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Two-time featherweight world title challenger Michael Conlan (18-2, 9 KOs) returns to the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to take on former European and Commonwealth beltholder Jordan Gill (27-2-1, 8 KOs) on December 2, live worldwide on DAZN.

Conlan has linked up with trainer Pedro Diaz and will return at super featherweight. He has two straight KO losses in world title fights against Luis Alberto Lopez and Leigh Wood.

WBA female super welterweight champion Terri Harper (13-1-2, 6 KOs) and 42-year-old former undisputed welter champ Cecilia Braekhus (37-2-1, 9 KOs) battled to a ten round draw on Saturday night on the Wood-Warrington undercard at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield, England. In a fight that never headed up, scores were 97-93 Harper, 95-95, 95-95. Harper retained her WBA belt and the WBO belt remained vacant.

Other Results:
Kieron Conway TKO6 Linus Udofia (middleweight)
Hopey Price TKO12 Connor Coghill (featherweight)

Australian featherweight sensation Dana “Deadly” Coolwell captured the WBA Oceania title on Saturday night with a systematic beat down of Angelo “Axe Boy” Beltran at Club Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast. Coolwell dominated his opponent, breaking him down systemically before stopping him with a brutal body assault. Beltran slumped to the canvas and was counted out by referee John Watson at 2:48 of round seven.

Beltran gave a willing account of himself, launching left hooks and right hands but Coolwell was too crafty, boxing behind a lethal jab and savage body attack. The win should catapult the now 12-2, 8 KO Coolwell into the world rankings. Continue reading “Coolwell destroys Beltran”

By Joe Koizumi

South African Lerato Dlamini (20-2, 11 KOs), 125.5, eked out a split decision (116-112 twice, 113-115 against him) over formerly two-division champ Tomoki Kameda (40-4, 22 KOs), 125.75, over twelve see-saw rounds on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. It was ballyhooed as an IBF eliminator to decide the #2 mandatory contender, and it was such a competitive contest that both speedsters kept swapping fast jabs and combinations all the way. The tenth saw Dlamini hitting the deck, but it was ruled as a slip and was verified by a video replay afterward. Tomoki, three years his senior at 32, accelerated his attack down the stretch, but it might not be enough to overcome his early deficits on points.

Promoter: KWORLD3 (AKA Kameda) Promotions.

By Joe Koizumi

Unbeaten Japanese southpaw, WBC interim minimum champ Yudai Shigeoka (8-0, 5 KOs), 105, scored a nearly shutout decision (119-109 twice, 117-111) over defending WBC full ruler Panya Pradabsri (40-2, 24 KOs), 105, from Thailand, over twelve fast-moving rounds on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.

Historically it was the second achievement that brothers acquire world belts in the same category in the same promotion, following Charlo brothers in Las Vegas in May 2016.

Yudai, three years his senior at 25, dethroned the formidable titlist just an hour after his younger brother Ginjiro, 23, did the same to IBF titleholder Daniel Valladares. Yudai, from the start, dominated the contest with his aggressiveness despite Panya’s occasional retaliation. The open scoring system indicated Yudai leading after the fourth—all 39-37 and after eighth—all 79-73. Yudai maintained the pressure to the still game and gallant champ, winning almost every round. Panya, 32, failed to score his fifth defense of the WBC belt, but he showed his heart and durability against the fast-rising southpaw puncher. The referee was Steve St. German (Canada).

By Joe Koizumi

Unbeaten Japanese southpaw, IBF interim minimum champ Ginjiro Shigeoka (10-0-1NC, 8 KOs), 105, impressively halted IBF full titlist Daniel Valladares (27-4-1-1NC, 15 KOs), 105, at 2:15 of the fifth round to unify the IBF belts on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.

Ginjiro quickly decked Daniel with a southpaw left in the first round to take the initiative. Sweeping all rounds, the Japanese lefty, 23, badly shook up the Mexican, 29, again with a solid left and swarmed over him with a flurry of punches to prompt the referee Charlie Fitch (US) to declare a well-received halt.

All the judges had Ginjiro leading on points: identically 40-34. They had once exchanged gloves to a technical draw with Valladares unable to go on due to an accidental butt. In their anticipated rematch Ginjiro finally seized the unified belts with a fine TKO victory.

