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Light heavyweight contender “Hot Rod” Radivoje Kalajdzic (23-1, 16 KOs), of St. Petersburg, FL, returns to battle in the second fight of his comeback TONIGHT, October 5, in Tampa, FL, facing heavy-handed Colombian Alex “El Principe” Theran (20-2, 13 KOs), in a scheduled eight-rounder. Their clash headlines an 11-bout card at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC Auditorium. Continue reading “Karadzic continues comeback tonight”

Light heavyweight contenders Sullivan Barrera (21-2, 14 KOs) and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (29-1, 17 KOs) will meet in a 10-round main event at The Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, November 3, 2018. The event is promoted by Main Events and will be streamed live via Facebook Watch as part of the Golden Boy Fight Night series. Barrera vs. Monaghan was originally scheduled to take place on August 18 but was postponed when Barrera suffered an eye injury. Barrera has since recovered, and Monaghan remained available so the fight is on.

In a rematch, Brooklyn’s Heather “The Heat” Hardy (21-0, 4 KOs) and Shelly “Shelito’s Way” Vincent (23-1, 1 KO) will clash once again on October 27 at the Hulu Theater from Madison Square Garden. The scheduled 10-round bout, for the vacant WBO Women’s Featherweight World title, will open an HBO tripleheader. Previously announced on the telecast, Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) and Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) will battle for the vacant IBF World Middleweight Title and Alberto Machado (20-0, 16 KOs) will defend his WBA Super Featherweight Title against Yuandale Evans (20-1, 14 KOs). Is this HBO’s final boxing telecast? We’ll see.

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

The Season 2 of World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) will start here in Japan on Sunday. We saw a press conference of all the contestants for the triple main event in attendance today (Friday).

The deluxe card will be as follows:
WBA 118-pound title bout: Naoya “Monster” Inoue (16-0, 14 KOs) versus Juan Carlos Payano (20-1, 9 KOs);
WBA 140-pound title bout: Kiryl Relikh (22-2, 19 KOs) versus Edward Troyanovsky (27-1, 24 KOs);
WBC 108-pound title bout: Ken Shiro (13-0, 7 KOs) versus Milan Melindo (37-3, 13 KOs)

Kalle Sauerland, the WBSS organizer, expressed his great pleasure to have the first show of the Season 2 staged in Japan and said it would be shown in some 120 countries. Continue reading “WBSS season 2 to start in Japan”

Photos: Rafael Soto/Zanfer Promotions

High expectations from boxing fans in Tijuana this Saturday at Gasmart Stadium,.

Former world champion and pound-for-pound contender Luis “Pantera” Nery (26-0, 20 KOs) will begin the road back to a world title against Filipino Jason Canoy (27-8-2, 19 KOs)in a twelve rounder for the WBC silver bantamweight title.

“I get nervous just thinking that I’ll fight in my house, in the Gasmart I’m committed to give a great show and I’m obliged to deliver a great victory for my promoter Fernando Beltran and all the fans on my return. We are ready!” Nery said.

In the co-feature, WBC interim female flyweight world champion Kenya Enriquez (20-1, 9 KOs) faces unbeaten Norleidys Graterol (7-0, 7 KOs), with whom no opponent has past the second round. Continue reading “Nery, Enriquez ready to rock Tijuana Saturday”

By Miguel Maravilla
Photos: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME

The spotlight will be on the heavyweight division once again as WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and lineal champion England’s Tyson “Gypsy King” Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) clash on December 1st at the Staples Center in Los Angeles live on Showtime PPV.

“This is going to be a great fight. I will make sure you all get your money’s worth,” Deontay Wilder told Fightnews.com®. “I’m fighting a tough fighter, Tyson is tough so when I knock him out. I will be knocking out a tough fighter.”

“I’m ready to fight and I can’t wait. I think Deontay is a great guy and an amazing person. He’s evolved over the years and become a better fighter,” Tyson Fury told Fightnews.com®. “I’m welcoming Wilder to big-time boxing!” Continue reading “Wilder-Fury: The Heavyweight Division is Back”

Power-punching IBF #1 Felix Alvarado (33-2, 29 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua and IBF #3 Randy Petalcorin (29-2-1, 22 KOs) of General Santos City in the Philippines will fight for the vacant IBF light flyweight title. The fight has now been moved back one week to October 29 from October 21. The venue will be the Solaire Casino in Metro Manila, Philippines. ESPN 5 (Philippines) will televise.

It’s the third date switch for the bout, but Alvarez’ manager WRAM Boxing (William Ramirez) is not concerned. “Date changes are a part of boxing. That’s why I am so happy to manage a fighter like Felix who is all in both mentally and physically when it comes to his boxing career. He earned this opportunity by winning a world title eliminator and I am confident he will return a world champion,” said Ramirez.

Hall of Fame boxing promoter Don King and heavyweight contender Bermane Stiverne hoped to settle things in the ring in Yekaterinburg, Russia with former Olympic gold medalist Alexander Povetkin on Dec. 17, 2016. Stiverne never got the opportunity in the WBC heavyweight eliminator that morning, when WBC officials announced Povetkin had tested positive for the illegal substance ostarine and the WBC pulled the sanctioning and the fight was cancelled.

