Even after a few weeks have passed, Victor Santillan (13-1) still can’t believe what happened at the Sumihoshi Ward Center in Osaka, Japan on June 11th in an Ioka Promotions main event. Santillan travelled to the backyard of Sho Ishida and dropped a twelve round split decision in a WBA bantamweight eliminator. One judge had Santillan comfortably winning 118-110 while ...
Heavyweight Deontay Wilder is applying pressure on Andy Ruiz to finalize a showdown between former world champions. Last year, the WBC ordered Wilder and Ruiz to collide in a final world title eliminator - with the victory banking a guaranteed crack at current world champion Tyson Fury. Wilder, who is also in talks to face Anthony Joshua in December, wants ...
Lightweight knockout artist Edwin De Los Santos is scheduled to return to the ring on July 8, in a dangerous fight with Joseph Adorno from Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The fight will be part of a Showtime televised tripleheader that features undefeated welterweight Jaron “Boots” Ennis defending his IBF interim-welterweight title against big puncher Roiman Villa ...
The public perception of Edgar Berlanga has varied quite a bit over the course of his young career. Like many fighters of his era, his entire professional career has been broadcast, from early days on CBS Sports Network to an extended stint on ESPN to a new home on DAZN, allowing a global audience to have a fluctuating opinion of ...
Armory, Minneapolis - IBF super flyweight champion Fernando Martinez (16-0, 9 KOs) stopped mandatory challenger Jade Bornea (18-1, 12 KOs) in the eleventh round. (photos by Esther Lin) It was a give and take fight in the early rounds, but Bornea's hard shots were pushing Martinez back. In the fourth and fifth, it was Martinez picking his punches well to ...
WBC interim-middleweight champion Carlos Adames is not confident in his ability to secure the biggest fights in his weight division. On Saturday night, Adames picked up a ninth round stoppage win over former unified champion Julian Williams. Now he wants to target one of the other top names or champions in the division. But if he doesn't get a proper ...
The Armory in Minneapolis - Undefeated 115-pound world champion Fernando “Puma” Martinez (16-0, 9 KOs) delivered a dominating performance to defend his IBF title by 11th-round TKO over the previously unbeaten Jade Bornea (18-1, 12 KOs). “I said before the fight that the tougher, stronger fighter was going to win and that was me,” said Martinez. Martinez, who is promoted by ...
The Armory in Minneapolis - Super welterweight contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin (25-2, 18 KOs) dropped and stopped Luis “Cuba” Arias (20-4-1, 9 KOs) in the fifth-round of their scheduled 10-round showdown. Lubin, who was returning to the ring for the first time since losing to Sebastian Fundora in a 2022 Fight of the Year, was the cleaner puncher throughout the ...
Armory, Minneapolis - In a showdown for the WBC's interim-middleweight title, Carlos Adames (23-1, 18 KOs) secured a stoppage win over former unified champion Julian Williams (28-4-1, 16 KOs) in the ninth round. (photos by Esther Lin) Williams came out boxing from the outside in the first. They were both cautious, with Adames applying a lot of pressure. Adames went ...
Dmitry Bivol is looking to get his career back on track after the fallout with Canelo Alvarez. Bivol, the light heavyweight titlist from Russia, had been in negotiations to fight Alvarez in a rematch of their 175-pound title fight last year, which Bivol won by unanimous decision. But the two sides were unable to come to terms. Earlier this week, ...