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Undefeated heavyweight knockout artist Bakhodir Jalolov (10-0, 10 KOs), the 2020 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist, faces Jack Mulowayi (11-2-1, 7 KOs) in the eight round main event tonight on Showtime from the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY.

“I’m looking at my opponent as just another fighter,” said Jalolov. “I’m not looking at him as a special fighter. I do respect him as a fighter. I do understand he’s a tough guy, never been knocked down, but I look at any fight in the world as just another fight. I’m just getting ready to fight. I’m only looking forward to the world championship fight and that’s what I’m concentrated on. This to me is just another fight. Continue reading “Jalolov: This to me is just another fight”

Heavyweights Derek Chisora and Kubrat Pulev faced off today at the Pulev-Chisora 2 press conference ahead of their rematch at The O2 in London on Saturday July 9, shown live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia, New Zealand and France). The event is billed as “Total Carnage.”

Derek Chisora: “I don’t have to be liked by everyone. I know what I’ve got, and I sell a product to people who want to have that product. And that product is WAR.”

Kubrat Pulev: “Derek is a difficult opponent and we have a little bit of history. And now a couple of years on from my first win over Derek I feel good and I feel better because I teach and I learn a lot of things from my fights. I have more experience.” More quotes

Big fight tonight on DAZN from Dome Alcalde in Guadalajara, Mexico, where unbeaten Hiroto Kyoguchi (15-0 10 KOs) defends his WBA light flyweight super title against WBA regular champion Esteban Bermudez (14-3-2 10 KOs). The winner will become the WBA’s only 108-pound world champion in line with the WBA’s world title reduction plan, which has been progressing since it began in August 2021. Kyoguchi is a 5:1 favorite.

“I became champion because I am a very strong fighter, so I want to win against Bermudez,” said Kyoguchi. “I’ve watched his videos and he’s a very aggressive fighter and a tough man. I think my style is a little Mexican too, so it will be an exciting fight for the fans, I think that they will enjoy it. The lighter weights have more speed, and all the best fighters have great techniques so it’s just as exciting to watch as the heavier weights. Continue reading “Kyoguchi-Bermudez in action tonight”

Another episode of the series “The Interview I Never Had,” this time with ring legend Oscar De La Hoya in a very relaxed, yet deep, chat about life and the meaning of boxing in it.

Undefeated middleweight contender and former 154lb champion Jaime Munguia (39-0, 31 KOs) and former world title challenger Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly (26-2, 10 KOs) hosted their final press conference Thursday in advance of Saturday’s clash at Anaheim’s Honda Center in a 12-round super middleweight fight, live on DAZN worldwide, excluding Mexico.

Jaime Munguia: “I am happy with my training camp. I think we are well prepared, and we will show it off this Saturday. There have been some opportunities that didn’t happen. Let’s hope that they do happen in the future. Jimmy Kelly is a great fighter, he has all my respect, but I think I will raise my hands in victory on Saturday.”

Jimmy Kelly: “At the end of the day, it’s me in the ring. I’ve been to Australia and got robbed, and I came back and beat Kanat Islam. I got an opportunity here, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m going up against one of the best, and I’m confident I will get the job done. I also want one of those Rolexes…I’m going to be fighting my ass off.”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Former IBF, WBA 140-pound challenger Apinun Khongsong (18-1,15KO’s) of Thailand will be in action against classy Steve Spark (14-2, 13 KOs) over eight rounds in the main event at Rumours International, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Khongsong challenged unified super lightweight champion Josh Taylor unsuccessfully in 2020. Spark is best known for fighting Tim Tszyu on short notice after Michael Zerafa pulled out last July.

By Gabriel F. Cordero

WBA President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza presented an honorary world champion’s belt to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this week in an unprecedented moment between the compatriots.

Mendoza and Maduro addressed various issues related to Venezuelan and world boxing, in addition to furthering the plan that has been initiated for the organization of boxing events as well as the development of the sport in all areas. Continue reading “WBA presents belt to Maduro”

By Ron Jackson

Brandon Thysse and Roarke Knapp meet in their long-awaited rematch at Emperors Palace near Kempton Park on Saturday night, in a clash for the ABU Africa junior middleweight title. The tournament will be shown live on Supersport Variety from 19:00 to 23:00.

Their first fight also at Emperors Palace on November 30, 2019, turned into a real slugfest until Thysse won on a knockout at 2:10 into the seventh round. Continue reading “Thysse and Knapp to meet in a rematch”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Former WBO featherweight challenger Luke Jackson (19-2, 8 KOs) returns to the ring on Saturday against Ariel Blader (27-33-2, 11 KOs) in the main event over eight rounds at the Hobart Netball Stadium in Hobart, Tasmania. Jackson challenged WBO featherweight champion Carl Frampton unsuccessfully in 2018.

