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Shohjahon Ergashev 140.4 vs. Angel Martinez Hernandez 142.6

Ali Izmailov 174.2 vs Eric Murguia 173
(USBA Light Heavyweight Championship)

Prince Dzanie 118.8 vs. Juan Gabriel Medina 116.6
Joseph Hicks Jr 166.6 vs. Jonathan Batista 174.2
Joshua Pagan 141.8 vs. Maycon Oller Da Silva 143.6
Da’Velle Smith 160.4 vs. Devontae McDonald 158.8
Darius Fulghum 174.4 vs. David Murray 176

Venue: The Garden Theater, Detroit, Michigan
Promoter: Salita Promotions

WBO featherweight champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (35-1, 29 KOs) makes the third defense of his world title against Mexican countryman Eduardo Baez (21-2-2, 7 KOs) in San Diego next Saturday (Aug. 20) at the Pechanga Arena (formerly San Diego Sports Arena).

Emanuel Navarrete: “He’s a warrior with an imposing, come-forward style. He is intelligent and has good technique. The fight will be difficult in the first six rounds until I figure him out. In the second half of the fight, we expect to be able to connect combinations to the body to weaken my opponent and achieve the victory.”

“This has been the best training camp of my career. We started camp in Mexico City, and we finished in Tijuana.”

“I’m ready to come back after a long layoff. Sometimes you start getting doubts when you spend so much time away from the ring. But as soon as training camp starts, the positive mentality returns.”

A clash between middleweight Chris Eubank Jr (32-2, 23 KOs) and welterweight Conor Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) is on for October 8 at the O2 in London as the sons of two of the sport’s most famous names battle it out in a second-generation showdown on DAZN. It is reported the bout will be contested at a 156lb catch weight.

Chris Eubank Jr: “I grew up watching their legendary battles and always wanting to emulate that, and find my own arch nemesis… could this now be Conor Benn? We will find out. He has walked the same path as I have. I know his struggle. Living in the shadow of a legend and trying to break out of that shadow and make his own name. If he can beat me, his name will be made, and he will never walk in his father’s shadow again.”

Conor Benn: “This fight is for the legacy and was an opportunity I felt I couldn’t pass up. My team and I had other options on the table as I’m currently ranked top 5 with all governing bodies at welterweight and no doubt I’m looking for a World Championship fight very soon, but this fight is embedded with so much history and I know it’s one the public really want to see. To me this fight is personal – it’s more than titles and rankings, this is unfinished business between our families!” Continue reading “Eubank-Benn to collide Oct 8 in London”

This Friday night’s R&B Promotions fight card on board the Battleship New Jersey in Camden has been rescheduled for Sunday, August 28th. A full card of boxing with many of the same fighters that were ticketed for Friday night’s show will see action on August 28th. A formal announcement with the updated card will be released shortly.

By Mauricio Sulaimán
Son of José Sulaimán & President of the WBC

I was present at the Congress of the Association of Boxing Commissions of the United States (ABC), which was at Niagara Falls, in New York.

This group was formed in the 1980s, when some commissioners from the states with the most activity in this sport in that country sought to unite to address priority issues, with the intention of achieving uniformity in regulations and procedures.

The ABC was founded by boxing greats, like Duane Ford, Sam Macias, Dickie Cole, Arlen Bynum, Greg Sirb and Randy Gordon, among others, who had the vision to see goals and perimeters even further afield, concerning a sport that is complicated to manage, due to the unique model that no other encompasses. Continue reading “The evolution of boxing”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Australian boxing great, former WBC featherweight world champion Johnny Famechon will be honored with a State funeral it has been reported with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announcing on Monday that after consulting with Famechon family members they had accepted the offer of a State funeral.The date should be announced soon.

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Sad to report the passing of boxing photographer Ramon Cairo (61), the reference photographer of Argentine Boxing, from a heart attack. He was just photographing boxing this last weekend before suddenly leaving us. Cairo was the main Argentine photographer over the last 25 years and earned the respect of all the boxing people, fan and fighters.

Undefeated strawweight Luis “Flechita” Castillo (20-0-1, 13 KOs) defeated Abraham “Choko” Rodríguez (28-3-0, 13 KOs), in a WBC semi-final eliminator in La Paz, Baja California Sur. In the sixth round, Rodríguez visited the canvas hurting his left ankle, so unfortunately, he was unable to continue. The referee decreed victory for Castillo by technical knockout.

