By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 1996, Dublin, Ireland:
Naseem Hamed TKO'd Manuel Medina in the 11th round to
retain the WBO Featherweight Title.
Tom Johnson won a 12 round UD over Ramon Guzman to
retain the IBF Featherweight Title.
Nate Miller TKO'd James Heath in the 7th round to retain
the WBA Cruiserweight Title. Palma de Mallorca, Spain:
Adolpho Washington won a 12 round UD over Tortsten May
to win the Vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title. 1989, Inglewood, California:
Daniel Zaragoza TKO'd Frankie Duarte in the 10th round
to retain the WBC Super Bantamweight Title. 1984, Las Vegas, Nevada:
Pinklon Thomas won a 12 round MD over Tim Witherspoon to
win the WBC Heavyweight Title. 1981, Atlantic City, New Jersey:
Animal Frank Fletcher KO'd Ernie Singletary in the 8th
round to win the USBA Middleweight Title.
Anthony Fletcher won an 8 round MD over Livingstone
Bramble.
Santa Cruz Decisive In Victory Over Mares
By Roy Marquez
Photos: Naoki Fukuda - WBC
Leo Santa Cruz outgunned and outmaneuvered former 3-division
champion Abner Mares to capture the vacant WBA Super World
Featherweight title before a raucous crowd in Los Angeles, CA.
Judges Steve Morrow and Jesse Reyes scored the bout 117-111 for
Santa Cruz. Judge Max De Luca saw the bout a 114-114 draw.
Before the fight began the vocal Staples Center crowd was fairly
evenly split. When the fight ended it was clear Santa Cruz had
won the day.
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Cherviak Q&A: "I’m Coming To Sweden
To Spoil Skoglund’s Celebrations"
Oleksandr Cherviak (15-4-1, 5 KOs) is full of
confidence as he prepares to travel to Nyköping, Sweden to
challenge Erik Skoglund (22-0, 11 KOs) for the IBF
Intercontinental Light Heavyweight title on September 19.
‘’I’m coming to Sweden to win,’’ exclaims Cherviak. ‘’I‘m going
to spoil Erik’s celebrations and take the IBF Intercontinental
belt home to the Ukraine!’’
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On This Day: Aug 30
By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 2004, Pasadena, California:
Peter Manfredo won a 5 round UD over Miguel Espino.
(Fight shown as Part of NBC's "The Contender" 2003, Munich, Germany:
Wlad Klitschko KO'd Fabio Moli in the 1st round to win
the Vacant WBA International Heavyweight Title. 1998, Chester, West Virginia:
Antonio Tarver KO'd Rocky Gannon in the 2nd round.
Paul Spadafora TKO'd David Thomas in the 2nd round. 1997, Nongkhai, Thailand:
Ratanapol Sor Vorapin TKO'd Wellington Vicente in the
2nd round to retain the IBF Minimumweight Title. 1996, Reading, Pennsylvania:
Lonnie Bradley won a 12 round UD over Simon Brown to
retain the WBO Middleweight Title.
Steve Little won a 12 round UD over Joaquin Velasquez to
win the Vacant IBC Super Middleweight Title. 1993, Kansas City, Missouri:
Tommy Morrison TKO'd Tim Tomashek in the 4th round to
retain the WBO Heavyweight Title.
Quick Results From Fabulous Forum
By William Trillo
Super Middleweight Shane
Mosley (48-9-1,40 KO's) stops Ricardo Mayorga (31-9-1,25
KO's) at the 2:59 mark of round 6
Super Bantamweight
Yulihan Alejandra Luna Avila (12-2-1,1 KO) & Maureen
Shea (24-2-1,12 KO's) battle to draw. Scores read 97-93
Luna, 98-92 Shea and 95-95 even. IBF World female super
bantamweight title
Super Middleweight
Ronald Ellis (12-0,9 KO's) stops Jas Phipps (5-6-2,2
KO's) in round 2.
