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Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez scored a controversial 10th round technical knockout victory over Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo in front of 14,610 fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the main event of Saturday’s “TOE TO TOE: CANELO vs. ANGULO” on SHOWTIME PPV.

Canelo (43-1-1, 31 KOs) landed a vicious left uppercut that rocked “El Perro’s” head back at 0:47 of the 10th round. Sensing Angulo was taking too much punishment, referee Tony Weeks stepped in and halted the exciting battle. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Boxing superstar and 10-Time World Champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather (45-0, 26 KOs) held court at a jam-packed press conference at MGM Grand today to formally discuss his 147-pound welterweight world title unification bout against dangerous, hard-hitting Marcos "El Chino" Maidana (34-3, 31 KOs) in the main event of "THE MOMENT" on Saturday, May 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena live on SHOWTIME PPV®. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Canelo vs. Angulo Official Punch Stats

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Canelo vs. Angulo Official Scorecard

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Canelo Alvarez (now 43-1-1 with 30 KO's) stopped tough Alfredo Angulo in the 10th when referee Tony Weeks had seen enough. From the opening round Canelo was just too fast for Angulo. He snapped his punches out, landed, moved away, and did all that before it looked like Angulo even thought about throwing a punch. This fight was instantly a mismatch once we saw how much Canelo's speed affected Angulo. Angulo's reactions to the flush shots were even slow, taking a moment to bring his head back into position. Angulo did not cut the ring off and was not sitting down on any of his punches, therefore landed very few punches of his own to make an impact.

In round 9, Angulo really started to take one too many punches, looking ready to go at the end of the round. If the fight was called off between rounds there should be no argument. In the 10th, Angulo took a left uppercut, and despite still defending himself, Tony Weeks jumped in to waive it off. Angulo was very upset, complaining about the stoppage, but his health was what was being looked at here. Had Angulo showed a glimpse of something could be possible then there could be a case for controversy, but there was not. Angulo lost every round from start to finish and was just not in the fight at all tonight. Angulo drops to 22-4 with 18 KO's.

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Leo Santa Cruz (now 27-0-1, 15 KO's) retained the WBC Super Bantamweight Title with a very impressive 12-round unanimous decision over tough Cristian Mijares. Santa Cruz was just too busy and connected at a much higher rate to give Mijares any rounds. Mijares was very much in the fight and tried his best when the two fought at close quarters in the center of the ring, but Santa Cruz would land first, last, and had a lasting effect with his power punches. An accidental headbutt would open a cut over the right eye of Santa Cruz, but it would never become a factor in the fight. Final scores were 119-109 and 120-108 twice. Mijares drops to 49-8-2 with 33 KO's.
                                                                                                                         

Jorge Linares (now 36-3, 23 KO's) fought smart and won a shutout on two cards against tough and big-hearted Nihito Arakawa. Linares fought defensively, counter-punched and threw when he saw openings. Arakawa fought his best in every round, even coming out in the final round looking for the KO he was told he needed, but it just was not enough to win many rounds. Final scores were 98-92 and 100-90 twice. Arakawa drops to 34-4-1 with 16 KO's.
                                                                                                                         

Sergio Thompson (now 29-3-, 26 KO's), who replaced Omar Figueroa, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Ricardo Alvarez (brother to Canelo) in a pretty exciting battle. From the opening round Thompson was on top of Alvarez. Thompson landed some huge shots that staggered Alvarez early as the fight looked on it's way out early. But Alvarez would survive and comeback slightly, but Thompson would take control back, scoring a knockdown with a jab in the 3rd and one in the 8th with a right hand. Final scores were 95-93 twice and 97-91. Alvarez drops to 23-3-3 with 13 KO's.
                                                                                                                         

Saul Alvarez 155* vs. Alfredo Angulo 154.5
* The contract weight limit was changed to 155 from 154 after Canelo reportedly paid Angulo $100,000 to agree to the 1lb. increase.

Leo Santa Cruz 122 vs. Cristian Mijares 122
(WBC Super Bantamweight Title)
Jorge Linares 134.5 vs. Nihito Arakawa 134.5
Sergio Thompson 135 vs. Ricardo Alvarez 135
Will Tomlinson 130 vs. Jerry Belmontes 129
Francisco Vargas 130 vs. Abner Cotto 130
Joseph Diaz 124 vs. Jovany Fuentes 122
Keandre Gibson 143 vs. Antonio Wong 143
Steve Lovett 178 vs. Francisco Molina 179

Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
Promoter: Golden Boy
                                                                                                                         

The fighters and their camps stayed classy and soft-spoken yet confident during Thursday's final press conference for "TOE TO TOE: Canelo vs. Angulo" taking place this Saturday, March 8, live on SHOWTIME PPV® (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) from MGM Grand Garden Arena.

