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By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

IBF mandatory lightweight contender George Kambosos is still focused on defeating undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez after five dates for their showdown have fallen through for one reason or another. Matchroom will now promote the fight sometime in November.

“The boxing world can see that Kambosos is a man of honor, this is about legacy for me, not about money,” Kambosos told the Sun-Herald. “I’ve stood my ground, my team stood their ground. This fight needs to happen. I don’t want any more different dates, no more games. The world can see who stood their ground between me and Lopez.” Continue reading “Kambosos: I am still focused”

Courtesy Jim Jenkins, Sacramento Bee

Unbeaten William Villa (6-0) kept local fans happy Friday night with a shutout UD-4 win over Michael Mendez (0-2) of Las Vegas in the feature junior-lightweight bout at Sacramento’s Doubletree Hotel.

Also on the Nasser Niavaroni-promoted card, kicked off by several amateur matches, it was Kevin Montano (2-0) of Concord by shutout UD-4 over Jose Delgado (0-2) of Santa Rosa, junior-lightweights; and Armari Jones (4-0) of Las Vegas by TKO-2 over Donnis Reed (3-10-1) of San Diego, middleweights.

Saturday’s main event at Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena between Donald Smith and Elijah Pierce is off due to a medical issue. The RDR Promotions event will go on as scheduled.

Isaiah Wise 161 vs. Dewayne Williams 161
Raekwon Butler 139.8 vs. Naheem Parker 141
Rashan Adams 133.8 vs. Josh Zimmerman 135
Boimah Karmo 147 vs.Mike Gibbons 144.6
Nicholas Sullivan 136 vs. Braulio Avila 135
Timerlan Raimkulov 160 vs. Jahdon Ervin 158.6
Rah’quand McDaniel154 vs. Soslan Alborov 150.8

Venue 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA
Promoter: RDR Promotions
Stream: BXNGTV.com
1st Bell: 7 PM ET

Tyson Fury 277 vs. Deontay Wilder 238
(WBC heavyweight title)
Career-high weights for both fighters. No face-off.

Efe Ajagba 237 vs. Frank Sanchez 240

Robert Helenius 246 vs. Adam Kownacki 258

Jared Anderson 240 vs. Vladimir Tereshkin 256

Edgar Berlanga 168 vs. Marcelo Coceres 166.5

Julian Williams 156.5 vs. Vladimir Hernandez 153.5

Robeisy Ramirez 126 vs. Orlando Gonzalez 126
Bruce Carrington 127 vs. Cesar Cantu 127
Viktor Faust 233 vs. Mike Marshall 242

Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
Promoter: Top Rank, TGB Promotions
TV: PPV, ESPN+, ESPN2, FS1, ESPN/FOX apps

Robin Krasniqi 174.8 vs. Dominic Bösel 174.8
(WBA light heavyweight eliminator, IBO title)

Peter Kadiru 239 vs. Boris Estenfelder 223.5
Roman Fress 200 vs. Luca D‘Ortenzi 198
Umut Camkiran 275.8 vs. Dorda Tomic 247.8
Julian Vogel 146.6 vs. Bakhtiyar Isgandarzada 142.4
Viktor Jurk 249.3 vs. Zoltan Csala 265.7
Ammar Riad Abduljabbar 189.6 vs. Sviatoslav Svyryd 193.3
Max Suske 159.6 vs. Richard Walter 152.6

Venue: GETEC Arena
Promoter: SES Boxing
TV: ARD (Germany)

Courtesy Jim Jenkins, Sacramento Bee

William Villa 127.5 vs. Michael Mendez 132
Kevin Montano 129 vs. Jose Delgado 127.5
Armari Jones 159 vs. Donnis Reed 158.5

Date: Friday, Oct. 8. (Plus 10 amateur bouts), 7:30 p.m. PDT.
Venue: Doubletree Hotel.
Promoter: Nasser Niavaroni.

Liam Smith 154 vs. Anthony Fowler 153.75
Ted Cheeseman 153 vs. Troy Williamson 153.75
Shannon Courtenay 120.5 vs. Jamie Mitchell 117.5
Kieron Conway 156.75 vs. James Metcalf 156.5
Luke Willis 134.5 vs. Rylan Charlton 134.5
Robbie Davies Jr 143.5 vs. Jonny Phillips 140
Peter McGrail 127.75vs. Ed Harrison 128.5
Solomon Dacres 227.5 vs. Kamil Sokolowski 239.5
Blane Hyland 117 vs. Santiago San Eusebio 116.4

Venue: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

Brad Foster 121.5 vs. Jason Cunningham 121.2
Callum Johnson 174.2 vs. Server Emurlaev 174
Ekow Essuman 146.7 vs. Danny Ball 146.2
Liam Davies 121.25 vs. Dixon Flores 122
Amaar Akbar 142.25 vs. Liam Richards 140.7
Nick Ball 128.6 vs. Piotr Gudel 126.3

Venue: Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England
Promoter: Queensberry
TV: BT Sport (UK)

Chris Eubank Jr (30-2, 22 KOs) joins a stellar line up at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on October 16 as he takes on Wanik Awdijan (28-1, 11 KOs). Eubank Jr had been due to fight this past weekend but was left without an opponent when Anatoli Muratov was forced to withdraw on the day of the fight. Having remained in training, he and his coach Roy Jones Jr will now head north to face the German Middleweight contender Awdijan, live on Sky Sports.