Lightweight Joel Diaz
Jr. (20-0,16 KO's) TKO's Luis Arceo (28-14-4,18 KO's) at
the 1:27 mark of round 4.
Cruiserweight Dimar Ortuz (10-0-2,7 KO's)
and Victor Barragan (12-8-1) battle to draw. Scores read
76-74 Ortuz, 76-74 Barragan and 75-75 even.
Full Report To Come
Santa Cruz Wins Majority Decision Over Mares
Leo Santa Cruz (now 31-0-1, 17 KO's) won the
vacant WBA Super World Featherweight Title with a majority
decision over Abner Mares. The fight was energetic and high pace
at moments where both had great spots, but it was ultimately
Santa Cruz who looked the more fresh of the two over the long
run.
From the very sound of the bell in the opening round Mares
jumped on Santa Cruz. Mares seemed to have a plan and it worked
early, smothering Santa Cruz and keeping him against the ropes
while unloading. Santa Cruz was unable to use his height of
reach in such close quarters as Mares kept this up in round 2 as
well.
But the corner of Mares told him to change his strategy and to
try and outbox him from the outside instead. That turned out to
be the biggest mistake as Mares kept on the edge of all of Santa
Cruz's punches for basically the remainder of the fight. Why
change what worked so well early? Santa Cruz appeared to win
nearly every round after.
Final scores were a bizarre 114-114 and two rightful at 117-111.
Both fighters said they'd be up for a rematch next. Mares drops
to 29-2-1 with 15 KO's.
Trevor Bryan Wins Heavyweight
Slugfest Over Derric Rossy
Photos: Esther Lin - SHOWTIME
On a hot summer August night, in a
specially-constructed ring outside the Downtown Las
Vegas Events Center (DLVEC) across from the D Las Vegas,
Trevor “The Dream” Bryan remained unbeaten and passed
the toughest test of his career with a crowd-pleasing,
hard-fought 10-round unanimous decision over Derric
Rossy in the main event of a ShoBox: The New Generation
tripleheader live on SHOWTIME®.
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Weights From Los Angeles, Ca. - ESPN
Photos: Marlene Marquez
Leo Santa Cruz 124.8 vs.
Abner Mares 125.2
(Vacant WBA "Super" Featherweight Title)
Alfredo Angulo 163 vs.
Hector Munoz 159.8
Hugo Ruiz 121.4 vs. Julio Cesar Ceja 121
Alejandro Luna 135 vs. Sergio Lopez 134.2
Jessie Roman 144.2 vs. Hector Serrano 143.2
Brian Castano 158.4 vs. Jonathan Batista 158.2
Alan Castano 157 vs. Thomas Howard 156.4
Anthony Flores 142.8 vs. Curtis Morton 139.8
Paul Mendez 160 vs. Andrik Saralegui 161
Antonio Santa Cruz 114.4 vs. Isaiah Najera 116.4
Venue: Staples Center in Los Angeles
Promoter: TGB Promotions
Weights From Inglewood, Ca. - PPV
Shane Mosley 159.4 vs. Ricardo Mayorga 165.4*
*Mayorga came in 7.4 pounds heavier than the agreed limit and
forfeits a $50K bonus he would have received.
Joel Diaz Jr. 134.8 vs. Luis Arceo 134.8
Maureen Shea 120 vs. Yulihan Luna 121.8
Venue: The Forum, Inglewood, CA
Promoter: GoBox
Andre Berto Los Angeles Workout
Photos: Scott Hirano - SHOWTIME
Two-time welterweight world champion
Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) participated in a media
workout at the J.W. Marriott at L.A. Live as he prepares
for the biggest fight of his career. In front of an
enthusiastic crowd, Berto looked focused and in great
shape, jumping rope and shadowboxing, as he looks to
become the first fighter to defeat 12-time world
champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs), on
Saturday, Sept. 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las
Vegas live on SHOWTIME PPV® (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).
