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Polish boxers to be featured on June 21st NJ show

Source: Top Rank New Jersey-born middleweight Vito “White Magic” Mielnicki Jr. is returning to Brick City. The Roseland product will face unbeaten Polish-born, Queens-based Kamil Gardzielik in the ten-round main event on Saturday, June 21st at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. In the ten-round all-Polish heavyweight co-feature,...

Welcome to Alimkhanuly vs. Ngamissengue fight week

Source: DAZN Janibek Alimkhanuly (pictured) will seek to defend his unified middleweight titles when he takes on Anauel Ngamissengue this weekend. The Kazakh fighter returns to home soil for a blockbuster battle, defending his IBF and WBO crowns against the Congo-born, France-based challenger in Astana. Both men have earned a reputation...

Zepeda edges Farmer in exciting bout

Source: WBC William Zepeda W12 Tevin Farmer ... Mexico's undefeated William Zepeda retained the WBC interim lightweight title by defeating Philadelphia's Tevin Farmer by majority decision at the Benito Juárez Poliforum in Cancún. It was the second clash between the two fighters, the first one being a controversial decision win for...

Magnesi defeats El Hadri in Rome

Source: WBC Michael Magnesi W12 Khalil El Hadri ... In Rome, Michael Magnesi, a former IBO champion, defeated Frenchman Khalil El Hadri after twelve memorable rounds in the junior lightweight division. The fight was close, with both fighters alternating in dominance, but Magnesi undoubtedly won the key rounds. The judges’ scores were...

Late result: Lester Martinez now 19-0

Source: WBA Lester Martínez KO4 Joeshon James... Guatemala’s Lester Martínez delivered a fourth-round knockout against Joeshon James on March 22nd. Fighting at the Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, California, the super middleweight Martínez put on a statement-making performance. He now boasts a 19-0 record, with 16 wins...

The Boxingtalk Scoreboard

Source: WBF At the Deutches Haus in Flensburg, Germany, junior middleweight Freddy “Pretty Boy” Kiwitt convincingly defeated Venezuelan puncher Evander Castillo. Improving his professional record to 27-3, Kiwitt controlled and stopped Castillo, who falls to 17-3, in round nine... In the co featured of the German show (promoted by...

Jerusalem defeats Shigeoka for second time

Source: Cebu Daily News Melvin Jerusalem W12 Yudai Shigeoka ... In the second of two minimum weight title fights held this weekend, Melvin Jerusalem of the Philippines decisively outboxed Yudai Shigeoka of Japan in their highly-anticipated rematch.The judges were unanimous in recognizing Jerusalem’s superiority. Judge Chris Tellez scored the...

Collazo extends his 105-title reign with TKO5

By Scott Shaffer Oscar Collazo TKO5 Edwin Cano Hernandez ... Defending his titles against a Mexican in Mexico, Puerto Rico's Oscar Collazo dominated and stopped Edwin Cano in round five. The 105-pound Collazo retains his WBA and WBO championships. A right to the body was the final blow as Collazo improves to 12-0, while Hernandez falls t0...

Norman stops Cuevas in three to retain title

Press Release Brian Norman Jr. TKO3 Derrieck Cuevas... On the Top Ran show in Las Vegas, Brian Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 KOs) needed about ten minutes of ring action to retain his WBO welterweight title. After about ten months of inactivity, the 24 year-old Norman scored third-round technical knockout win over Puerto Rico's Derrieck Cuevas...

No controversy this time: Mayer tops Ryan

Source: Top Rank Mikaela Mayer W10 Sandy Ryan ...  Mikaela Mayer defended her WBO welterweight world title with a ten-round unanimous decision against former champion Sandy Ryan on Saturday at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas. Mayer (21-2, 5 KOs) used her jab and right hand to dictate the action in the opening stanza. The 2016 Olympian then...

Watch: Yabuki becomes a two-division champion

By Scott Shaffer Masamichi Yabuki TKO12 Angel Ayala... Japan's Masamichi Yabuki dropped Mexico's Angel Ayala three times: in rounds one, two and twelve in a dominant performance to take Ayala's IBF flyweight Title via twelfth round technical knockout. Ayala was willing to fight on, but was a bloody mess at the time of the stoppage. Yabuki is now...

Undercard results from Vegas: Carrington stops Vivas

Source: Top Rank Bruce Carrington TKO3 Jose Enrique Vivas ... New York featherweight Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington (15-0, 9 KOs) appears to be on the verge of a world title shot. At the Fountainbleu in Las Vegas, Carrington, the WBC and WBO #1 featherweight contender, handed Mexico's Jose Enrique Vivas (23-4, 12 KOs) his first stoppage defeat with...

