Boxeo Telemundo kicks off 2020 this Friday. The series returns to the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming in Miami, Florida presented by Felix “Tuto” Zabala, All Star Boxing, Inc.

The season opener will feature another chapter in the famed classic “Mexico vs Puerto Rico” boxing rivalry between former world title challengers WBO #15 Saul “Baby” Juarez (25-10-2, 13 KOs) of Mexico City will take on WBO #8, WBA #13 Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez (22-3-1, 13 KOs) of Caguas, Puerto Rico in a ten-rounder with the WBO/NABO light flyweight title at stake. Continue reading “Juarez eyes upset on Telemundo Friday”

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

Australian light middleweight Daniel Lewis (6-0, 4 KOs) has been made betting underdog in Saturday’s ten round contest against 6’5 Sebastian Fundora (13-0-1, 9 KOs) at the MGM Casino on the Wilder-Fury undercard.

“Everyone says I’m stepping up fast but I feel like it’s a good pace for me,” Lewis told AAP. “I’ve fought 150 amateur fights, all shapes and sizes, so I’ve got to adjust in the early rounds and I see myself taking him out, chopping him down. We’ve watched a few videos and he has the one basic style. He doesn’t use his height to his advantage. He loves to fight inside which suits me. I think he’s at a disadvantage in this fight.”

By Miguel Maravilla

Golden Boy Promotions announced Tuesday the signing of three prospects: lightweight Daillis Kaleiopu of Hawaii, bantamweight Asa Stevens also from Hawaii, and super welterweight Shane Mosley Jr.

Here is what Oscar De La Hoya had to say: “We are excited to be signing three great prospects. We have big plans to keep them busy on DAZN. These are 3 young men that are hardworking and talented. Our objective is to get them a world title.” Continue reading “Golden Boy signs three prospects”

There were some huge surprises during the Golden Contract semi-final draw, with the Golden Ball adding the drama that was expected.

A huge night of action takes place at a sold out York Hall on Friday, live on Sky Sports in association with Matchroom Boxing, and on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank.

A Golden Ball was added into the semi-final draw, with the fighting selecting it able to choose their opponent from the three remaining fighters that selected the red balls. Continue reading “Shock Golden Contract Draw”

Boxeo Telemundo returns this Friday to kick off its 31st straight year on air with another chapter in the famed classic “Puerto Rico vs Mexico” as WBO #8 WBA #13 Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez(22-3-1 13 KO’s) of Caguas, PR faces WBC #6 WBO #15 Saul “Baby” Juarez(25-10-2 13 KO’s) of Mexico City, MX. The bout is scheduled for 10 rounds in the light flyweight division with the WBO/NABO title in play.

The showdown will mark the return of the series back to the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming in Miami, Florida presented by Felix “Tuto” Zabala, All Star Boxing, Inc. Continue reading “Gonzalez-Juarez Clash Friday on Telemundo”

Wilder-Fury 2 fight week kicks off today with the fighter grand arrivals at the MGM Grand’s main lobby. The event is open to the public.

The schedule is as follows:

1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Sebastian Fundora and Daniel Lewis
1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Emanuel Navarrete and Jeo Santisima
1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Charles Martin and Gerald Washington
1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Tyson Fury
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Deontay Wilder

Former two-time heavyweight champion of the world Shannon Briggs(60-6-1, 53 KOs) is planning to try bare-knuckle fighting.  A May date is being looked at in Miami, Florida which is close to where Briggs resides.  The news was broke to Fightnews.com® by boxing manager and businessman Scott Hirsch, who managed Briggs while he beat the odds and won the WBO world heavyweight title in 2006.

“Shannon was on the fence about trying his hand in the bare-knuckles squared circle after being out of the ring for the last three years. Hearing former UFC heavyweight champ Ricco Rodriguez called him ‘washed up’ and said he wouldn’t have a chance against him or the other top bare-knuckles fighters lit a fire under the two- time world heavyweight boxing champion,” said Hirsch. Continue reading “Ex-champ Briggs eyes bare-knuckle fight”

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will have a new team in his corner for Saturday’s PPV rematch with WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas. Both Fury and Wilder weigh in on the ramifications.

[Tyson Fury on his new trainer SugarHill Steward] “I had a good defensive coach, Ben Davison. We worked a lot on defense every single day for two years. It was defense, defense, defense. So I needed an aggressive trainer. I worked with SugarHill in the past. I knew he was a good guy. I knew we got along well, which is very important. Communication is key to any good relationship, and that’s what I brought him in, and it’s been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, ever.” Continue reading “Wilder, Fury talk about Fury’s new team”

By Ron Jackson

Latest S.A. boxing news including Rowan Campbell, Joshua Studdard, Hekkie Budler, Deejay Kriel, Nkosinathi Joyi, Kevin Lerena and more…

Rowan Campbell to fight for vacant IBO belt

South Africa’s Rowan Campbell is scheduled to meet Evgeny Shvedenko of Russia for the vacant IBO super middleweight belt on March 28 at the Palazzohalle in Karlsruhe, Germany. This is a well-deserved reward for the 26-year-old Campbell who made his pro debut on December 1, 2016, and has remained undefeated in compiling a record of 12 wins with 8 coming inside the distance. Continue reading “South African Boxing Update”

WBA #5 welterweight Jamal “Shango” James (26-1, 12 KOs) hopes to bring a world championship to his hometown April 11 when he faces #11 rated Thomas Dulorme (25-3-1,16 KOs) for the WBA interim welterweight title at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The card will air on FOX with a second world title fight expected to be added. Light heavyweight David Morrell Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs will also appear on the card.

