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Two-division undisputed champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) dethroned WBA super welterweight champion Israil “The Dream” Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) via twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Close, gritty match with Crawford coming on late to win 116-112, 115-113, 115-113. Crawford also picked up the WBO interim belt.

The fight ended Crawford’s 11 straight KO streak. Promoter Turki Alalshikh stated he has an offer in for Crawford to face Canelo early next year.

WBA #5 super lightweight Jose “El Rayo” Valenzuela (14-2, 9 KOs) defeated and dethroned WBA world champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (26-3-1, 18 KOs) by twelve round split decision on Saturday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Cruz pressed the action, but Valenzuela had success outboxing Cruz from the outside. Scores were 116-112, 116-112 Valenzuela, 115-113 Cruz. Cruz surrenders the title in his first world title defense.

WBA #1, WBC #6, WBO #11, IBF #14 heavyweight Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) ended the unbeaten reign of WBO #4, WBC #5, IBF #5, WBA #13 Jared “Real Big Baby” Anderson (17-1, 15 KOs) with an impressive fifth round stoppage on Saturday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Bakole dropped Anderson in round one, then floored him twice in round five en route to a referee’s stoppage at 2:07.

305lb heavyweight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (26-1-2, 22 KOs) and former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. (35-2-1, 22 KOs) battled to a twelve round technical draw. Ruiz won the early rounds with his hand speed, but Miller turned the tables midway and walked down Ruiz the rest of the way. Scores were 116-112 Miller, 114-114, 114-114.

In a clash for the WBA “regular” light heavyweight title, unbeaten David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) defeated Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic (29-3, 21 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision. Scores were 117-111, 117-111, 118-110 for the former WBA super middleweight champion.

Other Results:
Andy Cruz TKO7 Antonio Moran (lightweight)
Steven Nelson KO5 Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez (super middleweight)
Ziyad Almaayouf DRAW6 Michal Bulik (welterweight)

The 12 round main event saw unbeaten WBA #15 super middleweight and hometown hero Callum Simpson (15-0, 10 KOs) dethrone defending British and Commonwealth champion Zak Chelli (15-3-1,7 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Oakwell Football Ground in Barnsley, England.

Both fighters came out fighting with alot of engergy in round 1 but it was Simpson who sent Chelli staggering around the ring prior to the round ending. Chelli gathered himself in round 2 tying Simpson up and smothering his offense but landed solid counter lefts in the round. Simpson regained his advantage in round 3 giving him space and landing multiple combinations during the round. Chelli had a much better round in round 4 landing multiple counters. In round 5 the awkward style of Chellis seemed to halt the previous onrushes of Simpson as Chellis counter seemed to give him something to think about After 6 rounds it appeared that Chelli had the rushes of Simpson timed and consistenly landed counters in round 6. A better round 7 for Simpson who gave himself the necessary space to landed some solid punches. A slower paced round 8 with both exchanging jabs. Chelli tied Simpson up more in round 9. A frustrated Simpson through Chelli into the ropes. Chelli seemed to out land Simpson in round 9. Simspon was more active throwing and landing punches in round 10 than Chelli. Simpson was more effective and outworked Chelli in round 11. Simpson closed strong in round 12 with multiple flurries.

The official scores were 118 -111, 118 – 110, and 117- 111 all in favor to Simpson. Simpson won the British and Commonwealth super middle titles.

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Local favorite and unbeaten IBO lightweight world champion ‘Sweet’ Caroline Dubois (10–0, 5 KOs) of London, England won a unanimous 10 round decisión over Maira Moneo (14-2, 3 KOs) of Uruguay. The southpaw DuBois kept the onrushing Moneo at bay with her jab for the first 4 rounds. In round 5 the pair had the fans on their feet with a heated Exchange prior to the round ending. In round six Dubois dropped Moneo with an overhand left to the chin. Moneo beat the count but it was another clear round in favor to Dubois. The official scores were 100-89, 100-90, and 99-90 all in favor to Dubois who retained her IBO title and won the WBC interim title of Moneo. Dubois is the younger sister of IBF heavyweight champion of the world Daniel Dubois.

