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By Jeff Zimmerman

In the main event at the world-famous Mesquite Rodeo Arena, Dallas’ lightweight Alexis Del Bosque (17-5-1, 9 KOs) and Pedro Vicente (7-2-1, 2 KOs) hailing out of Puerto Rico battled to an entertaining split draw over eight rounds. This was the first local DFW card since Canelo-Saunders set an indoor U.S. boxing record of 73,126 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington a couple of weeks ago.

Texas, particularly Dallas-Fort Worth, became a hotbed for big-time boxing as it has hosted Garcia-Campbell, Chocolatito-Estrada 2, Ortiz-Hooker, Spence-Garcia, and Canelo-Saunders over the last several months during the year of COVID.

But local fan favorite lightweight Del Bosque nicknamed “El Perro” and Vicente showed that smaller shows are alive and well in Dallas as they did not disappoint the raucous crowd on Friday night. Continue reading “Del Bosque-Vicente ends in draw”

By Héctor Villarreal

Former WBA bantamweight super champion, Panamanian Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (39-6, 12 KOs) outscored Mexican Antonio Tostado (25-7, 8KOs) to claim the Interim Fedelatin featherweight title on the main event of the “Poker of aces” event held at Los Andes Mall in San Miguelito, Panama, aired by ESPN Knockout. Two judges scored the fight 100-90 but the third one gave only 2 points (96-94) to Moreno, the winner by unanimous decision.

Former super feather super champion, Jezreel “Invisible” Corrales (24-4, 10 KOs), also a local favorite, brutally stopped Mexican Miguel Martinez at 44 seconds of the very first round.

WBO #4, IBF #5, WBA #12 Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez (23-3-1, 13 KOs) retained his WBO/NABO Jr flyweight title against WBO #15, WBC #3 Armando “Ichiro Ozeki” Torres (26-18, 19 KOs) by fourth round TKO on Friday night at the
Bryan Glazer Family JCC Auditorium, Tampa, Florida. The bout was halted in round four when Torres turned his back. Torres suffered a cut from a head butt moments earlier and it wasn’t clear whether it would be a no decision (since the bout didn’t go four full rounds) or a TKO until the official announcement.

In a battle between unbeaten super featherweights, Otar Eranosyan (8-0 5 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Jose Argel (8-1, 2 KOs) to claim the vacant WBA Continental Americas title. Scores were 100-90, 100-90, 99-91.

Boxing superstars Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence Jr. will collide in a PPV bout on August 21 in Las Vegas. Both boxers announcing the fight on social media Friday. Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) is currently the WBA welterweight champion in recess, while Spence holds the WBC and IBF welterweight belts.

Frank Diaz 131.4 vs. Mike Fowler 130.6
Siarhei “Kold Blooded” Novikau 196.6 vs. Milton Nunez 199.4
Serik Musadilov 199 vs. Kevin Brown 198
Junior Cuadrado 138 vs. Pablo Cupul 137
Nikolay Shvab 134.3 vs. Carlos Alfonso Jimenez 133
Tayre Jones 143.6 vs. Anthony Woods 148.2
Steven Ray Jr. 126.8 vs. Don Stewart 129.2
Bobby Henry 155.2 vs. Salome Flores Torres 157
Bryce Henry 147.8 vs. Celiel Castillo 160.6
Istvan Bernath 248.8 vs. Jose Lugo 208.4
Kenneth Sene 153 vs. Alberto Delgado 154.8

Promoter:M&R Boxing Promotions – Laura Ching
Venue: Media Pro Studios on the outskirts of Miami, Florida
Fights to be shown on M&R Boxing Promotions Facebook page

Sam Eggington 158.3 vs. Carlos Molina 159.4
(WBC silver middleweight title)

Stephen McKenna 150.5 vs. Damian Haus 151.4
Kaisee Benjamin 146.1 vs. Martin Harkin 146.6
River Wilson-Bent 159.4 vs. George Farrell 159.6
Michael Hennessy Jr. 156 vs. Paul Cummings 155.9
Shakan Pitters 178.2 vs. Jermaine Springer 178

Venue: Coventry Skydome Arena
Promoter: Hennessey Sports
TV: Channel 5

In a WBC bridgerweight eliminator, unbeaten WBC #4 Evgeny Romanov (16-0, 11 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over WBC #3 Dmitry Kudryashov (24-4, 23 KOs) on Friday night at the Khimki Basketball Center in Khimki, Russia. Romanov methodically broke down Kudryashov over the one-sided fight. With the win, Romanov also picked up the vacant WBC silver title.

