On Saturday night, Argentine contender Gustavo "El Eléctrico" Lemos (28-0, 18 KOs) made a big statement in the junior welterweight division, as he knocked out former world champion Lee Selby in the fifth round at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The fight was a final eliminator and earned Lemos the right to challenge for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) ...
MINNEAPOLIS – Elvis Rodriguez has rediscovered his swagger. The hard-hitting Dominican southpaw was dominant in a seventh-round knockout of Argentina’s Juan Jose Velasco. Rodriguez scored three knockdowns in the fateful round, the last of which prompted a stoppage at 2:49 of round seven in their Showtime-televised opener Saturday evening at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Velasco came out well intended, ...
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Saturday, March 26: Kiko Martinez vs. Josh Warrington II - Spanish two-weight world champion Kiko Martinez puts his newly acquired IBF featherweight belt on the line against old foe Josh Warrington – who actually beat the champion by way of a twelve round majority decision back in 2017. The rematch will be live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and ...
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Michel Rivera stated Thursday that he is in the type of condition conducive to going 20 rounds if necessary. The Dominican lightweight contender’s fight against Joseph Adorno is scheduled for only half that long, but Adorno doesn’t think 10 rounds will be nearly necessary, either. The undefeated Adorno predicted during a press conference that Showtime’s co-feature Saturday night will end ...
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The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Oleksandr Usyk, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Demetrius Andrade, Canelo vs. Gilberto Ramirez, career of Jaime Munguia, Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, More. Hey Breadman! I just saw that the Ukraine has apparently given Vasyl Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk permission to leave the country to train for future fights. I ...
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Michel Rivera isn’t quite sure when he will land his elusive title shot. The unbeaten Dominican lightweight contender is confident of who he will fight when that day arrives, however. Rivera has tabbed Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (26-0, 24KOs) to prevail in his rescheduled WBA ‘World’ lightweight title defense versus mandatory challenger Rolando Romero (14-0, 12KOs). The two will collide atop ...
As previously reported, Oleksandr Usyk - holder of the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF belts - announced in a video uploaded on his Instagram Friday that he has started training for his contractually-obligated heavyweight title rematch against England’s Anthony Joshua. Usyk had originally been on track to face Joshua, but with the Russian military invasion of Ukraine that began last month, ...
There were wins for the likes of Kamshybek Kunkabayev, Ray Seitzhanov, Talgat Shayken and more as a big card which took place in Kazakhstan on Friday. The event was being staged at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, and was broadcast live on IFL TV, with some of the best Kazakh talent on display. Kunkabayev (5-0, 4 KOs) extended ...
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Lewis Ritson showed he is far from finished as he comfortably beat former WBC lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin on Probellum’s show in Newcastle. Once Ritson was seen as a bit of a banger, but he boxed completely within himself as he dominated Zlaticanin. It could have just been good matchmaking, but Ritson will have ambition to get back in the ...
Top super welterweight contender and rising star Tim Tszyu went face-to-face with U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha at the official weigh-in Friday before they meet in the main event live on SHOWTIME this Saturday, March 26 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Armory in Minneapolis. (photos by Esther Lin) The weigh-in also featured rising lightweight contender Michel Rivera and ...