Report/Photos: Boxing Bob Newman

Bakhodir Jalolov 251 vs Jack Mulowayi 242

George Arias 219.5 vs Alante Green 223

Tyler Tomlin 134 vs Chann Thonson 132.5
Joe Jones 210 vs Amron Sands 282
Charles Foster vs Bo Gibbs, Jr. 172.5
O’Shae Jones 147.75 vs Sonya Dreiling 147.75
Nicolas Tejada 144.25 vs Michael Taylor 145.75

Venue: Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, NY
Commission: Oneida Indian Nation Athletic Commission
Promoter: Lou DiBella (DiBella Entertainment)
TV: Showtime

Report/Photos Boxing Bob Newman

The first time in 3 years, the hallowed grounds of the international Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, opened his doors, arms and hearts to boxers and fans from around the world. Due to the pandemic, there have been no inductions since 2019. This year the Trilogy we’ll see classes from 2020, 2021 and 2022 all enshrined together.

This is necessitated a few changes in the normally packed weekend of events. Some smaller events have been canceled like the VIP cocktail hour and the golf tournament, among others. Also due to the size 3 classes being inducted in one afternoon, That event will be moved from the Hall of Fame grounds to the events center at the nearby Turning Stone casino to accommodate families, fans and the number of fighters themselves. Continue reading “IBHOF Opens “Trilogy” Induction Ceremonies”

Hiroto Kyoguchi 108 vs. Esteban Bermudez 108
(WBA light flyweight title)

Jorge Castaneda 129.9 vs. Eduardo Hernandez 129.9
(WBC International silver super featherweight title)

Mayerlin Rivas 121.9 vs. Karina Fernandez 121.9
(WBA super bantamweight title)

Diego Pacheco 168.4 vs. Raul Ortega 168
Jesus Martinez 118 vs. Daniel Nunez Gomez 118
Alexis Molina 127.4 vs. Angel Garcia 127.9
Fabian Gonzalez 116.8 vs. Jorge Ignacio Villalobos 117.3
Anthony Herrera 118 vs. Kennyn Valenzuela 118
Aaron Aponte 139.5 vs. Leo Leon Martinez ??

Venue: Domo Alcade, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

NABO super middleweight champion Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga takes center stage Saturday evening against two-time title challenge Alexis Angulo in the ten-round main event at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. After opening his career with 16 straight first round knockouts, Berlanga has now gone the distance in three straight.

Edgar Berlanga: “It’s part of the process. I’m young, 25 years old. What can I say? I have 16 first-round knockouts, so I didn’t really gain the experience I needed. Definitely, these last three fights, I got the experience I needed. That’s the most important thing to make yourself a real professional athlete. But not only that, at that top level, you need those rounds. You need that feeling of what it’s like to get in the eighth, 10th round, and we got that done. This Saturday, Puerto Rican Day Weekend, I’m looking for a huge victory. I’m ready to go all out…exploding like I always do and bringing back the old Edgar Berlanga.”

Alexis Angulo: “I’m very thankful for the opportunity, and I’m going to take full advantage of it. We’re going to put on a good presentation for everyone. I see my two losses as big lessons, and we’re going to see what kind of result we get in this fight.”

By Joe Koizumi

“Monster” Naoya Inoue, the fistic Japanese superstar, saw his impressive victory over Nonito Donaire reported big on the front pages of all sports papers yesterday, but people again saw his face big on the papers today (Thursday).

It was because someone broke into his house while he was away and the champ was robbed of precious jewelry and other expensive goods despite his contract with a security company. The police supposed the robbery happened at about 4:30 PM, about four hours and fifty minutes before Inoue started fighting in the first round at 9:20 PM. All his family, including his wife and three children, were also out to witness Monster fight Filipino Flash in Saitama.

Naoya said afterward, “I’m really disgusted at this robbery on such an auspicious day. You also take care!”

NABA super lightweight Cletus Seldin is looking for a new opponent for Saturday night at Rockin’ Fights 42 taking place at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island. Seldin’s scheduled foe Rachid Jkitou cannot fight due to an undisclosed medical issue. Star Boxing is hopeful that a new opponent will be announced for Cletus Seldin Thursday afternoon.

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

The Brisbane home of Australian heavyweight champion Justis Huni was sprayed with bullets at 4AM on Thursday. Huni was in the house at the time, along with nine other people including children. Thankfully no one was injured. Huni (5-0, 4 KOs) says he still plans to go ahead with a June 15 bout against Joseph Goodall (8-0-1, 7 KOs) at the Nissan Arena in Nathan, Queensland for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific and WBO Oriental heavyweight crowns. A police investigation is ongoing.

Undefeated former world champion Jaime Munguia (39-0, 31 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico, and his opponent Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly (26-2, 10 KOs) of Manchester, UK hosted a media workout today to kick off fight week. On Saturday, the fighters will face off at Anaheim’s Honda Center in a 12-round super middleweight fight, live on DAZN worldwide, excluding Mexico.

