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Sonny Conto 228.2 vs. Justin Rolfe 254.1
Shinard Bunch 144.2 vs. Marklin Bailey 141.4
Jordon Murphy 127 vs. Antonio Dunton El 128.9
Carlos Ramos 129.5 vs. Jesus Arturo Guzman 128.6
Christopher Burgos 140.4 vs. Phillip Davis 143.1
Gerardo Martinez 139.4 vs. Michael Crain 140.4
Karly Wylie 139.3 vs. Tyree Arnold 143
Quadeer Jenkins 160.5 vs. Andre Hammon 161

Promoter: Joe Hand Promotions
Venue: Parx Casino
1st Bell: 7 PM ET

The final press conference for TrillerVerz 5 was held today in Los Angeles just two days ahead of the FITE-streamed event emanating from the Forum.

Sergey Kovalev: “I’m ready for anybody and anywhere. My promoter said ‘Tervel Pulev, I’m ready always.’ I just want to make a great comeback and make all my fans proud of me.”

Tervel Pulev: “Thanks very much to Triller Fight Club for making this fight happen. I’m very excited to be facing clearly the toughest opponent of my career in Sergey Kovalev. My prediction is I’m going to remain undefeated.”

Kubrat Pulev: “Texas for Triad Combat was a great event and I hope that Saturday is the same for Triller Fight Club. I’m ready for this fight and I hope my opponent is also ready. I respect him, he is a good fighter, he had a good fight against Michael Hunter. But I’m different and on a higher level than his past opponents. This fight is very difficult for him, I have everything and he is going to find that out on Saturday night, I’m like a very intelligent, wild animal.”

Jerry Forrest: “It’s a blessing and a pleasure to fight on this tremendous card. This is another chance to show what I can do. I feel like this is where I belong and everything has led up to this. I’m always in the gym so I’m in great shape and I’m ready. My approach for every fight never changes; I’m going to outbox everybody.” Continue reading “Kovalev-Pulev Final Press Conference”

Sugar Ray Leonard talks from a more personal point of view about his career on a much more human and emotional scope of things. Very interesting interview.

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Dmitry Bivol opened as a 2:1 favorite for a potential rematch against Canelo Alvarez. www.BetOnline.ag  has Alvarez at +160 while Bivol is -200.

Triller Fight Club presents the return of Triad Combat on June 11 at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, CA, and broadcast globally on FITE. However, unlike the original event, this edition doesn’t feature any big name boxers.

California authorities will not press charges against Mike Tyson over the altercation with a belligerent fan on an airplane last month. A video of the incident went viral.

Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk isn’t buying WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s retirement claims. “I don’t take it seriously,” Krassyuk told SkySports. He said after Usyk defends against Anthony Joshua, he plans to unify against Fury or whoever else becomes WBC champion.

By Ron Jackson

It has been reported that South Africa’s Hekkie Budler who is rated as the #1 junior flyweight by the WBC and Elwin Soto from Mexico who is listed at #3, will meet on 25 June at the Palenque del FEX in Soto’s hometown of Mexicali, Mexico, in a WBC world junior flyweight title eliminator. Continue reading “Budler and Soto to meet in WBC eliminator”

By Miguel Maravilla

Mexican light heavyweight and former super middleweight world champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramírez (43-0, 29 KOs) of Mazatlán, Mexico, looks to make his statement this weekend as he takes on former WBA interim light heavyweight world champion Dominic Boesel (32-2, 12 KOs) of Freyburg, Germany this Saturday night live on DAZN from the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.

“I feel good, I am ready for this fight come Saturday night. Don’t miss it, this will be a good fight and the fans will be the winners,” Zurdo Ramirez told Fightnews.com®. “Expect for me to come out with the victory and be in line for a world title.” Continue reading “Zurdo Ramirez Looks to Make His Case”

Unified WBC, WBA, and IBF 154-pound world champion Jermell Charlo and unbeaten welterweight rising star Jaron “Boots” Ennis previewed their respective upcoming showdowns at a media workout in Los Angeles Wednesday, before they enter the ring this Saturday from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.

Charlo made clear his goal is to prevent the judges from deciding his fate when he faces WBO 154-pound world champion Brian Castaño in a rematch of one of 2021’s most significant fights, which ended in a hotly contested split draw They again will seek to become the first undisputed super welterweight male champion of the four-belt era. Continue reading “Charlo: I’m ready to destroy”

The World Boxing Council has ordered a fight between lightweights Ryan Garcia and Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, which will be an eliminator for the lightweight title currently held by Devin Haney. If both fighters and their teams cannot reach an agreement, a purse bid will be scheduled.