King and Don King Productions and Stiverne will now settle things in court as they have filed suit for $2 million in the Court of Arbitration for Sport against Alexander Povetkin and the World of Boxing. Continue reading “King, Stiverne sue Povetkin and promoter”

By Przemek Garczarczyk

Comments from Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, Tomasz Adamek, Artur Beterbiev and Callum Johnson at Thursday’s Chicago press conference.

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By Héctor Villarreal

Pablo Vicente 130 vs Irving Berry 130
Damian Rodriguez 149.5 vs Cherlie Navarro 153
Jesus Arboleda 146 vs Manuel Largacha 146.5
Orlando Mosquera 127.3 vs John Valencia 129
Norlan Yera 127.5 vs Hernan Cortez 129.3
Orlando Peñalba 114.3 vs Angel Moica 114.3
Michael Gardener 153.5 vs Jeffry Rosales 153.5
Gerardo Murillo 122 vs Ivan Trejos 124
Jaime Valdespino 129.3 vs Ezequiel Perez 129
Jehiny Gallardo 117.3 vs Teresa Almengor 122

Promoter: G&V Entertainment
Venue: Los Andes Mall, San Miguelito, Panama.

Bantamweights Oscar “El Jaguar” Negrete (18-1, 7 KOs) and Joshua “The Professor” Franco (14-1, 7 KOs) staged a non-stop punchfest with both fighters throwing over 1,100 punches in ten rounds inside The Hangar at The OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa, California. In the end, judges scored it a draw. 96-94 Franco, 96-94 Negrete, and 95-95. Negrete retained his NABF bantamweight title.

Unbeaten super lightweight Daintily Zorrilla (9-0, 8 KOs) scored a second round TKO over previously undefeated Dakota Linger (10-1-2, 6 KOs). A barrage of Zorrilla punches left Linger reeling and the bout was stopped. Time was 2:59.

Unbeaten super featherweight Jousce “Tito” Gonzalez (8-0-1, 8 KOs) went the distance for the first time, settling for a six round draw against Ivan “Striker” Delgado (12-1-2, 5 KOs). Scores were 57-57, 57-57, 58-56 Delgado.

Unbeaten bantamweight Carlos “Purin” Caraballo (9-9, 9 KOs) scored a sixth round Felipe Rivas (17-22-4, 11 KOs). Good body attack displayed by Caraballo.

By Boxing Bob Newman

The closing banquet of the WBC’s 56th annual convention was held tonight at Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s office- Kyiv City Hall. The banquet was served cocktail party-style stand-up tables and buffet lines with a variety of local eats from which to choose. There was even a version of, yes, Chicken Kiev! Mayor Klitschko showed up, as did Oscar de la Hoya. Both greeted the attendees- Klitschko reiterating how dreams can come true and so far, with this convention in his hometown, they have…and Oscar talking of bringing big-time boxing to Kyiv and Ukraine. Continue reading “WBC 56th Convention Closing Banquet”

The Conlan Revolution has hit New York City, Australia, Arizona, Chicago, and Northern Ireland. Now, Michael “Mick” Conlan is set to conquer the Las Vegas Strip. Conlan, the talk of the 2016 Summer Olympics, will take on Nicola Cipolletta (14-6-2, 4 KOs) in an eight-round featherweight bout Saturday, October 20 at Park Theater at Park MGM on the undercard of Ryota Murata’s WBA middleweight title defense against Rob Brant. Conlan-Cipolletta will be the featured attraction on the undercard broadcast, which will be seen on ESPN+

From the United Kingdom and Mexico, a pair of world-class cards will stream live Saturday on ESPN+.

The action begins at 3:30 p.m. ET from the Leicester Arena, where unbeaten 140-pound contender Jack “El Gato” Catterall (22-0, 12 KOs) will meet Ohara “Two Tanks” Davies (18-1, 14 KOs) in a 10-rounder with potential world title implications. And, in a special heavyweight attraction, Daniel “Dynamite” Dubois (8-0, 8 KOs) will take on the durable former world title challenger Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (32-10-1, 16 KOs) in a 10-rounder.

Then, at 11 p.m. ET from the Gasmart Stadium in Tijuana, Mexico, former WBC bantamweight world champion Luis “Pantera” Nery (26-0, 20 KOs) will fight Jason “Dillinger” Canoy (27-8-2, 19 KOs) in a scheduled 12-rounder for the vacant WBC silver bantamweight title. In the co-feature, Kenia Enriquez (20-1, 9 KOs) will defend her interim WBC light flyweight world title against 19-year-old knockout artist Norleidys Graterol (7-0, 7 KOs).

Due to inclement weather reports and road closures ahead of the Chicago Marathon, tomorrow’s weigh-in will now take place at Wintrust Arena (200 E Cermak Rd). Doors open at 11am – fighters on the scales from midday. Media and public both enter via the main entrance.

Oscar Negrete 118 vs. Joshua Franco 117.4
(NABF bantamweight title)

Danielito Zorrilla 140 vs. Dakota Linger 139.4
Jousce Gonzalez 129.6 vs. Ivan Delgado 128.6
Carlos Caraballo 118 vs. Felipe Rivas 117.8

Venue: The Hangar at the OC Fair, Costa Mesa, Calif
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: ESPN2