Japanese boxer receives payment for decades of wrongful imprisonment

Source: WBC A former Japanese boxer who languished for almost half a century on death row has been granted the equivalent of 1.45 million dollars compensation for crimes he didn`t commit. Iwao Hakamata now aged eighty nine was convicted of the 1968 murders of his boss, the wife and their two children. Due to his legal team and a...

BKFC results from Florida

Press Release On Thursday night, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 70 took place at the sold-out Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, live worldwide on DAZN. In the main event, Luis “Baboon” Palomino added to his resume by winning the inaugural BKFC King of the Streets Championship with a hard-fought, unanimous...

Gabriela Fundora to defend vs. unbeaten Marilyn Badillo

Source: WBC Undisputed world flyweight champion Gabriela “Sweet Poison” Fundora (pictured) will face Marilyn Badillo (19-0-1) for the four major belts at 122 pounds. The fight will take place on April 19th of this year at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, United States. DAZN will broadcast. At age 23, Fundora (15-0) is...

A few words with Brian Norman, Jr.

Source: Top Rank At the final press conference on Wednesday, Brian Norman Jr. had this to say about the first defense of his WBO welterweight title, which takes place today (Saturday March 29th) on ESPN from Las Vegas: “You’re not a real champion until you defend your title. And I’ve got a tough competitor ahead of me. I’m ready to...

Weigh-in report from Las Vegas

Source: Top Rank Here are the weigh-in results from the BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ will air the two featured fights at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Mikaela Mayer 146 pounds -vs.- Sandy Ryan 145.5  (ten rounds for Mayer's WBO welterweight championship); and Brian Norman Jr. 146.7 -vs.-...

Report: Kenzie Morrison heads to BKFC

By Scott Shaffer Promoter Tony Holden wrote, "We extend our best wishes to Kenzie Morrison as he embarks on a new challenge in Bare Knuckle Boxing. Lou DiBella and I fully support this move, as we firmly believe that Kenzie has what it takes to become a champion. After achieving this milestone, Kenzie will be set to return to boxing, where...

DAZN to stream California show on April 25th

Press Release On Friday, April 25th, Paco Presents and Golden Boy Promotions in association with Cotto Promotions and H2 Entertainment will present the first installment of a pro boxing series from Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, and streamed live on global sports giant DAZN (9:00 pm ET/6:00 pm PT). In the ten-round...

Report: Wilder books a comeback fight

By Scott Shaffer Ring Magazine announced that former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (pictured) will return to face Tyrrell Herndon in a heavyweight clash on June 27th in Wichita, Kansas. Wilder (43-4-1) has lost four of his last five, the last one being a knockout defeat at the hands of Zhilei Zhang. Herndon, age 37, is 24-5 with...

Saturday: Collazo defends title in enemy territory

Source: WBA Tomorrow (March 29th), the boxing world gears up for a big 105-pound showdown as unified champion Óscar Collazo (pictured) puts his WBA and WBO world titles on the line against Mexican challenger Edwin Cano. The Poliforum Benito Juárez in Cancún, Mexico, will set the stage for a high-stakes clash fueled by skill, ambition,...

Taylor-Serrano III presser open to NYC fans

Press Release World junor welterweight champion Katie Taylor of Ireland and Brooklyn’s Puerto Rican world featherweight champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano (pictured) will square off in a highly anticipated third bout, headlining an all‑women’s boxing mega‑event this July at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Get in on the...

IBF orders Crocker vs. Sullivan II as an eliminator

Press Release The IBF has granted the appeal filed by Paddy Donovan regarding his controversial disqualification in the eighth round of his March 1st welterweight title eliminator against Lewis Crocker at SSE Arena (Odyssey Arena) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Donovan appealed, requesting an immediate rematch between the two boxers....

Details emerge for next month's Boxing Grand Prix

Source: WBC WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán led an important virtual meeting with the participants of the upcoming Boxing Grand Prix. The virtual meeting served as a platform to detail crucial aspects of the tournament, the first stage of which will be held from April 17th to 20th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the session,...

Introducing teenager Perla Bazaldua

Press Release Perla Bazaldua, a 15-time national amateur champion from Los Angeles, has signed a long-term promotional contract with Top Rank. The 19 year-old junior bantamweight is LA's latest female boxing star to sign with Top Rank, folowing multi-weight world champions and pound-for-pound queens Mikaela Mayer and Seniesa...

Pittsburgh boxing scene is heating up

Source: Integrity Pro Boxing On Saturday night, April 19th, Integrity Pro Boxing will launch a new televised series on Sportsnet Pittsburgh from the Hollywood Casino at The Meadows in Washington, Pennsylvania The first episode will air on a one-day delay, April 20th at 5:30 PM, and again on April 21st at 7 PM on Sportsnet Pittsburgh as well as on...

