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WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez said Friday on social media that he will stop up to the 168lb division to challenge WBA champion Rocky Fielding.

Canelo: I’m very excited to announce my next fight. Next December 15th at the New York MSG. Taking a big challenge in my career and representing the WBC as 160 lbs champion, now I will fight for the 168lb world title vs Rocky Fielding current WBA champion! 🥊🥊

Darmani Rock 275.6 vs. Pedro Julio Rodriguez 244.5
Jeremy Cuevas 135.4 vs. Jerome Rodriguez 135.7
Branden Pizarro 141.2 vs. Justin Johnson 141.5
Gadwin Rosa 130.5 vs. Aldimar Silva 128.1
Benjamin Sanikin 172.8 vs. Alex Lara 173.6
Marcos Suarez 135.8 vs. Israel Suarez 137
Christian Tapia 133.3 vs. Hector Marengo 134.5

Venue: 2300 Arena
Promoter: Hard Hitting Promotions
Stream: Facebook Fight Night Live
Tickets: $50 GA, $70 Premium, $125 VIP +fees
Doors 6PM – First bout 7PM

After Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) tested positive for the banned substance Oxilofrine (a powerful stimulant from the amphetamine family) his WBO middleweight world title fight with Demetrius Andrade (25-0, 16 KOs) has been in jeopardy. Since the news broke last week, more test samples have been collected from both boxers by VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Association). Victor Conte, an outspoken anti-doping advocate, provides his opinion on what may come next in this saga of the defamed WBO world champion.

“Bottom line is this,” said Conte, “we’re just a few days away from the hearing, and boxing fans will get the opportunity to find out if this going to be a historic decision in the best interest of boxing, which means that they (Massachusetts State Athletic Commission) will uphold this positive drug test and rule in favor of Andrade. Continue reading “Saunders-Andrade Update”

Courtesy Jim Jenkins, Sacramento Bee

Joel Diaz Jr. 137.5 vs. Miguel Huerta 143.5
Ryan Bourland 170 vs. Jose Hernandez 170
Blake McKernan 194.5 vs. Alfredo Contreras 193.5
Ivan Vergara 132 vs. Pablo Cubul 139
Rudy Macedo 152.5 vs. Yasmani Pedrosa 152
Jorge Chavez 165 vs. Albert Leyva 165

Venue: Cache Creek Casino and Resort, Brooks, Ca
When: 6 p.m., Saturday.
Promoters: Don Chargin Productions and Paco Presents

Jose Lopez 128.6 vs. Jonathan Oquendo 129.4
(NABO super featherweight title)

Juan C. Camacho Jr. 114 vs. Waldemar Pagan 115
Bryan Chevalier 126 vs. Agosto Eliezer 126
Ruben Troche 142 vs. Edwin Lopez 139
Jorge Maysonet Jr. 151 vs. William Lorenzo 153
Enrique Collazo 168 vs. Rafael Mesorana 165
Christian Soto 153 vs. Luis Ramos 154
Christian Vale 122 vs. Alberto Medina 124
Bryan Alvarez 121 vs. Kenny Agosto 122

Venue: Puerto Rico Convention Center
Promoter: Miguel Cotto Pronmotions
TV: DirecTV

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Jhonny González 129.80 vs Tomas Rojas 129.80
(WBC super featherweight international title)

Isaac Cruz 133.10 vs Ángel Chan 128.70
Jacky Calvo 111.80 vs Candy Sandoval 111.80

Venue: Arena Coliseo in México City
Promoter: Promociones Del Pueblo
TV: Televisa

Photos: Rafael Soto/Zanfer

Luis Nery 118 vs. Jason Canoy 118
(WBC silver bantamweight title)

Kenia Enríquez 108 vs. Norleidys Graterol 108
(WBC mini-flyweight title)

Omar Aguilar 140 vs. Carlos A. Zatarain 140.2
Julio C. Martínez 114 vs. Víctor Ruiz 112
Endry Saavedra 163 vs. Gabriel López 163
Albert Ramírez 175 vs. Juan J. Rosales 174
Elwin Soto 110 vs. Omar Martínez 110
Paulette Valenzuela 115 vs. Jacqueline Mucio 115