Super featherweight Jorge ‘Kan’ Mata (19-2-2, 13 KOs) unamiously decisioned countryman Rafael ‘Panadero’ Rosas (19-7-2, 11 KOs) in a ten-rounder on Friday night in Lienzo Charro de Oceania in Mexico City.

Mata was in control the entire fight, coming forward and landing many jabs and hooks. Round five saw the ring doctor called in to check on a cut over the right eyebrow of Rosas but deemed him fit to continue. The pace slowed a bit in the following rounds. So much so that in round seven the referee told both fighters to throw punches. In round eight, the cut of Rosas was worsening but the ring doctor again deemed him fit to continue. The pace continued with Mata in control to the final bell. No official scoring were announced.

Terence Crawford 153.4 vs. Israil Madrimov 154
(WBA super welterweight title)

Isaac Cruz 140 vs. Jose Valenzuela 139.8
(WBA super lightweight title)

Andy Ruiz Jr. 274.4 vs. Jarrell Miller 305.6

Jared Anderson 252.4 vs. Martin Bakole 284.4

David Morrell 174.8 vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic 174.4

Andy Cruz 134 vs. Antonio Moran 134.8
Steve Nelson 167.6 vs. Marcos Vazquez 167.6
Ziyad Almaayouf 144 vs. Michal Bulik 142.4

Venue: BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Promoter: Riyadh Season
TV: $79.99 PPV

The International Olympic Committee has issued a statement that stands by their decision to allow two boxers who have previously been rejected for women’s boxing competition due to “gender eligibility.”

Every person has the right to practise sport without discrimination.

All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition’s eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations set by the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit (PBU) (please find all applicable rules here). As with previous Olympic boxing competitions, the gender and age of the athletes are based on their passport. Continue reading “IOC Statement on Women’s Boxing”

Two-divison undisputed champ Terence Crawford and WBA super welterweight champion Israil Madrimov faced off at the final press conference for their PPV class clash on Saturday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

Terence Crawford: “I’m going to be stronger at 154 pounds and be more energized. It’s going to be less stress on my body with the weight and I’m going to be ready. I’m good right now and I expect to win however it comes if it’s a knockout, a decision I expect to win.”

Israil Madrimov: “I believe that anything is possible. My dream is to create something that nobody expects and do something and win the fight that nobody expects me to win and I believe I can do that Saturday.”

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Jared Anderson: “I just know that I’m gonna show why I’m here and why they say that I’m the future.”

Martin Bakole: “I’ve always wanted a big fight and Saturday night I’m going to face the best heavyweight in America for my first debut in America. I’m so excited!”

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Andy Ruiz: “I know that he’s coming hungry, I know he wants to win, but so do I. I want to win, I’m hungry and I’m motivated. I’m physically ready and prepared.. Let’s do this!”

Jarrell Miller: “I work hard, don’t get it twisted. When I’m in that gym I’m busting my ass.The Dubois fight woke up a demon in me man, it woke up a demon in me that I haven’t seen in awhile and come August third I’m beating Andy Ruiz up.”

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Isaac Cruz: “We’re expecting the very best from [Valenzuela], but the main thing is that I’m coming into this really well prepared, and I’m intending to come away with the victory.

Jose Valenzuela: “I have the height, I have the length, I have the skills, and I’ve sharpened up everything to come prepared.”

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David Morrell: “At 168, nobody wants to fight me so I’m going to 175, so I can fight the big name. That’s why I came out at 175 for this.”

Radivoje Kalajdzic:  “I believe I am the underdog and I will leave it at that, but we will see on Saturday night.”

Ring legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. entered enemy territory in New York City to meet his opponent, John Gotti III, for an official press conference at the prestigious Hunt and Fish Club. Mayweather and Gotti III discussed their upcoming PPV rematch scheduled for Saturday, August 24, at the iconic Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City.

