WBC #2 ranked super welterweight Charles “Bad News” Conwell (18-0, 13 KOs), has signed with Mark Habibi and Wise Owl Boxing for management. The 25-year-old Conwell, a 2016 U.S. Olympian promoted by DiBella Entertainment, is considered to be one of the top talents in the 154lb division and we’re looking forward to seeing him step up the level of competition.
Lightweight Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz (16-1-1, 8 KOs) recently signed a multi-fight co-promotional contract with Top Rank, who will work in conjunction with Jimmy Burchfield’s CES Boxing. Ortiz will return in a 10-round clash against an opponent to be named on June 10 on the Taylor-Teofimo card in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. In 2022, Ortiz defeated former world champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring, then gave former three-division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko all he could handle before dropping a unanimous decision.
The WBO has given newly crowned WBO bantamweight champion Jason Moloney five days to submit a physician’s certification for the broken hand he suffered in Saturday’s bout against Vincent Astrolabio. They also want a recovery prognosis and the physician’s opinion as to when Moloney can return to active training and competition.
I think Conwell is the goods. I think he’s a really good fighter and I think he has an excellent chance at picking up one of the belts at 154 as soon as Charlo or whoever splits them up. It seems like his career has lacked direction though. A lot of people learned who he was after the tragic Patrick Day fight and he’s had good wins since then, but hopefully this can help him move forward because I think he’s good enough to go a long way.
Good for Ortiz! I think he deserves it and Top Rank has tons of guys at and around lightweight so he should be in some really good fights pretty soon. Maybe Ortiz – Cabrera?
I think Conwell is the goods, too. Not sure why he had ever signed with the now-defunct Probellum. Does anyone know why Probellum went down or what happened to that outfit?
They got blackballed due to alleged ties to Kinahan, similar to MTK Global.
The WBO seems to be pissed that Moloney won, maybe they had something to do with the 114-114 scorecard
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Sounds very fishy and shady crap by the WBO