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Press Release: The fourth annual Box Fan Expo will be returning to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Saturday September 15th from 10 am to 5 pm, during Mexican independence weekend. Over this traditional and special holiday weekend which will see the much-anticipated rematch with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez challenging world middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Box Fan Expo is thrilled to once again open its doors to boxing fans from all over the world as well to all major companies, promoters and industry people involved in the sport of boxing.

Press Release:  Dina Thorslund (11-0, 5 KOs) meets Mexico’s Yessica Munoz (17-1-1, 5 KOs) for the WBO super bantamweight championship on August 25th in Struer, Denmark. [The title was vacated by multi-division champ Amanda Serrano]. Thorslund claimed the interim WBC title on March 10th at the Struer Energi Park by outpointing former two-time champion Alicia Ashley (age 50) via unanimous decision.

Press Release: Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez (pictured) and Alex "El Cholo" Saucedo showcased their skills for the media Tuesday at Hill Street Boxing Gym as they finalize preparations for their respective nationally televised bouts, June 30 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. In the main event, Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) will defend the WBO super middleweight title against unbeaten Colombian challenger Alexis Angulo (23-0, 20 KOs), while Oklahoma City native Saucedo (27-0, 17 KOs) will face Australian puncher Lenny Zappavigna (37-3, 27 KOs).

Richard Rivera KO8 Jaime Solorio ... Hartford Connecticut's Richard "Popeye The Sailor Man" Rivera kept his pro record perfect (8-0, 7 KOs) by knocking out Jaime "Zarco" Solorio (12-4-2, 9 KOs), in the eighth round of a cruiserweight bout on  Saturday at the Xfinity Centre in Hartford.  It was bombs away in the sixth as Rivera landed a right that sent Solorio to the deck. Solorio was penalized a point in the sixth for unsportsmanlike conduct.  In the seventh round, Solorio appeared to be fighting to survive, but he came forward in spurts as Rivera started loading up for a knockout that finally came in the eighth round. Rivera had never fought more than four rounds, but he was determined to ward off his opponent's wrestling, landing a right-left-right uppercut combination to close the show with only 30 seconds left in the contest. source: hartford boxing promotions

Press Release: World women's welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus (33-0, 9 KOs) will defend against Inna Sagaydakovskaya (7-0, 3 KOs) on Saturday, July 21st at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow.  Braekhus is the only boxer to currently hold all four major sanctioning body titles. [According to the WBA,] the bout will take place before Murat Gassiev and Oleksandr Usyk unify all four cruiserweight titles in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) final. [The WBSS finals were previously announced for Saudi Arabia].

Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. KO3 Cristian Mijares... Former 115-pound champion Cristian "Diamante" Mijares said goodbye to boxing after being knocked out in the third round by Puerto Rican Wilfredo "Papito" Vázquez Jr.  Mijares built a pro record of 59-9-2 with 27 knockouts, in a twenty-one year pro career that started when he was just 16 years of age. Wilfredo Vázquez Jr., a former 122-pound title holder from Peurto Rico, improved to 25-7-1 with 20 knockouts. Boxingtalk joins the WBC in saluting Cristian Mijares and wishing him great success in his life and in his future plans. source: wbc

Congrats on your victory the other night, can you give us some thoughts on your performance? As far as the fight there wasn't much to it. We had seen his style and we were practicing on what needed to be done for him the last couple of days before the fight. My original opponent fell out at the last minute, I don't know what happened to him, but fortunately they found somebody else. I'm glad I got him out of there and I've been working on my body shots so I knew I was going to get him out of there with one.

Press Release: Capital area welterweight Dusty Hernandez-Harrison is now a promotional free agent after being granted his release from promoter Roc Nation Sports. He is eager to get back in the ring after a 22-month hiatus from the sport.  “I am excited to have the opportunity to get back into the ring and fulfill my goal of becoming a world champion,” Hernandez-Harrison said. “I am in the gym and I am  working hard to get back to where I was two years ago. I just want to fight at this point; it’s been way too long,” Hernandez-Harrison added. Hernandez-Harrison sports a record of 30-0-1 with 16 KOs.  “I would really like to have a few fights at home,” the Southeast D.C., native said. “I love fighting in D.C., and I can’t wait to fight in front of my hometown fans again.”

