Vladimir Nikitin

Vladimir Nikitin, Alexander Devyatov Get Stoppage Wins in Moscow

Moscow, Russia - 2016 Rio bronze medalist Vladimir Nikitin (6-1-1, 2 KOs) capped off another controversial year with a solid win over South African veteran Tello Dithebe (21-14-1, 6 KOs) in three complete rounds.

Investigation Shows Fix Was in at Rio Olympics

Fights were fixed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with gold medal bouts among those pre-determined by an elaborate plot involving corrupt officials and judges, as well as bribery, an investigation has found.

Vladimir Nikitin Secures First Stoppage Win, Moskvichev Bags Title in Moscow

Moscow, Russia - Edgard Moskvichev (13-1-2, 4 KOs) is a new Russian middleweight champion after a solid ten-round unanimous decision over fellow compatriot Andrey Kalyuzhnyy.

Vladimir Nikitin Battles Yerzhan Zalilov To Eight Round Draw

Ekaterinburg, Russia -2016 Rio bronze medalist Vladimir Nikitin suffered his second career setback (as a pro) with an eight-round draw against determined Kazakh import Yerzhan Zalilov. Scores were: 77-75, 75-77, and 76-76 - in what was a very spirite...

Kamilov, Gaibnazarov, Nikitin Victorious in Ekaterinburg, Russia

Crawford-Kavaliauskas ESPN Telecast Peaked At 1,648,000 Viewers

In an anomaly among boxing broadcasts, ESPN drew its peak audience Saturday night during the first of three fights it televised from Madison Square Garden. Helped by formidable lead-in programming, ESPN’s Heisman Trophy telecast, the three-bout broad...

Photos: Michael Conlan Avenges Olympic Loss To Vladimir Nikitin

Conlan, Nikitin Fight Photos Gallery - Madison Square Garden, New York City - In a long awaited featherweight grudge match, Michael “Mick” Conlan (13-0, 7 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Vladimir Nikitin (3-1, 0 KOs). (photos by Mikey Wi...

Michael Conlan Gets Revenge, Decisions Vladimir Nikitin

NEW YORK – This time, the judges gave Michael Conlan the credit he deserved and then some. The undefeated featherweight prospect defeated rival Vladimir Nikitin by unanimous decision in their 10-round fight Saturday night to avenge his outrageous Oly...

Michael Conlan-Vladimir Nikitin - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard

Conlan, Nikitin Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Top Rank on ESPN returns to the big house at Madison Square Garden, the historic “Mecca of Boxing”, this Saturday, December 14, for a live presentation of a special tripleheader headlined by pound-for-poun...

Conlan: I'm Ready To Go Out There & Destroy Nikitin!

NEW YORK – Three years after suffering one of the most infamous Olympic losses in boxing history, Michael Conlan can’t afford to take a personal approach to his rematch versus Vladimir Nikitin. The featherweight prospect from Northern Ireland is tryi...

Photos: Michael Conlan, Vladimir Nikitin - Set To Settle Score

Michael Conlan, Vladimir Nikitin Weights Photos Gallery - Top Rank on ESPN returns to the big house at Madison Square Garden, the historic “Mecca of Boxing”, this Saturday, December 14, for a live presentation of a special tripleheader headlined by p...

Crawford-Kavaliauskas Weigh-In Results From New York

Two weeks after Andres Gutierrez inexplicably came in 11 pounds overweight for an ESPN+ main event versus Oscar Valdez, there were no issues at the scale Friday afternoon for Top Rank’s card Saturday night in New York. Terence Crawford, Egidjius Kava...

News: Davis-Gamboa, Conlan-Nikitin II, Golden Contract, More

More tickets are now available for the December 28 event at the award-winning State Farm Arena that is headlined by boxing’s hottest attraction Gervonta “Tank” Davis taking on former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in the first world title fight in Atlanta...

Photos: Michael Conlan, Vladimir Nikitin - Face To Face in NYC

Michael Conlan, Vladimir Nikitin Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - The fighters were all business on the press conference dais. The best triple-header of the 2019 boxing calendar didn't need any pomp and circumstance. (photos by Mikey Williams)

Conlan Views Nikitin Rematch as Best Christmas Present

By Thomas Gerbasi - It was the perfect ending to the first chapter of Mick Conlan’s professional boxing career and he agreed. Fighting at home in Belfast in front of a packed house at Falls Park in August, Conlan improved to 12-0 as a pro with a nint...