“I’m so excited! It’s time to make this happen. Let’s give the fans what they want!” Ryan Garcia wrote on his social media.

The WBC champion Devin “The Dream” Haney, will fight for the supremacy of the 135-pound division, against Australian “Ferocious” George Kambosos Jr., WBO, WBA, IBF world champion, and franchise boxer of the body, on Saturday June 4 at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.

Australian two-time bantamweight world title challenger Jason “Mayhem” Moloney and New Zealand-born heavyweight contender Junior Fa hope to showcase their talents for the home region fans at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on the undercard of the George Kambosos Jr.-Devin Haney undisputed lightweight world title showdown. The Kambosos-Haney world championship event is projected to be one of the biggest boxing events ever on Australian soil.

Moloney will battle former world title challenger Aston Palicte in a 10-rounder for the vacant WBO International bantamweight title, while Fa will take on Australian fan-favorite Lucas Browne in a 10-rounder for the WBA Oceania and IBF International heavyweight title belts. Continue reading “Kambosos-Haney undercard”

Callum Walsh 152.2 vs. Luis Garcia 153.4
Omar Cande Trinidad 125 vs. Andrew Othello Strode 123.6
Ernesto Mercado 139.6 vs. Jose Zaragoza 140
Chelsey Anderson 132.2 vs. Jessica Juarez 132.2
Marco Deckmann 186 vs. Jasper McCargo 186.6
David Romero 138 vs. Fernando Gaytan 138.8
Emmanuel Pacquiao ?? vs. Jonathan Barajas ??
(Three Round Amateur Bout – 140lb. division)
Dariial Kuchmenov 128 vs. Bacillo Monterros TBA
Ruben Islas TBA vs. Charles Clark TBA

Venue: Quiet Cannon, Montebello Country Club, Montebello, California
Promoter: 360 Promoptions
TV: UFC Fightpass

Tony Yoka (11-0, 9 KOs), the undefeated French heavyweight who captured Olympic gold at the 2016 Rio Games, takes a major step up in class this Saturday in a 10-round main event against Congolese contender Martin Bakole (17-1, 13 KOs) at Accor Arena in Paris.

Yoka-Bakole will stream live in the United States on ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT. Continue reading “Yoka in action Saturday”

Hall of Fame boxer Floyd “Money” Mayweather promises a special and unique boxing experience when he returns to the ring this Saturday, May 14 headlining “The Global Titans Fight Series” in an exhibition against unbeaten “Dangerous” Don Moore that serves as the main event of a pay-per-view lineup taking place “in the skies of Dubai” outdoors on the helipad of Dubai’s opulent Burj Al Arab Hotel.

“I promise you’ve never seen a boxing event like this,” said Mayweather. “I’m going to continue to break barriers on May 14. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event and I’m a once-in-a-lifetime fighter. There’s no one else in the sport who could headline an event this over the top. I’m going to give the fans what they paid for. Continue reading “Mayweather: I love displaying my talents”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Heavyweight southpaw Kris Terzievski (11-1-1, 8 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over rugby league legend and national heavyweight contender Paul Gallen (12-2-1, 7 KOs) to capture the Australian and Australasian heavyweight crowns at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, NSW, televised on Foxtel Main Event and Kayo Sports Pay-Per-View. Continue reading “Terzievski tops Gallen; Garside, Tszyu win”

Unbeaten cruiserweight Roman Fress (15-0, 9 KOs) faced off with Armend Xhoxhaj (13-2, 7 KOs) in advance of the clash on Saturday on the lake stage in Elbauenpark, Magdeburg, Germany. Fress is putting on the line his WBO #8, IBF #8, WBA #10 ratings, as well as his WBO intercontinental belt.

Roman Fress: “Lately I’ve read a lot of books about mental coaching. The method is called visualization. I imagine myself as a winner, I don’t think about losing. I don’t even think about getting hit. I just concentrate on my strengths – that’s how I feel mentally in top shape.”

Armend Xhoxhaj: “I don’t do mental training, I don’t close my eyes and then imagine things. I’m in reality and the visualization Roman will experience on Saturday is when he wakes up on the ground and we take the belt to Nuremberg!” Continue reading “Fress-Xhoxhaj Final Press Conference”

Fighters featured on the DAZN stream on Saturday hosted a media workout today. Promoter Oscar De La Hoya stated that headliner Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramírez (43-0, 29 KOs) is taking aim at breaking Floyd Mayweather’s record for an unbeaten career. “I saw a lot of potential in Zurdo and that’s why I signed him once he became a free agent. The vision is to beat Mayweather’s record. There are a lot of fights and opportunities for him. It’s just a matter of positioning Zurdo and forcing fighters to fight him. In the future I can see him make a title defense in his hometown.”

