January 8 –Roman Karmazin knocks out Dionisio Miranda in the 10th round as part of anIBFmiddleweight title eliminator. This fight was later named the best middleweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
January 23 –Juan Manuel López knocks outSteven Luevano in the seventh round to become theWBO featherweight champion. This was López's debut atfeatherweight after vacating his formerWBO junior featherweight title. The fight was Luevano's sixth attempt at defending the title.
March 20 –Wladimir Klitschko knocks outEddie Chambers with a fierce left to the temple with five seconds left in the fight. Chambers was knocked out nearly instantly, collapsing to the canvas and hanging off the last rope. This was Klitschko's first defense of hisRing magazine heavyweight title, his fourth defense of hisWBO heavyweight title, and his eighth defense of hisIBF andIBO heavyweight titles.
March 27 –Arthur Abraham is disqualified in the 11th round, to lose toAndre Dirrell. In the fourth round, Abraham was down for the first time in his career, and he was cut over the right eyebrow in the seventh round. The fight was part of the second-group stage of theSuper Six World Boxing Classic.
March 27 –Erik Morales comes out of a nearly 32-month retirement to defeatJosé Alfaro by unanimous decision and win theWBC international welterweight title.
March 27 –Pongsaklek Wonjongkam defeatsKōki Kameda by majority decision to win theWBC flyweight title and vacantRing magazine flyweight title. This is the second time Wonjongkam has become theWBC flyweight champion, first winning the title in March 2001. Wonjongkam had defended the title 17 times before losing toDaisuke Naito in July 2007. This fight is later named the best flyweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
March 27 – In the co-main event of Wonjongkam/Kameda,Oleydong Sithsamerchai defeats Yasutaka Kuroki by a unanimous decision to retain hisWBCstrawweight title for the sixth time. This fight was later named the best strawweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
April 3 –Bernard HopkinsdefeatsRoy Jones Jr. by unanimous decision in a rematch of their May 1993 fight, in which Jones Jr. won the vacantIBF middleweight title. The fight itself got little attention from the boxing media, even though it had been anticipated for many years in the boxing community. Following the rematch, the fight was widely criticized for its heavy use of illegal blows and a skirmish at the end of the sixth round.[citation needed]
April 10 –Evander Holyfield, at 47 years of age, knocks outFrancois Botha in the eighth round to win the World Boxing Federation heavyweight title.
April 10 –Andre Berto defeatsCarlos Quintana via referee stoppage in the eighth round to retain hisWBC welterweight title for the fourth time. This was Berto's first fight since taking a brief hiatus for nearly a year to help inearthquake relief efforts in Haiti as well as to handle personal and family losses from the earthquake. During the fight, Berto injured his leftbiceps.
April 17 –Lucian Bute knocks outEdison Miranda with a hard left uppercut in the third round. This was Bute's fifth defense of hisIBF super middleweight title.
April 17 –Kelly Pavliklosses toSergio Martínez in a close fight for Pavlik'sWBC,WBO, andRing magazine middleweight titles. Martínez controlled the early rounds with quick in and out movements, refusing to heavily engage with Pavlik. Martínez managed to cut Pavlik's left eyebrow in the first round. Pavlik then started to mount a comeback in the middle rounds by blocking Martínez's punches more effectively. Pavlik spent most of his time headhunting trying to land a hard right, which did help Pavlik get a knockdown in the seventh round. In the late rounds Martínez came back and started to open up Pavlik's cuts more, making his face extremely blood. In the post fight interview Pavlik said he couldn't see due to the blood. Martínez ended up winning the fight with a unanimous decision.
April 19 –Edwin Valero commits suicide at the age of 28. On April 18, Valero was detained on suspicion of killing his 24-year-old wife. The following day, he was found dead in his prison cell, with a picture of his family in his mouth, having hanged himself using the denim pants he was wearing. Valero, who had two occasions where allegations of assault were placed on him in 2009 and 2010 was a subject of some inquiry on hismental health following a motorcycle crash he suffered in 2001.
