Super lightweight Pedro “Roca” Campa (33-1-1, 23 KOs) overcame a closed right eye from a punch and a head clash in round one to break down and stop late sub Abimael Cruz (5-1, 5 KOs) in round six on Saturday night at La Ruina Park in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The referee stopped the bout two minutes into round six to protect a defenseless Cruz.

Featherweight Sergio “Chirino” Sánchez (15-1, 9 KOs) made quick work of Adrián “Topito” Gómez (13-6, 8 KOs). A hook to the liver ended the fight at 1:22 of round two.

Lightweight Diego “Azabache” Torres (11-0, 11 KOs) knocked out Héctor “Ratón” Colín (15-11, 9 KOs) in round two.

Unbeaten lightweight Tyler “Short Fuse” Tomlin (12-0, 8 KOs) scored a fifth round KO over Ira Terry (27-17, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Oak Grove Racing and Gaming Hotel in Oak Grove, Kentucky. Terry started well, but Tomlin started going to the body and turned the tide. In round five, Tomlin caught Terry with several shots and put him down to end it. Time was 2:14.

In a clash of 300lb heavyweights, Alonzo “Big Zo” Butler (34-3-2, 25 KOs) lumbered to an eight round unanimous decision over Brandon “Big Bear” Spencer (9-20-3, 6 KOs) on Saturday night at the Crown Reef Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Butler did more than Spencer in a slow-paced affair.

In the co-feature, unbeaten featherweight Carlos Vanegas (5-0, 4 KOs) won a six round split decision over Victorino Gonzalez (5-2, 2 KOs).

The best fight of the night was a four round draw between lightweights Anthony Savilla (2-0-1, 1 KO) and Julio Gomez (0-1-1). Bother fighters were down and hurt in a total slugfest. Promoter Christy Martin already has them lined up for a rematch.

Former welterweight contender Mikael Zewski (35-2, 23 KOs), now competing at junior middleweight, scored an eight round unanimous decision over Dilan Loza (15-5-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night at the Stade IGA in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Scores were 78-73, 77-74 and 78-74. Much tougher than expected fight for Zewski, who was lucky to win. He seemed to injure his right hand and was often outworked by Loza. Zewski was returning to action 12 months after his KO loss to Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the Las Vegas Bubble.

Female light flyweight Kim Clavel (14-0, 2 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Maria Soledad Vargas (15-4-1, 1 KO) to win the WBC women’s silver title. Scores were 98-92, 99-91, 99-91.

Photos: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME

Jake Paul 190 vs. Tyron Woodley 189.5

Amanda Serrano 124 vs. Yamileth Mercado 124
(WBC, WBO female featherweight title)

Daniel Dubois 238 vs. Joe Cusumano 235.5
Ivan Baranchyk 141 vs. Montana Love 140
Tommy Fury 179 vs. Anthony Taylor 175
Charles Conwell 153 vs. Juan Carlos Rubio 153.5

Venue: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio
Promoter: Most Valuable Promotions, Holden Productions
TV: PPV

Faceoffs

WBC #9, IBF #12, WBO #13 light heavyweight and former world title challenger Anthony “The Beast from the East” Yarde (21-2, 20 KOs) destroyed Alex Theran (23-4, 15 KOs) in one round on Saturday night at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England. Yarde dropped Theran with a left hook in round one. Theran was up at nine, but moments later another Yarde left hook to the body laid out Theran for the count. Time was 2:32. With the win, Yarde remained on track for his rematch against Lyndon Arthur. More results…

IBF #8, WBO #9 cruiserweight Mateusz “Master” Masternak moved to 45-5, 30 KOs with a brutal third round KO over relative novice Felipe Nsue (4-2-1, 3 KOs) on Saturday night at the Amfiteatr nad Jeziorem Czos in Mragowo, Poland. A crushing right hand from Masternak laid out Nsue for the count.