In Saturday's 12-round super welterweight main event, popular Mexican boxing superstar and former world champion Canelo Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO's) faces game and aggressive, upset-minded countryman Alfredo "El Perro" Angulo (22-3, 18 KO's). Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Mexican boxing superstar and former world champion Canelo Alvarez, hard-hitting countryman Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo and “TOE TO TOE: Canelo vs. Angulo” pay-per-view undercard fighters worked out in front of a throng of media and adoring fans on Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena lobby.

Canelo (42-1-1, 30 KOs) and the dangerous Angulo (22-3, 18 KOs) will square off in what is expected to be a slugfest in the 12-round super welterweight main event this Saturday, March 8, LIVE on SHOWTIME PPV® (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Internationally renowned comedian Will Ferrell shares a laugh with undefeated defending world champion Tim Bradley and his wife Monica after outbidding everyone at his own charity auction, paying an astounding $24,000 for two ringside seats to the WBO welterweight championship between Bradley and Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao. Bradley took time off from training to assist in auctioning off the prized ducats along with #2 world-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic, Actor Kevin Spacey and #3 world-ranked tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka. The auction took place today in Palm Springs, Calif. at Ferrell's Desert Smash tournament, benefitting Cancer for College, which has been providing hope and inspiration to cancer survivors by providing college scholarships since 1993.

Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with MP Promotions and Tecate, Pacquiao-Bradley 2 will take place Saturday, April 12, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.,. and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
                                                                                                                         

As hundreds of fans and media stood in lines that stretched from the sidewalk outside the main doors to the make-shift ring inside the lobby of MGM Grand in Las Vegas, popular Mexican boxing superstar and former World Champion Canelo Alvarez, his opponent this Saturday, Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo, and five-of-the-six other fighters who’ll compete on “TOE TO TOE: Canelo vs. Angulo,’’ made their official entry into the hotel Tuesday afternoon. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

It was third strike and out for Scotland's Ricky Burns on the Matchroom-promoted show in Glasgow tonight. After close calls in his last two defences of the WBO lightweight title, when first Jose Gonzalez quit on his stool whilst miles ahead on points, and then a gift draw decision from the judges robbed Raymundo Beltran, on this occasion Terence Crawford finally wrenched the title from Burns' grasp with a unanimous decision. The fight was so dominated by Crawford that even the judges could not save Burns on this occasion. Click Here For Full Report
                                                                                                                         

London’s Marianne Marston was mightily unlucky not to secure the World Boxing Union European Featherweight title on Saturday, losing by a close split points decision to Czech Republic’s Hana Horakova.

Marston got off to a good solid start, easily securing the first three rounds with quality jabs and stinging body shots, the fourth was a tad closer, Marston getting the nod in my eyes due to the quality of her work. Click Here For Full Report
                                                                                                                         

Thompson Boxing Promotions had a strong start to their new year at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario CA with New Blood. There were only six fights on this first event of 2014, but five of those six were exciting, fan-pleasing fights. The main event of the evening was the undefeated Carlos Carlson (13-0, 9 KOs) going up against Javier Gallo (21-9-1, 12 KOs) in a fight for the WBC Latino bantamweight title. This fight was for a scheduled eight rounds. Click Here For Full Report
                                                                                                                         

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Arthur Abraham (39-4, 28 KOs) regained the WBO Super Middleweight title with a split decision victory over Robert Stieglitz (46-4, 26 KOs) tonight in Magdeburg.

Abraham looked close to forcing the stoppage, dropping the defending champion in the final round. However Stieglitz was able to hold on and take the fight to the judges’ scorecards. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (now 48-1-1, 32 KO's) won a unanimous decision over Brian Vera in a rematch that was more clear this time around. Vera appeared in control early, but the size and strength of Chavez (and the help of the referee at times) just wore Vera down and allowed him to take control of the fight. Vera would get deducted a point in round 8 for holding the head down of Chavez who was coming in low in the first place. Final scores were 114-113 and 117-110 twice. Vera drops to 23-8 with 14 KO's.
                                                                                                                         

Orlando Salido (now 41-12-2, 28 KO's) won a split decision over the highly-touted, and pushed-too-soon Vasyl Lomachenko. Nearly everyone were way over the top in picking Lomachenko to be the next big thing in boxing, and though he may still be, he was not tonight.

