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Entire Triller Fight Club Event Rescheduled For August 14

Undisputed Lightweight World Champion, Teofimo Lopez has tested positive for symptomatic COVID-19 and his highly anticipated defense against Mandatory Challenger George Kambosos has been rescheduled for August 14, 2021 at a location to be determined. Presented by Triller Fight Club, the boxing and music pay-per-view extravaganza was set to emanate this Saturday, June 19 from loanDepot park, home of the Miami Marlins.

Lopez’s diagnosis was confirmed this morning. Continue reading “Teofimo Lopez Tests Positive For Covid-19”

Undefeated WBC world champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury puts his title on the line against former longtime heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder Saturday, July 24 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets go on sale TODAY, June 15 at 12 p.m. PT and can be purchased at www.t-mobilearena.com or www.axs.com.

Tyson Fury: “I’m excited to once again be fighting in Las Vegas, the home of The Gypsy King. For the last 18 months, I’ve been living rent-free in Wilder’s head. He got smashed to pieces in our last fight, and for some reason, he wants it again. Let’s go. The Big Dosser is getting knocked spark out.”

Deontay Wilder: “Nothing has changed. It’s still one face, one name, one champion – Deontay Wilder. I’m in the best shape of my life. July 24, I’m going to show the people why I’m still the baddest man on the planet.”

Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing had announced that it has comes to terms on a promotional agreement with Bellport, Long Island’s, undefeated super lightweight, Alex “El Toro” Vargas (10-0, 4KOs). Vargas has been one of the latest “Rockin’ Fights” series fan favorites, bringing flag waving, t-shirt wearing followers while appearing six times at The Paramount in Huntington, New York.

He is set to return to the famous venue for the seventh time on September 4 at “Rockin’ Fights” 39.

Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren is eyeing a Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde return clash this autumn. Warren made the announcement earlier today when the light heavyweight rivals met for the first time since Arthur’s split decision win over Yarde last December.

Before their eagerly awaited second fight, WBO #1 Arthur and Yarde must come through tests against unbeaten opposition at London’s Royal Albert Hall on July 10, live on BT Sport.

Manchester’s ‘King’ Arthur (18-0, 12 KOs) headlines the bill and makes the first defense of his WBO Inter-Continental title against Italian Davide Faraci (15-0, 7 KOs).

Yarde (20-2, 19 KOs) faces unbeaten German Emin Atra (17-0, 12 KOs) in a non-title ten rounder. Continue reading “Warren planning for Arthur-Yarde rematch”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Australian heavyweight champion Justis Huni (4-0, 3 KOs) has weighed in at 234.5 pounds for his bout against Rugby League legend Paul Gallen (11-0-1, 6 KOs) who was 219.25 pounds for Wednesday at the ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales televised on Foxtel Main Event on Pay Per View.

Paul Gallen: I know what he’s thinking. He will think about me before he goes to bed. I’m in his head and I’ll be in his face tomorrow night.

Justis Huni: He’s right, I’ve been thinking about him, but that’s just me thinking about him laying on the canvas, flat and face-down. I’ll put on a show. He’s going to be putting on that pressure but he’s never fought anyone like me.”

Julio Cesar Chavez, Anderson “The Spider” Silva, Ramon Alvarez, Omar Chavez, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.and Hector Camacho Jr. all made their grand arrival at the Hotel Riu in Guadalajara,Mexico on Monday. Afterwards, the group visited the Jalisco Stadium where they will be fighting live on PPV Saturday, June 19th in an event titled “Tribute to the Kings.”

By Mauricio Sulaiman
Son of Jose Sulaiman / President of the WBC

This last Friday, June 11, a historic event was held in Aguascalientes, Mexico, as the Cuban Olympic boxing team, which has done its preparations there in recent years, held a friendly meet with a variety of Mexican professional fighters at the San Marcos Fair arena.

There were eight exhibition bouts sanctioned by the Aguascalientes Boxing Commission, with its president Christian Garduño Ortiz. The general coordination of all sports was in the hands of Dr. Manuel Aceves, and the event was organized by Gerardo Saldívar. The president of FECOMBOX, Juan Carlos Pelayo, as well as myself as president of the WBC, were invited as honorary witnesses of this historic meeting. Continue reading “Cuban Boxing”

Houston’s own world champions, unbeaten WBC middleweight world champion Jermall Charlo and unified WBC, WBA and IBF 154-pound World Champion Jermell Charlo, will receive a proclamation from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner before Jermall holds an open to the public media workout ahead of his showdown against Juan Macias Montiel headlining action live on Showtime Saturday from Toyota Center in Houston in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

The Charlo Twins, along with WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman, will also present Mayor Turner with a special Juneteenth WBC belt during the proclamation ceremony. The event will feature local boxing community members and students from area high schools in attendance.