By Ron Jackson

Ayanda Ndulani stopped fellow South African Nkosinathi Joyi in the fourth round to claim the IBO minmumweight belt, in a completely one-sided fight at the International Conference Centre in East London on Friday night.

Joyi (48,10kg) forfeited the belt on the scales and only Ndulani (47.40kg) could win the championship.

The 31-year-old Ndulani 11-2-1; 4 attacked from the opening bell as he took the fight to lacklustre and weight drained Joyi 29-6; 19, scoring with lefts and rights to the head that had the former champion staggering back to his corner at the end of the round. Continue reading “Ndulani stops Joyi in the fourth round”

Josh Taylor 139.6 vs. Jose Ramirez 139.6
Undisputed WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO super lightweight title)

Jose Zepeda 140 vs. Henry Lundy 139
Elvis Rodriguez 139.8 vs. Kenneth Sims Jr 139.8
Jose Enrique Vivas 127.4 vs. Luis Coria 127.5
Elvis Rodriguez 139.8 vs. Kenneth Sims Jr 139.8
Andres Cortes 132.2 vs. Eduardo Garza 132.5
Robeisy Ramirez 126.6 vs. Ryan Lee Allen 125.4
Raymond Muratalla 137 vs. Jose Gallegos 139.6
Javier Martinez vs. Calvin Metcalf

Venue: Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
Promoter: Top Rank
TV: ESPN, ESPN+

Golden Boy has announced that the light heavyweight showdown between Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) and Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 KOs) will be held at the Banc of California Stadium in downtown Los Angeles. The event will take place on Friday, July 9 and will be streamed live on DAZN.

“We are ecstatic to be bringing this huge card to the Banc of California Stadium,” Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy. “Fans in Los Angeles are eager to attend a live event of such magnitude, so we are pleased to be able to deliver that with ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez, Joseph Diaz Jr. and a spectacular undercard that will be announced next week. Golden Boy boxing returns home on July 9.”

By Ron Jackson

IBO junior flyweight champion Nkosinathi Joyi failed to make the 47.63kg weight limit at the official weigh-in, as he weighed in at 48.10kg, and the challenger came inside the limit. The fight will still go ahead and Ndulani can win the title, but if Joyi wins, the title will be declared vacant.

Joyi was given two hours in terms of the rules to make the weight but despite trying to sweat it off he could not come under the limit. He will also forfeit a portion of his purse money.

Showtime Sports Documentary Films has released the official trailer and poster art for the upcoming documentary THE KINGS, a four-part series chronicling the fierce rivalry between world champions and Boxing Hall of Famers known as the “Four Kings” — Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard. Premiering Sunday, June 6 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME, the series chronicles the four fighters’ dramatic and divergent ascents to greatness and the legendary matches they produced.

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By Jeff Zimmerman

Fightnews.com® caught up with Mexican boxing legend “Baby Faced Assassin” Marco Antonio Barrera last night as he’s in Dallas for a big show at the Mesquite Rodeo tonight. Barrera shared his thoughts on pound-for-pound king Canelo, his wars with Erik Morales, battle with Naseem Hamed and more! Thanks to ring announcer Christian Schmidt for translating.

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Middleweights Sam Eggington (29-7, 17 KOs) and Carlos Molina (37-11-2, 12 KOs) came head-to-head today at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Coventry Thursday ahead of their WBC Silver title clash this Saturday night at the Coventry Skydome Arena, exclusively live and free on Channel 5. Continue reading “Eggington-Molina Press Conference Quotes”

By Héctor Villarreal

Anselmo Moreno 124.25 vs Antonio Tostado 125.25
WBA Interim Fedelatin featherweight title

Jezreel Corrales 135 vs Miguel Angel Martinez 134.25

Ricardo Nuñez 135 vs Alfredo Santiago 135
WBA Fedelatin lightweight title

Pablo Vicente 131.25 vs Jose Luis Espinoza 132

Angel Aponte 133.25 vs Hernan Cortez 135.25

Promoter: Laguna Premium Boxing
Venue: Los Andes Mall, San Miguelito, Panama
First fight starts 7pm
TV: ESPN Knockout

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By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

The OPBF welterweight champion Ryota Toyoshima (14-2-1, 9 KOs), 147, collected another regional 147-pound belt when he impressively dispatched WBO Asia Pacific titlist Yuki Beppu (21-2-1, 20 KOs), 146.25, at 2:59 of the tenth round in a scheduled twelve on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan.