Asa Stevens to headline Fight Club OC show

Press Release A solid pro boxing / mixed martial arts lineup awaits fight fans on Thursday, April 17th as Fight Club OC gears up  for a night of action inside The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California. This show is set to feature Golden Boy Promotions' rising super bantamweight Asa Stevens (7-0) in a six-round...

Queensberry reveals more details on Josh Taylor comeback show

Press Release On Saturday May 24th, Queensberry Promotions brings boxing to Glasgow with a clash between former undisputed world junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor and former British welterweight champion Ekow Essuman. A hero in Scotland, Taylor is known as the "Tartan Tornado." Coming off a loss to Teofimo Lopez, he hopes to...

Mayer vs. Ryan II presser quotes

Press Release Six months after a tremendous and controversial fight, WBO welterweight champion Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan faced off in advance of Saturday's rematch at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas. The war of words evolved into a long, steely staredown Wednesday afternoon outside of the Bleaulive Theater. In the co-feature, Brian...

WBA orders Tsutsumi to defend vs. Vargas

Source: WBA The WBA Championship Committee has ordered a mandatory showdown for the bantamweight title between reigning champion Seiya Tsutsumi and interim titleholder Antonio Vargas, the division’s official challenger. The WBA issued the formal notice to both camps this Wednesday, granting them a thirty-day negotiation window that...

It's Zepeda vs. Farmer II fight week in Cancun

Source: WBC William Zepeda and former junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer are set for a highly anticipated rematch that takes place Saturday, March 29th at Poliforum Benito Juárez Gymnasium in Cancún, Mexico. Zepeda's interim WBC lightweight title will be on the line after their closely contested first encounter that Zepeda won....

Reintroducing Uprising Promotions

Press Release After taking some time away to restructure and develop a focused strategy for the future, Uprising Promotions is returning to the boxing scene for a May 29th show at the Léman Ballroom located at 41 Broad Street in New York City. "Broad Street Brawl" will feature boxing for a cause, with all funds going to Bigvision...

Cacace to face Wood in Nottingham on May 10th

Source: Queensberry Promotions The Queensberry-DAZN partnership will rock up for their second show together in Nottingham, England on Saturday May 10th at the Motorpoint Arena, where local hero and former WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood makes his return to the ring to challenge IBO junior lightweight champion Anthony Cacace (who recently gave up...

Navarrete books Suarez for next title defense

Source: Top Rank Mexican three-division king Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (pictured) will defend his WBO junior lightweight championship against undefeated Filipino contender Charly Suarez on Saturday, May 10th at Pechanga Arena San Diego. The co-feature will be an IBF interim lightweight title between SoCal native Raymond Muratalla and...

Welcome to Mayer vs. Ryan II fight week

Source: Top Rank Fight week has arrived for the continuation of one of the fiercest rivalries women's boxing has ever seen. Two-weight champion Mikaela Mayer (pictured, 20-2, 5 KOs) will defend her WBO welterweight title in a rematch against former champion Sandy Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) this Saturday, March 29th at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. In...

Introducing super bantamweight Sheldon Vallotton

Press Release Christy Martin Promotions has announced the signing of undefeated super bantamweight Sheldon Vallotton to a promotional contract. The 20 year-old Vallotton (3-0, 2 KOs) hails from New Orleans, Louisiana. He turned professional in September of last year after becoming a three-time Louisiana Golden Gloves Champ and...

Robert Guerrero III up to 6-0

Press Release Robert Guerrero III TKO2 Sean Armas... Robert “El Pistolero” Guerrero III (6-0, 3 KOs), the 18 year-old lightweight and son of former multi-division champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, continued his undefeated streak with a second-round TKO victory over Sean Armas (6-2, 3 KOs) on Saturday night in Las Vegas. After a...

New promoter says Don King put the kibosh on Hunter vs. Lovejoy

Press Release Showtime Boxing Promotions announced that a scheduled heavyweight showdown between Michael “The Bounty” Hunter (24-1-2, 17 KOs) and Christopher Lovejoy (20-1-1, 20 KOs), which was booked April 19th at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, has been cancelled due to contractual differences between the fighters (Hunter...

Zayas named WBO mandatory contender for Fundora

By Scott Shaffer The WBO has designated Puerto Rico's undefeated Xander Zayas as its mandatory challenger in the junior middleweight division, stating "Champion Sebastian Fundora must fulfill his WBO mandatory title defense obligation in his next bout against Zayas. Failure to do so will result in [the WBO Cjhampionship] Committee proceeding...

New champion alert: Jasmine Artega claims WBA 115-pound title

Source: WBA Jasmine Artiga W10 Regina Chávez... Jasmine Artiga is the new WBA super flyweight champion after earning a hard-fought majority decision victory (96-94, 98-92, 95-95) over Mexico’s Regina Chávez in San Bernardino, California. It was a tightly contested battle with momentum shifting throughout, but Artiga managed to take control...