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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Kholmatov vs. Ford will be presented live this Saturday, March 2, at approximately 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, exclusively on ESPN+. The event takes place at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. In the main event, Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov will fight Raymond Ford for the vacant WBA ...
Ryan Garcia feels that his former training partner Canelo Alvarez would and should fight David Benavidez. Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) is in the midst of promoting his April 20 fight against Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) in New York, and Garcia stopped by the popular morning radio show The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 FM, where he discussed Canelo. “He ...
Abass Baraou and Sam Eggington are weighed in and ready to go to battle in Telford tomorrow night. Baraou (14-1, 9 KOs) weighed in at 153lb 8oz for the vacant European super welterweight title fight while Eggington (34-8, 20 KOs) tipped the scales at 153lbs 11oz. The fighters have been given an added incentive over the past 24 hours. The ...
Brighton’s Chris Eubank Jr. has “lots of options” according to his promoter Kalle Sauerland. Eubank (33-3, 24 KOs) claimed redemption in a rematch with British rival Liam Smith last September in Manchester with a 10th-round stoppage. Eubank had not made it beyond the fourth-round when they first box almost a year ago. The 33-year-old former world title challenger is ranked ...
Najee Lopez found himself in ProBox TV classic Lopez outpointed Marcos Escudero in the co-main event from the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida and Lopez (10-0, 8 KOs), a 24-year-old light heavyweight, was tested. Escudero (14-3, 12 KOs), a 30-year-old veteran, pushed a pace on Lopez that had not been seen before. Entering the bout, the experience ...
There is a featherweight title fight you better not sleep on this Saturday night. Camden’s Raymond Ford has his first shot at a world title against Ukrainian Otabek Kholmatov at the Turning Stone in Oneida in upstate New York. Ford is a gifted southpaw – poised and cultured, slick, quick, and gifted. He’s also only 24 and a former Golden ...
Kalle Sauerland’s Wasserman Boxing heads to the little-known West Midlands town of Telford this Friday to host the vacant EBU super welterweight title fight between Germany’s Abass Baraou and England’s Sam Eggington. Baraou (14-1, 9 KOs) has been the long-standing mandatory for the belt, but has struggled to secure vacant title bouts with France’s Milan Prat and and Liverpool’s James ...
Junto Nakatani is one of my favourite active fighters. On Saturday he produced a wildly impressive performance against a very-tough champion in Alexandro Santiago, who previously impressed when he won his title from Nonito Donaire. He was brilliant. Regardless of Donaire’s age, Donaire can seriously punch, so for Nakatani to completely control Santiago – disarm him; keep him where he ...
Lightweight Miguel Madueno got the biggest win of his career Wednesday, taking a split-decision victory over Justin Pauldo at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. The judges saw the bout 95-94, 94-95 and 97-92 for Madueno. In the 10-round "Wednesday Night Fights" main event broadcast on ProBox TV, Madueno (31-2, 28 KOs) came out like a bull. He ...