April 24 –Mikkel KesslerupsetsCarl Froch by a unanimous decision to win Froch'sWBC super middleweight title. The fight was part of the second-group stage of theSuper Six World Boxing Classic. Following the fight, Froch complained about a judging bias, seeing how the fight was held in Kessler's country of origin, Denmark. This fight was later named the best super middleweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
April 24 –Tomasz Adamek defeatsChris Arreola by a majority decision. Arreola had his moments and held his own throughout the fight however Adamek had landed more clean punches and accurate combinations throughout the fight. This was Adamek's second defense of hisIBF international heavyweight title. This fight was later named the best heavyweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
April 30 – In a stunning upset,Fernando Montiel knocks outHozumi Hasegawa, ending his five-year, 10 title defense streak and taking hisWBC bantamweight title. The knockout came as a surprise due to Hasegawa seeming to be clearly leading until the end of the fourth, when Montiel landed a left that stunned Hasegawa and pushed him back to the ropes, where he unloaded until the referee stopped the fight.
May 1 –Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Shane Mosley to continue his undefeated career streak. Mosley came out strong for the first two rounds—at one point making Mayweather's knees buckle—but Mayweather went on to control the fight.
May 8 – In a brief fight betweenPaul Williams andKermit Cintrón, Cintrón falls out of the ring and is forced by doctors to stop fighting, giving Williams a win bytechnical decision.
May 8 – Making his comeback after roughly 15½ months of being suspended,Antonio Margarito defeated Roberto Garcia to win the vacantWBC international super welterweight title.
May 8 – In a rematch of a 2009 fight,Hugo Cázares defeatedNobuo Nashiro to win theWBA world super flyweight title. This fight is later named the best super flyweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
May 13 –Manny Pacquiao is officially proclaimed congressman of the lone district ofSarangani.
May 15 –Amir Khan dominatesPaulie Malignaggi to win by TKO in the eleventh round and retain hisWBA light welterweight title for the second time. This was Khan's debut in the United States.
May 29 – TheWBO decides to stripSergio Martínez of his middleweight title due to his unclear decision of what weight class he wants to fight in (160lbs or154lbs). According to WBO bylaws no WBO champion may hold a non-WBO championship in a weight class that is different from the weight class of his WBO championship. Martínez never defended his WBO middleweight title and continued to hold theWBC andRing magazine middleweight titles as well as theWBC light middleweight title.
June 5 –Miguel Cotto defeats Yuri Foreman by ninth round stoppage due to a leg injury Foreman suffered during the fight. In an amazing display of will, Foreman refused to quit despite being in what he later called a "very sharp pain". A towel was thrown in the ring, but it was ruled to have come from an outside source, and the fight continued for another minute until being stopped officially. This was Cotto's debut atlight middleweight. The fight was the first boxing match in the newYankee stadium built in 2009, and the first match in either Yankee stadium since Ali/Norton 3 in 1976.
June 26 –Julio César Chávez Jr. continues his undefeated streak and improves his record to 41–0 with onedraw and oneno contest, following a unanimous decision overJohn Duddy to win theWBC silver middleweight title.
July 10 –Juan Manuel López stopsBernabé Concepción in a second-round TKO to defend his newly awardedWBO featherweight title. The first round of this fight was later named round of the year byRing magazine.
August 7 –Tavoris Cloud defeatsGlen Johnson by a unanimous decision. This is Cloud's first defence of his newly awardedIBF light heavyweight title. This fight was later named the best light heavyweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
August 8 – Devon Alexander wins a decision over Andriy Kotelnyk.
August 14 –Jean PascalupsetsChad Dawson by atechnical decision due to an accidental headbutt that caused a major cut over Dawson's right eye and the fight was stopped by the ring side doctor. However Pascal easily won the fight according to the judge's scorecards. Pascal defended hisWBC light heavyweight title for the third time, won Dawson'sIBO light heavyweight title, and filled the vacantRing magazine light heavyweight title.
August 21 –Marco Huck defeatsMatt Godfrey by fifth-round TKO, to defend hisWBO junior heavyweight title for the fourth time.
August 28 –Giovanni Segura upsetsIván Calderón by a knockout in the eighth round to win theWBO andWBA super world light flyweight titles. Segura ends Calderón's undefeated 34-fight winning record. This fight would later be named both the best light flyweight and overallfight of the year of 2010 byRing magazine.
