The WBA Championships Committee has called a purse bid for November 12 for the bout between light flyweight super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi and regular champion Esteban Bermudez. The auction will be held through the Zoom platform due to the effects of the pandemic. The Kyoguchi-Bermudez bout is part of the WBA’s world title reduction policy and the winner will be the WBA’s only world champion in the 108-pound category. The purse distribution will be 65% for Kyoguchi, while Bermudez will get 35%.

By Robert Coster

Boxing Promoter/ Manager Jacques Deschamps has passed away from a heart attack. Deschamps,  a businessman by profession, was a lover of the sweet science and promoted and managed boxers in Central America and the Caribbean (Haiti, Jamaica, Panama ) over various decades. Jacques fostered the career of three world champions: Edgar Sosa of Mexico, Anselmo Moreno of Panama, and Nicholas Walters of Jamaica. Two other boxers of his, Bunny Grant and Richard Clarke, fought for world titles. In 2019, Deschamps was named best promoter of the Caribbean and Central America at the annual WBC Convention. Jacques Deschamps was 68 years old. May he rest in peace.

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

IBF #1 lightweight George “Ferocious” Kambosos (19-0, 10 KOs) says he’s the face of Australian boxing, but it’s good to see other world-rated Aussie boxers, including Tim Tszyu, Andrew and Jason Moloney, Liam Paro, Jai Opetaia, Demsey McKean, Brock Jarvis, Justis Huni, Faris Chevalier and Jacob Ng make their mark in the fight game.

“It’s good to see Australian boxing is growing by the minute, and I know I am one of the main reasons for that. I’m the leader of the pack,” Kambosos told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. Continue reading “Kambosos: I am the face of Aussie boxing”

Rising welterweight star Conor Benn (19-0, 12 KOs) will face former world champion Chris Algieri (25-3, 9 KOs) at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool on Saturday December 11, live worldwide on DAZN.

Conor Benn: “We expect Algieri to bring his best, but I want him deep in the trenches with me, I want to use this opportunity to display my skills and ability against a quality fighter to prepare me and take another step closer to a world title. A former world champ vs. a very, very hungry contender, I can’t wait for December 11.”

Chris Algieri: “December 11 will be a masterclass with me utilizing my deep bag of skills and experience. Benn is hungry and tough but this is a huge step up in class for him. I’m coming to show that it’s not his time yet. I still got the goods and the world will see it once again come fight night.”

Full card details will be announced next week.

By Karl Freitag
Photos: Sumio Yamada

Explore the facts and figures of Canelo-Plant.

• According to CompuBox, Canelo landed 117 out of 361 punches, while Plant connected on 101 of 441. Canelo had the edge in power shots 102-59.
• At the time of the stoppage, Canelo was ahead on the scorecards 98-92, 97-93, and 96-94.
• Attendance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas was 16,586. The live gate and PPV numbers weren’t available at press time.
• Canelo is now 57-1-2, 39 KOs, Plant is 21-1, 12 KOs.
• Canelo will bank $40 million and Plant will earn $10 million.
• Canelo is now one of 6 undisputed champions in the four-belt era, joining Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Terence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk and Josh Taylor. Teofimo Lopez has an argument that he’s in that elite club also.

Check out famed boxing photographer Sumio Yamada’s GIANT photo gallery…

After the fight, Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant embraced and spent about a minute talking. Plant then left the ring and Canelo did a postfight interview with Showtime’s Jim Gray, choosing to speak in his native Spanish.

“Caleb is a good fighter,” Alvarez was quoted as saying. “I have a lot of respect for Caleb Plant. He was a difficult opponent with a lot of ability and I do respect him. We are both men at the end of the day. He wanted to fight me and still continue. I told him there’s no shame. We had a great fight tonight…He was making the fight pretty difficult, but Eddy told me to just stick to the gameplan in the last two rounds. In the end, I got him. That’s the way it had to finish. He was already hurt and I went for the kill.”

Canelo, however, wasn’t happy with the translation of Showtime’s Felix DeJesus. Canelo turned to DeJesus and spoke English.

Canelo: No. And then?
DeJesus: And then?
Canelo: And then!
DeJesus: He [Plant] did say sorry about, you know, the ‘motherf**ker’ incident that happened. That he didn’t mean it that way.
Gray: I heard him. He said to you he has no mother himself. He lost his mother at a young age.
Canelo: And I said, ‘We are men. Everything’s OK and keep going.’

Continue reading “Canelo: And then?”

By Miguel Maravilla

Boxing superstar Saul “Canelo” Álvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) talked about his spectacular eleventh round knockout over previously unbeaten Caleb “Sweethands” Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) to unify the WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO super middleweight titles on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here is what the champ had to say.

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By Miguel Maravilla and Jeff Zimmerman at ringside

Boxing superstar Saul “Canelo” Álvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) scored a spectacular eleventh round KO over previously unbeaten Caleb “Sweethands” Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) to unify the WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO super middleweight titles on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo stalked while Plant tried to stick and move.