Lightweight contender Joseph “JoJo” Diaz, Jr. (32-2-1, 15 KOs) will face undefeated rising star William “Camarón” Zepeda (26-0, 23 KOs) on November 5 in a dangerous twelve-rounder that will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN.

JoJo Diaz: “I am very excited to be back in the ring and do what I love. I’m going to take on the toughest challenge that will bring out the best in me. I’m going to show the shrimp what it’s like to swim with the sharks.”

William Zepeda: “I am ready to dance with JoJo and give him trouble.”

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya: “This fight proves that Golden Boy Promotions isn’t scared to put its fighters in tough matches to give fight fans the boxing entertainment they’re looking for. JoJo Diaz, Jr. and William Zepeda are both hungry fighters ready to put their reputation on the line to prove they are worthy contenders in the lightweight division. Both are aggressive southpaw fighters who come forward and are unafraid to give fans a show.”

Information on the venue, tickets, and the undercard will be announced in the coming weeks.

“The Takeover” Teofimo Lopez is back in this weekend’s big fight.

FRIDAY
It’s finally happening! The twice postponed PPV lightweight showdown between former world champions Mickey Bey (23-3-1, 11 KOs) and Tevin Farmer (30-5-1, 6 KOs) take place at the Findlay Toyota Center, in Prescott Valley, Arizona. BTW, the PPV price is $29.99.

SATURDAY
ESPN will present Teofimo Lopez (16-1, 12 KOs), the former unified lightweight champion, making his junior welterweight debut against Pedro Campa (34-1-1, 23 KOs) at the Resorts World Event Center at Resorts World Las Vegas.

The same night, subscribers to the $4.99/mo Fite+ service get lightweight Wesley “El Bongocero” Ferrer (16-1-1, 8 KOs) against division gatekeeper Jayson “La Maravilla” Velez (30-8-1, 21 KOs) in an NBA title fight from The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida.

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

The camp of former IBF, WBA 118-pound challenger Aran Dipaen (14-3, 12 KOs) has targeted IBF junior bantamweight champion Fernando Martinez after Dipaen captured the vacant IBF Pan Pacific 115-pound title against Cris Alfante (18-10-1, 10 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision (118-110, 118-110, 118-111) in Bang Phli, Thailand.

“Aran was impressive winning last Wednesday over Cris Alfante and now will have his sights on the IBF champion Fernando Martinez,” Dipaen’s promoter Jimmy Chaichotchuang told Fightnews.com®. “Dapean challenged one of boxing’s best pound-for-pound boxers Naoya Inoue last December in Japan and gave a credible performance before losing a technical knockout decision in round eight. Martinez is a good champion but I am confident Dapaen would be victorious.”

M&R Boxing Promotions(Laura Ching) presented an event Saturday night at the Casino Hollywood Milla de Oro, in Medellin, Colombia. The eight round junior welterweight main event saw Romero Duno (25-3, 20 KOs) of the Philippines score a fourth round TKO over 64-bout veteran Yogli Herrera of Colombia. It was a dominant performance by Duno over the very game and durable Herrera who rarely gets stopped.

The 8 round super featherweight co-feature saw Yoandris Salinas (23-2-2, 16 KOs) break down Colombian Omar Cuello (5-5-1, 3 KOs) in route to a 7th round TKO victory. It was the second bout in as many of months for Salinas. He got some valuable rounds of work against the very determined Cuello. Salinas hurt Cuello multiple times in the bout. Cuello had a brief mid-round offensive rally prior to losing inside the distance. Continue reading “Duno victorious in Medellin, Colombia”

By Robert Coster

Jose (Joselo) Lantigua is a young boxing promoter based in the Dominican Republic. He inherited his company, Domini Boxing Promotions, from his deceased father Jose (Papin) Lantigua, a man who promoted hundreds of boxing cards on the Caribbean island. “I was my father’s assistant. I learned the trade from him,” says the younger Lantigua, “He handed the torch over to me.”