Salido outboxed Lomachenko for nearly the entire fight until he tired in the final 3 rounds when Lomachenko decided to throw punches instead of all the holding he was doing in every round previous. Lomachenko had no body shots thrown, very few of anything throwing in the first half of the fight to be honest, but clinching was high on his priority list.

Only warned twice by comedian referee Lawrence Cole (we all know his shady referring) for all the holding from Lomachenko, Saldio would also land south of the border which received two warning as well. Both could have received point deductions, but it evens itself out that neither were.

Saldio was gassed in the 12th and looked ready to go, but survived to the final bell. Final scores were ALMOST a robbery at 115-113 for Lomachenko (uhh?) and 116-114, 115-113 both for Salido to save the day. The WBO Featherweight Title becomes vacant due to Saldio failing to make weight. Lomachenko drops to 1-1 with 1 KO.
                                                                                                                         

Juan 'Baby Bull' Diaz wins a 10-round unanimous decision over Gerardo Robles , Saturday, from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Oscar Valdez stops Samuel Sanchez in the 3rd round.

Ivan Najera wins an 8-round unanimous decision over Angel Hernandez to remain undefeated at 12-0.
                                                                                                                         

You give me two fighters from Tijuana, Mexico, throw in a WBC Latino belt and I will guarantee you a great fight 99 times out of 100. Such was the case for Bantamweights Carlos Carlson (13-0,10 KO’s) and Javier Gallo (21-8-1,12 KO’s) who were battling in an 8 round war for the vacant WBC Latino bantamweight title . Needless to say this was a little barnburner that saw both guys lumpy and bumpy at the end of the fight but both remained on their feet. At 5 feet 7 inches Carlson had a definite advantage in height over Gallo who measures only 5 feet 3 inches. That didn’t matter to Gallo who gave it everything he had. But it was to no avail as the long arms of Carlson made the sweat fly off Gallo’s head over and over again. In the end the judges gave the fight to Carlson 78-74 twice and 77-75. When these fighters wake up in the morning they both will know they were in a tough fight.
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Undefeated super middleweight J’Leon Love dominated en route to a 10th-round TKO over Vladine Biosse on Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation. In the co-featured bouts, Derek Edwards upset previously undefeated Badou Jack and rising Mayweather Promotions star Christopher Pearson defeated Lanardo Tyner in an 8-round middleweight bout.

The evening’s promoter, 10-time World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather, was ringside at Turning Stone Resort and Casino and interviewed by SHOWTIME Sports analyst Steve Farhood for the first time since Mayweather announced his next opponent—Marcos "El Chino" Maidana. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Yesterday, heavyweight Tomasz "Goral" Adamek (49-2-0, 29 KOs) opened his workout at World Boxing Gym in Jersey City, NJ to the media and the public for an inside look at his training camp as he prepares to face Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov (16-01-1, 11 KOs) at Sands Resort and Casino in Bethlehem, PA on March 15th. Adamek, 37, was originally scheduled to face Czar, 29, this past November but had to postpone the fight just days before due to the flu. Now the much anticipated match-up will air on NBCSN Fight Night starting at 9:00 PM ET along with the ten round co-feature of Light Heavyweights Isaac "Golden Boy" Chilemba (21-2-2, 9 KOs) vs. Denis "The Pirate/Drago's Son" Grachev (13-2-1, 8 KOs).
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With his mind set only in his bout against former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon, the former bantamweight and featherweight world titlist Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez worked this afternoon for the media as part of his training for the show that will headline on March 15 his countryman Danny “Swift” Garcia defending his WBA and WBC junior welter weight belts against Mauricio Herrera at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon, in a presentation of Golden Boy Promotions and Swift Promotions in association with PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP), which will be broadcast on Showtime. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. 167.5 vs. Brian Vera 167.5

Orlando Salido 128.25* vs. Vasyl Lomachenko 125.25
(WBO Featherweight Title)
*Saldio Loses Title at the scaled, failing to make the 126 lb. limit.

