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By Miguel Maravilla at ringside

Irish super welterweight prospect ‘King’ Callum Walsh, (7-0, 6 KOs) of Cork, Ireland, scored a fourth round stoppage over veteran Carson Jones (43-16-3, 31 KOs) of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Friday night in headlining 360 Promotions Hollywood Fight Night series at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.

Walsh let his hands go from the opening bell as connected on a shelled-up Jones. Displaying hand speed and flash in round two, Walsh tagged Jones flush to the chin with a combination. In the third round, Walsh continued to box and outland Jones, who continued to shell up on defense. Coming out strong in the fourth, Walsh pressed and backed up Jones, connecting flush as the face of Jones became a bloody mess. Moments later, Walsh dropped Jones. He got up, but Walsh finished him in the final seconds of the fourth as referee Eddie Hernandez had seen enough waving it off at 2:59. With the win, Walsh captures the WBC US Silver welterweight title. Continue reading “Walsh stops Jones in four”

Four-division former world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (35-4-1, 24 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Bill “Hutch” Hutchinson (20-3-4, 9 KOs) in a welterweight bout on Friday night at the Miami Casino in Miami, Florida. Broner walked down and generally beat up Hutchinson, who offered professional resistance, but Broner was always in charge. Scores were 100-90, 99-91, 99-91. It was the 33-year-old Broner’s first fight in 28 months. His last KO was in 2016.

WBA NABA/WBC NABF light heavyweight beltholder Ahmed Elbiali (23-1, 18 KOs) edged Rodolfo Gomez (14-7-3, 10 KOs) over ten hard fought rounds. Gomez down twice in round four, both ruled low blows. Scores were 95-94 3x.

42-year-old former two-division world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (22-3, 15 KOs) scored a seventh round KO over previously unbeaten Charlie Clemente (12-1, 5 KOs). A slow-paced chess match ended suddenly when Rigo connected with a body shot that sent Clemente down for the count. Time was 2:47. Continue reading “Broner outpoints Hutchinson in comeback fight”

By Boxing Bob Newman at ringside

Continue reading “Izmailov edges Foster”

Jaime Munguia 167.4 vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko 167.4
(WBC silver super middleweight title)

Shane Mosley Jr. 160 vs. D’Mitrius Ballard 159.8
Mariana Juarez 121.2 vs. Mayeli Flores 120.8
Ricardo Sandoval 111.4 vs. Rocco Santomauro 111.8
Jorge Chavez 123.4 vs. Christian Lorenzo 123.8
Anthony Saldivar 155 vs. Jerome Clayton 152.8

Venue: Toyota Arena, Ontario, California
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: DAZN

Unbeaten WBO Euro heavyweight beltholder David Adeleye (12-0, 11 KOs) hammered on Emir Ahmatovic (12-2, 9 KOs) for five rounds and got the win when the bout was called off between rounds. The event took place Friday night at the famed York Hall in London.

Unbeaten IBF Euro lightweight beltholder Mark Chamberlain (13-0, 9 KOs) needed just 2:16 to demolish Marvin Demollari 12-5, 2 KOs) in round one. Demollari down twice.

Ryan Rozicki 203.8 vs. Zamig atakishiyev 215

Tyson Cave 140.8 vs. Pedro Bernal 129.4
Dylan Rushton 146.2 vs. Kyle McNeil 150.2
Mikhail Miller 159.6 vs. Brett Beaton 159.0
Jesus Palomares 180.4 vs. Artur Ziyatdinov 182.4
Daniel Beaupre 172.4 vs. Drake olchowecki 173.4

Venue: The Forum, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Promoter: Dan Otter (Three Lions Promotions)
TV: FITETV powered by Triller beginning at 7:00 PM AST.

Josh Taylor 139.8 vs. Teofimo Lopez 140
(WBO junior welterweight title)

Xander Zayas 152.8 vs. Ronald Cruz 152.4
Robson Conçeicão 130.6 vs. Nicolas Polanco 130
Omar Rosario 139.2 vs. Jan Carlos Rivera 138.4
Damian Knyba 261.4 vs. Helaman Olguin 256.8
Bruce Carrington 126.8 vs. Luis Porozo 126.4
Henry Lebron 129.2 vs. Carlos Ramos 129.6

The Jamaine Ortiz-Humberto Galindo fight was canceled as Ortiz was unable to make the weight.