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Bekman Soylybaev Storms To Sixth Victory
Thursday night, top super featherweight prospect
“BEKMAN” SOYLYBAEV stormed to his sixth professional victory
taking a six round unanimous decision over JOSE LUIS “Tapitas”
ARAIZA impressing the sold out crowd of boxing fans at The
Hangar at the Orange County Fair and Events Center in Costa
Mesa, California.
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Fresno's Super Welterweight Prospect
Marcos Hernandez Remains Undefeated
Last night during the Fight Club OC card at the
"The Hangar" in Costa Mesa, California, super-welterweight
prospect, Marcos "The Madman" Hernandez (7-0, 2 KOs) remained
undefeated, winning an 6-round unanimous decision against Luis
Alfredo Lugo (14-23-1, 5 KOs). Click
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Zab Judah Headlines Night Of GCP Boxing
At The Space At Westbury On Sept. 10
On Thursday, September 10, promoter Greg Cohen of
Greg Cohen Promotions and Super Judah Promotions, in association
with GH3 Promotions and David Schuster's Winner Take All
Productions, will continue GCP's "Championship Boxing" series
with a world-class event, once again at The Space at Westbury in
Westbury, New York.
In the night's 10-round super lightweight main event, five-time
world champion and former Undisputed World Welterweight Champion
Zab "Super" Judah (42-9, 29 KOs) of Brooklyn, New York, will
face Florida, via Barranquilla, Colombia's Hevinson Herrera
(18-11-1, 12 KOs). Click Here For
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On This Day: Aug 29
By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 1999, Osaka, Japan:
Veeraphol Sahaprom TKO'd Joichiro Tatsuyoshi in the 7th
round to retain the WBC Bantamweight Title. 1998, Seoul, Korea:
In Joo Cho won a 12 round SD over Gerry Penalosa to win
the WBC Super Flyweight Title. Las Vegas, Nevada:
Mauricio Pastrana TKO'd Carlos Murillo in the 9th round.
Pastrana had failed to make 108 lbs and was stripped of
the IBF Light Flyweight Title.
Johnny Tapia won a 10 round UD over Carlos Hernandez
Agapito Sanchez won a 10 round UD over Nestor Lopez 1994, Melbourne, Australia:
Kostya Tszyu TKO'd Pedro Sanchez in the 4th round. Inglewood, California:
Harold Grey won a 12 round SD over Julio Cesar Borboa to
win the IBF Super Flyweight Title. 1993, San Jose, Costa Rica:
Humberto Aranda TKO'd Ricardo Mayorga in the 6th round. (Mayorga's
Pro-Debut)
Andre Berto Media Workout
Live Stream Today At 4pm ET/1pm PT
SHOWTIME Sports will offer a live streams of
Andre Berto’s media workout as he prepares for the Welterweight
World Championship against Floyd Mayweather taking place on
Saturday, Sept. 12, live on SHOWTIME PPV® (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
from MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
You can watch Andre Berto's live workout below at 4pm ET/1pm PT:
Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez
New York City Press Conference
Photo: Gene Belvins -
HoganPhotos/Roc Nation/Golden Boy
Reigning WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal
Middleweight World Champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs)
and former WBC and WBA Super Welterweight World Champion
Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) were greeted by hundreds
of chanting fans as they hosted a press conference in
New York City on Wednesday, August 26 as part of their
international four-city press tour ahead of their highly
anticipated championship showdown in November.
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Andrzej Fonfara vs. Nathan Cleverly Headlines
Oct. 16 PBC On Spike From UIC Pavilion In Chicago
Bruising Polish star Andrzej Fonfara (27-3, 16
KOs) and former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-2, 15 KOs)
will meet in a 12-round light heavyweight battle as Premier
Boxing Champions on Spike returns to UIC Pavilion in Chicago on
Friday, October 16, with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m.
ET/PT. Click
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Weights From Las Vegas - ShoBox
Trevor Bryan 227 vs. Derric Rossy 235.5
Juan Ubaldo Cabrera 160 vs. DeCarlo Perez 160.5
Nat Visinia 273 vs. Joey Dawejko 236.25
Venue: The D Las Vegas
Promoter: Don King
Weights From Washington, D.C.
