Some significant changes in this week's rankings: In the middleweight division, Daniel Geale adds the WBA title to his IBF strap with his split decision victory over Felix Sturm on Saturday. With the win, he moves up from #4 to #3 while Sturm falls to #4 from #3. Also at middleweight, Gennady Golovkin moves up to #6 from #8 after his TKO 5 win over Grzegorz Proksa. In … [Read more...]
Nkosinathi Joyi to defend IBF title against Mario Rodriguez, August 18
IBF strawweight champion, Nkosinathi Joyi (22-0, 15 KOs) will make an optional title defense against Mexico’s Mario Rodriguez (14-6-4, 10 KOs) on Saturday, August 18 in Mexico at a site to be determined later. Joyi, who is fighting outside of his native South Africa for the first time in his career, is coming off back-to-back defenses against Katsunari Takayama. The first … [Read more...]