By Héctor Villarreal

In a press conference headed by international promoter Sampson Lewkowicz, the Director of the Panamanian Sports Institute (Pandeportes) Hector Brands and veteran boxing journalist Juan Carlos Tapia, a project to start the rescue of Panamanian boxing was announced on Monday morning at Intercontinental Hotel in Panama City, Panama. Continue reading “Sampson to the rescue of Panamanian boxing”

2016 Olympian Lindolfo Delgado, is ready for a pair of significant firsts. Delgado (11-0, 11 KOs) will make his Las Vegas and Top Rank debuts this Saturday against Salvador Briceno (17-6, 11 KOs) in an eight-round junior welterweight bout at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

Delgado-Briceno will be among the undercard bouts streaming live and exclusively on ESPN+. WBA/IBF bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue against mandatory challenger Michael Dasmarinas, WBO female junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer versus Erica Farias, and a 10-round featherweight showdown between Adam Lopez and Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe will be broadcast live on ESPN. Continue reading “Inoue-Dasmarinas undercard lineup”

Matchroom and DAZN have announced the full schedule for the second installment of Fight Camp, a three week boxing series based at Matchroom HQ in Brentwood, Essex, England. This year, Matchroom opens their doors to fight fans – with a limited number of tickets going on sale for each event – which is sure to help create a special and unique atmosphere.

Fight Camp begins on July 31 with welterweight Conor Benn (18-0, 12 KOs) putting his WBA Continental title on the line against Adrian Granados (21-8-3, 15 KOs).

On August 7, Kid Galahad (27-1, 16 KOs) and Jazza Dickens (30-3, 11 KOs) meet in an all-British clash for the vacant IBF featherweight world title.

Fight Camp concludes on August 14 with Joshua Buatsi (14-0, 12 KOs) defending his WBA International light heavyweight title against the winner of the MTK Global Golden Contract winner Richard Bolotniks (18-5-1, 8 KOs).

Former WBA heavyweight champion and recent WBC interim heavyweight titlist Alexander Povetkin (36-3-1, 25 KOs) is hanging up his gloves at the age of 41.

“It was not very easy to make such a decision, but it was made,” said Povetkin in a heartfelt message to his fans. “The decision to end my sports career was because, after all, the years are making themselves felt. There are all sorts of injuries that need to be treated and the time has come to finish my career. I had a good, interesting career. I do not regret anything. In fact, all these years that I have been boxing, I was very pleased that many people were rooting for me and worried about me. And I really want to thank you all. This support was always felt, always appreciated, and always pushed me forward and still pushes. If I had the opportunity, I would box, but everything has its time.”

We used to complain when HBO and Showtime scheduled competing cards at the same time. This Saturday, get ready for the mother of all head-to-head viewing showdowns with ESPN, DAZN, Showtime, and three PPV shows all running at approximately the same time.

Triller PPV
Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos
(WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO undisputed lightweight title)

ESPN – Naoya Inoue vs. Michael Dasmarinas
(WBA/IBF bantamweight titles)

Showtime – Jermall Charlo vs. Juan Macias Montiel
(WBC middleweight title)

DAZN – Jaime Munguia vs. Kamil Szeremeta
(middleweight)

Chavez Tripleheader PPV
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Anderson Silva
(light heavyweight)
Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. vs. Hector Camacho Jr.
(exhibition)
Omar Chavez vs. Ramon Alvarez
(middleweight)

PPV stream
Harold Calderon Takes vs. Jeovanis Barraza
(welterweight)

Things heated up at a press conference between Julio Cesar Chavez and Hector “Machito” Camacho, Jr. over the weekend in Guadalajara, Mexico. They meet in a PPV exhibition on Saturday that has been announced as Chavez’ final ring appearance.

Also on the card, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. meets MMA legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva, and Omar Chavez faces Ramon Alvarez.

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Australian heavyweight champion Justis Huni (4-0, 3 KOs) takes on Rugby League legend Paul Gallen (11-0-1, 6 KOs) on Wednesday at the ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, televised on Foxtel Main Event on Pay Per View.

“Just walking through the city and stuff and people are yelling out of their cars,” Huni tells foxsports.com.au from Boxing Works Gym at Kings Cross on Darlinghurst Street, Sydney. “Everybody just wants me to knock Paul out. Not even just beat Paul, but knock him out. I don’t know if they want to see me do well or they genuinely just don’t like Paul Gallen.”

Meanwhile, Gallen says Huni is shirking his promotional responsibilities. “He didn’t turn up, I was very disappointed in that,” Gallen told 2GB’s Wide World of Sports radio. “I thought it was a great opportunity. Let me tell you, the media all day yesterday were bored…it would’ve been an outstanding opportunity to promote the fight.” Continue reading “Huni-Gallen set for Wednesday collision”

By Robert Coster

At the age of 26, Dewar Ferhadi can already look back with pride on what he has accomplished. The young Kurdish-American graduated with honors from Medical School – top 10% of his class- in 2019 and is doing his Medical Residency. Devar is also an unbeaten super middleweight boxer, his most recent fight being on June 5th – an 8 round decision over Blake Mansfield in Philadelphia – raising his unblemished record to 9-0 with 7 KOs.