Plant frustrated Alvarez for much of the fight, however, Canelo finally dropped Plant in round eleven, then finished him with a brutal follow-up barrage. Continue reading “Undisputed! Canelo KOs Plant in 11”

By Miguel Maravilla and Jeff Zimmerman at ringside

In the co-feature bout, former two-time super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell (34-2-2, 25 KO’s) scored a fourth round knockout over Marcos Hernandez (15-5-2, 3 KO’s). A huge right uppercut by Dirrell did it as Hernandez was out cold. The referee reached a ten count at 22 seconds of the fourth.

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Former world champion Rey Vargas (35-0, 22 KO’s) of Mexico City, Mexico won a unanimous decision over Leonardo Baez (21-5, 12 KO’s) of Mexicali, Mexico in a featherweight bout. Vargas came out aggressive in the opening round as he swung for the fences throwing overhand rights on the tough Baez. It was relentless activity from Vargas in the early rounds as he let his hands go, Baez pressed attempting to get inside. In the fourth round, Vargas continued to be active throwing punches from different angles tallying up points. Continuing to let his hands go, Vargas offense was to much but Baez kept coming.

The second half of the fight, Vargas kept his distance and continued to let his hands go but Baez kept pressing. Vargas kept the activity consistent in the seventh but Baez was not going away. Late in the fight, Vargas activity slowed down, Baez suffered a cut on his head as he was bleeding profusely but kept coming. Vargas fought conservatively keeping his distance boxing as Baez proved to be a tough out for the former champion.

After completing the ten rounds the judges scored the bout 100-90, 100-90, and 99-91. Continue reading “Canelo-Plant Undercard Results”

By Przemek Garczarczyk

At his kickoff press conference, Jake Paul dedicated a “poem” for his absent opponent Tommy Fury.

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Referee Russell Mora, who recently worked the Fury-Wilder fight, will once again be the third man in the ring when Canelo Alvarez fights Caleb Plant tonight for the undisputed super middleweight title.

Judges are Dave Moretti, Patricia Morse Jarman, and Steve Weisfeld.

Canelo is currently a 10:1 favorite.

By Jeff Zimmerman

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In an all-action unification clash, WBO junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer (16-0, 5 KOs) seized the IBF belt of Maiva Hamadouche (22-2, 18 KOs) by ten round unanimous decision on Friday night at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. It was toe-to-toe from the opening bell. Both were willing to trade all night, but Mayer got the best of it down the stretch. In the end, judges weren’t giving Hamadouche anything. Scores were 98-92, 99-91, 100-90.

“I really wanted to show everyone in the division and the naysayers that I didn’t have the power and the grit to stay in there for 10 rounds with Hamadouche that I am the best in the division,” said Mayer. “I am coming to be undisputed, and I want the big fights. I’m definitely a threat.” Continue reading “Mayer defeats Hamadouche in war”

By Przemek Garczarczyk

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Unbeaten welterweight Lewis “The Croc” Crocker (13-0, 7 KOs) defend his WBO European belt with a seventh round KO against Artem Haroyan (17-3-1, 9 KOs) on Friday night at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Crocker dropped Haroyan in the sixth and finished him with a body shot in round seven. Time was :47.

Unbeaten super middleweight Padraig “The Hammer” McCrory (12-0, 6 KOs) successfully defended of his WBC International Silver belt with a second round KO over Celso Neves (8-2-1, 2 KOs). McCrory dropped Neves twice in round two. Time was :35.

Lightweight Sean “The Public Nuisance” McComb (13-1, 5 KOs) defeated Ronnie “The Shark” Clark (21-6-2, 10 KOs) over eight by a score of 79-74.

European middleweight champion Matteo Signani (31-5-3, 11 KOs) scored a workmanlike twelve round unanimous decision over Ruben Diaz (26-3-2, 17 KOs) on Friday night at the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome, Italy. In a battle of 42-year-olds, Signani was the slightly fresher of the two and won by scores of 117-111, 116-112, 115-113.

European Union featherweight champion Mauro Forte (16-0-2, 6 KOs) and Francesco Grandelli (15-1-2, 3 KOs) battled to a twelve round draw. Close fight with scores of 116-113 Forte, 115-113 Grandelli, and 114-114.

Super welterweight Tony Dixon (13-3, 4 KOs) needed just 63 seconds to knock out Francesco Russo (10-2, 8 KOs). It was Dixon’s first fight in two years.

Light heavyweight Hrvoje Sep (11-0, 8 KOs) battered Serhiy Demchenko (23-16-1, 15 KOs) over six rounds. 60-54 3x.

By Miguel Maravilla & Jeff Zimmerman at the scale

Canelo Alvarez 168 vs. Caleb Plant 167
(WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO super middleweight titles)

There was a face-off, but the fighters were kept far apart.

Anthony Dirrell 168.5 vs. Marcos Hernandez 168.5
Rey Vargas 125 vs. Leonardo Baez 126.5
Elvis Rodriguez 142 vs. Pivi Romero 143
Rances Barthalemy 143 vs Gustavo Vitorri 143
Jose Gomez 131 vs Jose Antonio Meza 132
Jan Salvatierra 113 vs Fernando Diaz 114
Joselito Velasquez 114 vs Gilberto Mendoza 114

Venue: MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Promoter: TGB Promotions
TV: PPV

By Jeff Zimmerman

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