The card also features WBO female middleweight champion Savannah Marshall (10-0, 8 KOs) defending against the undefeated Lolita Muzeya (16-0, 8 KOs), heavyweight Hughie Fury (25-3, 14 KOs) against Christian Hammer (26-7, 16 KOs), and local hero Lewis Ritson (21-2-0, 12 KOs) against gritty Philadelphia veteran ‘Hammerin’ Hank Lundy (31-9-1, 14 KOs).

By Przemek Garczarczyk

Unlike Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder yesterday, fighters on their undercard were allowed to face off following their press conference in Las Vegas.

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Fighters competing on the stacked undercard leading up to the highly anticipated Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III heavyweight title trilogy showdown previewed their respective showdowns before they enter the ring this Saturday, October 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The press conference featured fighters competing on the ESPN+ PPV and FOX Sports PPV that will see 2016 Nigerian Olympian “The One and Only” Efe Ajagba and fellow unbeaten Frank “The Cuban Flash” meet in the 10-round co-main event, heavyweight contenders Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius and Adam “Babyface” Kownacki square off in a 12-round rematch and 21-year-old sensation Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson and Russian veteran Vladimir Tereshkin battle in the eight-round PPV opener.

The press conference also included fighters competing in preliminary bouts airing on ESPN2 and FS1, as super middleweight knockout artist Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga faces former title challenger Marcelo Esteban “El Terrible” Coceres in a 10-round showdown, plus former unified 154-pound champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams returns to take on Mexico’s Vladimir Hernandez in a 10-round bout. Continue reading “Fury-Wilder Undercard Press Conference”

Probellum, the new promotional outfit headed by Richard Schaefer, has announced the signing of super featherweight KO artist Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez (30-1, 27 KOs) and unbeaten light welterweight Arthur “The Chechen Wolf” Biyarslanov (8-0, 6 KOs).

Probellum also announced a multi-fight, multi-year co-promotional agreement with Shuan Boxing Promotions from the Dominican Republic.

On November 18, South Philadelphia heavyweight Sonny “The Bronco” Conto (7-0, 6 KOs) will put his undefeated streak on the line and make history when he enters the boxing ring at the new Live! Casino & Hotel in Philadelphia, a mere couple miles from his home. This will be the first live boxing event at the newly-opened 1,000 plus seat Live! Event Center. Conto will face Ed Fountain (12-8, 5 KOs) of St. Louis, MO in a scheduled six rounder.

Light heavyweight Charles Brewer Jr (1-0, 1K0), son of former world super middleweight champion Charles “The Hatchet” Brewer, will make his return to the ring to face pro debuting Tariq Green in a four-round bout. Continue reading “Sonny Conto headlines Nov 18”

There has been talk of IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis (27-1, 19 KOs) facing WBO cruiser champ next in a unification bout or moving up in weight where he could meet former foe Oleksandr Usyk in a huge heavyweight rematch. But despite the speculation, 50:1 favorite Briedis insists he is fully focused on his upcoming fight against unheralded challenger Artur Mann (17-1, 9 KOs) on October 16 at the Arena Riga in Latvia. Continue reading “Briedis says he’s not looking past Mann”

Super lightweight Willian “Baby Face” Silva (28-3, 18 KOs) will battle Star Boxing stablemate Cletus “Hebrew Hammer” Seldin (25-1, 21 KOs) for the NABA super lightweight title Saturday, October 16 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The bout replaced Teofimo-Kambosos on the Triller-promoted card.

“This is a great opportunity and I’m going to make the most of,” Silva said from his training camp in St. Petersburg, FL. “Seldin is a good opponent but I have the necessary skills to have my hands raised on October 16. I also know a win in this fight would prove that I am among the best fighters in my division and move me closer to my goal of winning a world title.” Continue reading “Silva confident ahead of Seldin showdown”

Worth watching. Things get heated between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury and former heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder at Wednesday’s press conference.
Video courtesy ESPN & FOX Sports

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WBA lightweight and super lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (25-0, 24 KOs) announced on social media today that he’s returning December 5 against WBA #1 lightweight Rollie Romero (14-0, 12 KOs). Tank says the bout will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will air on Showtime PPV. As part of the WBA title reduction plan, Tank has to give up either his 135lb or 140lb belt, so it looks like he’s staying at lightweight.

WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury and former heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder were kept far apart at the final press conference Wednesday as they previewed their PPV showdown this Saturday from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Together in person for the first time since originally announcing the trilogy showdown in June, Fury and Wilder exchanged words during the heated press conference, rehashing the numerous dramatic twists and turns that have made up their rivalry, while promising to end their feud in the ring on Saturday.

Tyson Fury: “Wilder is a weak person mentally and I’m going to knock him out on Saturday night. I obliterated him in the rematch and I see much more of the same in the third fight.”

Deontay Wilder: “I don’t have anything to prove. I’m in a great place and in a great state of mind. I have a lot of great people around me. This fight is about redemption, retaliation, and retribution.”

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Middleweights Jaime Munguia (37-0, 30 KOs) and “King” Gabriel Rosado (26-13-1, 15 KOs) hosted a virtual press conference Wednesday in anticipation of their November 13 showdown on DAZN at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Jaime Munguia: “Yes, I won a world title at 24. But also, all these years I have gained a lot of experience. I feel like my boxing has improved, and we are ready for bigger challenges. After Rosado, there has been a lot of talk about a fight with DOMANCHENKO, Jacobs, and Golovkin…this is going to be a fun night, a night full of punches. It will be a war. Everyone knows that Mexico vs. Puerto Rico are always great fights.”

Gabe Rosado: “I’m excited, but I am not going to give up the game plan, obviously. I want to do a little bit of everything. I’m going to bang, I’m gonna move, I’m gonna box, and I’m going in to win. I’m not just going to win on the scorecards; I want to get a knockout. I want to keep that momentum going because I think it’s important. These are the kinds of fights where it has to live up to the expectations of the fans. So you have to be a hundred percent, and you gotta be willing to be all in, in the ring. It will go down into the history books. This is one of the fights that they’ll be talking about 20 to 30 years from now.”

Matchroom will now promote the many-times delayed world title fight between undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and IBF mandatory challenger George Kambosos. Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that the bout will air live on DAZN. Date and venue to be announced shortly. Triller originally won the rights to the bout with a bid of $6 million, but after multiple postponements, the IBF moved to the second highest bidder Matchroom, who bid $3.5 million. Both fighters will be making hundreds of thousands less than they would have under the original deal.

Probellum, the new promotional outfit headed by Richard Schaefer, has announced the signing of three-weight world champion Ricky Burns (43-8-1, 16 KOs), who held world titles at super-featherweight, lightweight and super-lightweight between 2010 and 2017.

Probellum also announced the signing of undefeated heavyweight Brandon Moore. Moore (10-0, 6 KOs), and a multi-fight, multi-year co-promotional agreement with Sergio Martinez’s Maravillabox Promotions.

The WBC has decided to proceed with their WBC Annual Convention in Mexico City from November 14-18 and will have extreme precaution and safety protocols in place to safeguard everyone’s health. The convention was originally announced for Thailand, then shifted to Cancun, before the final move to Mexico City.

* Full vaccination will be mandatory in order to attend and participate.
* PCR negative test prior to travel must be submitted.
* PCR test will be performed upon arrival to the host hotel.
* PCR test will be performed prior to departure back home.
* All events and places will have sanitation and hygiene protocols.

Continue reading “WBC Convention moved to Mexico City”

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury and former heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder made their grand arrivals in Las Vegas Tuesday evening to officially kick off fight week for their highly anticipated heavyweight title trilogy showdown taking place this Saturday on PPV from T-Mobile Arena.

Tyson Fury: “You can go to college and get a master’s degree in nearly two years, so for a boxer, that’s very easy to do. No matter what Deontay Wilder does, I’m still going to knock him the fu*k out!”

Deontay Wilder: “I see me beating him up and then knocking him out. I’m going to put on a great performance Saturday night.”

Thammanoon Niyomtrong (23-0, 8 KOs) returned to the ring and scored a third round TKO against compatriot Siridech Deebok (23-7-1, 13 KOs)  to retain his minimumweight super championship at the Chang Arena, in Buriram, in his native Thailand, on Tuesday. After a long inactivity due to the pandemic and a postponement of the fight a few months ago, the boxer known as Knockout CP Freshmart had to wait more than a year to box again since March 2020, when he made his last fight.

Niyomtrong showed superiority from the first bell and his attacks managed to knock down the challenger twice. The punishment was evident and in the third stanza, the third man on the ring was forced to stop the action to give a new victory to the WBA monarch at 105 pounds. Continue reading “Niyomtrong retains WBA minimum super belt”

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

It all started with an email sent to the general account of our organization. One of the great virtues of my dear late father, Don José Sulaimán, was to attend to absolutely all the issues that came, and from whoever sought him out by letter, email, call or visit.

Jill Diamond wrote a long email calling for women’s boxing to be dignified. Jill lost her husband to the terrible demon of cancer, and fate led her to find meaning when boxing appeared in her life. She began training in this discipline at the Mendez Gym in Manhattan, and she found the brotherhood and sisterhood that exists in the noble sport of boxing. Continue reading “15 glorious years of producing hope, inspiration and joy”