Long time contender and multi-time world title challenger Miguel “Micky” Roman (63-14, 48 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Sergio “Dandy” Puente (28-12, 12 KOs) in a lightweight bout on Friday night at the Gimnasio Municipal Josué Neri Santos in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. In round four, Roman caught Puente on the ropes and battered him to the canvas with a barrage of punches to end it. Time was 1:59. The card was promoted by Promociones del Pueblo.

Super bantamweight José “El General” Sanmartín (32-5, 20 KOs) defeated David “El Severo” Carmona (22-7, 9 KOs) by ten round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Foro Centenario in Mexico City. Sanmartín dropped Carmona en route to a 98-90, 97-91, 97-92 win to claim the WBA Fedecentro title.

In the co-feature, super welterweight Diego “Maravilla” Carmona (10-1, 8 KOs) beat Edgar “El Nene” Ortega (18-14, 11 KOs) by disqualification at 1:44 of the third round for a rabbit punch and a hook while falling.

In a brutal slugfest, two-time world title challenger Cesar “Corazon” Juarez (23-10-1, 19 KOs) ended the improbable win streak of WBA #8, WBC #15 featherweight Dennis “El Martillo” Contreras (24-11-1, 22 KOs) by taking a ten round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida. Juarez was extremely aggressive, often preventing Contreras from getting the distance he wanted. He hurt Contreras in round two and battered him the entire round. Contreras’ best round was round eight, but Juarez put the heat on again in rounds nine and ten to pull away 96-94, 96-94, 97-93. Juarez wins the WBA Fedecentro featherweight title.

In other action, unbeaten heavyweight Stephan “Big Shot” Shaw (15-0, 11 KOs) needed just 102 seconds to knock out Nicholas Davis (6-3, 4 KOs).

Also, undefeated Top Rank welterweight prospect Omar “New Era” Rosario (5-0, 2 KOs) defeated Marc Misiura (2-2) by unanimous decision over four rounds (40-36 3x) and super welterweight Bryan “The Hunter” Polaco (5-0, 4 KOs) stopped Justin Gunter (2-2, 1 KO) in round five. Continue reading “Juarez ends Contreras win streak”

Super lightweight Steven Claggett (30-7-2, 20 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Noe Emanuel Lopez (30-14-1, 14 KOs) on Friday night at the Holiday Inn in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. A left hook dropped Lopez to end it. Claggett had to cede 20% of his purse for missing weight.

Other Results:
Thomas Chabot KO2 Jesus Flores Herrera (super featherweight)
Avery Martin-Duval W4 Esteban Hernandez Arroyo (lightweight)
Mehmet Unal TKO3 Jair Sena (light heavyweight)
Angel Perez TKO2 Jesus Gonzalez (welterweight)
Chris Guerrero W4 Jose Bolanos (super welterweight)
Luis Santana W4 Jose Hernandez (lightweight)
Antonio Perez W4 Ismael Aviles (super lightweight)
Mark Smither W6 Roberto Robledo (super lightweight)
Mary Spencer KO1 Neftali Escobar (super welterweight)

The event was staged by Canadian promoter Eye of the Tiger Management (EOTTM), which brought a team of boxers to Mexico. EOTTM fighters went 10-0.

Heavyweight Dave “White Rhino” Allen (19-5-2, 16 KOs) returned with a second round TKO over journeyman Andrea Pesce (7-14-3, 2 KOs) on Friday night at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield, England. Coming out of an 18-month retirement, Allen dropped Pesce twice.

In an upset, formerly world-rated Dante “Crazy” Jardon (34-7, 25 KOs) knocked out previously unbeaten local favorite Anthony Tomlinson (13-1, 7 KOs) in round nine of a welterweight slugfest. Tomlinson was a 10:1 favorite.

Pedro Campa 139.3 vs. Abimael Cruz 139.3
Sergio Chirino 125 vs. Adrián Gómez 125
Diego Torres 136 vs. Héctor Colín 134
Yahir Adame 133 vs. José López 135
Saúl Robles 126.5 vs. Brayan Zúñiga 125.7

Venue: Parque La Ruina, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Promotores: Zanfer, 2M Promotions
TV: TV Azteca (Mexico)

Ahead of this Sunday’s Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley PPV event, Paul’s head trainer B.J. Flores discussed Paul’s training camp, Sunday’s matchup and more with media members.

