canada

• Artur Beterbiev beats Marcus Browne by ninth-round KO (IBF and WBC light-heavyweight titles)

14: Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena, Tokyo, Japan

• Naoya Inoue beats Aran Dipaen by TKO

5: Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA

• Gervonta Davis beats Isaac Cruz Gonzalez by unanimous decision (WBA lightweight title)

4: Copper Box Arena, London

• Anthony Yarde beats Lyndon Arthur by fourth-round KO (light-heavyweight)

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, USA

• Devin Haney beats Joseph Diaz by unanimous decision (WBC lightweight title)

• Jessica McCaskill beats Kandi Wyatt by seventh-round stoppage (WBA, IBF, WBC, WBO welterweight titles)

11: Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Sunny Edwards beats Jayson Mama by unanimous decision (IBF flyweight title)

Liverpool Arena, England

• Conor Benn beats Chris Algieri by fourth- round KO (welterweight)

• Katie Taylor beats Firuza Sharapova by unanimous decision (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO lightweight titles)

Yekaterinburg, Russia

• Dmitry Bivol beats Umar Salamov by unanimous decision (WBA light-heavyweight title)

Madison Square Gardens, New York, USA

• Vasiliy Lomachenko beats Richard Commey by Unanimous decision (lightweight)

Carson, California, USA

• Nonito Donaire beats Reymart Gaballo by fourth-round KO (WBC bantamweight title)

November

27: MSG Theatre, New York, USA

• George Kambosos Jr beats Teofimo Lopez through split decision (WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titles)

Park MGM, Las Vegas, USA

• Stephen Fulton beat Brandon Figueroa via majority decision (WBC, WBO super-bantamweight titles)

20: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, USA

• Terence Crawford beats Shawn Porter by 10th-round stoppage (WBO welterweight title)

19: SNHU Arena, New Hampshire, USA

• Demetrius Andrade beats Jason Quigley by second-round KO (WBO middleweight title)

13: Sheffield Arena, England

• Kiko Martinez beats Kid Galahad by sixth-round KO (IBF featherweight title)

• Alycia Baumgardner secures a fourth-round KO victory over Terri Harper (WBC super-featherweight title)

6: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, USA

• Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beats Caleb Plant by 11th round TKO (WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-middleweight titles)

5: Tottenham Hotspur's Banqueting Hall, London, England

• Hannah Rankin beats Maria Lindberg by unanimous decision (vacant WBA light-middleweight world title)

October

30: O2 Arena, London, England

• Chantelle Cameron beats Mary McGee by unanimous decision to unify the WBC & IBF super-lightweight championships

23: State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• Shakur Stevenson beats Jamel Herring by 10th round TKO (WBO junior lightweight)

16: Newcastle Arena, England

• Savannah Marshall beats Lolita Muzeya by second-round stoppage (WBO world middleweight title)

• Hughie Fury beats Christian Hammer by fifth-round retirement (heavyweight)

• Chris Eubank Jr beats Wanik Awidjan by fifth-round retirement (middleweight)

Chukchansi Park, Fresno, California, USA

• Sandor Martin beats Mikey Garcia by majority decision (light-welterweight)

9: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, USA

• Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder by 11th-round KO to retain WBC world heavyweight title

Liverpool Arena, England

• Liam Smith beats Anthony Fowler by eighth-round TKO to win WBA international super-welterweight title

• Troy Williamson beats Ted Cheeseman by 10th-round KO to win British super-welterweight title

• Jamie Mitchell beats Shannon Courtenay by majority decision to win WBA world bantamweight title

2: Wembley Arena, London, England

• David Avanesyan beat Liam Taylor by second-round stoppage (European welterweight title)

September

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk claimed the WBA, IBF & WBO heavyweight titles by defeating Anthony Joshua in September

25: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London

• Oleksandr Usyk beats Anthony Joshua by unanimous decision (wins WBA, IBF & WBO heavyweight titles)

• Lawrence Okolie beats Dilan Prasovic by third-round knockout (retains WBO world cruiserweight title)

• Callum Smith beats Lenin Castillo by second-round knockout (light-heavyweight)

• Campbell Hatton beats Sonni Martinez by points decision (lightweight)

• Florian Marku beats Maxim Prodan by points decision (IBF international welterweight title)

• Christopher Ousley beats Khasan Baysangurov by points decision (middleweight)

10: Tucson, Arizona, USA

• Oscar Valdez beat Robson Conceicao by unanimous points (WBC super-featherweight title)

4: Headingley Rugby League Stadium, Leeds, England

• Josh Warrington and Mauricio Lara share technical draw (featherweight)

• Katie Taylor beat Jennifer Han by unanimous decision (WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO lightweight titles)

