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WBA #2 super bantamweight Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (25-1, 21 KOs) scored a twelfth round KO over #7 rated José “General” Sanmartin (26-5-1, 17 KOs) in a WBA eliminator on Saturday night at the Arena “José Sulaiman” in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. A body shot finished Sanmartin 46 seconds into the final stanza.

Navarrete suffered a hand injury in round four and entering the championship rounds, his corner told him he was in danger of losing a decision. Navarrette responded and threw everything at Sanmartin, flooring him twice in the twelfth.

In the co-feature, Daniel “Cejitas” Valladares (17-1, 10 KOs) overcame a bad cut to edge previously unbeaten Adrián “Gato” Curiel (10-1, 3 KOs) over ten to keep his WBC silver mini-flyweight title. Scores were 95-94, 95-94 and 98-91.

Junior middleweights Edwin Soto and Salim Labri staged an epic battle in Saturday’s main event at Foxwoods Resort Casino’s Fox Theater with Soto narrowly escaping defeat to earn the split-decision victory. Both fights hit the canvas over the course of eight action-packed rounds, but the New Haven, Conn., veteran Soto (13-2-2) finished strong and survived a major scare in the closing seconds to earn his fourth consecutive win since returning to the ring in 2017. Continue reading “Soto edges Larbi”

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn and his trainer Glenn Rushton are not happy with the Top Rank gym in Las Vegas ahead of his clash with WBO mandatory challenger Terrence Crawford on June 9.”The Americans are doing everything to try to rattle me,” Horn told Fox Sports. “I got off the long flight from Brisbane and did a few rounds to loosen up but it was just too hot to train in that gym for too long. I could have damaged myself. Who builds a brick and tin gym in the desert with no air conditioning anyway?” Continue reading “Horn not happy with Top Rank Gym”

Photos: Team SES/Tim Blendermann

In a crossroads fight, former world title challenger Robin Krasniqi (48-5, 17 KOs) scored a tactical twelve round unanimous decision over former WBA interim champion Stanislav Kashtanov (36-3, 21 KOs) to claim the vacant EBU European super middleweight title on Saturday night at the Wee Arena in Bad Tölzer, Germany. The superbly conditioned Krasniqi outboxed the slower Kashtanov, who stalked but never really did much significant damage. Scores were 116-113, 117-111, 116-112.

Robin Krasniqi: “It was all or nothing! With this great title, I’ve finally made it and won the victory for my great team. Now SES Boxing has three European champions!” Continue reading “Krasniqi outpoints Kashtanov for Euro 168lb title”

Tonight at the Cheyenne Ice & Events Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, an event is being billed as the first legal, regulated, and sanctioned bare-knuckle event in the United States since 1889. The $29.95 PPV telecast is being held under the auspices of the Wyoming Combative Sports Commission. The most notable boxer involved is 44-year-old heavyweight Bobby Gunn (21-7-1, 18 KOs), who is coming off a 2017 loss to Roy Jones Jr. Gunn has previous experience as a bare-knuckle fighter, and he lays claim to being the lineal bare-knuckle boxing heavyweight champion. Gunn will face fellow boxer Irineu Beato Costa Junior (19-7, 17 KOs), who has the unusual distinction of being 19-0 in South America and 0-7 elsewhere. Probably the most recognizable name competing is former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez.

Super middleweight Derrick Webster (26-1, 13 KOs) pounded his way to a 10-round unanimous decision over Oscar Riojas (16-10-1, 5 KOs) in the main event of a five-bout card at The Claridge Hotel. Webster was pinpoint with his jab, which he followed with a solid bodywork that reddened the sides of Riojas. Webster stunned the gritty Riojas on several occasions, but the visitor from Monterrey, Mexico showed a good chin and remained on his feet for the ten-round bout. Scores were all 100-90 in favor of Webster, who captured the American Boxing Federation Continental Americas title.

“It was boxing in there. I put on a display. Roy Jones told me to keep him long, and that’s what I did. I started the bodywork a little late, but the jab was my key. I could have done a little more with the body, but the jab was everything tonight,” said Webster. Continue reading “Webster shuts out Riojas in AC”

It has been tough times in Nicaragua of late with a lot of protests going on throughout the country. Fortunately, on Friday there was some entertainment for the local fans in the form of an outstanding well-matched fight card. WRAM Boxing – William Ramirez and Nica Boxing – Pablo Osuna continued their monthly boxing event. This time the site was the Instituto Nicaraguense de deporte (IND) Managua, Nicaragua.