September 4 –Felix Sturm defeats Giovanni Lorenzo by a unanimous decision in his first fight in over a year.
September 4 –Ricky Burns upsets previously undefeatedRomán Martínez to end his 24–0 winning streak and win theWBO super featherweight title. This fight is later named the best super featherweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
September 9 –Floyd Mayweather Jr. is questioned by police after a domesticbattery charge is filed against him.
September 10 –Floyd Mayweather Jr. is taken into custody but is released on $3,000 bail. Initially, Mayweather is only charged with felony theft.
September 11 –Yuriorkis Gamboa defeatsOrlando Salido to unified theWBA (Regular) and vacantIBF featherweight titles. Gamboa was knocked down in the eighth round and was docked two points in the twelfth round. While Salido was knocked down twice in the twelfth round.
September 16 –Floyd Mayweather Jr. receives two felonycoercion charges and one felony robbery charge added to his felony theft that he received earlier in the week, along with one misdemeanor domesticbattery charge and three misdemeanorharassment charges. Collectively, the eight charges leave Mayweather Jr. with potentially up to 34 years in prison.
October 15 – In his first fight in more than 16 monthsAntonio Tarver, former light heavyweight champion, returns as aheavyweight to defeat Nagy Aguilera.
November 6 –Juan Manuel López defeats Rafael Márquez by TKO, in an exciting fight that was stopped early due to Márquez suffering a shoulder injury following the eighth round. López defends hisWBO featherweight title and improves his record to 30–0. This fight is later named the best featherweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
November 6 – As part of the co-main event toLópez/Márquez, in hisSuper Six debutGlen Johnson defeatsAllan Green in an eighth-round knockout. This was Johnson's first time fighting in thesuper middleweight division since September 2000 when he defeated Toks Owoh by a sixth-round TKO.
November 13 – In the co-main event ofPacquiao/Margarito,Mike Jones defeatsJesús Soto Karass by a unanimous decision. Jones retains his NABA andWBONABO titles and wins the vacantWBC continental Americas welterweight title. This fight is later named the best welterweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
November 17 –Danny Green defeatsBJ Flores by unanimous decision, giving Flores his first career loss.
November 26 – Following a loss in April 2010 that costHozumi Hasegawa hisWBC bantamweight title, Hasegawa defeatsJuan Carlos Burgos to win the vacantWBC featherweight belt.
November 27 –Carl Froch upsetsArthur Abraham by controlling the fight from start to finish to win a unanimous decision. Both boxers were coming off their first losses. The fight was part of the third-group stage of theSuper Six World Boxing Classic. Froch regains hisWBC super middleweight title that was vacated byMikkel Kessler.
November 27 –Andre Ward defeatsSakio Bika by unanimous decision. The fight was the first of two non-tournament bout of theSuper Six World Boxing Classic. Ward defends hisWBA super world super middleweight title for the second time.
November 27 –Juan Manuel Márquez defeats Michael Katsidis by ninth-round TKO. Katsidis was competitive throughout the fight and even scored a knockdown on Márquez in the third round, While Márquez fought a more solid fight, landing many combinations. Márquez defends hisWBO,WBA, andRing magazine lightweight titles. This fight is later named the best lightweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
December 4 –Paweł Wolak knocks out Jose Pinzon in the seventh round. This fight is later named the best junior middleweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
December 8 – A judge issues an arrest warrant forFloyd Mayweather Jr. stemming from a November 15 incident where Mayweather allegedly poked a security guard in the face several times over parking tickets.
December 11 –Amir Khan defeats Marcos Maidana in a relatively close decision. Khan came out strong in the early part of the fight by applying heavy pressure on Maidana and getting a knockdown late in the first round. However, in the later parts of the fight, Khan spent much of his time avoiding Maidana, trying to endure through rounds. At one point, Maidana appeared to have almost finished Khan in the tenth round, when he landed a huge punch. But Khan absorbs the punishment and does enough to win by unanimous decision. Khan defends hisWBA world light welterweight title for the third time. This fight is later named the best light welterweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine. It is also awardedFight of the Year by theBoxing Writers Association of America.[5]
December 11 – In the co-main event ofKhan/Maidana,Victor Ortiz andLamont Peterson settle with a somewhat controversial majority draw after ten rounds of boxing.