“Tyron poses a lot of threats,” said Flores. “He is definitely Jake’s most dangerous opponent. If you look back at history, no one is in there with killers at 3-0. Tyron is strong, explosive, quick twitch. For Jake to fight a guy like that in his third fight in the main event on a SHOWTIME PPV, it’s really incredible. Continue reading “B.J. Flores talks Paul-Woodley”

The road to one champion per division is becoming clear. The WBA today ordered a clash between WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan. The fighters have a period of thirty days to negotiate a deal beginning August 28 and closing at the end of the business day on September 27. In the event an agreement is not reached, or if any of the parties expresses unwillingness to negotiate, the WBA Championship Committee may call a purse bid. If a purse bid is necessary, the split will be 55% to the champion Wood and 45% to the official challenger Conlan. The winner of this bout will be the mandatory contender of super champion Leo Santa Cruz.

The WBA Championships Committee is currently ordering a flurry of championship bouts and eliminators as the organization moves toward one champion per division.

Earlier today, the committee ordered a minimumweight eliminator fight between Nicaraguans Leyman Benavides and Byron Rojas. Benavides is the Gold champion of the pioneer organization, while Rojas is ranked number two. The fighters have a 30-day negotiation period. If no agreement is reached by September 26, or if any of the parties does not show willingness to close the negotiation, the committee may call the fight to purse bid with the split at 50% for each fighter.

Anthony Yarde 180.25 vs. Alex Theran 179.5
Akeem Ennis Brown 139.25 vs. Sam Maxwell 140
Anthony Cacace 129.6 vs. Leon Woodstock 129.3
Nathan Heaney 160.5 vs. ??
Liam Davies 124.5 vs. Raymond Commey 123.1
George Bance 146.25 vs. MJ Hall 145
William Hayden 139.5 vs. Dean Jones 137.4

Venue: Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England
Promoter: Queensberry
TV: BT Sport 1 (England)

Kim Clavel 107.8 vs. Maria Soledad Vargas 107.4
(WBC female silver light flyweight title)

Mikael Zewski 153.8 vs. Dilan Loza 153.4
Marie Pier Houle 146.6 vs. Jeanette Zacarais Zapata 143.4
Alexis Barriere (2-0, 2 KOs) 230.8 vs. Angel Gabriel Barron 225.8
Mazlum Akedniz 139 vs. Giovanni Martinez 135.8
Samuel Lajoie-Dery 145.8 vs. Patrick LaFleur 147
Petar Gavrilovic 173.4 vs. Ruben Mejia 176.8

Venue: IGA Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Promoter: GYM
TV: PPV

Featherweight Mauricio “Bronco” Lara (23-2, 16 KOs) says he will “destroy” former world champion Josh Warrington (30-1, 7 KOs) again when they meet at Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds next Saturday (September 4) on DAZN. Lara surprisingly upset the previously unbeaten Warrington in nine brutal rounds last February in London. The bout was meant to be a stay busy fight for Warrington, who had vacated his IBF belt with plans to fight then-WBA champion Can Xu.

“Warrington said that I got lucky,” said Lara. “Believe me. There’s no luck in boxing. I’ve never won anything with luck. I won with hard work and a lot of discipline. Of course, since I beat him I feel I’m the champion. Like they say in my town, I’m a champion without a crown. It sounds nice and I think I’ve earned it with hard work. I want to be number one in the world and I’m going to achieve that. Continue reading “Lara: I’m coming to destroy Warrington”

“My job is to knock people out and I did and will continue to do so on September 11.”

44-year-old UFC fighter Vitor ‘The Phenom’ Belfort opened the doors to his South Florida training camp in Boca Raton for a media workout on Thursday. Belfort battles ‘The Golden Boy’, Oscar De La Hoya in a PPV boxing match on September 11 at STAPLES Center.