Floyd Mayweather Jr: “I truly believe that if I took a lot of abuse in the sport of boxing throughout my career, then I probably wouldn’t still be doing exhibitions or putting on boxing showcases, but I didn’t take no abuse in the sport of boxing so I feel like I can continue to go out there, have fun and put on shows throughout the world…last time I checked, I’ve beat more fighters that are in the Hall of Fame than any fighter in history and that’s truly a blessing. But [Gotti] is a tough competitor and I take my hat off to him. He wanna run it back, we can run it back twice, three times. It is what it is. I was born to be a fighter, I’m gonna die a fighter at the end of the day.”

John Gotti III: “I want this to be remembered as a very entertaining fight. Floyd keeps repeating himself, saying ‘boxing showcase’ and ‘boxing exhibition.’ I’ve been watching Floyd my whole life, since I’m a kid. I’ve never once seen Floyd show up early to an event. I was early in Florida and he’s already there warming up. I’ve never seen Floyd prepare the way he has, and I’ve never seen Floyd throw as many punches in two minutes as he did in our fight. So obviously it was a fight. Obviously, he wanted to hurt me and knock me out. So, he’s not gonna snooker me again with this exhibition nonsense. He’s coming to knock me out again and I’m gonna try to knock him out this time, so that’s that.”

Unbeaten super featherweight prospect Marc Castro (13-0, 8 KOs) scored a seven round technical decision over George “El YuYu” Acosta (17-3, 3 KOs) on Wednesday night in a temporary ring at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. Acosta suffered an eye injury and couldn’t continue. Scores were 70-63 3x.

Unbeaten WBA #1 welterweight Shakhram Giyasov (16-0, 9 KOs) took a ten round split decision over Miguel Parra (22-6-1, 14 KOs). Scores were 95-94, 96-93 Giyasov, 95-94 Parra. Giyasov was deducted a point for a low blow, but seemingly won by a wide margin.

Welterweight Jesus Saracho (13-2-1, 11 KOs) recovered from a sixth round knockdown to squeeze out a ten round split decision over Alberto Palmetta (19-3, 13 KOs) on Wednesday. Night at the Whitesands Event Center in Plant City, Florida. Scores were 97-93, 96-94 Saracho, 96-94 Palmetta.

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

Boxing is an ancient sport, it exists by human nature initially to establish supremacy among tribal leaders.

There are traces of it in the vast majority of civilizations in the history of humanity, from Rome, Mesopotamia, Egypt and even Phoenicia, Crete and Greece, just as everything disappeared in the Middle Ages, but re-emerged in England in 1681. However, the country that formed the original Olympics was Greece and also the modern Olympic Games, since 1904.

For more than 300 years, the rules were actually minimal, and it was not until the creation of the WBC, in 1963, that a good number were implemented, in the medical area.

The basis of this sport is that it is structured by divisions corresponding to weight. Originally there were eight (heavyweight to flyweight). Continue reading “The Black Night”

Super middleweights Jaime Munguia (43-1, 34, KOs) will face unbeaten contender Erik Bazinyan (32-0-1, 23 KOs) in the 12-round main event on Friday, Sept. 20, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

Jaime Munguia: “I can’t wait to return to Arizona against an undefeated and motivated Erik Bazinyan and for the fight to be shown on the world’s biggest networks. I fight for the fans and look forward to giving them a great show.”

Erik Bazinyan: “It’s the perfect timing to shock the world. I’ve worked my entire career for this moment, and I know I’ve got everything it takes to beat Jaime Munguia.”

Matchroom has announced that its August 24 clash between Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis at Co-op Live in Manchester is cancelled due to an undisclosed injury sustained by Catterall. Further details will follow. Ticket refunds are available from your point of purchase. Prograis commented, “This just leaves me more time to get stronger and better. Back to the weight room.”

WBA super welterweight champion Israil Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs) has warned Terrance Crawford that he has bitten off more than he can chew ahead of their world title clash on a $79.99 PPV telecast on Saturday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

Israil Madrimov: “I have always been a fan of Terence Crawford. I like his style. He has great movement. It’s a good style. It is true that he is one of my favorite boxers. There is always a first guy, and I want to be the first guy to beat him and to break all of the records.