Brandon Bennett 135.6 - Jonathan Maicelo 134.6
Phil Jackson-Benson 169 - Jinner Guerrero 168.4
Jamel Herring 133.4 - Ariel Vazquez 134.2
Demond Nicholson 161.6 - Antonio Baker 161.2
Robert Easter 134.6 - Osumanu Akaba 135
David Grayton 145.6 - Jose Valderrama 146.8
Kareem Martin 146.6 - Anthony Prescott 147
Raynell Williams 132.8 - Jose Miguel Castro 134.4
Patrick Harris 134.2 - Irving Hernandez 134.2
Leo Hall 176.2 - Edgar Perez 182.8
Shynggyskhan Tazhibay 146.8 - Coleman Phelps 145.8
Promoter: King's Promotions
Venue: Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Campillo & Cuello Training In Paradise
Two Madrid-based fighters have traveled to a
newly established 340 Boxing/Sampson Boxing training camp in the
island paradise of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to prepare
for their upcoming fights.
Sampson Boxing's own former light heavyweight world champion and
IBF #13-rated Gabriel "El Chico Guapo" Campillo (25-7-1, 12 KOs)
and WBC #11-rated Luciano Leonel "El Principito" Cuello (35 3,
17 KOs) are working hard at the 340 Boxing Gym in St. Thomas,
USVI with trainer Matias Antonio Gonzalez and two world-rated
locals, John "Dah Rock" and Julius "The Chef" Jackson.
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Antonio DuBose vs. Jesus Lule Rematch
Headlines Sept. 19 At Harrahs Philadelphia
On Saturday night, September 19, boxing returns
to Harrahs Philadelphia with a terrific card promoted by King's
Promotions.
In the main event, it will be a 6-round rematch of Super
Lightweights when Antonio DuBose battles Jesus Lule.
DuBose and Lule fought to a 4-round draw on June 27 in
Bethlehem, PA. Click Here
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Thomas Williams Jr., Jesse Hart, Raquel Pennington & Katrina
Bowden Today On LAST CALL
After a week with some big names on LAST CALL,
the Sport Swami and Aspen Edwards try to top that with some more
stars from the world of boxing, MMA and TV. With new co-host
Jasmeen LeFleur in tow, its two hours of action and
entertainment only on LAST CALL on Cyberstationusa.com. Friday
August 29th on dqrm.com/lastcall. This week on LAST CALL
features
-Undefeated Super Middleweight Jesse Hart returns to talk about
his fight with Aaron Pryor Jr. on Tru TV on September 11th in
Las Vegas, NV.
-PBC Light Heavyweight Prospect Thomas Williams Jr. returns to
the show as he prepares for his PBC debut versus Umberto Savigne
on FOX Sports 1 on September 15th from California, PA.
Its jam packed three hours of boxing, acting & MMA action with
Aspen Edwards only Wavlite.com presents; LAST CALL on
www.cyberstationusa.com. Friday August 29th starting at 12
p.m. EST/ 9 a.m. PST.
On This Day: Aug 28
By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 1999, Bremen, Germany:
Darius Michalczewski TKO'd Montell Griffin in the 4th
round to retain the WBO Light Heavyweight Title. Las Vegas, Nevada:
David Reid won a 12 round UD over Keith Mullings to
retain the WBA Light Middleweight Title. 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada:
William Joppy TKO'd Roberto Duran in the 3rd round to
retain the WBA Middleweight Title.
Bernard Hopkins retained the IBF Middleweight Title when
his bout with Robert Allen was ruled a NC when Hopkins
sustained an injury after being pushed out of the ring
by referee Mills Lane while trying to break up a clinch. 1993, Inglewood, California:
Marco Antonio Barrera won a 12 round UD over Eduardo
Ramirez to win the Vacant NABF Super Flyweight Title. Bismarck, North Dakota:
Virgil Hill won a 12 round UD over Sergio Merani to
retain the WBA Light Heavyweight Title. 1992, Atlantic City, New Jersey:
Maurice Blocker won a 12 round SD over Luis Garcia to
retain the IBF Welterweight Title.