August

28: Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England

• Anthony Yarde beat Alex Theran by first-round knockout (light-heavyweight)

21: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, USA

• Yordenis Ugas beat Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision (WBA welterweight title)

Sycuan Casino, San Diego, California, USA

• Kali Reis beat Diana Prazak by unanimous decision (WBA super-lightweight title)

14: Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex, England

• Josh Buatsi beat Ricards Bolotniks by 11th-round stoppage (light-heavyweight)

Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, USA

• John Riel Casimero beat Guillermo Rigondeaux by split decision (WBO bantamweight title)

7: Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex, England

• Kid Galahad beat James Dickens by 11th-round stoppage (IBF featherweight title)

July

31: Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex, England

• Leigh Wood beat Xu Can by 12th-round stoppage (WBA featherweight title)

• Chris Billam-Smith beat Tommy McCarthy by split-decision (British and European Cruiserweight titles)

• Campbell Hatton beat Jakub Laskowski by points (super-featherweight)

• Jack Cullen beat Avni Yildirim by unanimous decision (IBF international super-middleweight title)

24: Wembley Arena, London

• Joe Joyce beat Carlos Takam by sixth-round stoppage (heavyweight)

17: San Antonio, Texas, United States

• Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano drew (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO super-welterweight titles)

10: Royal Albert Hall, London

• Lyndon Arthur beat Davide Faraci by ninth-round stoppage (light-heavyweight)

June

19: Las Vegas, United States

• Naoya Inoue beat Michael Dasmarinas by third-round knockout (WBA & IBF bantamweight titles)

12: Newcastle Arena, UK

• Jeremias Ponce beat Lewis Ritson by 10th-round stoppage (final eliminator for the IBF super-lightweight world title)

5: Telford

• Daniel Dubois beats Bogdan Dinu by second-round knockout (heavyweight)

May

22: Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas

• Josh Taylor beats Jose Ramirez by unanimous decision (WBC, WBO, WBA, IBF light-welterweight world titles)

15: Manchester Arena, UK

• Joshua Buatsi beats Daniel Blenda dos Santos by fourth-round knockout (light-heavyweight)

• Lerrone Richards beats Giovanni de Carolis by unanimous decision (vacant European super-middleweight title)

• Jason Cunningham beats Gamal Yafai by unanimous decision (European super-bantamweight title)

• Tommy McCarthy beats Alexandru Jur by sixth-round knockout (European cruiserweight title)

8: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

• Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beats Billy Joe Saunders by eighth-round knockout (world super-middleweight title unification)

1: Manchester Arena, UK

• Joseph Parker beats Derek Chisora by split decision (heavyweight)

• Dmitry Bivol beats Craig Richards by unanimous decision (WBA light-heavyweight world title)

• Katie Taylor beats Natasha Jonas by unanimous decision (WBA, IBF, WBC, WBO lightweight titles)

• Chris Eubank Jr beat Marcus Morrison by unanimous decision (middleweight)

• Jovanni Straffon beat James Tennyson by first-round knockout (lightweight)

Dignity Health Park, Carson, California

• Andy Ruiz Jr beat Chris Arreola by unanimous decision (heavyweight)

April

30: BT Sport Studio, London

• Sunny Edwards beats Moruti Mthalane by unanimous decision (IBF flyweight world title)

• Michael Conlan beats Ionut Baluta by majority decision (super-bantamweight)

24: BT Sport Studio, London

• Felix Cash beat Denzel Bentley by third-round knockout (British & Commonwealth middleweight titles)

• Callum Johnson beat Emil Markic by second-round knockout (light-heavyweight)

17: Hard Rock Hotel, Hollywood, Florida

• Demetrius Andrade beats Liam Williams by unanimous decision (WBO middleweight title)

10: Copper Box Arena, London, UK

• Conor Benn beats Samuel Vargas by first-round knockout (WBC continental welterweight title)

• Savannah Marshall beats Maria Lindberg by third-round knockout (WBO world middleweight title)

• Shannon Courtenay beats Ebanie Bridges by unanimous decision (WBA world bantamweight title)

3: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Jamel Herring beats Carl Frampton by sixth-round stoppage (WBO super-featherweight world title)

March

27: Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar

• Dillian Whyte beat Alexander Povetkin by fourth-round knockout (WBC interim & diamond heavyweight title)

• Ted Cheeseman beats JJ Metcalf by 11th-round knockout (British super-welterweight title)

20: London, UK

• Lawrence Okolie beat Krzysztof Glowacki by sixth-round stoppage (WBO world cruiserweight title)

• Anthony Fowler beat Jorge Fortea by third-round knockout (super-welterweight)

• Chris Billam-Smith beats Deion Jumah by unanimous decision (Commonwealth & vacant British cruiserweight titles)