“He doesn’t have any weaknesses. I haven’t seen any of those, but I will try to discover some. I am very excited to get this opportunity to make a statement, and I will Inshallah. I’m not Errol Spence Jr. I am Israil Madrimov. This is my division.

“He’s moving up in weight. I’m the world champion here, and I don’t think about him. I think about myself and I think about accomplishing my goals and winning this fight. It’s a huge honor and opportunity for me to show my skills and I want to win this fight in style. And still!”

The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has ordered that IBF #1 super middleweight William Scull (22-0, 9 KOs) face Vladimir Shishkin (16-0, 10 KOs) for the vacant world title formerly held by Canelo Alvarez. Scull’s promoter AGON Sports and Shishkin’s promoter Salita Promotions have been instructed by the IBF to reach an agreement by August 27 or the fight will go to purse bid. Fomerly undisputed 168lb champion Canelo was recently stripped for not facing IBF mandatory Scull.

Boxing superstar Terence “Bud” Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) is gunning to become a three-weight world champion as he moves up to 154lbs against Israil Madrimov for the WBA and WBO interim super welterweight titles at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles this Saturday on a $79.99 PPV telecast.

“Realistically the next step was to do a rematch with Spence,” Crawford told Matchroom. “For whatever reason it didn’t happen, so I had to move on with my career. The ultimate goal was to try to get the Canelo fight. That didn’t happen, so we went to the next best thing.

“154 was wide open. I was looking to fight Charlo, he left, so I‘ve got a fight with whoever I could get for a world title. Israil Madrimov is a tremendous fighter. He’s 10-0, already a world champion. He’s a tough dangerous fighter. I think it’s going to be an exciting fight. Continue reading “Crawford: I’m the best fighter on the planet”

Former unified heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) has his sights set on a huge rematch with Joseph Parker if he gets past Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs) in his long-awaited comeback fight at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles this Saturday August 3, live worldwide on DAZN PPV.

“For me next it’s Jarrell Miller; god willing we get that win and hopefully I’d love to run it back with Joseph Parker,” said Ruiz. “I’d love to get that rematch. Of course, I rate Jarrell Miller. Any fighter inside that ring is dangerous. You can’t underestimate nobody. We’ve got to be prepared. We’ve got to be ready for whatever comes our way. We’ve just got to get that win.

“The main thing is just getting the victory, getting back in action and getting ready to fight those big boys. Me personally I would like to have two fights, against people that are in the top ten or top fifteen. I’ll fight against anyone else after this fight. I just want to fight the top guys man. Joseph Parker is doing amazing things right now. He beat Wilder and he beat Zhang. I’d love to fight him too. Continue reading “Andy Ruiz targets Parker after Big Baby”

All Star Boxing continues to roll with their summer schedule after a successful homecoming show featuring former 5x world champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez in July, They now return to Panama City, Panama for the first time in 2024. The main event billed Youth vs Experience is a welterweight clash as rising undefeated prospect Harvin “Manimal” Aguirre (12-0, 9 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua will face the always entertaining Alberto “Metralleta” Mosquera (28-6-2, 16 KOs) in a 10 round contest. The main event will take place Friday, August 16th from Coliseo De Combates in Panama and aired live on ESPN Knockout.

“We are back in Panama City where we had a great run in 2023,” stated promoter Felix “Tuto” Zabala Jr “This is a fan favorite fight as animosity has grown between both fighters. The fans asked for it and we are delivering another exciting night August 16.” Continue reading “Aguirre-Mosquera collide Aug 16”

His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) of Saudi Arabia, is bringing a blockbuster Riydah Season event to the United States for the first time on Saturday with a $79.99 pay-per-view telecast from BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

The main event features two-division undisputed world champion Terence Crawford challenging Israil Madrimov for Madrimov’s WBA world super welterweight title.

On the undercard, recently crowned WBA super lightweight champion Isaac Cruz defends his title for the first time against Jose Valenzuela.

In heavyweight action, former unified world champion Andy Ruiz Jr will face Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller while “Real Big Baby” Jared Anderson steps up in competition against Martin Bakole.