Floyd Mayweather Las Vegas Workout
Photos: From Esther Lin -
SHOWTIME
Floyd “Money” Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs)
opened up the Mayweather Boxing Club on Wednesday for
his last media day ever as he prepares for the last
fight of a celebrated 19-year career. He will defend his
WBC and WBA Welterweight World Championships against
power-punching, two-time welterweight world champion
Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the
MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, live on SHOWTIME
PPV® (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).
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By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The South African Issac Chilemba (24-2-2) refused to
face the Montrealer Russian Artur Berterbiev for an IBF
elimination bout two weeks ago, but he has accepted a WBC
elimination bout with the Montrealer Colombian Eleider Alvarez
(18-0-0).
The WBC championship committee is giving until September 24th
for free negotiations between the promoters of the two fighters,
and if there no agreement at that moment, a purse bid will be
hold in Mexico.
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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Stephan Larouche Has A New Fighter,
Super Lightweight Batyr Jurembayev
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The Montrealer trainer Stéphan Larouche lost Lucian
Bute last year, but he just acquired a very promising fighter:
the super lightweight southpaw Batyr Jurembayev, a boxer from
Kazakstan.
A fighter of 24 years, Jurembayev, who was member of the
Kazakstan amateur national boxing team, just moved in Montréal
to work on a daily basis with Stéphan Larouche.
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The WBC Rejects Simulated
Fights At Press Conferences
The World Boxing Council expresses complete
rejection concerning the embarrassing fight simulation between
Shane Mosley and Ricardo Mayorga at their press conference
yesterday.
In a video that has been spread through media and social
networks, a staged fight – previously agreed to – is shown
between the fighters. Shane Mosley's and Ricardo Mayorga's
actions could have generated more serious and unfortunate
consequences. These actions are totally unacceptable for our
sport.
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Anthony Dirrell vs. Marco Antonio Rubio
Sept. 6 PBC Undercard Set
Former two-time world champion Daiki Kameda
(29-4, 18 KOs) takes on Mexican slugger Victor Ruiz (19-5, 14
KOs) in bantamweight action in a stacked lineup of undercard
attractions as Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS airs live
from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas Sunday,
September 6. The telecast kicks off at 4 PM ET/1 PM PT. Click Here
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Roman Martinez, Orlando Salido, Jhonny Gonzalez
& Jonathan Oquendo Teleconference Transcript
Kelly Swanson: Thanks everybody for calling in.
We appreciate it. We know it’s a busy week, but we wanted to
kick it off with this conference call and on the line today we
have two bouts from the HIGH STAKES: Mayweather vs. Berto
Pay-Per-View undercard, taking place Saturday, September 12.
The two bouts that we’re talking about today are Jhonny Gonzalez
versus Jonathan Oquendo and also Roman Martinez versus Orlando
Salido, in their rematch. We’re going to start with Gonzalez and
Oquendo and then we will move into the Martinez-Salido portion
of the call. To make the introductions and MC the call I’d like
to introduce Leonard Ellerbe, Chief Executive Officer of
Mayweather Promotions.
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Jonathan Maicelo Sees Another Title Opportunity With Win Over
Bennett This Fri. In Washington, DC
This Friday night, August 28 at the Walter E.
Washington Convention Center, in the nation's capital of
Washington, DC, King's Promotions will present a spectacular
night of boxing that will feature some of the best talent in the
United States.
In the main event, Brandon Bennett (19-1, 8 KO's) will square
off with former world title challenger Jonathan Maicelo (21-2,
12 KO's) in a Lightweight bout scheduled for 10-rounds.
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Chilemba & Barrera Both Accept
Light Heavyweight Eliminator Bouts
Last week Isaac "Golden Boy" Chilemba (24-2-2, 10
KOs) had the very rare privilege of choosing between two
mandatory offers: one from the WBC and the other from the IBF.