Venue: Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Promoter: Top Rank
TV: ESPN

By Mystic Zach Hirsch

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IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards and challenger Andres Campos both made weight ahead of their world title fight tomorrow night. Edwards weighed 111 pounds and Campos was 111.5 pounds.

Other Weights:
Johnny Fisher 238.4 vs. Emilio Salas 229.9
Cherneka Johnson 120.8 vs. Ellie Scotney 121.4
(IBF female super bantamweight title)
Cheavon Clarke 199.2 vs. David Jamieson 199.1
Nina Hughes 117.3 vs. Katie Healy 117.5
(WBA female bantamweight title)
Youssef Khoumari 129.8 vs. Reece Bellotti 129.4
George Liddard 162 vs. Nikolas Dzurnak 160.5
Shannon Ryan 115 vs. Martina Bernile 114.4
Muhammad Ali 123.8 vs. Bryan Castro 123.3

Venue: Wembley Arena, London, England
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

By Evan Jacobs

Englebrecht Promotions & Events returned to the Hangar at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, CA for yet another sell out show. Setting this night apart from most other nights was the fact that three of the fighters were making their pro debuts. Continue reading “Fight Club OC Results”

B-side bantamweight Walter Santibañes (12-2, 2 KOs) surprised previously unbeaten local favorite “Gucci Manny” Flores (15-1, 11 KOs) on Thursday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Santibañes outworked Flores all night with rapid-fire combinations and pulled away to a one-sided ten round unanimous decision. Scores were 100-90, 99-91, 99-91.

In the co-feature, 40-year-old three-division former women’s world champion Jelena Mrdjenovich (42-12-4, 19 KOs) edged Calista Silgado (21-17-4, 16 KOs) over ten rounds. Scores were 95-95, 97-93, 96-94. Fans booed the majority decision.

Other Results:
Daniel Garcia KO1 Luis May (super featherweight)
Gael Cabrera KO1 Ulises Rosales (super featherweight)
Patricio Manuel W4 Alexander Gutierrez (super featherweight)

Former world champion Jaime Munguia (41-0, 32 KOs) and Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (14-4, 10 KOs) hosted their final press conference Thursday at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. They collide on DAZN Saturday night in 12-round super middleweight fight for the WBC silver title.

Jaime Munguia: “Without a doubt, this is the toughest fight of my career. This will be a great fight, a great war. I trained really hard for this event, and this fight will be exciting with many punches and Arriba Mexico!”

Sergiy Derevyanchenko: “I do not worry about Munguia or his team overlooking me. That is a problem for Munguia and his team; that’s their problem, not mine. I am focused on the fight, so on Saturday, we will see.”

Callum Walsh 154 vs. Carson Jones 153.4
Umar Dzambekov 175.2 vs. Crispulo Javier Andino 176.8
Gloria Munguilla 111.8 vs. Lilian Almaraz 111.4
Israel Mercado 140.2 vs. Jesus Silveyra Carrillo 141
Gor Yeritsyan 147 vs. Gustavo David Vittori 149.8
Stefi Cohen 112 vs. Esli Cervantes 112
Kalyl Gustavo Martins Da Silva 151 vs. Peter Emmanuel Gonzalez 153.2
Pablo Melgar 129.6 vs. Michael Bracamontes 129.2
David Romero 139.2 vs. Andres Figueroa 138.6

Venue: Commerce Casino, Commerce, California
Promoter: 360 Promotions
TV: UFC Fightpass

Heavyweight contender Michael “The Bounty” Hunter (20-1-2, 14 KOs), who has recently been competing in one-round Team Combat League bouts, returns to conventional boxing against 6’10 Donnie Palmer (12-3-1, 10 KOs) in the ten round main event of Reyes Fire Fist Boxing’s “Down and Dirty 6” June 24 at the Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts.

In the ten round co-feature, lightweight Willian “Babyface” Silva (30-4, 18 KOs) faces Raul Chirino (22-16, 13 KOs). Also, 2016 Olympian Rayton “Boom Boom” Okwiri (8-1-1, 6 KOs) meets undefeated Erick Kedar Gianous (6-0, 4 KOs) in an intriguing eight round middleweight bout.