The 8 round bantamweight main event saw unbeaten Brayan Mairena (10-0-1, 4 KOs) stop hard punching Bryan Perez (11-5-1, 10 KOs) in round six. The bout was a rematch of their draw last November. Continue reading “Mairena TKOs Perez in rematch”

By Ron Jackson

Flo Simba from the DRC but based in South Africa, who was at one time considered a promising young heavyweight, returned to the ring after nearly three years to score a fourth round stoppage win over the gutsy Josh Pretorious at the Presleys Nightclub in Boksburg on Thursday night. Simba (96.60kg) looking much slower than he was in the past battled to get into the fight through the first two rounds against the lesser experienced Pretorius (100kg).

However, this must have been due to his long absence from the ring, as he picked up the pace in round three and it came as no surprise when referee Simon Mokadi stopped the fight early in the fourth round. Simba improved his record to 14-5, 12 KOs, and Pretorious’ record dropped 3-2, 3 KOs. Continue reading “Flo Simba is back with a win”

Robin Krasniqi 168 vs. Stanislav Kashtanov 167.5
(EBU European super middleweight title)

Emre Cukur 166 vs. Roman Shkarupa 167.5
(EBU EE super middleweight title)

Stefan Härtel 168 vs. Emmanuel Feuzeu 170.25
Timy Shala 177.5 vs. Gabor Detre 173.5
Alexander Rigas 171.75 vs. Adanan Zilic 173.75
Hector Hernandez 163.5 vs. Mirza Ganic 165.5
Onur Kocer 151 vs. Dragoljub Stanojevic 151
Michael Eifert 178.25 vs. Przemyslaw Binlenda 178.5

Venue: Wee Arena, Bad Tölz, Germany
Promoter: SES Boxing
TV: Sky Sport News HD

Edwin Soto 154 vs. Salim Larbi 154
Juiseppe Cusumano 234 vs. Robert Simms 237
Jimmy Williams 155 vs. Christian Aguirre 153
Marcia Agripino 121 vs. Kailyn Hansen 125
Kendrick Ball Jr. 162 vs. Alexis Gaytan 160
Elvis Figueroa 169 vs. Leandro Da Silva ??
Carlos Marrero III 133 vs. Jonathan Rojas 133

Venue: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT
Promoter: CES Boxing

2008 Olympian super lightweight Javier “El Intocable” Molina (18-2, 8 KOs) score an eight round unanimous decision over Jessie Roman (22-4, 11 KOs) on Friday night at the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Molina was in command all the way. Scores were 79-73 across the board.

Super bantamweight Rafael Gramajo (10-1-2, 2 KOs) scored a hard fought eight round unanimous decision over Victor Ruiz (21-9, 14 KOs). Gramajo scored a flash knockdown in round seven to get the edge in a 78-73, 76-75, 76-75 verdict.

Bantamweight Joshua Franco (14-1, 7 KOs) worked over Isao Carranza (15-12-1, 9 KOs) until Carranza’s corner stopped the fight midway through round five. Time was 1:36.

Unbeaten middleweight Joey Alday Jr. (8-0, 7 KOs) went the distance for the first time in a four round shutout over Nam Phan (3-7-1, 2 KOs).

Regis Prograis returned home Wednesday for a homecoming press conference at The Original French Market Restaurant & Bar to promote his WBC super lightweight diamond belt title defense against fellow unbeaten Juan Jose Velasco, July 14 at the Lakefront Arena on the campus of the University of New Orleans. Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs) was born in New Orleans, moving to Houston after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Now, he’s back for the first time as a professional and ready to put on a show for his home fans against Velasco (20-0, 12 KOs), a Buenos Aires, Argentina, native who has won four of his last five bouts via knockout.

It was a star-studded afternoon featuring New Orleans dignitaries, including the city’s mayor, LaToya Cantrell.

This is what Prograis and his promoter, Lou Dibella, had to say…

The latest rebooted version of the WBU will feature its second title bout tonight when undefeated Jaron Ennis takes on Mike Arnaoutis tonight at The Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City.

“I was offered the position as President, and I wanted to make sure that there was no input from the previous President Moose Lewis,” said WBU President Tony Rodriguez. “We have lowered sanctioning fees and now we are rebuilding the WBU. This is an opportunity to help all mid-level promoters and fighters and we are creating a journeyman title that will give incentive to all of the fighters who are usually brought in on short notice, and now they have an opportunity to fight for something.”