Boxing’s busiest champion WBO super bantamweight ruler Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (30-1, 26 KOs) will make his fifth title defense in nine months against Jeo Santisima (19-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday’s Fury-Wilder PPV. 25-year-old Navarrete has won all his defenses so far by knockout (against Isaac Dogboe, Francisco de Vaca, Juan Miguel Elorde and Francisco Horta). He is as much as a 50:1 favorite to handle WBO #4 rated Santisima on Saturday.

23-year-old Santisima lost two of his first four bouts, but has won 17 straight with 15 of those by KO. All Santisima’s bouts until now have been in the Philippines.

With 12 rounds of experience against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he knows how to win in Saturday’s PPV rematch in Las Vegas.

“The biggest mistake I made last time was not making him pay when he was hurt,” said Fury. “I didn’t know what I had in the tank last time. I’d never done 12 rounds {in my comeback}. It’s a long time. This time, I know I can do the distance and we’re not getting hurt. I’ll throw everything but the kitchen sink at him and he won’t know what hit him.

“I learned he can be hit, and he can be hurt quite regularly. That’s the biggest thing that I learned about Deontay Wilder. Nothing I didn’t already know. Before I fought him, obviously I didn’t know what he was like in a boxing ring, and after I fought him, I know what he’s like. And I think there’s nothing to worry about. He’s got a big right hand and that’s it. He’s a one-dimensional fighter, and I’m going to prove that on the 22nd of February.”

Former world champion Tyson Fury has claimed he’s going to come right at WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder when they meet on PPV Saturday in Las Vegas. Wilder was asked whether he thinks Fury is serious or just trying to talk a good game and hype things up.

“I really don’t know what’s their plans are or what he’s going to do or what he’s not going to do. I don’t know what is true about what he’s saying and what is not true. I know one thing, that I’m prepared for anything that he brings to the table,” said Wilder.

“I’m overly prepared for whatever. So if you want to bring the fight, then come on, let’s make it happen, that’ll benefit me more than anything, him coming full at me. So I hope they stick with that game plan and follow it through and aren’t just talking for hype. Actually do what you say you’re going to do. I’m looking forward to it. Continue reading “Wilder: I really feel that Fury’s nervous”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

2016 Olympian Daniel Lewis (6-0, 4 KOs) will clash with 6’5 southpaw light middleweight Sebastian Fundora (13-0-1, 9 KOs) over ten rounds on the undercard of the WBC heavyweight title bout featuring Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury on Saturday at the MGM Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Daniel is fit and ready to put on a show,” Lewis trainer Graham Shaw told Fightnews.com. “Preparation has been excellent with great sparring in Sydney against Sam Ah See and Billy Cliff. In Las Vegas we had great sparring against 6’3 southpaw light middleweight Andreal Holmes who is 11-0.” Continue reading “2016 Olympian Daniel Lewis in action Saturday”

Former WBC flyweight world champion Cristofer “Latigo” Rosales (29-5, 20 KOs) returns to the ring on March 13th. He will take on Szilveszter Kanalas (14-10, 9 KOs) of Hungary in an 8 round super flyweight main event at the Manual Artime Community Center & Theater in Miami, Florida.

In the co-feature, world-ranked bantamweight Melvin “Melo” Lopez (21-1, 12 KOs) will look to rebound from his first professional loss when he takes on Jeno Tonte (9-8, 8 KOs) of Hungary in 8 round bantamweight contest. Continue reading “Melo, Rosales featured in Miami March 13”

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

Unheralded southpaw puncher Ryoji Fukunaga (12-4, 12 KOs), 115, impressively captured the WBO Asia Pacific 115-pound belt when he withstood constant assaults of defending champ Froilan Saludar (31-4-1, 22 KOs), 114.5, and finally caught up with the Filipino sharpshooter to halt him at 1:40 of the seventh session in a scheduled twelve on Friday in Tokyo, Japan.

It was a sizzling see-saw battle with split tallies after the sixth: 58-56, 56-58, 57-57. Fukunaga’s persistent body bombardments paid off with Saludar finally sinking to the deck with the referee Someya’s well-received intervention.