Venue: Estadio Gasmart, Tijuana, BC, Mx
Promoter: Zanfer
TV: Azteca 7

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By Przemek Garczarczyk

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Jarrell Miller 317 vs. Tomasz Adamek 227
Jessie Vargas 147 vs. Thomas Dulorme 146.4

Artur Beterbiev 174.8 vs. Callum Johnson 174.8
(IBF light heavyweight title)

Danny Roman 121.6 vs. Gavin McDonnell 121.8
(WBA super bantamweight title)

Venue: Wintrust Arena in Chicago
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

Light heavyweight contender “Hot Rod” Radivoje Kalajdzic (23-1, 16 KOs), of St. Petersburg, FL, returns to battle in the second fight of his comeback TONIGHT, October 5, in Tampa, FL, facing heavy-handed Colombian Alex “El Principe” Theran (20-2, 13 KOs), in a scheduled eight-rounder. Their clash headlines an 11-bout card at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC Auditorium. Continue reading “Karadzic continues comeback tonight”

Light heavyweight contenders Sullivan Barrera (21-2, 14 KOs) and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (29-1, 17 KOs) will meet in a 10-round main event at The Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, November 3, 2018. The event is promoted by Main Events and will be streamed live via Facebook Watch as part of the Golden Boy Fight Night series. Barrera vs. Monaghan was originally scheduled to take place on August 18 but was postponed when Barrera suffered an eye injury. Barrera has since recovered, and Monaghan remained available so the fight is on.

In a rematch, Brooklyn’s Heather “The Heat” Hardy (21-0, 4 KOs) and Shelly “Shelito’s Way” Vincent (23-1, 1 KO) will clash once again on October 27 at the Hulu Theater from Madison Square Garden. The scheduled 10-round bout, for the vacant WBO Women’s Featherweight World title, will open an HBO tripleheader. Previously announced on the telecast, Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) and Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) will battle for the vacant IBF World Middleweight Title and Alberto Machado (20-0, 16 KOs) will defend his WBA Super Featherweight Title against Yuandale Evans (20-1, 14 KOs). Is this HBO’s final boxing telecast? We’ll see.

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

The Season 2 of World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) will start here in Japan on Sunday. We saw a press conference of all the contestants for the triple main event in attendance today (Friday).

The deluxe card will be as follows:
WBA 118-pound title bout: Naoya “Monster” Inoue (16-0, 14 KOs) versus Juan Carlos Payano (20-1, 9 KOs);
WBA 140-pound title bout: Kiryl Relikh (22-2, 19 KOs) versus Edward Troyanovsky (27-1, 24 KOs);
WBC 108-pound title bout: Ken Shiro (13-0, 7 KOs) versus Milan Melindo (37-3, 13 KOs)

Kalle Sauerland, the WBSS organizer, expressed his great pleasure to have the first show of the Season 2 staged in Japan and said it would be shown in some 120 countries. Continue reading “WBSS season 2 to start in Japan”

Photos: Rafael Soto/Zanfer Promotions

High expectations from boxing fans in Tijuana this Saturday at Gasmart Stadium,.

Former world champion and pound-for-pound contender Luis “Pantera” Nery (26-0, 20 KOs) will begin the road back to a world title against Filipino Jason Canoy (27-8-2, 19 KOs)in a twelve rounder for the WBC silver bantamweight title.

“I get nervous just thinking that I’ll fight in my house, in the Gasmart I’m committed to give a great show and I’m obliged to deliver a great victory for my promoter Fernando Beltran and all the fans on my return. We are ready!” Nery said.

In the co-feature, WBC interim female flyweight world champion Kenya Enriquez (20-1, 9 KOs) faces unbeaten Norleidys Graterol (7-0, 7 KOs), with whom no opponent has past the second round. Continue reading “Nery, Enriquez ready to rock Tijuana Saturday”

By Miguel Maravilla
Photos: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME

The spotlight will be on the heavyweight division once again as WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and lineal champion England’s Tyson “Gypsy King” Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) clash on December 1st at the Staples Center in Los Angeles live on Showtime PPV.

“This is going to be a great fight. I will make sure you all get your money’s worth,” Deontay Wilder told Fightnews.com®. “I’m fighting a tough fighter, Tyson is tough so when I knock him out. I will be knocking out a tough fighter.”