13: American Airlines Centre, Dallas

• Juan Estrada beat Roman Gonzalez by split decision (WBA & WBC super-flyweight titles)

• Jessica McCaskill beat Cecilia Braekhus by unanimous decision (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO welterweight titles)

• Hiroto Kyoguchi beat Axel Aragon Vega by fourth-round stoppage (WBA light-flyweight title)

5: Dort Financial Centre, Flint, Michigan

• Claressa Shields beat Marie Eve Dicaire by unanimous decision (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO super-welterweight titles)

February

27: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami

• Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beat Avni Yildirim after retirement before fourth round (WBA & WBC super-middleweight titles)

20: Wembley Arena, London

• David Avanesyan bt Josh Kelly by sixth-round stoppage (European welterweight title)

13: Wembley Arena, London

• Mauricio Lara beat Josh Warrington by TKO (featherweight)

January

2: American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States

• Ryan Garcia beat Luke Campbell by seventh-round stoppage (WBC lightweight title eliminator)

30: Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, United States

• Caleb Plant beat Caleb Truax by unanimous decision (IBF world super-middleweight title)

2020 results

December

19: The Alamodome, San Antonio, United States

• Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beat Callum Smith by unanimous decision (WBA world super-middleweight title)

18: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States

• Gennady Golovkin beat Kamil Szeremeta by seventh-round technical knockout (IBF world middleweight title)

Fly by Nite Rehearsal Studios, Redditch

• Craig Richards beat Shakan Pitters by ninth-round knockout (British light-heavyweight title)

12: Wembley Arena, London

• Anthony Joshua beat Kubrat Pulev by ninth-round knockout (IBF, WBA & WBO world heavyweight titles)

• Lawrence Okolie beat Nikodem Jezewski by second-round knockout (cruiserweight)

• Hughie Fury beat Mariusz Wach by unanimous decision (heavyweight)

• Martin Bakole beat Sergey Kuzmin by unanimous decision (heavyweight)

5: Royal Albert Hall, London

• Lyndon Arthur beat Anthony Yarde by split decision (Commonwealth light-heavyweight championship)

AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States

• Errol Spence beat Danny Garcia on points (WBC & IBF welterweight titles)

4: Wembley Arena, London

• Billy Joe Saunders beat Martin Murray on points (WBO super-middleweight world title)

• James Tennyson stopped Josh O'Reilly in round one (WBA world lightweight title eliminator)

• Shannon Courtenay stopped Dorota Norek in seventh round (bantamweight)

November

28: Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States

• Mike Tyson v Roy Jones Jr fight to an eight-round split draw (heavyweight exhibition bout)

28: Church House, Westminster, London

• Joe Joyce beat Daniel Dubois by 10th-round stoppage (British, Commonwealth & European heavyweight titles)

21: Wembley Arena, London

• Conor Benn beat Sebastian Formella by unanimous points decision (welterweight)

14: Top Rank Bubble, Las Vegas

• Terence Crawford beat Kell Brook by fourth-round stoppage (WBO welterweight title)

14: Wembley Arena, London

• Katie Taylor beat Miriam Gutierrez by unanimous points decision (WBC, IBF, WBO and WBA lightweight titles)

• Terri Harper beat Katharina Thanderz by ninth-round stoppage (WBC super-featherweight title)

• Rachel Ball beat Jorgelina Guanini by unanimous points decision (super-bantamweight)

7: Seminole Hard Rock, Holywood, Florida, United States

• Devin Haney beat Yuriorkis Gamboa by unanimous points decision (WBC lightweight title)

October

31: Wembley Arena, London

• Oleksandr Usyk beat Derek Chisora on points (heavyweight)

• Savannah Marshall beat Hannah Rankin by seventh-round stoppage (vacant WBO world middleweight title)

• George Kambosos Jr beat Lee Selby on points (final eliminator for IBF lightweight title)

31: Alamodome, San Antonio, United States

• Gervonta Davis beat Leo Santa Cruz by sixth-round knockout (WBA 'super' super-featherweight title, WBA lightweight title)

31: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States

• Naoya Inoue beat Jason Moloney by seventh-round knockout (WBA & IBF bantamweight titles)

23: Mexico City, Mexico

• Juan Estrada beat Carlos Cuadras by 11th-round knockout (WBC super-flyweight title)

• Roman Gonzalez beat Israel Gonzalez by unanimous points decision (WBA super-flyweight title)

• Julio Cesar Martinez beat Maximino Flores by second-round stoppage (WBC flyweight non-title fight)

17: East of England Arena, Peterborough

• Lewis Ritson beat Miguel Vazquez by split decision (welterweight)

