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WBC interim super welterweight champion Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) will reportedly be defending his title against unbeaten Vergil Ortiz (21-0, 21 KOs) on August 10 in Las Vegas. The mouth-watering bout between KO artists would air on DAZN and is expected to be officially announced shortly.

The WBC has received several specific requests concerning its super lightweight division. The WBC Board of Governors consideration of those requests has resulted in its rulings set forth below.

1. WBC super lightweight world champion Devin Haney requested to be placed in the status of champion in recess. The WBC Board of Governors unanimously granted Haney’s request and has declared him WBC world champion in recess.
2. Concurrently, the WBC Board of Governors declared current interim world champion Alberto Puello as WBC world super lightweight champion. The WBC will order a free negotiations period for champion Puello’s mandatory title defense against WBC #1-rated challenger and mandatory contender Sandor Martin.
3. Gary Antuanne Russell has petitioned that the WBC Board consider granting him an immediate rematch against now champion Puello in light of Russell’s very competitive and close split decision loss. After careful review, the WBC has granted an indirect rematch that will allow Russell to fight the winner of the now ordered bout between Puello and Martin.

Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada: “I was there [at his fight with Sunny Edwards], he looked great, but Edwards is a flyweight. It’s a different story up at super flyweight…people are talking about retirement. I have a lot left. He’s ten years younger but he didn’t look very good at super flyweight before. I want to keep making history.”

Jesse “BAM” Rodriguez: “I’ve been familiar with Estrada since I was 12 years old. I’ve been keeping an eye out. To share the ring with him is an honor…it’s my toughest fight to date. He’s been in the game a long time. It’s going to be an action-packed night.”

Congratulations to Florida Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2024!

1. Dr. Mark Gordon (absentee) – Officials/Commission
2. Kathy Gentile
3. Chris Young
4. Tim Shipman
5. John Beninati – Participants
6. Marc Hager
7. Raul Alvarez
8. Carl King
9. Jorge Ebro – Media
10. Khalilah Escalera – Promoter
11. Sherman Henson – Manager/Trainer
12. Willie Vargas
13. Stacy Prestage (absentee) – Fighter
14. David Diaz
15. Raul Frank
16. Edner Cherry
17. Jose Alonzo
18. John John Molina

WBO junior welterweight world champion Teofimo Lopez (20-1, 13 KOs) is set to defend his title against Steve Claggett (38-7-2, 26 KOs) on Saturday (June 29) at James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Lopez will headline in South Florida for the first time.

“This is going to be a tough fight,” said Lopez. “A lot of people look at Claggett’s record and think I’m going to fight a nobody, but he hasn’t lost in three years. He has fought former champions. He always comes to fight and throws a lot of punches. I need to be in great condition to battle a fighter like him. I can’t overlook him, get overconfident, and play around with him. I know this fight will be great for all my people in Miami.

“Unlike these other supposed champs at 140, Steve Claggett is the only fighter who raised his hand and stepped up to challenge me. No other fighters were interested in getting in the ring with me. Continue reading “Teofimo poised to face Claggett Saturday”

In a clash for the European middleweight title, WBC #14, IBF #15 rated Tyler Denny (20-2-3, 1 KO) won a five round technical decision over previously unbeaten Felix Cash (16-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England. The bout was stopped after round five due to a cut over Cash’s right eye. Scorecards read 49-46, 49-47, 49-47.

Unbeaten WBA #15 welterweight Lewis “The Croc” Crocker (20-0, 11 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over WBA #5 Conah Walker (13-3-1, 5 KOs). Good action fight with Crocker edging it 96-93, 96-93, 95-94.

Unbeaten super lightweight Cameron Vuong (5-0, 3 KOs) went ten rounds for the first time against late replacement Jeff Ofori (13-8-2, 4 KOs).

Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis will meet in a super lightweight clash at the top of the first ever boxing show to take place at new 23,500-seat Co-op Live in Manchester, England, on August 24, shown live worldwide on DAZN.

Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) ended a two-year wait for revenge by beating bitter rival Josh Taylor in Leeds last month. Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs) is looking to rebuild himself as a contender after his one-sided points defeat to Devin Haney.

“This is a brilliant fight and I’m so happy that we are seeing the best 140lbs fighters face each other rather than just sitting around waiting for title shots,” said Matchroom Sport Chairman Eddie Hearn. “Jack Catterall is on a great run and Regis Prograis needs to make a statement in this fight, I think it will be a thriller. I’m also delighted to give this incredible new arena its first live boxing event and it’s going to be a huge show from top to bottom August 24 – live around the world on DAZN.”

By Brad Snyder-The Undercard

​Detroit. Strawberry full moon. Eight fights. Seven knockouts. Night of Knockouts XXX proved a huge success providing very entertaining fights. The main event had local favorite cruiserweight Derick Miller competing for the ABF Atlantic cruiserweight title vs. Brian Houston. The fight had Miller dropping Houston right at the end of Round 1. A face-planted Houston was able to get up and continue to the 2nd Round. The 2nd Round did not fare better for Houston, as Miller scored another knockdown that had him winning the ABF title. The 2:16 2nd Round TKO victory keeps Miller on the hunt for a big pay day with big names in the future. The win improved Miller’s record (17-0, 9 KOs), as Houston falls to (5-2-1, 4 KOs). Continue reading “Night of Knockouts XXX Results”

After their successfull performances in Las Vegas on the Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin card, world champions Carlos Adames and Alberto Puello will be honored by the Dominican boxing community during the international boxing event to be held at the Fencing Pavillion in the Olympic Center in Santo Domingo, D.R. on Friday, June 28.

Both WBC middleweight titlist Carlos “Caballo Bronco” Adames, and newly crowned WBC super lightweight interim champion Alberto “La Avispa” Puello, accepted a special invitation to attend the event promoted by Shuan Boxing Promotions. Continue reading “Adames, Puello to be honored in DR”

Tayden Beltran 134.9 vs. Cesar Villarraga 134.3
Eric Mondragon 132.5 vs. Kevin Piedrahita 131.7
Juan Sanchez 139.7 vs. Jaylan Phillips 139.9
Hector Lopez 127.1 vs. Jeronil Borres 130.7
Jared Hermosillo 125.2 vs. Arturo Herrera 125.5
Aristides Garcia 165.7 vs. Henry Rivera 165.4

Venue: Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California
Promoter: CBN Promotions
TV: FOX Deportes

Photos: Sumio Yamada

Unbeaten WBO featherweight champion Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza (25-0, 21 KOs) successfully made the first defense of his world title with a brutal beatdown of Sergio Chirino (22-2, 13 KOs) on Friday night inside BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. 6’1 Espinoza, the tallest featherweight champion in history, dropped Chirino with a left uppercut in round one. Espinoza busted up and floored Chirino again in round three with a body shot. The bout was finally stopped after a third knockdown in round four. Time was 2:45.

Unbeaten junior lightweight Andres “Savage” Cortes (22-0, 12 KOs) scored a controversial ten round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Abraham “El Super” Nova (23-3, 16 KOs). Nova pressed the action and did more, but the judges preferred the work of Cortes 97-93, 97-93, 96-94. Continue reading “Espinoza crushes Chirino in four, retains WBO title”

By Héctor Villarreal

Former two-time minimumweight world title challenger, Panamanian Leroy “Sensational” Estrada (18-4, 8 KOs) scored an impressive technical knockout over previously undefeated Colombian Rubén Mendoza (10-1-1, 9 KOs) at 2:19 in round two to claim the WBA Fedecaribe championship, now fighting in the superfly division.