Undefeated junior welterweight king Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) will defend his WBO title against former lightweight kingpin Teofimo Lopez (18-1, 13 KOs) on ESPN Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The fighters were kept far apart at Thursday’s press conference.

Josh Taylor: “He means what he says, and I mean what I say. There is genuine dislike here. He’s been disrespectful. I’m going to make him pay for his words on Saturday. I can’t wait to get in there. You will see a Josh Taylor win, possibly by KO, and nice and early as well.”

Teofimo Lopez: “I worked my a** off. Eleven weeks of camp. This is going to be the best version of me. Practice makes improvement. We’ve improved since my last fight. We’re ready to put on a show. I’m going to be a two-time lineal world champion…I’m here to come in there and take everything that you’ve got.”

David Adeleye 235 vs. Emir Ahmatovic 254
(WBO European heavyweight title)

Mark Chamberlain 134.25 vs. Marvin Demollari 134.75
Henry Turner 139.5 vs. Tom Farrell 140
Ezra Taylor 176lbs 3oz vs. Khalid Graidia 176
Carl Fail 157.25 vs. Frank Masden 155.25
Royston Barney-Smith 133.5 vs. Christian Lopez Flores 133.5
Tommy Fletcher 200 vs. Pawel Strykowski 202.25
Ben Fail 157.25 vs. Bartosz Glowacki 154.25
Joshua Frankham TBA vs. Eligio Palacios TBA

Venue: York Hall, London
Promoter: Queensberry
TV: BT Sport (UK)

Adrien Broner 147 vs. Bill Hutchinson 145.5
Ahmed Elbiali 173.8 vs. Rodolfo Gomez 174
Guillermo Rigondeaux 118.8 vs. Charlie Clemente 119.4
Neslan Machado 127.8 vs. Jonathan Smith 127
Antonio Williams 133.6 vs. Braulio Rodriguez 134.8
Adlay Rodriguez 146.2 vs. Raul Garcia Jr. 146.8
Antonio Perez 145.8 vs. Nigel Fennell 146.6
Dorian Bostic 133.2 vs. Joshua Clark 134
Alex Esponda 155.4 vs. Robert Rodriguez 151.6
Brayan Leon 171.8 vs. TBA

Venue: Casino Miami, Miami, Florida
Promoter: Don King Productions
TV: PPV

Weights/Photo from Boxing Bob Newman

Ali Ismailov 174 vs Charles Foster 172
(USBA Light Heavyweight title)

Richard VanSiclen 172.5 vs Ron Carillo 174
Mykquan Williams 141 vs Paulo Cesar Gaidano 142
Clay Waterman 173.5 vs Kenmon Evans 173.5
Maciej Sulecki 169 vs Angel Hernandez 168.5
Bryce Mills 138.75 vs Jonathan de Pina 138.5
Moses Johnson 252 vs Walter Burns 214.5
Fabio Rodriguez 247.75 vs Robert Hernandez 223.75

Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York
Commission: Oneida Indian Nation Athletic Commission
Promoter: Dimitriy Salita (Salita Promotions)
Matchmaker: Eric Bottjer, Steve Clemente
Television: Showtime

Sunny Edwards and Andres Campos faced off at the final press conference ahead of their IBF world flyweight title fight on DAZN Saturday night from the OVO Wembley Arena in London.

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended on Wednesday to the IOC Session to withdraw recognition of the International Boxing Association (IBA), in accordance with Rule 3.7 of the Olympic Charter (OC). The IOC EB also recommended to the IOC Session – in the interest of the boxing athletes and the sport of boxing – to maintain boxing on the sports program of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. To discuss the matter and take a decision, the IOC EB and the IOC President have convened an extraordinary IOC Session to be held remotely on June 22. The IBA has been suspended since 2019 and the IOC itself oversaw the 2020 games in Japan.

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IBA President Umar Kremlev said, “From a disreputable organization named AIBA governed by someone from the IOC’s upper echelon, we committed to and executed a change in the toxic and corrupt culture that was allowed to fester under the IOC for far too long. We have made the International Boxing Association new, transparent, clean…for four years, the IBA has not received a single opportunity to present its achievements at an in-person meeting with the IOC, rather than only exchanging letters and emails instead. We accepted the process and the rules, but in the end, we were not assessed fairly. Now, we are left with no chance but to demand a fair assessment from a competent court.”