Ramirez takes on former WBA interim light heavyweight world champion Dominic Boesel (32-2, 12 KOs) at Toyota Arena in Ontario, CA.

Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez: “I think Bivol was just too much for Canelo. I am a little sad as a Mexican boxing fan. In a way, I do have to get revenge since I represent Mexico as well.”

Dominic Boesel: “I know the atmosphere and I like it. I’m first on the ladder and Zurdo is right under me so it was a fight that had to happen. We’ll see what happens.” Continue reading “Zurdo, Boesel workout quotes”

Last Saturday, heavyweight prospect Jermaine Franklin returned from a nearly three-year layoff to score a fifth-round TKO over capable journeyman Rodney Moore. Fighting in the main event of a DM Fight Promotions event at McBride Hall in Gary, Indiana, Franklin (21-0, 14 KOs) of Saginaw, MI, looked sharp while dismantling Houston’s Moore (20-22-2, 9 KOs), who has been known to pull off the occasional upset against his laundry list of undefeated and high-profile opponents. Referee Steve Wilson officially decided he had seen enough at :34 of the fifth. Continue reading “Late Result from Indiana”

By Bob Ryder

Promoter Carlos Llinas presents his next installment of his successful, long running Night of Knockouts series this Friday at the Sound Board inside Detroit’s Motor City Casino-Hotel. In the eight round super welterweight main event, Ermal Hadribeaj will tangle with Sidney Rosa with the NABF Junior Title at stake. Hadribeaj hails from Miami Beach by way of Albania and will be looking to improve on his (12-0-1, 6 KOs) record and add a belt as well to his resume in the process. Rosa, also undefeated at (5-0, 2 KOs) brings a further international flavor to the card as he comes into town from Portugal having moved there from Angola. This Friday the 13th will be unlucky for one of the two main event combatants as someone will suffer there first loss (barring of course a draw). Continue reading “Boxing Back At Motor City Casino”

“I’ll give him a beatdown that he’ll never forget.”

Undefeated WBA super middleweight champion, David Morrell Jr. (6-0, 5 KOs), is ready to let the world know he wants the best fights possible, and as soon as possible. Morrell Jr., from his training camp in Houston, TX, with coach Ronnie Shields, says a fight with David Benavidez is what he seeks most.

“I look at someone like David Benavidez who claims to be avoided, but you never hear him mention my name,” said Morrell Jr., who has knocked out five of his six opponents in the pro ranks. “He speaks as though he’s the boogeyman of the division, well fight me and let’s find out. He’s chasing a fight with Canelo, but I know I’ll give him a beatdown that he’ll never forget. Continue reading “Morrell brutally calls out Benavidez”

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

Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez lost his fight last Saturday in Las Vegas, so the traditional celebration of May 5 “Cinco de Mayo,” which has been a tradition for several decades, was eclipsed

First of all, I want to express my feelings at this difficult time for Saul, who is a great fighter, a pride of Mexico and the world of boxing overall. Life is life, just like boxing: you win and you lose. The important thing is the ability to assimilate adversity, accept a setback and have the maturity to get over it and move on with determination to get back and be successful.

This same situation happened back in September 2013. Saul entered the ring to face the one who was, at that time, the most important fighter the pound-for-pound king, Floyd Mayweather Jr., as they fought for Canelo´s WBC super welterweight title.

His personality led him to demand for that fight and the result was adverse. He lost the title and his unbeaten record. Continue reading “How to deal with a defeat”

ProBox TV is set to debut its “Last Chance Tournament” as part of the Fanlong Meng vs. Jean Pascal broadcast on Friday, May 20 from the ProBox Events Center in Plant City, Florida.

ProBox TV, which is co-founded by Roy Jones Jr., Juan Manuel Marquez, Antonio Tarver and Paulie Malignaggi in conjunction with Ex-CEO of Iron Mike Productions Garry Jonas, will begin the tournament at the quarterfinals stage. The tournament consists of eight fighters in the 140-pound division. All boxers were chosen based on having had a top amateur trajectory before initiating a promising professional career that took a few difficult turns in recent bouts. The winner of the tournament will get a “Last Chance” at revitalizing his career.

Below are the quarterfinal bouts. All are eight-round bouts at 140 pounds.

– Zhiming Wang (11-3, 3 KOs) of Wuhan, China will face Francisco Armenta (12-1, 4 KOs) of Sinaloa, Mexico.

– Kendo Castañeda (17-5, 8 KOs) of San Antonio, Texas will take on Sonny Frederickson (21-5, 14 KOs) of Toledo, Ohio.