Estrada dropped Mendoza with a powerful left hook to the chin. After the 8-second count the local placed the Colombian against the ropes, hitting him with strong combinations, forcing referee Guillermo Perez to stop the fight, the main event of the “Alma de Guerreros” card, presented by Sparta Promotions and Rogelio Espiño (Promociones y Eventos del Istmo), who came back to action after 52 months retirement. Continue reading “Estrada stops Mendoza on Espiño promotion return”

By Jeff Zimmerman

WBC lightweight champ Shakur Stevenson talked about his upcoming fight versus Artem Harutyunyan on Sat, July 6 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ and live on ESPN. Shakur also shared his thoughts on the Garcia-Haney ruling by the NYSAC, a potential Super Fight with Tank and how a Loma-Tank fight would playout, plus his marketability and free agency after this upcoming fight and much more on the Fightnews.com® exclusive interview.

Oluwafemi Oyeleye 153 vs. Leonardo Di Stefano 153.5
Samuel Arnold 174.6 vs. Jhosue Chumpik 178.5
Juan Marrero 134.1 vs. Michael Ruiz 136
Richard Johnson 156 vs. Edwim Charip 150.1
Noah Norman 133.8 vs. Michael Taylor 135.9
Dante Selby 220.1 vs. Daniel Bean 246.2

Venue: 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA
Promoter: R and B Promotions
Stream: Combat Sports Now
1st Bell: 7:30 PM ET

Tyler Denny 159.5 vs. Felix Cash 159.9
(EBU European middleweight title)

Lewis Crocker 146.6 vs. Conah Walker 146.4
Cameron Vuong 139.3 vs. Jeff Ofori 139.9
Shannon Ryan 113.8 vs. Emma Dolan 114.8
Hamza Uddin 117.4 vs. Giulio Commerso 117.8
Aqib Fiaz 134.4 vs. Kane Baker 135.4
Ibraheem Sulaimaan 135.7 vs. Jesus Gonzalez 135.4
Muhammad Mustafa Ali 124.4 vs. Kelvin Madjid 123.2
Emmanuel Odiase 254.3 vs. Kevin Masirika 243.5

Venue: Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is already training for his December 21 rematch with undisputed heavyweight ruler Oleksandr Usyk after losing a split decision to Usyk last month. The Gypsy King still maintains he won the fight says he’s going for the KO in the rematch.

“I’ve watched the fight back lots and still got the same answer – I thought I won. Usyk knows he didn’t beat me. I thought I boxed the head right off him for most of the rounds. Obviously he landed a good punch in round eight and busted my nose, got the 10-8 in round nine and I gave him round ten. But other than that I didn’t give him any other rounds.

“I’ve got to get him out of there because I’m not gonna get a decision. Which is unfortunate because it’s hard enough to win a fight just by winning it, never mind knowing you got to knock someone out but I’m confident and looking forward to the challenge.”

By Héctor Villarreal

After winning the Panamanian 140-pound championship on April 4 of this year, unbeaten Jonathan “Alta Gamma” Miniel (5-0, 5 KOs) moves down on weight to face Fernando “Pantera” Martinez (6-2, 2 KOs) for the WBA Fedecentro Lightweight belt, on Friday, June 28, in the 8-round main event of the “Boxeo del Patio” card, promoted by former bantamweight super champion Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno and his wife Rousse at the Combat Center in Panama City. Continue reading “Miniel-Martinez announced in Panama”

Unbeaten super welterweight prospect Jordan “The Patriot” Panthen (9-0, 8 KOs) scored a spectacular third round TKO against Victor Toney (8-3-1, 6 KOs) on Thursday night at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California. A short left hook in round three put Toney on the canvas. He got up wobbly and the fight was stopped. Time was 1:07.

Undisputed female middleweight champion Claressa “GWOAT” Shields and WBC female heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse came face to face today for the second time this week at a press conference at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

Claressa Shields: “I believe that on July 27, I will be heavyweight champion of the world. As we can see, I’m not a true heavyweight and that’s ok…people talk about how I don’t have knockout power, but I have to kill myself to make weight too. Now that I don’t, I think I will be putting all that talk to rest. She’s coming big, strong and fast, but I’m coming big, strong and fast too.”

Vanessa Joanisse: “I want the popularity Claressa has. She’s the face of women’s boxing and I want this fight. She has what I want.”