December 11 –Abner Mares defeatsVic Darchinyan by split decision to startShowtime's second boxing tournament based on theSuper Six World Boxing Classic. However instead featured only four fighters, a single elimination format, and was focused on thebantamweight division at 118 lbs (54 kg) under the title,The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All. This fight was later named the best bantamweight fight of 2010 byRing magazine.
December 11 – Following Mares/Darchinyan,Joseph Agbeko defeated Yonnhy Pérez in a rematch of their October 2009 fight in which Pérez defeated Agbeko.
December 18 –Marco Huck continues his reign asWBO junior heavyweight champion by defeatingDenis Lebedev by split decision.
December 18 –Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins ends in a controversial majority draw. Pascal scores two flash knockdowns early, putting Hopkins on the canvas for the first time in more than a decade. The older fighter then adjusts and dominates most of the fight.
December 23 –Hugo Cázares defeats Hiroyuki Hisataka by a unanimous decision to retain hisWBAsuper flyweight title for the third time.
January 4 – Southern Highlands homeowners association files a lawsuit to theClark County District Court seeking $10,000 in damages and aninjunction againstFloyd Mayweather Jr. This comes in addition to numerous other charges Mayweather Jr. is facing, including domestic battery, theft,coercion, robbery, andharassment.
January 29 –Timothy Bradley defeats Devon Alexander by a tenth round technical decision. The fight was stopped due to a cut Alexander had received from an accidentalheadbutt in the third round, which was made worse by two more headbutts in the eighth round and a final, fourth headbutt in the tenth. Both fighters came in with undefeated records, and the fight was initially praised as one of the few good match-ups between two top-rankedAmericans in recent years. With the win, Bradley unified thelight welterweight titles by defending hisWBO title and winning Alexander'sWBC title.
February 4 –Sergio Mora losses toBrian Vera by controversial split decision. Vera had lost four of his last six fights.
February 5 –Tomás Rojas defends hisWBC super flyweight title for the first time, defeatingNobuo Nashiro in an exciting, back-and-forth fight.
February 12 –Arthur Abraham defeatsStjepan Božić by an official second-round technical knockout. The fight was stopped after Božić punched Abraham's elbow and fractured his hand.
February 19 –Nonito Donaire defeats Fernando Montiel by technical knockout in the second round to unify theWBO andWBC bantamweight titles. Donaire started the fight strong by controlling most of the first round, landing a left hook that briefly stunned Montiel. In the second round, Donaire started landing a few combinations before finishing Montiel with a solid hook.
February 19 – In the co-main event of Montiel/Donaire, a rematch against up-and-comerMike Jones andJesus Soto Karass. The first bout against the two boxers back in November 2010 for the co-main event toPacquiao/Margarito ended in a controversial majority decision for Jones. In the rematch however, Jones controlled most of this fight, cutting Soto Karass over both eyes in the third round to win a strong unanimous decision.
February 26 –Brandon Rios knocks outMiguel Acosta in the tenth round, to win theWBA world lightweight title. Acosta started the fight strong by controlling most of the early rounds. However a left hand to the body followed by a short jab caught Acosta in the sixth round and forced a knockdown. Acosta then appeared to be to have regained himself in the seventh round, just to be knocked down again in the eighth. The fight then ended with back-and-forth action from both fighters, with Rios landing three right hands to finish Ascota in the tenth.
March 12 –Yuri Foreman is knocked out byPaweł Wolak at the end of the sixth round. This was Foreman's first fight since coming off knee surgery following his fight withMiguel Cotto.
March 19 –Vitali Klitschko knocks out Odlanier Solís in the first round to retain hisWBC heavyweight title for the sixth time. The knockout came as a surprise after Solís appeared to sustain a serious knee injury. Initially, Klitschko was angry at Solís, thinking he'd taken a dive. However, Solís was taken to a hospital, where a scan revealed tears to hisanterior cruciate ligament and external meniscus and cartilage damage in his right knee.[6]
March 19 –Lucian Bute knocks outBrian Magee in the tenth round to defend hisIBF supper middleweight title for the seventh time.