Venue: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
Promoter: Top Rank
                                                                                                                         

Welterweight Alex Saucedo, WBO Featherweight champion Orlando Salido , former WBC Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. , No. 1 contender Bryan Vera and two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko pose during the final press conference Thursday in San Antonio, Texas for their upcoming bouts, Saturday, March 1 , at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing®.
                                                                                                                         

J’Leon Love 168 vs. Vladine Biosse 169

Badou Jack 168 vs. Derek Edwards 168

Christopher Pearson 156 vs. Lanardo Tyner 154
Luis Arias 162.5 vs. Dashon Johnson 166.5
John Franklin vs. Jesus Bayron 146
Ladarius Miller 144 vs. Douglas Rosales 146
Andrew Tabiti 193 vs. Dorian Hatcher 198
John Franklin 119.5 vs. Jesus Bayron 121

Venue: Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York
Promoter: Mayweather Promotions
                                                                                                                         

Undefeated Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KOs), of Philadelphia, and his father/trainer, Angel Garcia, hosted an open media workout on Wednesday at the DSG Boxing Gym in Philadelphia. Garcia is winding down preparations for his long-awaited debut to his native homeland and his world title defense against Mauricio Herrera (20-3, 7 KOs), of Riverside, Calif., on Saturday, March 15, in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, delayed on the West Coast).
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Fight Week in San Antonio for the eagerly-anticipated boxing doubleheader featuring the historic challenge by two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist and 2013 Prospect of the Year, VASYL LOMACHENKO, in only his second professional fight, of World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion ORLANDO SALIDO continued its hot path in earnest today as both participated in Media Workouts. In front of a packed Zarzamora Street Boxing Gym, the fighters trained for over three hours as they fine-tuned for their upcoming encore battle. The world championship event will be headlined by the rematch between former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion and Son of the Legend JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ JR. and Top-Five contender and two-fisted Texan BRIAN VERA.
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Two-time world champion Juan 'Baby Bull' Diaz  of Houston, Texas hits the mitts with trainer Derwin Richards during media day Wednesday in San Antonio, Texas as he prepares for his upcoming 10-round feature fight against Gerardo Robles of Mexico.

Diaz vs. Robles will be a featured bout on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Brian Vera rematch battle, Saturday, March 1 , at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing®.
                                                                                                                         

Bethlehem PA: In a little more than two weeks veteran heavyweight Tomasz "Goral" Adamek will take on 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov for the IBF North American Heavyweight title and the IBF #2 Eliminator at Sands Resort and Casino in Bethlehem, PA. The March 15th fight will be aired on NBCSN Fight Night along with the Chilemba v. Grachev co-feature beginning at 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT. The young challenger, Glazkov, 29, opened his training camp to the media and the general public yesterday for an inside look at his workout regime as he prepares to face the dangerous Adamek. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Several dozen television camera crews, newspapers and web reporters, photographers, (video) bloggers and fans were on hand to watch popular former WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez during his media workout at House of Boxing on Tuesday in San Diego.

With Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya looking on, Canelo worked out for a little over an hour. He shadow-boxed, hit the mitts, did calisthenics, worked the speed bag, smacked the heavy bag, did stretching exercises, posed for photos, signed autographs and conducted copious amounts of interviews, some in groups and others one-on-one, as traditional Mexican music blared in the background.
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Fight Week in San Antonio for the eagerly- anticipated boxing doubleheader featuring the rematch between former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion and Son of the Legend JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ JR. and Top-Five contender and two-fisted Texan BRYAN VERA began in earnest today as both participated in Media Workouts. In front of a packed Zarzamora Street Boxing Gym, both fighters trained for over three hours as they fine-tuned for their upcoming encore battle. The doubleheader will also feature the historic challenge by two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist and 2013 Prospect of the Year, VASYL LOMACHENKO, in only his second professional fight, of World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion ORLANDO SALIDO. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

Thompson Boxing Promotions hosted an open to the public workout over the weekend that featured a handful of boxers that will take part in Friday's loaded "New Blood" fight card from the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, Calif. In the main event, all-action knockout artist Carlos Carlson (12-0, 9 KOs) and the upset-minded Javier Gallo (21-8-1, 12 KOs) battle for the vacant WBC Latino Bantamweight Title. The bout is scheduled for eight rounds. Click Here For More
                                                                                                                         

As I opened my email on Saturday morning I found my inbox stuffed with photo results from the great city of Macau, China. The bouts on the card featured Lightweight Champion Miguel Vazquez and Chinese Olympian turned pro, Zou Shiming. As always I forwarded over the photos to our webmaster and editor in chief Bret Newton for posting.

I then sat back with my cup o' jo to search the "net" and check out what was going on in the world of boxing. As I hit a couple of sites I noticed they were giving spoiler alerts for the results from China. Somehow I had forgotten, or didn't really care, that these fights were going to be shown in the States later in the day on HBO2.
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Juan Payano W UD 8 German Meraz - Photo Gallery
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Claudio Marrero W UD 8 Jose Angel Beranza
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Samuel Vasquez TKO 4 Berlin Abreu
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