Sam Crossed KO1 Josh Jones... Cruiserweight Sam “The Vanilla Gorilla” Crossed of Greenbelt, Maryland, was triumphant in his ring return following an 11-month hiatus. Crossed knocked out Josh Jones (1-1) just 23 seconds into the first round with an overhand right. Crossed improves his record to 7-0, with 5 knockouts. The bout took place this past Saturday at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Maryland and was co-promoted by Jeter Promotions and GQ Promotions.  source: press release

Salita Promotions has signed heavyweight Izim Izbaki to a promotional pact. An unknown commodity in the United States, Izbaki is a 6'11", 265-pound, 23 year old, who was born in Almaty City, Kazakhstan. Izbaki started boxing at 12 years old and posted a 97-3 record as an amateur boxer. He also has more than 100 kickboxing matches with only five defeats. In September 2008, he won first place a boxing juniors national competition Republic of Kazakhstan. In November 2017, he became a kickboxing world gold medalist and was awarded the title of Master of Sports of international level in the city of Budapest, Hungary. Three months ago he took third place at the Kazakhstan Kickboxing Championship. Full interview to follow shortly, until then remember where you heard it first! 

Congrats on your recent win, can you give us some thoughts on your performance? First of all thank you. It was a good performance. I'm still learning as a fighter and learning how to adjust to the fights, but we're switching it up and every camp we get smarter and stronger. I think my performance was good, but I still have a lot to learn and I need to improve.

Christina Rupprecht W10 Yokasta Valle... Germany's Christina Rupprecht won the WBC's vacant female minimum weight title by defeating Costa Rica's Yokasta Valle by unanimous decision at the Ballhaus Forum in Munich. The judges' cards were 98-95 and 97-94 (twice). Rupprecht remains unbeaten at 8-0. while Valle's  record is now 13-2. In December, she lost against Japan's Naoko Fujioka, in a  WBO 108-pound title bid. source: wbc

 Errol Spence KO1 Carlos Ocampo... Errol Spence Jr. defended his IBF welterweight championship with a first-round knockout of previously undefeated [but unqualified] challenger Carlos Ocampo in a homecoming fight Saturday in Frisco, Texas.  Spence (24-0 with 21 KOs), who was making his second defense as a 147-pound champion, floored Ocampo with a brutal 1-2 body shot combo, the second punch landing flush on the challenger’s side and instantly flooring him as the opening round concluded. Ocampo (22-1, 13 KOs) crippled over in pain while on the canvas, was unable to beat the count and remained on the floor for more than two minutes while Spence celebrated his victory. source: showtime

Danny Roman W12 Moises Flores ... In Frisco, Texas, Danny Roman defended his WBA 122-pound title with a unanimous decision over previously undefeated Moises Flores in a fight that was scored 116-112, 118-110, 120-108. Roman (24-2-1, 9 KOs) was the faster and sharper fighter from the opening bell.  Roman, who was making the second defense of his belt, pounded the body repeatedly over the twelve rounds, connecting on 50 percent of his body shots. Flores (25-1, 17 KOs), who failed to make weight for the title fight and was ineligible to win the belt, tired in the latter half of the fight and was largely a stationary target for Roman. Both fighters threw more than 1,000 punches, yet it was Roman who was the more effective boxer, connecting on an impressive 42 percent of his power shots. source: showtime

Adrian Granados ND Javier Fortuna... Also in Frisco, Texas, Javier Fortuna suffered an injury while falling through the ropes due to an accidental push in the fourth round and his 140-pound matchup with Adrian Granados was ruled a no decision. Granados (18-6-2, 11 KOs) and Fortuna (33-2-1, 23 KOs) both came out swinging from the opening bell. In a wild fourth round, Fortuna was deducted two points, first for punching to the back of the head, and second for holding. After the second point deduction, the former WBA 130-pound titleholder (Fortuna) aggressively moved forward and unloaded a series of shots.  Moments later, Granados and Fortuna were clinching along the ropes near Granados’ corner when Fortuna fell backward through the ropes, whipping his neck as he fell back. Complaining of pain and lack of movement, Fortuna was stabilized with a neck brace and removed from the ring on a stretcher in what was later described as a precautionary measure.  At the time of the stoppage, Grandos was leading on all three of the judges’ scorecards. source: showtime 

Joe Joyce KO1 Ivica Bacurin At York Hall in Bethnall Green, London, British heavyweight hopeful Joe Joyce defeated late replacement Ivica Bacurin in under two minutes. It was a pretty soft KO as no punch landed solidly.  Joyce is listed as 5-0, but a more accurate record for him is 19-2 because he had 16 pro bouts in AIBA's World Series of Boxing (WSB).  One of those WSB losses was to current WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Olksandr Usyk.  Bacurin, a 36 year-old from from Croatia, drops to 30-14-1. By way of comparison, Bacurin lasted six rounds with Dillian Whyte in 2016. source: bbc