Domini Boxing has promoted two cards this year, one on March 12, the other on July 22 in Santo Domingo, the Dominican capital. Fightnews.com® sat with Joselo to talk about his present solo experience as a boxing promoter and his future plans. Continue reading “Interview: Promoter Joselo Lantigua”

Popular junior welterweight Mike “Bad Man” Ohan turned in a workmanlike performance in Saturday night’s “The Next Chapter,” presented by Granite Chin Promotions, on a very hot , humid evening at Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Ohan (16-1, 9 KOs), the former New England Welterweight Champion, kept fans from his nearby hometown of Holbrook happy, taking a 6-round, majority decision from his Argentinian foe, Jonathan “Yoni” Ariel Sosa (7-14-2, 4 KOs). Continue reading “Ohan edges Sosa in Bridgewater, Mass”

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

WBO#10, WBC#13 Ryota Toyoshima (16-2-1, 10 KOs), 146.5, decisively kept his WBO Asia Pacific welterweight belt as he aggressively took the leadoff, battered Filipino champ Adam Diu Abdulhamid (17-11, 9 KOs), 146.25, and halted him at 0:37 of the fifth round in a scheduled twelve on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. The lefty champ holds both WBO AP and OPBF belts, but he had only the former on the line this night. Toyoshima had the Filipino’s right ear badly swollen with his repeated left shots, and his furious surge in the fatal session prompted the referee’s intervention.

Promoter: Teiken Promotions.

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By Jeff Zimmerman

Welterweights Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Michael McKinson, plus WBA/WBC female flyweight champion Marlen Esparza, hold court after their fights Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas.

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By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside

In a WBA welterweight eliminator, the rising star from Grand Prairie, Texas, Vergil Ortiz Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) put on a show for his hometown fans dropping the awkward and slick Michael McKinson (22-1, 2 KOs) from the United Kingdom in round eight and again in round nine to score the TKO in the scheduled twelve at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, streamed live on DAZN and promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. Ortiz Jr. retained his WBO International title with the huge win and now his hoping for his long awaited world title shot. Continue reading “Ortiz stops McKinson, KO streak continues”

By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside

Super welterweight Blair “The Flair” Cobb (16-1-1, 10 KOs) out of Philadelphia, PA, dropped Dallas’ former world champ Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (27-3-3, 18 KOs) three times, once in round one and twice in round two to win going away with the unanimous decision 97-90 twice and 96-91 on Saturday night at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Cobb used quick feet and a powerful left hand to dart in and out of the bigger Hooker all night. Cobb, a southpaw, landed his right hand and then followed up with two more punches as Hooker went down to score the first knockdown in round one. In round two, Cobb scored his second knockdown with a straight left through the guard and later in the round, Cobb landed another left and then a right that put Hooker down for the third time in the fight in as many rounds. Continue reading “Wooooo! Cobbs defeats Hooker”

By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside

In the co-main event, WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine flyweight champ Marlen Esparza (13-1, 1 KO) from Houston, Texas, kept her belts as she won an entertaining, back and forth battle with Eva Guzman (19-2, 11 KOs) from Venezuela over ten rounds at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, Texas and streamed live on DAZN. Scores read 98-92 twice and 99-91 for the UD for Esparza.

Esparza landed a big right-hand just seconds into the fight and stayed on the attack over ten rounds against a game Guzman who picked up the pace in the middle rounds to make Esparza work. And Esparza did just that in the fifth round when she landed combos and displayed great defense with head movement to avoid the punches coming back from Guzman. In round six, Guzman came out aggressive but was thwarted by a counter from Esparza. In round eight, Esparza and Guzman let their hands go in the center of the ring as neither fighter backed down until the final bell.

Light heavyweight Bektemir “Bek the Bully” Melikuziev (10-1, 8 KOs) fighting out of Indio, CA, battered the body of Sladan Janjanin (32-13, 24 KOs) out of Boston, MA, over three rounds, dropping him 3 times, as referee Neal Yong waived it off with Janjanin still standing at 2:18 of the scheduled ten in the DAZN opener at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions. Melikuziev opened the fight with a hard crushing left hook to the body in round one and somehow Janjanin got up but was still visibly hurt. Over the next two rounds, “Bek the Bully” continued to pounce on the hurt prey as he landed big shots to both the head and again to the body, dropping Janjanin in the second and third rounds before the fight was called off. The Uzbek won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a middleweight and has rebounded with three wins in a row after his one punch knockout loss to Gabriel Rosado in June 2021. Continue reading “Undercard Results from Fort Worth, Texas”

Two-time Olympian featherweight Michael “Mick” Conlan (17-1, 8 KOs), outboxed three-time world title challenger Miguel Marriaga (30-6, 26 KOs) over ten rounds on Saturday night at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In his return after a brutal KO loss against WBA featherweight world champion Leigh Wood, the speedier Conlan never let power-puncher Marriaga into the fight as Marriaga spent most the night swinging at air. Conlan scored questionable knockdowns in rounds seven and eight. A legit knockdown when Marriaga’s glove touched the canvas in round nine. Marriaga finally woke up in round ten, but it was too little, too late. Scores were 99-88, 99-88, 99-89.