April 8 – Experienced veteranJhonny González upsets the top-rankedHozumi Hasegawa in a fourth-round TKO to win hisWBC featherweight title. This was Hasegawa's second fight at featherweight since moving from bantamweight in late 2010.
April 9 – In the co-main event to Maidana/Morales,Robert Guerrero defeatsMichael Katsidis by unanimous decision. Guerrero wins the interimWBO andWBA world lightweight titles.
April 16 –Amir Khan defeats Paul McCloskey by technical decision in round 6. McCloskey was cut by a clash of heads, and the bout was stopped by the ringside doctor.
April 16 –Orlando Salido defeatsJuan Manuel Lopez by technical knockout in the 8th round. This puts an end to Lopez's undefeated record and an end to a potential unification bout withYuriorkis Gamboa.
May 7 – Also on the Pacquiao/Mosley card,Kelly Pavlik defeatsAlfonso López via majority decision. This was Pavlik's first fight in over a year after being defeated bySergio Martínez and losing hisRing magazine, WBC, and WBO middleweight titles. It was also Pavlik's debut atsuper middleweight.
May 14 –Andre Ward defeats Arthur Abraham by unanimous decision to retain hisWBA Super World Super Middleweight title. The win advanced him to the Finals of the Super Six tournament.
May 21 –Bernard HopkinsdefeatsJean Pascal. Hopkins, at age 46, becomes the oldest man in the history of boxing to win a major world title, supplantingGeorge Foreman, who had previously held the distinction after his knockout victory overMichael Moorer.
May 21 – As part of the Hopkins/Pascal card,Chad Dawson defeatsAdrian Diaconu nine months after his loss to Pascal. It was Dawson's first fight under Hall of Fame trainerEmanuel Steward.
May 21 –Denis Lebedev brutally knocks outRoy Jones Jr. in the 10th round. Jones falls face first to the canvas and is unconscious for several minutes.
June 25 – In the co-main event of Alexander/Matthysse,Tavoris Cloud knocks outYusaf Mack at the end of the eighth round to improve to 22–0 and defend hisIBF light heavyweight title for the third time.
June 25 – Also on the same card as Alexander/Matthysse,Cornelius Bundrage upsetsSechew Powell by unanimous decision to defend his newly awardedIBF light middleweight title for the first time.
July 2 –Wladimir Klitschko defeats David Haye by unanimous decision. Klitschko, already the holder of four heavyweight championships, adds Haye's WBA title to his collection.
September 3 –Andre Berto stopsDejan Zavec at the end of the fifth round by a medical stoppage after Zavec's right eye closed and suffered a serious cut.
September 10 – Vitali Klitschkoknocks out Tomasz Adamek in the tenth round.
September 10 – Yuriorkis Gamboa wins a technical decision over Daniel Ponce de Leon.
September 10 – Juan Carlos Salgado wins a decision over Argenis Mendez for the vacant IBF title.
September 17 – Saul Alvarezknocks out Alfonso Gomez in the sixth round.
September 17 – Floyd Mayweather Jr.knocks out Victor Ortiz in what many deemed a sucker punch in the fourth round to remain undefeated.
October 8 – Donnie Nietes defeats Ramon Garcia Hirales for WBO light flyweight title.
October 8 – British prospectKell Brook knocks out Rafal Jackiewicz in the sixth round.
October 15 – In what is later changed to aNo Contest, Bernard Hopkins is unable to continue after injuring his shoulder in the 2nd round of a light heavyweight fight with Chad Dawson. Dawson was initially awarded a knockout victory.
October 15 –Kimbo Slice scores his second career knockout, stopping Tay Bledsoe in just under two minutes.
October 21 – Pongsaklek Wonjongkam defeats Edgar Sosa to defend his WBC flyweight title.
October 22 – Nonito Donaire wins a one-sided decision over Omar Andres Narvaez
October 22 – Miguel Acosta losses a decision against Richard Abril in a big upset.