“It takes courage for this challenge to fight De La Hoya,” said Belfort. “This is a legacy fight for me. I’m hoping after I win on September 11, to box again in December. I haven’t turned my back on MMA but this is my focus now.

“Sometimes it can be hard to stay relevant but this fight with Oscar De La Hoya at Triller Fight Club absolutely keeps me relevant…right now, I have Oscar in my sights and that’s the only fighter I’m thinking about. After I beat him we can talk about my next opponent. Continue reading “Vitor Belfort workout”

Boxeo Telemundo closes their summer series tonight with an exciting featherweight clash. The 10 round main event features WBA Fedecentro Champion/WBA #8 ranked Dennis ”El Martillo” Contreras (24-10-1, 22 KOs) versus former world title challenger Cesar “Corazon” Juarez (26-10, 20 KOs). The event will take place at the Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida with Tuto Zabala, Jr./All Star Boxing promoting.

Contreras has completely turned his career around following a 1-8-1 run with a four bout win streak over the last two years, beating opponents with a combined record of 75-3-4. Juarez could be the toughest foe he has faced yet, but Contreras is determined to keep his win streak going. Continue reading ““El Martillo” Contreras returns to Telemundo tonight”

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has ordered a bout between WBA minimumweight champion Vic Saludar and Erick Rosa Pacheco, who was the interim 105-pound champion and now became the mandatory challenger.

The mandatory fight is the first one to come out of the decision to vacate all the interim belts of the pioneer organization in favor of the championship reduction plan launched a few weeks ago. Continue reading “WBA orders Saludar-Rosa fight”

ESPN has announced a few new fights that will air on ESPN platforms. WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete will meet Joet Gonzalez on October 16. Also, Vasyl Lomachenko will return on December 11 at Madison Square Garden.

After his world title trilogy with Joshua Franco, super flyweight Andrew Moloney has already set his sights on a route back to being a world champion. He is taking aim at WBO champion Kazuta Ioka. Ioka is already lined up to face Francisco Rodriguez Jr. and Moloney is hoping to be next.

Another interesting tidbit from ESPN is the IBF is requiring Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos to be vaccinated by September 7. Apparently it’s in the contract. Will this be a new trend?

YouTuber Jake Paul named Tyson Fury’s brother Tommy Fury as possibly his next opponent. Fury (6-0, 4 KOs) is on Sunday’s Paul-Woodley undercard.

Unbeaten super featherweight Eridson Garcia (14-0, 9 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Armando Frausto (9-2-1, 5 KOs) on Friday night in a clash for the vacant NABF title at the Humble Civic Center in Humble, Texas (outside Houston). Scores were 98-91, 96-93, 97-92. Garcia had a point deducted for holding in round six.

Middleweight Winfred Harris Jr. (19-1-1, 9 KOs) and Vaughn Alexander (15-6-1, 9 KOs) battled to an eight round draw. Scores were 78-74 Alexander, 77-75 Harris, 76-76. Alexander is the older brother of former world champion Devon Alexander.

Unbeaten welterweight Robert Garcia (8-0-1, 6 KOs) and Antonius Grable (3-1-1, 3 KOs) battled to a six round draw. Scores were 58-56 Grable, 57-57, 57-57. Grable seemingly did more.

Middleweight Eugene Hill, Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs) scored a first round TKO over Shane Hall (0-2). Hill dropped Hall in the first round and got the stoppage with his follow-up barrage. Time was :45.

Dennis Contreras 126 vs. Cesar Juarez 126
(WBA Fedecentro featherweight title)

Bryan Polaco 152 vs. Justin Gutner 151
Christopher Galeano 158 vs. Marcus Willis 158
Omar Rosario142 vs. Marc Misiura 141
Luis Caraballo 154 vs. John Portal 151
Otabek Kholmatov 124 vs. Carlos Ubando 125
Stephan “Big Shot” Shaw 235 vs. Nick Davis 238

Venue: White Sands Rehabilitation Center, Plant City, Florida
Promoter: All Star Boxing
TV: Telemundo