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By David Finger

IBF world female featherweight champion Jennifer Han returned to the ring after a lay-off of nearly two years, winning a lopsided eight round unanimous decision over Jeri Sitzes in front of her hometown fans in El Paso Saturday night. All three judges scored it a shutout (80-72) for Han, who improved to 18-3-1, 1 KO. Sitzes, who has never been stopped, falls to 15-11-1, 6 KOs. Golden Eagle Promotions was the promoter.

Lightweight boxer Dat Nguyen scored a wild first round KO over Abdiel Velazquez in a bare-knuckle fight at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

It was a furious pace from the opening bell, Nguyen landing first and dropping Velazquez. Velazquez continued to force the fast action and he caught Nguyen, dropping Nguyen to the mat for the first time in his career. As the fighters settled into the later stages of the first round, Nguyen landed a huge left that knocked Velazquez out cold. The referee immediately waved off the fight 1:51 into round one.

WBO light flyweight world champion Elwin “La Pulga” Soto (17-1, 11 KOs) of Mexico knocked out countryman Javier Alejandro Rendon (10-5-3, 4 KOs) in round one of a non-title 10 round flyweight main event on Saturday night at the Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali, Mexico. Soto delivered a vicious left hook to the body that put Rendon down and out for the full ten count. Official time 2:41 of round one.

Photos: Sumio Yamada

IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant (20-0, 12 KOs) scored a one-sided tenth round TKO over mandatory challenger Vincent Feigenbutz (31-3, 28 KOs) on Saturday night at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

40:1 favorite Plant dominated from the opening bell and progressively broke down Feigenbutz until the bout was waved off by referee Malik Waleed at 2:23 of round ten.

“I felt great out there,” said Plant. “I was relaxed and sharp. I told you I was going to stop this before the 12th round. I want to dedicate this to my daughter, to my mother, my grandfather and the whole city of Nashville.”

The champion also stated his desire to unify versus unbeaten WBC counterpart and rival, David Benavidez. Continue reading “Plant stops Feigenbutz, retains IBF 168lb title”

Welterweight Abel “Abelito” Ramos (26-3-2, 20 KOs) scored a Rocky-like come-from-behind knockout win with one second remaining in the last round against Bryant “Goodfella” Perrella (17-3, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Perrella appeared to be headed to a ten round decision win, but a desperate Ramos dropped him twice in the last round. Perrella beat the count, but referee Jack Reiss waved it off at 2:59!!!

Perrella was up on all three cards at the time of the stoppage; 87-84 and two scores of 88-83.

Two-time world title challenger Diego Magdaleno (32-3, 13 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over local hero Austin Dulay (13-2, 10 KOs) in a lightweight clash. After two slow rounds, Magdaleno pressed the action and dropped Dulay with a body shot in round seven, but was deducted a point for a low blow in the same round. Scores were 97-91, 96-92, 96-92. Continue reading “Ramos stops Parrella with 1 second remaining”

It was officially announced today that unbeaten welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. (15-0, 15 KOs) defends his WBA Gold title against Samuel Vargas (31-5-2, 14 KOs) in a 12-rounder on March 28 at the “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, Calif. and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN. The card will also feature Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano, Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan, Rashidi “Speedy” Ellis, and Seniesa “Superbad” Estrada. Continue reading “March 28 Ortiz-Vargas card shaping up”

Back in 1930, German heavyweight Max Schmeling won the world championship fighting in the USA. No German has done it since. Felix Sturm came oh so close, losing controversially to Oscar de la Hoya. And Axel Schulz nearly pulled it off in a controversial loss to George Foreman.

But tonight in Nashville, Tennessee, super middleweight Vincent Feigenbutz (31-2, 28 KOs) is looking to beat the curse and become the first German boxer to win a world title in the USA in 90 years. Continue reading “Feigenbutz confident of upsetting Plant”

Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez (51-2-2, 28 KOs) will return to the ring against an opponent to be named on June 6 in Madrid, Spain. Sergio, who turns 45 next week, hasn’t fought for six years. In his last fight against Miguel Cotto back in 2014, Martinez suffered a bad knee injury, but he says after all this time off he feels really good.

By Miguel Maravilla

Lightweights Ryan “Kingry” Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) of Victorville, California, and former three-division world champion Jorge Linares (47-5, 29 KOs) of Venezuela both scored devastating knockout victories Friday night in Anaheim, California, to set up an expected summer showdown.

Garcia made quick work of Nicaragua’s Francisco Fonseca (25-3-2, 19 KOs) scoring an 80 second knockout. “I was hoping it would last longer. You tell everyone I’m here. I’m ready for anything,” Garcia told Fightnews.com®.

Linares scored a fourth round KO over Los Angeles’s own Carlos Morales (19-5-4, 8 KOs) in the co-feature. He also suffered a small cut near his left eye, but that won’t prevent the fight with Garcia. “I’m happy with my win. My cut is fine and I should be good for a fight with Garcia. Congratulations to him, let’s do this,” Linares told us. Continue reading “Garcia and Linares expected to clash in July”