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The IBA’s rival, World Boxing, applauded the IOC’s decision. “This is a very significant moment as it provides an opportunity for the sport (subject to the decision of the IOC Session on 22 June 23) to move on from the corrosive leadership of IBA which has brought boxing to a place where its status as part of the Olympic program is in doubt. Continue reading “Olympic Boxing Update”

Four-division former world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner and Bill Hutchinson faced off at the final press conference for Friday’s PPV showdown at the Casino Miami in Miami, Florida.

Adrien Broner: “The real problem is they let Adrien Broner and Don King get together – that’s the real problem. I can tell you right now, I am not looking past this man, but I can tell you this – Adrien Broner will become world champion again. And it will be under Don King. There is bigger things to come, but the first is to take care of Billy.

“Usually when people see Adrien Broner, there is usually something messed up coming behind him. So after I mess (looking at Hutchinson) you up I’m going to hire you because I can always use a good lawyer. Now that I know you’re a fighter, I know you will fight for me, in the courtroom.”

Bill Hutchinson: As previously stated, I am a licensed attorney. However, first and foremost, I am a fighter, and Adrien Broner is going to see that Friday night, and he’s going to have his hands full. So I appreciate the offer for some work after the fight, and we can talk about that after, but make no mistake, I am going to do everything in the ring to take his head clean off his shoulders.

Don King: “Dealing with lawyers is Broner’s forte.”

“Gucci Manny” Flores 119.6 vs. Walter Santibañes 118.8
Jelena Mrdjenovich 125.4 vs. Calista Silgado 122.8
Daniel Garcia 130.6 vs. Luis May 130.8
Gael Cabrera 126.8 vs. Ulises Rosales 129.4
Patricio Manuel 130.6 vs. Alexander Gutierrez 129

Venue: Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio California
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: DAZN

Three-division world champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) will defend his WBO junior lightweight world title against former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez (31-1, 23 KOs) in an all-Mexican throwdown on August 12 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. ESPN will televise/

Emanuel Navarrete: “After so much time, this fight will finally take place. Obviously, I am 100 percent motivated because Valdez is still a big threat, and a fight against him could possibly be the start of a new Mexico vs. Mexico rivalry like the one between Barrera and Morales.”

Oscar Valdez: “I’m excited to return to the ring, especially because it’s for a world title against ‘Vaquero’ Navarrete. Being a world champion is something that I always dreamed of. I already did it two times, and this is yet another opportunity. So, I’m excited and prepared both mentally and physically for this new opportunity. And I like that it’s between two Mexicans because it’s a win-win for Mexico. It’s a guaranteed war when there are two Mexicans in the ring.”

By Mauricio Sulaimán
President of the WBC – Son of José Sulaimán

Boxing is the purest sport and without a doubt, the oldest, since the caveman era when humans fought for rudimentary supremacy.

There is plenty of evidence to the history of boxing in various stages and eras of humanity: Mesopotamia, Rome, Egypt, and Constantinople, to name a few, until the Middle Ages erased the history of this sport and almost everything in humanity for the dark ages lasting centuries.

However, modern boxing evolved, finding its home in England. People would gather to watch two men fight bare-knuckle and without rules, and so it went on for decades. The first attempt to formulate rules was by the Marquess of Queensberry, but it actually took many more years for it to become a properly regulated sport. Continue reading “Boxval, Boxing With Values”

Unbeaten IBF #6, WBO #11 light heavyweight Ali Izmailov (10-0, 7 KOs) has set his sights on the top of the 175-pound division as he hopes to improve his championship credentials with an emphatic victory over fellow unbeaten Charles Foster (22-0, 12 KOs) this Friday in the 10-round main event headlining SHOBOX: The New Generation from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y.

“I’m coming for everyone at 175-pounds,” said the 30-year-old Izmailov. “I plan on making a statement on Friday night. I’m going to showcase my power and boxing ability against a world-rated fighter. When the opportunity for the knockout comes, I’m taking it and I’m ending his night early. Continue reading “Izmailov planning to stop Foster”