The 28-year old from Malawi opted to take the offer from the
WBC. Shortly thereafter, the IBF extended the mandatory fight
offer to Main Events' stablemate Sullivan Barrera (16-0, 11
KOs), the 33-year old Cuban defector.
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Undefeated Super Featherweight Sensation
Mario Barrios Returns Sept. 6 In Corpus Christi
Unbeaten rising star, Super-Featherweight Mario
Barrios (10-0, 5 KOs), will make a quick return back to the ring
on Sunday, September 6, 2015 against Jonathan "Popeye" Perez
(33-12, 27 KOs). The 8-round bout will take place at the
American Bank Center, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Click Here For
More
Tarvis Kauffman Takes On Epifanio Mendoza
Sept. 18 At The Claridge In Atlantic City
On Friday night, September 18, boxing returns to
the Claridge Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City as Kings
Promotions returns for a big night of action.
In the main event, Travis Kauffman will take on former world
title challenger Epifanio Mendoza.
Kauffman of Reading, PA has a record of 29-1 with 21 knockouts
and is riding an 11-fight win streak that has spanned 5 and a
half years. Click Here For
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On This Day: Aug 27
By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 2000, Osaka, Japan:
Masamori Tokuyama won a 12 round UD over In Joo Cho to
win the WBC Super Flyweight Title. 1999, Tijuana, Mexico:
Jesus Chavez TKO'd Armando Bosquez in the 4th round to
win the NABF Super Featherweight Title. Augusta, Georgia:
Vernon Forrest TKO'd Santiago Samaniego in the 7th round
to retain the NABF Welterweight Title. Houston, Texas:
Joe Mesi KO'd Martin Lopez in the 3rd round. 1994, Bushkill, Pennsylvania:
Jake Rodriguez TKO'd George Scott in the 9th round to
retain the IBF Light Welterweight Title. Cardiff, Wales:
Chris Eubank TKO'd Sam Storey in the 7th round to retain
the WBO Super Middleweight Title. 1977, San Juan, Puerto Rico:
Sam Serrano won a 15 round UD over Apollo Yoshio to
retain the WBA Super Featherweight Title.
Floyd Mayweather Media Workout
Live Stream
Today At 6pm ET/3pm PT
SHOWTIME Sports will offer live streams of Floyd
Mayweather and Andre Berto’s media workouts as they prepare for
their Welterweight World Championship taking place on Saturday,
Sept. 12, live on SHOWTIME PPV® (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) from MGM
Grand in Las Vegas.
The workouts will be available for viewing across multiple
platforms, including LIVE via satellite feed and the SHO Sports
YouTube Page. Mayweather’s workout will originate from the
Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas while Berto’s will be fed
from Los Angeles.
You can watch Floyd Mayweather's live workout below at 6pm
ET/3pm PT:
Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez
Los Angeles Press Conference
Photos: Gene Belvins - HoganPhotos/Roc
Nation/Golden Boy
Reigning WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal
Middleweight World Champion, Miguel Cotto, and former
WBC and WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo
Alvarez, launched their four-city press tour yesterday
in Los Angeles, at the Hollywood and Highland Center
ahead of their highly anticipated championship showdown.
The fight will take place Saturday, Nov. 21 atthe
Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will be
produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. At
yesterday's event, Cotto, the first native of Puerto
Rico to become world champion in four different weight
classes and Mexican Superstar Alvarez were joined by
their promoters and hundreds of pumped-up, chanting
fans.