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States

• Teofimo Lopez beat Vasyl Lomachenko by unanimous points decision (WBA, WBC, WBO & IBF lightweight titles)

10: BT Sport Studios, London

• Liam Williams beat Andrew Robinson by first-round stoppage (British middleweight title)

• Nathan Gorman beat Richard Lartey by unanimous points decision (heavyweight)

4: Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes

• Chantelle Cameron beat Adriana Araujo by unanimous points decision (vacant WBC super-lightweight world title)

• Joshua Buatsi beat Marko Calic by seventh-round stoppage (light-heavyweight)

September

26: BT Studios, London

• Josh Taylor beat Apinun Khongsong by first-round knockout (WBA & IBF light-welterweight world titles)

26: Mohegan Sun, Connecticut

• Jermall Charlo beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko via unanimous decision (WBC middleweight title)

• Jermell Charlo beat Jeison Rosario by eighth-round stoppage (WBA, WBC & IBF super-welterweight title)

August

29: BT Sport Studios, London

• Daniel Dubois beat Ricardo Snijders by a second-round knockout (heavyweight)

22: Fight Camp, Brentwood, Essex

• Alexander Povetkin beat Dillian Whyte by fifth-round knockout (WBC interim heavyweight world title)

• Katie Taylor beat Delfine Persoon by unanimous points decision (WBC, IBF, WBO and WBA lightweight titles)

22: Redditch, Worcestershire

• Shakan Pitters beat Chad Sugden by unanimous points decision (British light-heavyweight title)

15: BT Sport Studios, London

• Carl Frampton beat Darren Traynor by seventh-round stoppage (lightweight)

• Michael Conlan beat Sofiane Takoucht by 10th-round stoppage (featherweight)

• Archie Sharp beat Jeff Ofori by points decision (WBO European super-featherweight title)

15: Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Jessica McCaskill beat Cecilia Braekhus by majority decision (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO women's welterweight titles)

14: Fight Camp, Brentwood, Essex

• Felix Cash beat Jason Welborn by fifth-round stoppage (Commonwealth middleweight title)

7: Fight Camp, Brentwood, Essex

• Harper and Jonas share thrilling draw (WBC women's world super-featherweight title)

• Billam-Smith outclasses challenger Thorley (Commonwealth cruiserweight title)

1: Fight Camp, Brentwood, Essex

• Ted Cheeseman beat Sam Eggington by unanimous points decision (IBF international super-welterweight title); James Tennyson by Gavin Gwynne by sixth-round TKO (vacant British lightweight title)

July

31: BT Sport Studios, London

• Lyndon Arthur beat Dec Spelman by unanimous points decision - (Commonwealth light-heavyweight championship)

25: BT Sport Studios, London

• Joe Joyce beat Michael Wallisch by third-round TKO (10 rounds heavyweight)

June

9: Behind closed doors at the MGM, Las Vegas

• Shakur Stevenson beat Felix Caraballo by sixth-round stoppage (super featherweight)

March

7: Manchester Arena, Manchester

• Scott Quigg retired after defeat by Jono Carroll (super-featherweight); Hughie Fury beat Pavel Sour by third-round knockout (heavyweight)

February

29: Ford Center, Texas

• Britain's longest-reigning world champion Kal Yafai lost to Gonzalez (WBA super-flyweight title)

• Jay Harris lost to WBC flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez

23: MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas

• Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder by seventh-round TKO (WBC heavyweight title)

• Emanuel Navarrete beat Jeo Santisima by 11th-round TKO (WBO super-bantamweight title)

15: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee

• Caleb Plant beat Vincent Feigenbutz by 10th-round TKO (IBF super-middleweight title)

8: FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield

• Kell Brook beat Mark DeLuca by seventh-round knockout (welterweight)

• Kid Galahad beat Claudio Marrero by eighth-round TKO (final eliminator for IBF featherweight world title)

• Terri Harper beat Eva Wahlstrom by unanimous decision (WBC super-featherweight title)

• Martin Ward beat Jesus Amparan by third-round knockout

PPL Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Gary Russell Jr beat Tugstsogt Nyambayar by unanimous decision (WBC featherweight title)

January

30: Island Gardens, Miami, United States

• Jo Jo Diaz beat Tevin Farmer by unanimous decision (IBF super-featherweight title)

• Demetrius Andrade beat Luke Keeler by ninth-round TKO (WBO middleweight title)

• Murodjon Akhmadaliev beat Daniel Roman by split decision (WBA & IBF super-bantamweight titles)

18: Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, United States

• Jeison Rosario beat Julian Williams by fifth-round stoppage (IBF & WBA light-middleweight titles)

10: Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City, United States

• Claressa Shields beat Ivana Habazin by unanimous-decision (WBC & WBO light-middleweight titles)