Also,Olympic Lightweight gold medalist Andy Cruz continues his lightweight campaign when he takes on former world title challenger Antonio Moran.

Photos: Sumio Yamada

Check out this GIANT photo gallery for Sunday’s Taduran-Shigeoka IBF minimumweight title fight in Shiga, Japan, featuring some incredible shots + the scorecard.

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Dan Otter (Three Lions Promotions) presented an event Saturday night at the Concert Hall in Toronto Canada. The 8 round heavyweight main event saw Toronto based co-promoter/heavyweight Junlong Zhang (20-1-0, 19 KO) of China defeat Cesar Hernan Reynoso (17-22-4, 8 KOs) of Argentina by way of KO in round one. It was the first fight for Zhang in nearly 2 years.

The eight round middleweight co-main event saw Three Lions’ newest signee Triston Brookes (7-0, 7 KOs) stop fellow Canadian Mikhail Miller (9-4-2, 2 KOs) in a thriller. There were a total of SIX knockdowns (three knockdown scored by each) with Brookes winning by TKO in round six. Continue reading “Zhang returns with TKO in Toronto”

By Joe Koizumi

Filipino hard-puncher Pedro Taduran (17-4-1, 13 KOs), 104.25, regained IBF 105-pound belt when he kept battering defending champ Ginjiro Shigeoka (11-1-1NC, 9 KOs), 105, and finally halted him at 2:50 of the ninth round on Sunday in Shiga, Japan.

It was an encounter of the southpaw punchers, and IBF#1 Taduran had the upper hand from the start. The Filipino had the Japanese champ’s right optic puffed and later almost closed as the contest progressed. It was Taduran, three years his senior at 27, that often connected with overhand lefts to the shorter champ and took the initiative. Ginjiro fought back well to show his heart, but Pedro landed more effective shots to the face and to the belly, which gradually had him slowing down. The eighth saw Taduran accelerate his furious attack and so obviously hurt Shigeoka that US referee Steve Willis called a halt to save the champ from further punishment. Continue reading “Taduran dethrones IBF 105lb champ Shigeoka”

Former WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel ‘El Alacran’ Berchelt (40-3, 36 KOs) of Mexico stopped Jeremy Triana (15-6-3, 13, KOs) of Colombia in round three of their scheduled for 10 round bout. The event took place Saturday night in Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico. Berchelt started off very strong with several head snapping jabs on Triana in round one. In round two Berchelt began to work the body of Triana. In the very same round Triana landed a very hard uppercut during an exchange which caught the attention of Berchelt. The third and final round saw Berchelt hurt Triana badly to the body where Triana was very unsteady on his legs. The referee called a brief halt to the action for the ring doctor to check a cut over the right eye of Triana. Moments later, Triana was ruled fit to continue. The action resumed and Berchelt went to work with a barrage of unanswered punches and the referee rightfully stepped in to stop the bout. The official time of the stoppage was 2:36 of round three.

By Bob Ryder and Brad Snyder at ringside

Undisputed female middleweight champion Claressa “GWOAT” Shields (15-0, 3 KOs) stepped up to heavyweight to dethrone WBC female heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse (7-2, 2 KOs) on Saturday night at the Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Shields totally outclassed Lepage-Joanisse, dropping her three times in round two. Time was 1:09.

World-ranked super lightweight Michel “La Zarza Ali” Rivera (26-1, 14 KOs) won a ten round split decision against Hugo Alberto “Nato” Roldan (22-3-1, 7 KOs). Scores were 98-91, 98-90 for Rivera, 95-94 for Roldan.

Super lightweight upset artist Julian “The Quiet Storm” Smith (9-2, 5 KOs) scored a ten round split decision over former world title challenger and WBC #13 Shohjahon Ergashev (24-2, 21 KOs). Smith, who is legally deaf, gave Ergashev all he could handle, dropping Ergashev in round five. Scores were 95-94 Ergashev, 95-94, 95-94 Smith. Ergashev was a 7:1 favorite. Continue reading “Shields wins WBC female heavyweight title”