“I’m ready to fight and I can’t wait. I think Deontay is a great guy and an amazing person. He’s evolved over the years and become a better fighter,” Tyson Fury told Fightnews.com®. “I’m welcoming Wilder to big-time boxing!” Continue reading “Wilder-Fury: The Heavyweight Division is Back”

Power-punching IBF #1 Felix Alvarado (33-2, 29 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua and IBF #3 Randy Petalcorin (29-2-1, 22 KOs) of General Santos City in the Philippines will fight for the vacant IBF light flyweight title. The fight has now been moved back one week to October 29 from October 21. The venue will be the Solaire Casino in Metro Manila, Philippines. ESPN 5 (Philippines) will televise.

It’s the third date switch for the bout, but Alvarez’ manager WRAM Boxing (William Ramirez) is not concerned. “Date changes are a part of boxing. That’s why I am so happy to manage a fighter like Felix who is all in both mentally and physically when it comes to his boxing career. He earned this opportunity by winning a world title eliminator and I am confident he will return a world champion,” said Ramirez.

Hall of Fame boxing promoter Don King and heavyweight contender Bermane Stiverne hoped to settle things in the ring in Yekaterinburg, Russia with former Olympic gold medalist Alexander Povetkin on Dec. 17, 2016. Stiverne never got the opportunity in the WBC heavyweight eliminator that morning, when WBC officials announced Povetkin had tested positive for the illegal substance ostarine and the WBC pulled the sanctioning and the fight was cancelled.

King and Don King Productions and Stiverne will now settle things in court as they have filed suit for $2 million in the Court of Arbitration for Sport against Alexander Povetkin and the World of Boxing. Continue reading “King, Stiverne sue Povetkin and promoter”

By Przemek Garczarczyk

Comments from Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, Tomasz Adamek, Artur Beterbiev and Callum Johnson at Thursday’s Chicago press conference.

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By Héctor Villarreal

Pablo Vicente 130 vs Irving Berry 130
Damian Rodriguez 149.5 vs Cherlie Navarro 153
Jesus Arboleda 146 vs Manuel Largacha 146.5
Orlando Mosquera 127.3 vs John Valencia 129
Norlan Yera 127.5 vs Hernan Cortez 129.3
Orlando Peñalba 114.3 vs Angel Moica 114.3
Michael Gardener 153.5 vs Jeffry Rosales 153.5
Gerardo Murillo 122 vs Ivan Trejos 124
Jaime Valdespino 129.3 vs Ezequiel Perez 129
Jehiny Gallardo 117.3 vs Teresa Almengor 122

Promoter: G&V Entertainment
Venue: Los Andes Mall, San Miguelito, Panama.

Bantamweights Oscar “El Jaguar” Negrete (18-1, 7 KOs) and Joshua “The Professor” Franco (14-1, 7 KOs) staged a non-stop punchfest with both fighters throwing over 1,100 punches in ten rounds inside The Hangar at The OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa, California. In the end, judges scored it a draw. 96-94 Franco, 96-94 Negrete, and 95-95. Negrete retained his NABF bantamweight title.

Unbeaten super lightweight Daintily Zorrilla (9-0, 8 KOs) scored a second round TKO over previously undefeated Dakota Linger (10-1-2, 6 KOs). A barrage of Zorrilla punches left Linger reeling and the bout was stopped. Time was 2:59.

Unbeaten super featherweight Jousce “Tito” Gonzalez (8-0-1, 8 KOs) went the distance for the first time, settling for a six round draw against Ivan “Striker” Delgado (12-1-2, 5 KOs). Scores were 57-57, 57-57, 58-56 Delgado.

Unbeaten bantamweight Carlos “Purin” Caraballo (9-9, 9 KOs) scored a sixth round Felipe Rivas (17-22-4, 11 KOs). Good body attack displayed by Caraballo.

By Boxing Bob Newman

The closing banquet of the WBC’s 56th annual convention was held tonight at Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s office- Kyiv City Hall. The banquet was served cocktail party-style stand-up tables and buffet lines with a variety of local eats from which to choose. There was even a version of, yes, Chicken Kiev! Mayor Klitschko showed up, as did Oscar de la Hoya. Both greeted the attendees- Klitschko reiterating how dreams can come true and so far, with this convention in his hometown, they have…and Oscar talking of bringing big-time boxing to Kyiv and Ukraine. Continue reading “WBC 56th Convention Closing Banquet”