Ferhadi is boxing under the banner of promoter Marshall Kaufmann. His trainer Jason Boyer had this to say about his pupil:” Devar is a role model. It amazes me he hasn’t gotten more press considering the positive light he is able to cast on the sport of boxing.” Continue reading “Devar Ferhadi : Honor Student, Doctor and Boxer”

By Robert Coster

Former IBF super middleweight champion José “Bolivita” Uzcategui (31-4, 25 KOs) scored a second round KO over Jaime “Huizi” Hernandez (9-5, 4 KOs) on Saturday night at the Auditorio Benito Juárez in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Uzcategui was tuning up for his August 28 WBC title eliminator against David Benavidez.

The main event was an attractive clash between 18-0 super flyweights where David “General” Cuellar (19-0, 12 KOs) won by ninth round TKO over Karim “Traviesito” Arce (18-1-2, 8 KOs) to win the WBC International title. Arce is the nephew of former world champ Jorge Arce.

“It was a bit confusing when we were in the ring because I thought the fight was over as soon as I saw the towel come in,” said Ponce. “Then I saw the ref throw it out – to be honest it was a bit of a shock. [Ritson] is probably hurt in the rib area now and he wouldn’t have been if he stopped the fight when we saw the towel come in.” Continue reading “Ponce: I thought the fight was over”

In a clash for the vacant WBO interim junior lightweight title, former featherweight champ Shakur Stevenson (16-0, 8 KOs) scored a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over Jeremiah Nakathila (21-2, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Stevenson dominated the fight. He dropped Nakathila at the end of round four then cruised the rest of the way in a very forgettable fight. Scores were 120-107 3x.

“To be honest, I didn’t really like my performance,” said Stevenson. “I felt I could’ve performed a lot better, but it was an awkward fighter. You had an awkward fighter throwing hard punches, and he knows how to grab and get away. He was a real awkward fighter. That’s all. Continue reading “Shakur wins WBO interim title in snoozer”

The 9 round super featherweight main event Saturday night saw Ayrton Osmar Gimenez (10-0, 1 KO) of Argentina decision countryman Alan Isaias Luques Castillo (27-11, 10 KOs) by way of 9th round unanimous decision. The event took place at the Complejo Multifuncion, in Perez, Santa Fe, Argentina. Gimenez came out strong in round 1 staggering Castillo temporarily. In round two a left hook by Castillo sent Gimenez crashing to the canvas. Gimenez beat the count but was put down again with a grazing right hand to the head from Castillo. Gimenez would gather himself and go on to dominate Castillo for the rest of the fight. The official scores were 87-83, 86-83.5, and 86-83 all in favor to Gimenez. It was the first defense for Gimenez of his World Boxing Association Fedebol super feather title. Continue reading “Gimenez survives scare, edges Castillo in Argentina”

Former two-division world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (29-3, 14 KOs) scored an eighth round TKO over previously unbeaten Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez (21-1, 14 KOs) in the junior welterweight co-feature on the Stevenson-Nakathila card Saturday night at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Pedraza really was a sniper on this night, picking Rodriguez apart with precision shots. Rodriguez remained on his stool after round eight.

“My experience was too much for him,” said Pedraza. “I was hungrier than him, and he was just another obstacle in my journey to become a three-division world champion. That is my goal…as the fight went on, I could see him weakening, and I took advantage.” Continue reading “Ex-champ Pedraza stops Rodriguez in eight”

In an IBF junior welterweight eliminator, undefeated #5 ranked Jeremias Ponce (28-0, 18 KOs) scored a tenth round knockout over #6 ranked Lewis Ritson (21-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle, England.

Ponce had a big first round punishing Ritson and controlled much of the fight after that.

Ponce becomes the IBF mandatory challenger for undisputed champion Josh Taylor.

Unbeaten WBO #3, IBF #8 super bantamweight Thomas Patrick Ward (30-0-1, 4 KOs) outpointed Edy Valencia Mercado (17-6-6, 5 KOs) in a ten round featherweight clash. Ward was dropped in round five, but otherwise had things his way in a mostly dull 97-93, 98-92, 98-92 unanimous decision. Continue reading “Ponce KOs Ritson in IBF eliminator”

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

Persistent-punching JBC#9 super-feather Kazuma Sanpei (20-6, 9 KOs), 129.5, proved more abundant in stamina and tougher in durability, battering JBC#18 Kazuaki Miayamoto (7-6, 6 KOs), 129.5, en route to the referee’s intervention at 1:30 of the sixth round in a scheduled eight on Friday in Tokyo, Japan. In a contest of southpaws, Sanpei, more experienced and more pugnacious, had the upper hand to effectively hurt the ex-Kansei Gakuin university amateur puncher so effectively that the audience saw a well-received stoppage with no complaints. Continue reading “JBC #9 Sanpei halts Miyamoto”

The 10 round super welterweight main event Friday night in Argentina saw unbeaten Alejandro Luis Silva (16-0-1, 11 KOs) of Argentina decision countryman Diego Ramirez (23-5-1, 6 KOs) to retain his Argentina (FAB) super welter title. It was a step up for Silva, as Ramirez had fought top talent both domestically and internationally. The official scores were 98-92, 97-95, and 97-93 all in favor of Silva. The event took place at the Polideportivo Municipal Roberto De Vicenzo, Berazategui, Argentina. Continue reading “Silva decisions Ramirez in Argentina”