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Adrien Broner made a winning return with a contentious, unanimous decision win over Jovanie Santiago in Connecticut Photo Credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME Adrien Broner returned to action for the first time since a January 2019 loss to Manny Pacquiao, but his bid to get back into world title contention was a flat one, as he took a dull, unanimous points won over unheralded Puerto Rican, Jovanie Santiago, at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut on Saturday night. Broner (34-4-1, 24 KOs) has won world titles in four weight classes, but was without a win since February 2017, and Santiago (14-1-...

Gavin Gwynne scored a seventh round stoppage over Sean McComb to become Commonwealth Lightweight champion on Friday Photo Credit: Scott Rawsthorne / MTK Global MTK promoted their first UK show of 2021, and it was a card stacked full of talent. Topping the bill at Bolton Whites Hotel was a Commonwealth Lightweight title clash and Gavin Gwynne took the vacant belt with an absorbing seventh round stoppage of the previously unbeaten Sean McComb. McComb (11-1, 5 KOs) was moving down from Super Lightweight, and began as favourite, but Gwynne (13-2, 2 KOs) had twice challenged for the British title ...

Adrien Broner is set to return on February 20 Photo Credit: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME It’s a card packed full of big names at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, this Saturday night, with no less than three twelve rounders, and two ten rounders on offer. Showtime televises in the USA. The advertised bill topper sees the ever controversial and brash Adrien Broner (33-4-1, KO24) return from an over two year layoff.  The  former three-weight world champion is now firmly past his best, with his peak coming in his time as a champion at Super Featherweight and Lightweight, and his late...

Sean McComb takes on Gavin Gwynne as the pair fight for the vacant Commonwealth title. MTK Global’s first UK offering of 2021 is a cracker, with quality, 50/50 fights all the way down the card. Top of the bill is a clash for the vacant Commonwealth Lightweight title, where a hot prospect is pitched in with a man used to the domestic scene, with two previous unsuccessful bids for the Lonsdale Belt.  Sean McComb (11-0, KO5) is the up and comer, and the 28-year-old from Belfast has gradually been stepping up in readiness for an opportunity like this one.  ‘The Public Nuisance’ turned ove...

Josh Kelly and David Avanesyan will finally clash this weekend. Photo Credit: Mark Robinson / Matchroom Whisper it quietly, but after three previously failed attempts, a long awaited Welterweight clash finally tops the bill at the SSE Arena, Wembley this Saturday night. David Avanesyan (26-3-1, KO14) and Josh Kelly (10-0-1, KO6) will hopefully meet once and for all in London in a contest that has been over two years in the making.  The pair were originally due to meet in December 2018, but Kelly withdrew due to illness on the morning of the fight in Sheffield.  Ever since, Avanesyan’s tea...