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The World Boxing Association (WBA) and its president, Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, confirmed a partnership with the company Pueblo Boxing for the celebration of the 100 years of the pioneer organization and the 20 years of this non-profit organization during 2021. The joint venture will have several projects, including the launching of a WBA clothing line and the support for tournaments, as well as founding and certifying gyms.

The oldest boxing organization in the world will celebrate its centenary in Russia during the month of July and the collaboration with Pueblo Boxing, which was born in 2001, comes at a great time for world boxing. Continue reading “WBA and Pueblo Boxing confirm partnership”

Episode one of the Emmy Award-winning series takes viewers into the lives and training camps of two world champions as Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz will collide on Saturday, October 31 on SHOWTIME PPV.

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The British Boxing Board of Control has announced that boxing judge Terry O’Connor must appear before the stewards to address allegations that he used a smartphone while scoring the Lewis Ritson vs. Miguel Vazquez fight at the East of England Showground Arena last Saturday. After the bout, an image was circulated on social media showing O’Connor distracted by something in his hand that resembled a phone in the middle of round eight. Adding fuel to the fire, O’Connor turned in an appalling 117-111 card in favor of house fighter Ritson in a fight where Vazquez appeared to be a runaway winner.

Boxeo Telemundo closes out their final installment of the Fall series showcasing Belmar Preciado (20-3-1, 13 KO) from Barranquilla, Colombia, against Rodolfo “Fofo” Hernandez (30-9-1, 28 KO) from Mexico City on Friday in a ten-round WBA interim Fedecentro super bantamweight title fight at The Residency at Osceola Heritage Park Events Center in Kissimmee, Florida. Bouts are in the quarantine fight zone with no fans.

Belmar Preciado: “As always grateful to God for this new opportunity, I worked very hard all this time, and it is time to show the result of the work, this time I am in my weight much more concentrated and motivated, the confidence that the public has given me has made me very happy.

Fofo Hernandez: “I’m in fantastic shape and looking to shine in this fight; I’m grateful for this opportunity and very excited to fight in America.”

Julio Cesar Martinez will now defend his WBC world flyweight title against Moises Calleros on Friday at Azteca Studios in Mexico City, live on DAZN. Martinez (16-1, 12 KOs) was due to face fellow countryman Maximino Flores but the IBO champion returned a positive test for COVID-19 and will be unable to challenge for Martinez’s green and gold strap.

Calleros (33-9-1 17 KOs) now has a golden opportunity to change his career overnight in Flores’ place. The 31-year-old landed the WBO NABO title at 112lbs last September and fights for world honors for the second time in his career having traveled to Japan in March 2018 to challenge WBO champion Ryuya Yamanaka.

Martinez’s clash with Calleros is part of a bumper world title triple-header in Mexico. Continue reading “New opponent for WBC champ JC Martinez”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Former WBA super flyweight champion Andrew Moloney (21-1, 14 KOs) is confident of victory in his return bout with current WBA super flyweight king Joshua Franco (17-1-2, 8 KOs) on November 14 at the MGM Bubble in Las Vegas on a Top Rank promotion.

“I didn’t perform anywhere near my best in the first fight for a number of reasons,” stated Moloney. “I don’t want to make excuses for why I lost the first fight, I would rather let my actions do the talking. I believe you will see a career best performance from myself on November 14 and I will become a two-time WBA world champion.”

George Kambosos Jr says he has been training ‘like a man possessed’ ahead of his crucial IBF lightweight world title final eliminator showdown with Lee Selby on the Usyk-Chisora undercard on Saturday October 31, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the US.

A win for the undefeated Australian (18-0, 10 KOs) would see him become mandatory challenger for newly-crowned undisputed lightweight king Teofimo Lopez, who brilliantly overcame Vasiliy Lomachenko by a unanimous points decision in Las Vegas on Saturday. Continue reading “Selby-Kambosos winner to be Teofimo mandatory”

Newly crowned WBA international welterweight champion and 2016 Olympian Alberto “Beto” Palmetta (14-1, 10 KOs) will face Carlos “Rana” Gorham (16-6-1, 10 KOs) in a ten round bout on November 7th at the Rock Hill Recreation & Event Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

This is the second show of Payne Boxing Series which will be televised live on TyC Sports to the United States, Argentina and the whole continent.

Lank Entertainment is bringing professional boxing action to Daytona Beach, FL on November 20th at the Ocean Center. The event will include a special guest appearance Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr and The Money Team. TMT welterweight Maurice Lee (12-1-2, 5 KOs) will be headlining the event in an eight round bout. Also, former IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (24-3, 19 KOs) returning after a six-year layoff in an eight rounder, TMT super bantam prospect Javon Campbell (2-1, 1 KO), and several talented Florida boxers are set to lace up the gloves.