“I had to get rid of a lot of demons tonight,” said Conlan afterward. “Even in the fuc*ing last round, he hit me with a shot. That guy can punch. {He has} 10 more knockouts than I have fights. He hit me with a jab in the first round, and it was like, ‘Oh, this guy actually can bang.’ I had to be careful and use my skills, which I did. In the last round, he caught me with a shot. Listen, I’ve been using my legs all night. I was a bit off the pace. He was pushing it. He landed a good shot. He buckled me a little bit. I felt it, and for me, to kind of come through that and it’s the last round… I got knocked out in my last fight in the last round. I think that says a lot. I’m back, baby. I’m ready for any of them.” Continue reading “Conlan schools Marriaga in comeback”

In a clash for the vacant British super lightweight title, unbeaten KO artist Dalton Smith (12-0, 10 KOs) took apart Sam O’maison (17-4-1, 7 KOs) for a sixth round TKO on Saturday night at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield, England. Smith dropped O’maison in round three, then finished him with two more knockdowns in round six. Total beatdown. Time was 2:55.

Heavyweight Johnny Fisher (6-0, 5 KOs) laid out Michal Reissinger (3-2, 2 KOs) with a right hand at :39 of round two.

Cruiserweight Jordan Thompson (14-0, 11 KOs) survived a tenth round knockdown to take a ten round unanimous decision over Vasil Ducar (11-6-1, 10 KOs). Dull fight until the fireworks in the last few seconds. Scores were 97-92, 96-93, 96-93. Continue reading “Smith smashes O’maison, remains unbeaten”

By Damon Gonzalez/LatinBox Sports

Angel llarraza 154 vs. Terry Roscoe 154.6
Carisse Brown 129.8 vs. Vanessa Bradford 132.4
(NBA Continental female lightweight title)
Thomas Turner 168 vs. Dowen Pugh 164.4
Michael Misa 174.4 vs. Nissan Anderson 174.4
Isaiah Efrain Riquelmy 135.2 vs. Mason Wickett 131.2
Imran Haddabah 175 vs. Zachary Albornoz 173
David Fecteau 153 vs. Rufino Lewis 154.4

Venue: Marriott St. Petersburg/Clearwater
Promoter: T&K Promotions
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. ET

The undercard boxers who were set to fight today as part of the canceled Jake Paul vs. Hasim Rahman Jr. event will be receiving a payment directly from Jake Paul of 50% of their contracted purse amount and are free of any contractual obligations to the promotion. Amanda Serrano, Ashton Sylve and Brandun Lee are in the process of rescheduling their bouts against their respective opponents.

According to a statement by Paul’s promotional company Most Valuable Promotions, “these undercard fighters spent countless hours training both physically and mentally to prepare to fight on one of the biggest stages of their careers. We remain committed to ensuring fair fighter compensation and look forward to putting together our next event.”

By Boxing Bob Newman

Jordan White 129.4 vs Derrick Murray 129.4
(WBC USNBC super featherweight title)

Demond Nicholson 171 vs Christopher Brooker 167.8
Jaqeem Hutcherson 124.4 vs Printice Canada 124.4
Brandon Chambers 122.6 vs TayShawn Autry 122.6
Mansaborie Conde 162 vs Jonathan Ryan Burrs 159.4
(American Boxing Federation USA featherweight title)
Victor Williams 155.6 vs Kareem Gladney 156.2
Jerome Featherstone 154.4 vs Jahdon Ervin 159
Vincent Mosca 175 vs Keynan Williams173..2

Venue: LIVE Casino & Hotel, Hanover, Maryland
Promoter: Christen & Tony Jeter (Jeter Promotions)
Matchmaker: Nick Tiberi

FightStars, a multimedia digital platform, will stream live boxing from The Grand Hotel in Tijuana, Mexico, TONIGHT on their YouTube channel. Javier “Cobrita” Mendoza (24-4-1, 19 KOs) faces Jose Zuniga Vazquez (12-8-1, 5 KOs) in an 8-round bantamweight bout that will headline the show.

The event will have an English broadcast crew consisting of UFC Legend Stephan “American Psycho” Bonnar and Cynthia Conte, who will provide play-by-play action, with the first bout occurring at 7:45 PDT/ 10:45 EDT. The stream will feature a five-fight professional boxing card.