October 29 – Hernan Marquez knocks out Luis Concepcion in the first round to defend the WBA belt.
February 18 –Vitali KlitschkodefeatsDerek Chisora by unanimous decision. A post fight brawl between Chisora and former 2 division championDavid Haye would see Chisora have his boxing license withdrawn.
March 9 -Bernard HopkinsdefeatsTavoris Cloud by unanimous decision to win the IBF light heavyweight titles, breaking his record as the oldest fighter to win a major world title in boxing history.
April 19 –Bernard HopkinsdefeatsBeibut Shumenov by split decision to unify the WBA and IBF light-heavyweight titles, becoming the oldest boxer in history to become a unified champion.
September 12 –Floyd Mayweather Jr.defeatsAndre Berto by unanimous decision to retain the WBC, IBF andThe Ring welterweight titles. This would be the final world title bout of Mayweather's career as he would announce his retirement in the ring after the bout.
November 28 -Wladimir Klitschko isdefeated by British boxerTyson Fury by unanimous decision, ending an almost decade-long reign as the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
January 16 - After three and half years out of the ring, former heavyweight championDavid Haye made his return to the ring, stopping unbeatenMark de Mori in the 1st round
May 28 -Ricky Burns stopsMichele di Rocco to win the vacant WBA light welterweight title, becoming only the second Brit to win major title at three different weights.
July 23 -Terence Crawford defeatsViktor Postol by unanimous points decision to unify the WBC and WBO and win the vacantThe Ring light-welterweight titles
October 12 -Tyson Fury vacates the WBA and WBO titles in order to "allow him the time and space to fully recover from his present condition without any undue pressure and with the expert medical attention he requires". He would however continue to be recognized asThe Ring champion.
November 18 -George Groves defeatsEduard Gutknecht by unanimous decision to retain WBA International super-middleweight title. After the bout Gutknecht suffered a bleed in the skull and collapsed in the dressing room. He was rushed to a London hospital and had emergency surgery. His injuries would leave him unable to walk or talk and he suffered multiple strokes.[10]
November 19 -Andre WarddefeatsSergey Kovalev by a somewhat controversial unanimous decision to win WBA, IBF and WBO light heavyweight titles
December 17 - In his final professional boutBernard Hopkins wasknocked out of the ring byJoe Smith Jr. giving him a 8th round TKO victory, the only stoppage loss of Hopkins' career
June 17 -Guillermo Rigondeaux retained his WBA super-bantamweight title with a no contest withMoises Flores after a due to incorrect referee call after the 1st round
August 3 - Former long regaining heavyweight championWladimir Klitschko announced on his official website and social media channels that he was retiring from boxing.
August 6 - Former two division championTimothy Bradley officially announced his retirement from professional boxing, having not fought since his lost to Pacquiao more than a year earlier.
August 17 - Former pound for pound No.1 and three division championShane Mosley announced his retirement after a 24 year career.
August 19 -Terence CrawforddefeatsJulius Indongo by 3rd round knockout to become the undisputed light welterweight champion, the first undisputed champion of the four belt era.
June 9 - After a 32-month absence from the ring,The Ring and Lineal heavyweight championTyson Fury returns to defeatSefer Seferi by 4th round retirement
November 3 -Nonito Donaire defeatsRyan Burnett by fourth-round retirement to win the WBA bantamweight title in aWBSS quarter final
November 10 -Oleksandr UsykdefeatsTony Bellew by 8th round KO to defend the undisputed cruiserweight title. Bellew would retire immediately after the bout.
July 20 - Manny Pacquiaobeats Keith Thurman by split decision at theMGM Grand Garden Arena to win the WBA welterweight title, becoming the oldest welterweight champion in boxing history at the age of 40.
July 27 -José Ramírez defeatsMaurice Hooker by 6th round TKO to unify the WBC and WBO super-lightweight titles
November 2 -Anthony Crolla retired following a majority decision victory over Frank Urquiaga
November 2 -Katie Taylor defeatsChristina Linardatou by unanimous decision to win the WBO super-lightweight title, becoming a 2 division world champion