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Gingras & Camacho Jr. Battle For Supremacy
In Throwback Main Event On Sept. 18
The highly-anticipated Rich Gingras-Angel Camacho
Jr. showdown, scheduled for Friday, Sept. 18th, 2015 at Twin
River Casino, is a classic power-finesse tug-of-war with the
undefeated Camacho Jr. (14-0, 4 KOs) of Providence, R.I.,
putting his undefeated record on the line against the
hard-hitting Gingras (15-4-1, 9 KOs) of nearby Lincoln, who
defends his New England Light Heavyweight title for the second
time in 15 months. Click Here
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Jeffrey Fontanez vs. Marvin Quintero
Headlines Sept. 18 LA Fight Club
In a special edition of LA FIGHT CLUB at the
Belasco Theater on Friday, September 18, Golden Boy Promotions
will present an action-packed card featuring Puerto Rican phenom
Jeffrey Fontanez (16-1, 12 KOs) and Mexican banger Marvin "Cachorro"
Quintero (27-6, 23 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight main event.
Click
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O'Shanique Foster & Lavarn Harvell Score
1st Round Knockouts In Washington, DC
This past Saturday night at North Hall at East
Market in Washington, D.C, two fighters under the GH3
Promotional stable scored first round stoppages and are now
looking forward to big fights in the fall.
The card was promoted by Jeter Promotions.
Light Heavyweight Lavarn Harvell (15-1, 8 KO's)of Atlantic City,
New Jersey took out Quincy Miner of Kansas City, while Jr.
Lightweight O'Shanique Foster (7-0, 4 KO's) of Houston, Texas
stopped Frank Jordan.
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Inspired By Close Friends Broner & Warren,
Brandon Bennett Inching Closer To World Title Shot
This Friday night, August 28 at the Walter E.
Washington Convention Center in the nation's capital of
Washington, DC, King's Promotions will present a spectacular
night of boxing that will feature some of the best talent in the
United States.
In the main event, Brandon Bennett (19-1, 8 KO's) will square
off with former world title challenger Jonathan Maicelo (21-2,
12 KO's) in a Lightweight bout scheduled for 10-rounds. Click Here
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Markussen Q&A: "Nielsen Is Just
A Young Kid Who Feels Threatened"
Rudy Markussen (38-3, 25 KOs) returns to the ring
on September 12 at the Arena Nord in Frederikshavn. The Danish
‘Hard Hitter’ insists he is ready to defeat Ramazi Gogichashvili
(19-6-2, 9 KOs) as he looks forward to a mega-fight with
domestic rival Patrick Nielsen later this year.
"Of course it can be hard when you have been away for so long,’’
said the former European Champion. ‘’That being said, things
have gone remarkably well. I had thought it would be harder, but
I have no physical problems and my conditioning is perfect.’’ Click
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On This Day: Aug 26
By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada:
Fernando Vargas TKO'd Ross Thompson in the 4th round to
retain the IBF Light Middleweight Title. 1996, Tokyo, Japan:
Yuri Arbachkov TKO'd Takato Tokuchi in the 9th round to
retain the WBC Flyweight Title. 1995, Atlantic City, New Jersey:
Pernell Whitaker won a 12 round UD over Gary Jacobs to
Retain the WBC Welterweight Title.
David Tua TKO'd Mauricio Villegas in the 6th round.
Andrew Golota TKO'd West Turner in the 1st round. 1994, Atlantic City, New Jersey:
Hector Acero Sanchez won a 12 round SD over Tracy Harris
Patterson to win the WBC Super Bantamweight Title. 1989, Talcahuano, Chile:
Raul Perez TKO'd Cardenio Ulloa in the 8th round to
retain the WBC Bantamweight Title. 1983, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic:
Leonardo Cruz won a 15 round UD over Cleo Garcia to
retain the WBA Super Bantamweight Title.
Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez
Tickets On Sale Today
Photos: Marlene Marquez
Tickets for the highly anticipated
showdown between WBC and Ring Magazine Middleweight
World Champion Miguel Cotto and former two-time Super
Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez will go on
sale tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 10:00 a.m. PT.
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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Dierry Jean: "I Want To Surprise
Crawford And His Fans"
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - Dierry Jean is not intimidated at all to go in Omaha
to fight the local boxing star: Terrence Carwford. October 24th,
Jean (29-1-0) will try to dethrone Crawford (26-0-0) as WBO
super lightweight champion of the world in Omaha, Nebraska. The
bout will be televised by HBO.