Middleweights Tyler Denny and Felix Cash faced off at their final press conference ahead of their European EBU title fight on Saturday night at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England, shown live worldwide on DAZN

Tyler Denny: “I’m absolutely buzzing for this. It’s a bit of a shame really because I’ve been around Felix for a few days and he seems like an alright character and he’s got a nice story, he’s been out of the ring, but he’s going to get smashed on Saturday and I feel bad for him, but this is the game we’re in…I’m going to break him down and get him out of there, and still.”

Felix Cash: “I don’t think he stands a chance with me on Saturday night. He’s going to come out and try his best, but it’s not going to be good enough…I definitely think I am going to get him out of there inside the distance, but we’ll have a look at him after the first couple of rounds and I don’t think he’ll go the distance. I want to be in the big fights, and I sure will be after this one.”

By TMZ.com

Ryan Garcia has learned his fate — the boxing superstar has agreed to a one-year ban from the sport as part of a settlement with the New York State Athletic Commission … and his huge win over Devin Haney is now officially a “no contest.”

The New York State Athletic Commission confirmed the agreement to TMZ Sports on Thursday … saying Garcia’s legal team worked with the NYSAC to reach the solution to his performance-enhancing drug investigation.

Along with the ban, 25-1 Garcia will cough up his $1.1 million purse from the fight … as well as a $10k fine.

The settlement is great news for Haney, as his record is now back to undefeated at 31-0 1 NC. Continue reading “Garcia suspended, Haney fight ruled no contest”

Rafael Espinoza 125.6 vs. Sergio Chirino 125.6
(WBO featherweight title)

Andres Cortes 130.8 vs. Abraham Nova 129.7
Troy Isley 158.9 vs. Javier Martinez 159.8
Floyd Diaz 117.8 vs. Francisco Pedroza 117.5
DJ Zamora 131.5 vs. Jose Antonio Meza 131.2
Steven Navarro 115.7 vs. Juan Pablo Meza 114.8
Bryan Polaco 156 vs. Richard Acevedo 156.3

Venue: Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Promoter: Top Rank
TV: ESPN+

On June 4, the team of Emmanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete submitted an email communication to the WBO confirming Navarrete’s decision to return to the jr lightweight division and to retain his status as world champion at that weight following his loss to Denis Berinchyk for the vacant WBO lightweight title.

The WBO Championship Committee has ruled that Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete does indeed retain his status as WBO jr lightweight champion, although his “super champion” status will be reviewed in due course.

Meanwhile a rematch has been ordered between Navarrete and WBO interim champion Oscar Valdez with both teams given 20 days to negotiate an agreement to fight for the full WBO jr lightweight title or a purse bid will be ordered.

Navarrete beat Valdez by unanimous decision in August 2023, but has gone 0-1-1 since then.

By Héctor Villarreal

Leroy Estrada 115 vs Ruben Mendoza 113.5
Felix Montenegro 120 Hernan Alarcon 117
Orlando Martinez 129.25 vs Arnulfo Bejerano 128
Luis Ramos Echaide 140 vs Daniel Troya 141.25
Jose Cordoba 139.5 vs Gerardo Cabrera 140
Miguel Navalo 126 vs Enzo Moreno 125.5
Kevin De Mera 165 vs Aldair Salazar 165

Date: Thursday, June 20th
Venue: Combat Center, Panama City, Panama
Promoter: Rogelio Espiño’s Promotions and Events of the Isthmus
First fight: 7:30 pm

The IBF is returning to Atlantic City to celebrate its 40th Annual Convention at Caesar’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino from June 1-5, 2025. Previously, the IBF’s Forming Convention in 1983 and its 31st Annual Convention in 2014 both took place in Atlantic City.

IBF Statement: “Celebrating a milestone convention in Atlantic City, a destination with momentous boxing history and in the organization’s home state, is truly fitting of the occasion. Caesar’s is centrally located on the iconic Atlantic City Boardwalk and conveniently located near many things to do in the area. More information regarding the convention will be shared with IBF members and all interested in attending in the coming months.”