Tickets are available now at Oceancenter.com starting at $40. Meet & Greet the champ after the event in Ocean Center Ballroom. Get your tickets now at LankTheKing.com. Former Fightnews.com writer Christian Schmidt will be the ring announcer.

By Ron Jackson

Former IBO and South African welterweight champion Thulani Mbenge returned to action after nearly 15 months when he won a wide 12 round unanimous points decision over South African based Congolese Mardochee Kuvesa Katembo to claim the vacant African Boxing Union welterweight title at the Klipspruit Sport Centre in Pimville Soweto on Saturday night. The scores were 100-91, 98-3 and 98-92. Continue reading “Ex-IBO champ Mbenge returns with win”

Kety Box Promotion/Redzo Dedeic will present a WBO cruiserweight world title eliminator this Friday at the Studio GSP Garage in Belgrade, Serbia. Unbeaten WBO #3 ranked Dilian Prasovic (13-0, 10 KOs) of Montenegro will face unbeaten WBO #4 Edin Puhalo (19-0, 18 KOs) of Herzegovina. The winner will become mandatory to the winner of the December 12 clash between Krzysztof Glowacki and Lawrence Okolie. Those two will meet for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev card in London.

“This is a fantastic showdown between two undefeated big punchers with the winner to be in prime position to challenge for the world title,” said Dedeic.

IBF #3, WBC #11 bantamweight and former world champion Paul Butler (32-2, 15 KOs) remained in contention for another world title shot as he defeated Ryan Walker (11-3, 2 KOs) on points after eight rounds on Sunday at the Production Park Studios in Wakefield, England. Butler was in control throughout the majority of the fight, landing a number of good shots. Walker tried his best to make it competitive, but in the end, Butler proved to be too good, with the referee scoring it 79-73 in his favor. Continue reading “IBF #3 bantam Paul Butler victorious”

Former NABF Heavyweight champ 6’7 Daniel “The Mountain” Martz (20-9, 17 KOs) annihilated former WBA title challenger Mike Marrone (21-12, 15 KOs) in round one of the scheduled 10 round main event on Saturday night at the Southpaw Boxing & Fitness Club in Windham, New Hampshire.

From the opening bell, Martz used his superior size and reach to to land combinations at will from the outside before dropping Marrone with a straight right hand. Although Marrone beat the count and wanted to continue, referee Leo Gerstal put a halt to the onslaught midway through the opening stanza. Continue reading “Martz manhandles Marrone”

By Joe Koizumi
Photo by Boxing Beat

“The Monster” Naoya Inoue, the WBA/IBF bantamweight champion, has left Japan for Las Vegas via Los Angeles this evening on Sunday. Naoya accompanied his father/trainer Shingo and younger brother/ex-WBC interim 118-pound champ Takuma. The Monster said, “I’ve perfectly prepared for my defense against Australian challenger Jason Moloney at the MGM Grand on October 31. I will show my best performance there.” Having watched the live telecast of the Teofimo Lopez-Vasyl Lomachenko unification title bout, Naoya took the flight for LAX. Bon voyage.

Photos: Mikey Williams/Top Rank

There is a new undisputed lightweight king. Teofimo Lopez toppled Vasiliy Lomachenko by unanimous decision in a superstar-making performance Saturday evening from the MGM Grand Conference Center, and in doing so, he became the youngest undisputed champion (23) in the four-belt era.

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It’s official. WBO welterweight world champion Terence “Bud” Crawford will defend his title against former welterweight world champion Kell Brook on November 14.

In the world championship co-feature, Joshua “El Profesor” Franco will defend his WBA super flyweight title against former world champion Andrew “The Monster” Moloney in a rematch of their June bout, won by Franco via decision.

ESPN and ESPN Deportes will televise Crawford-Brook and Franco-Moloney 2, while undercard bouts will stream live on ESPN+. Venue information for Crawford-Brook will be announced soon. Continue reading “Crawford-Brook, Franco-Moloney 2 official”

All three judges gave Teofimo Lopez the first seven rounds, putting Vasyl Lomachenko into a deep hole he couldn’t dig out of.

We had Lopez winning 115-114, giving Lopez rounds 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 12. We gave Loma rounds 2, 8, 9,10, 11. Round 7 was even. On our card, the fight was up for grabs entering round 12 where Lopez dug deeper to win it.