Also on hand, was Ronny Rios (33-3, 16 KOs) to promote his upcoming fight against Murodjon “MJ” Akhmadaliev (10-0, 7 KOs) on June 25. Their 12-round face off for the WBA and IBF super bantamweight titles will take place at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, TX and will also stream live, worldwide on DAZN. Continue reading “Munguia, Kelly workout quotes”

Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez pose at the final press conference for Friday’s Matchroom Boxing card at Domo Alcade, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The WBA light flyweight title will be on the line.

WBO bantamweight champion Paul Butler says he doesn’t fear the power WBC/WBA/IBF champion Naoya Inoue, who served up a brutal two round beatdown of Nonito Donaire in Tokyo on Tuesday and immediately called for a fight with Butler to crown the undisputed bantamweight champion of the world.

Butler was made WBO title holder last month after winning the interim belt with a masterclass performance against Jonas Sultan at Probellum Liverpool and has already told Inoue’s representatives that he wants to fight their man.

“I’ve read all sorts of comments and predictions about the fight, already… ‘Butler has a death-wish’, ‘Inoue to win by murder,’ ‘like signing someone’s death warrant’” Butler told Probellum.com. Continue reading “Butler: I want to fight Inoue in Japan”

Daniel Dubois came face to face with WBA heavyweight champion Trevor Bryan this afternoon ahead of their big title collision in Florida on Saturday, live on PPV in the US and BT Sport in the UK.

Veteran promoter Don King led proceedings in his own inimitable fashion, explaining that the title of the show, ‘The fight for freedom and peace’, is in honor of the people of Ukraine.

“This is the final press conference before the rumble on Saturday night,” said the 90-year-old fight maker. “I am very pleased and honored to have this press conference with all these great fighters and it is going to be a super event. Continue reading “Bryan-Dubois Final Press Conference”

Unbeaten Brazilian lightweight Jonhatan “Maximus” Cardoso (14-0, 14 KOs) will put his 100% knockout ratio on the line against Panamanian Olympian Juan “El Olimpico” Huertas (15-3-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round main event for the WBO Latino title on Friday, June 17 in Panama City, Panama.

Cardoso-Huertas, which is promoted by ProBox Promotions in association with Master Promotions and All Star Boxing, Inc., headlines a ProBox TV stream.

By Ron Jackson

Lightweight Simiso Buthelezi died on Wednesday at the King Edward Hospital in Durban after his bout against Siphesihle Mntungwa for the vacant World Boxing Federation All Africa title, at the Greyville Convention Centre in Durban on Sunday.

He passed away after being in an induced coma and suffering with bleeding on the brain, after appearing completely disorientated in the tenth and last round of the fight against Mntungwa.

According to reports, the 24-year-old Buthelezi (4-1, 2 KOs) was ahead going into the tenth round and never suffered any punishment during the fight. After Buthelezi had knocked Mntungwa (7-1-2, 4 KOs) just about through the ropes it was a bizarre turn around to see the fighter walking towards the corner throwing punches in the air. Continue reading “Simiso Buthelezi dies after bout”

Two-division world champion Danny “Swift” Garcia will make his super welterweight debut against Jose Benavidez Jr. in a 12-round showdown that headlines a Showtime tripleheader on July 30 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The telecast will also see heavyweight Adam Kownacki returning to the ring to take on former Olympian Ali Eren Demirezen in a 10-rounder, while unbeaten rising super lightweight Gary Antuanne Russell faces two-division champion Rances Barthelemy in the 10-round opener.

By Miguel Maravilla

Undefeated lightweight superstar Ryan Garcia (22-0, 18KOs) of Victorville, California returns to fight in Southern California as he takes on former two-time world champion Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (37-3-1, 26 KOs) of the Dominican Republic on Saturday July 16 at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles live on DAZN. Continue reading “Ryan Garcia: Fortuna is a dirty veteran”

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

Unbeaten “Monster” Naoya Inoue (23-0, 20 KOs), 118, unified the WBC, WBA and IBF bantamweight belts as he annihilated Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire (42-7, 28 KOs), 117.75, at 1:24 of the second round on Tuesday in Saitama, Japan. Naoya quickly decked Nonito with a solid right counter in the closing seconds of the opening session with the Filipino having a narrow escape. The second round witnessed Monster accelerate his attack and finally deck Filipino Flash with a vicious left hook following a flurry of strong shots to the face. The victor jubilantly said, “I intended to be one-sidedly victorious like this. I did it.” He strongly wishes to unify all the four belts with WBO ruler Paul Butler within this year and then move up to the 122-pound category. Some 17,000 people were in attendance at the Saitama Super Arena. Continue reading “Inoue-Donaire Full Report”