It was the 600th episode of the Dynamic Glove television program presented by Teiken Promotions since 1981. Continue reading “Toyoshima finishes Beppu, unifies OPBF, WBO AP 147lb belts”

Boxeo Telemundo’s Spring Series Finale will close with a Triple Crown title bill tonight. The main event features WBO #4, IBF #5, WBA #12 Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez (23-3-1, 13 KOs) defending his WBO/NABO Jr flyweight title vs WBO #15 WBC #3 Armando “Ichiro Ozeki” Torres (26-18, 19 KOs).

Gonzalez is less than two years removed from his first and only world title challenge. He was ahead on the cards prior to being stopped in round 7 of that bout. He has since rebounded with a win and is once again focused on challenging and winning a world title. Continue reading ““Bomba” Gonzalez returns to Telemundo tonight”

Four-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and undefeated WBA super lightweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios went face-to-face Thursday at a press conference to preview their Showtime PPV main event taking place  June 26 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

With a victory, Davis will hold world championships in three different divisions simultaneously, a feat only accomplished by a few fighters in history. Continue reading “Tank-Barrios kickoff press conference”

Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez 108 vs. Armando “Ichiro Ozeki” Torres 108
(WBO/NABO junior flyweight title)

Otar Eranosyan 129 vs. Jose Argel 129
(WBA Continental Americas super featherweight title)

Andres Viera 146 vs. Mekhrubov Saginov 146
(WBA Continental Americas welterweight title)

Floyd Schoffield 137 vs. Danny Flores 139
Bryan Polaco 157 vs. Ivan Reyes 154

Venue: Bryan Glazer JCC Center in Tampa, Florida
Promoter: All Star Boxing
TV: Telemundo

WBC/WBO champion Jose Ramirez and WBA/IBF champion Josh Taylor were all business Thursday at the final press conference for Saturday’s undisputed junior welterweight world title showdown at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

Ramirez (26-0, 17 KOs) and Taylor (17-0, 13 KOs) are fighting, not only to maintain their unbeaten records, but to become the sixth man to attain undisputed status in the four-belt era. For the first time since the matchup was officially announced nearly three months ago, the two best 140-pound fighters in the world were face to face. A little good-natured trash talk followed. But that’s to be expected. Continue reading “Ramirez-Taylor Final Press Conference”

Devin Haney believes his WBC world lightweight title defense against Jorge Linares will be a firefight – and he’s relishing that prospect when they clash at the sold out Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas onMay 29, live worldwide on DAZN.

Haney (25-0, 18 KOs) puts his title on the line for the third time against the former multiple division world champion, Linares (47-5, 29 KOs), who is looking to regain the green and gold belt he held in 2014-15. Continue reading “Haney: I expect a firefight”

The World Boxing Council (WBC) and VIVE Network are working in unison to present to the world the first-of-its-kind, round-the-clock all-professional boxing channel, WBC LIVE. The entertainment hub will debut in May 2021 and will for the most part stream free to connected devices worldwide predominantly in Ultra high definition, high dynamic range. Programming will include weekly commentary shows, such as WBC Talks and, In The Ring, as well as plenty of promotional content profiling upcoming fight cards and athletes. Continue reading “WBC to launch 24/7 boxing channel”

By Zach Hirsch

In this exclusive interview with two-time world boxing champion Tyson Fury, we ask several riveting questions and The Gypsy King delivers some gold!

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After his victory last weekend, Salita Promotions newest promotional signee, Undefeated super bantamweight Prince Octopus Dzanie (22-0, 18 KOs) stayed busy in Ghana last Saturday night by battering Kamarudeen Boyefio (11-10, 11 KOs) over six rounds.

The two 122-lb fighters came out swinging in the first, with Dzanie getting the better of things. With his opponent’s strengths and weaknesses properly gauged after the first, Dzanie switched over to boxing mode and used his excellent jab to pick Boyefio apart at range while strafing him with powerful combinations, almost at will. In the sixth, Dzanie had seen enough and turned up the heat on the sagging Boyefio, who sank to the canvas for the 10 count near the end of the round. Continue reading “Late Result: Prince Octopus remains unbeaten”

10-time, 7-division world champion and P4P best woman boxer Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano (40-1-1, 30 KOs) will face pro-debuting Valentia Garcia in a mixed-martial-arts fight on June 11th at Benito Juarez Auditorium in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. The card will be presented by Roy Jones Jr. Boxing and air on UFC Fight Pass.

“We are thrilled to have Amanda Serrano headlining our card,” said promoter Keith Veltre. “She is a great boxing champion, one of the all-time best, who is going to make waves in MMA. She can really fight! Her fight is also a continuation of the terrific Puerto Rico versus Mexico sports rivalry.”