– Michael Dutchover (15-2, 10 KOs) of Midland, Texas will battle against Clarence Booth (21-4, 13 KOs) of Saint Petersburg, Florida.

– Antonio “Toño” Moran (26-5-1, 19 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico will fight Jeffrey Torres (10-1, 6 KOs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Continue reading “ProBox to debut “Last Chance” tourney”

All Star Boxing, Inc partners up with Seneca Resort & Casino to bring you “Seneca Fight Night” this Friday, May 13th live from the casino Events Center in Niagara Falls, NY. The main event will pit local favorite Wilfredo “El Bravo Vega” Flores (9-0-1) of nearby Dunkirk, NY versus Victor Betancourt Jr (27-4) of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico in a 10 round clash for the vacant WBA Fedecentro lightweight title.

“We are happy to return our boxing series back in Western NY after more then a 2 year hiatus due to the Covid-19” said Felix “Tuto” Zabala Jr President of All Star Boxing, Inc “This will be a fantastic night of boxing with intriguing match ups, each fighter will have to earn their victory.” Continue reading “Boxing back in Niagara Falls”

A new Monday boxing series on FITE kicked off with lightweight Eduard Rodriguez (10-2-1, 5 KOs) stopping Antonio Lozado (40-6-1 34 KOs) on Monday night at the Grupo Caliente in Tijuana, BCN, Mexico. Rodriguez brought the fight to Lozado and got a referee’s stoppage at 2:57 of round eight. The stoppage seemed premature.

Unbeaten super middleweight Justin Mayweather (7-0, 5 KOs), son of Jeff Mayweather and nephew of Floyd, scored a four round unanimous decision over Luis Acevedo (20-20-5, 13 KOs). Mayweather dropped Acevedo with a flush right hand in round three. Acevedo was hurt, but he finished the round. Scores were 40-35, 40-35, 39-36.

Super flyweight Victor “El Chucky” Sandoval (36-3, 23 KOs) scored a one-sided ten round unanimous decision over Francisco Gomez Sanchez (14-8, 11 KOs). Scores were 99-91, 99-91, 100-90.

Other Results
Marylyn Badillo W10 Cindy Corona (female light flyweight)
Jorge Luis Garcia W6 Luis Guerrero (super lightweight)
Jesus Resendiz W6 Alberto Artiga (super lightweight)
Jesus Villa W4 Brian Landeros (super lightweight)

A 10-round super lightweight co-main event has been added to Salita Promotions’ special Memorial Day weekend-kickoff Detroit Brawl event on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in the Lincoln Ballroom of the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan, as IBF #4, WBA #13, WBO #11 rated Shohjahon Ergashev will take on South American Champion Luis Alberto Veron (19-3-2, 9 KOs).

Ergashev (21-0, 19 KOs) of Detroit via Rakhmon, Uzbekistan and Veron (19-3-2, 9 KOs) of Jose Leon Suarez, Buenos Aires, Argentina will meet in the main supporting bout to the night’s main event featuring WBC #11-rated heavyweight Otto Wallin (23-1, 14 KOs) of Sweden facing Detroit’s own Rydell Booker (26-5-1, 13 KOs).

Undefeated rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis reiterated his intention to “take over” the star-studded 147-pound division ahead of his IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator showdown against fellow unbeaten Custio Clayton in the co-main event of action this Saturday, May 14 live on SHOWTIME from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

“I’m looking to make a big statement come May 14,” said Ennis. “I’m coming to win in dominating fashion and get the knockout. I’m ready to take over this division.”

Trained in his native Philadelphia by his father “Bozy” Ennis, the 24-year-old Ennis has continued to push his already renowned training habits ahead of his upcoming fight and has added elite sparring against a collection of noteworthy fighters including unbeaten U.S. Olympian Charles Conwell and rising contender Paul Kroll. Continue reading “Ennis: I’m ready to take over this division”

Top Rank has announced the lineup for its annual fight card on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. The headliner is super middleweight Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga (19-0, 16 KOs), who opened his career with 16 consecutive first round KOs, but has now gone the distance three straight times. He will defend his NABO belt in the 10-round main event against two-time world title challenger Alexis Angulo (27-2, 23 KOs).

In the eight-round junior middleweight co-feature, Xander Zayas (13-0, 9 KOs) steps up in class against Ravshan Hudaynazarov (19-5, 14 KOs).

The event takes place June 11 in the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden LIVE on ESPN. The undercard — streaming live and exclusively on ESPN+ — features the following fighters in separate bouts: Continue reading “Berlanga returns June 11”