“Crawford is a good champion, no doubt about it, but he is
certainly not invincible, said Jean. If he thinks he is
untouchable because he has been named the fighter of the year on
the international scene in 2014, he is wrong. I want to surprise
him and his fans October 24th in Omaha, and I am persuaded I
will do it.” Click
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Weights From Brooklyn, NY - ESPN3
Alex Miskirtchian 127.2 - Cornelius Lock 125.6
Dimash Niyazov 134.8 - Ariel Duran 135.8
Gary Beriguette 149.4 - Anton Williamson 149.8
John Joe Nevin 135.6 - Victor Capaceta 135.2
Tresean Wiggins 146.4 - Kevin Womack Jr. 145.4
Bakhtiyar Eyubov 143 - Cory Baur 142.6
Junior Wright 198.8 - Harvey Jolly 185.2
Jose De La Rosa 148.8 - Kamal Muhammad 146.4
Giorgi Gelashvilli 142.8 - DeLoren Gray-Jordon 142.6
Emilio Salas 201 - Glenn Thomas 201
Promoter: Dmitry Salita's Star of David Promotions
Venue: MCU Park
Kenia Enriquez Closes Camp
Former flyweight world champion Kenia Enriquez
(13-1, 6KO) of Tijuana, Mexico, finished camp strong this past
Monday with an intense work out under the watchful eye of
trainer and father Gustavo Enriquez. The twenty-one year old
Kenia comes back to the ring after nearly a six month hiatus.
Enriquez will be facing the tough Lorena “Ratoncita” Arias (3-7)
of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in a junior flyweight six rounder.
The bout is part of the Borizteca fight card presented at the
Mezzanine Hall in Tijuana, Mexico, this Friday, August 28th. Click Here
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Boxcino 2015 Champion John Thompson Faces
Liam Smith For Vacant WBO Jr. Middleweight
Title Oct. 10 In Manchester, England
Boxcino 2015 champion John "Apollo Kidd" Thompson
has signed to face undefeated Liam Smith for the vacant WBO
world Jr. Middleweight title on October 10th in Manchester,
England.
Thompson joins Willie Monroe Jr. as the 2nd Boxcino champion to
fight for a world title in a five month span. Click Here For
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Mairis Briedis Delivers Vicious
Knockout Against Manuel Charr
This past Saturday undefeated cruiserweight
prospect, Mairis Briedis (17-0, 14 KOs), of Riga, Latvia,
delivered a brutal knockout against veteran Manuel Charr (28-4,
16 KOs) of Beirut, Lebanon. The KO occurred in the fifth round
of a scheduled eight round bout at the Akhmat Arena, Grozny,
Russia. Attached is the link to watch this exciting knockout.
Q&A With Top Unbeaten Heavyweight Prospect Trevor Bryan As He
Prepares To Face Derric Rossy
Promising up-and-coming heavyweight Trevor “The
Dream” Bryan (15-0, 11 KOs) will put his unblemished record on
the line when he faces his toughest opponent to date,
experienced Derric Rossy (30-9, 14 KOs), in the 10-round
heavyweight matchup in the main event of this Friday’s ShoBox:
The New Generation tripleheader live on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT,
delayed on the West Coast). Click
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Unbeaten Super Welterweight Prospect Marcos Hernandez Returns On
Fight Club OC Card Thurs.
Unbeaten super-welterweight prospect, Marcos "The
Madman" Hernandez (6-0, 2 KOs) makes his Fight Club OC ring
return at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California this Thursday,
August 27, 2015 against Luis Alfredo Lugo (14-22-1, 5 KOs). The
8-round bout will be the third fight of the year for the 6'2
Fresno, CA native and serve as the co-main event of the night.
Managed by Al Haymon, Hernandez is looking to give the fans a
great performance as he looks to remain undefeated. Click Here
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