By Boxing Bob Newman

Marcos Suarez 140.6 vs. Wesley Rivers 139.6
Daniel Castro 169.8 vs. Raekwon Williams 165.6
Keynan Williams 184.8 vs. Taylor Bohrer 184.2
Emanuel Lee 122.4 vs. Kenneth Sabino 120
Christopher Trae Stout 154 vs. Isaiah Vargas 154.6
Kevin Spraggs 157.6 vs. Jeremy Melvin 155.4
Nick Papanicolas 137.4 vs. Vonshetha Miller (to weigh in late)
John Fox 285.5 vs. Hearl Collins 302.4 (Amateurs)

Commission: West Virginia Athletic Commission
Promoter: Bryant Pappas (Valid Boxing LLC)
Matchmaker: Brian Dillon
Venue: Berkeley Recreation Center
Doors Open: 5:30
First Bell: 6:30

ESPN+ has picked up the October 11 card taking place at the Casino de Montréal in Montreal, Canada. The card includes an interesting ten round super middleweight clash between unbeaten southpaw Erik Bazinyan (30-0, 21 KOs), rated #3 by the WBA, WBC, and IBF, and Ronald Ellis (18-3-2, 12 KOs). Bazinyan defends his NABF and NABA titles.

The main event is a rematch for the vacant IBF female junior middleweight title between Mary Spencer (7-1, 5 KOs) and Femke Hermans (16-4, 7 KOs) in a ten round rematch for the vacant IBF junior middleweight world title. Hermans beat Spencer via decision ten months ago.

Report/Photos: Sumio Yamada

Panya Predasbsri 104.75 vs. Yudai Shigeoka 105
(WBC strawweight title)

Daniel Valladares 104.75 vs. Ginjiro Shigeoka 105
(IBF minimumweight title)

Tomoki Kameda 125.75 vs. Lerato Dlamini 125.5
(IBF featherweight eliminator)

Venue: Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo
Promoter: Kameda Promotions

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Joe Smith Jr 191.8 vs. Zurdo Ramirez 191.6
(WBA cruiserweight eliminator)

Bektemir Melikuziev 167.6 vs. Alantez Fox 167.2 Ibs.
Darius Fulghum 170.2 vs. Alan Campa 168.8
Eric Tudor 153.4 vs. Jose Sanchez 153.8
Tristan Kalkreuth 199.2 vs. Aaron Casper 193
Daniel Luna 133.8 vs. Erick Benitez 134.2
Jahyae Brown 152.4 vs. Victor Toney 156.4

Venue: Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Promoter: Golden Boy, Star Boxing
TV: DAZN

Evelin Bermudez 106.6 vs. Kim Clavel 107.8
(WBO/IBF female junior welterweight titles)

Sebastien Bouchard 147.2 vs. Mazlum Arkeniz 146.8
Marie-Pier Houle 138.5 vs. Cindy Reyes Espinoza 140
Caroline Veyre 125 vs. Jessica Bellusci 125.2
Derek Pomerleau 159 vs. Michal Chludil 158

Note: Arturo Gatti Jr. will fight in an amateur bout on the undercard.

Venue: Place Bell in Laval, Canada.
Promoter: Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM)
TV: PPV ($29.99)

CBN Promotions (headed by former Thompson Boxing exec Alex Camponovo) has announced its second edition of “New Blood” taking place November 4 at Infinite Reality Studios in Long Beach, California, formerly known as Thunder Studios. Televised fights will broadcast live in Spanish on FOX Deportes, and the entire card will stream live on, www.FightStars.Network.

The eight-round main event will showcase welterweight Louie Lopez (14-2-1, 5 KOs) against Salvador Briceno (17-7, 11 KOs). Undefeated super welterweight Alejandro Luis Silva (20-0-1, 15 KOs) will face TBA in the eight round co-main event.

Undefeated Tim Tszyu (23-0, 17 KOs), now elevated to full WBO junior middleweight champion, makes the first defense of his world title when he battles Brian Mendoza headlining action live on Showtime October 14 (Sunday, October 15 in Australia) from the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia.

Tim Tszyu: “There was no celebration, no nothing when Charlo stepped in the ring against Canelo and I became world champion. I’ll feel like a world champion once this fight with Mendoza is done. I want to earn it that way Brian and I are both in that top one percent of fighters in the world. He’s a style I haven’t faced before and I know he thrives on that underdog mentality. So, he of course has my respect. But he’s in there with someone that’s a different breed and it’s not going to end well for him. I promise to turn any remaining non-believers into believers. This is my time and my division now.”

Osleys Iglesias 168 vs. Artur Reis 167.8
(IBO super middleweight title)

Roman Fress 199.9 vs. Milosav Savic 196.2
Julian Vogel 153.2 vs. Milan Ganoska 152.1
Max Suske 167.1 vs. Aliaksandr Dzemka 169.1
Tom Laske 139.8 vs. Ondrej Toman 136.7
Ilias Mitaev 152.6 vs. Bazargur Jugder 148.2
Abdul Kader Kimba Issaka 175.5 vs. Tomas Podlac 181.9

Venue: Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, Germany
Promoter: SES Boxing
TV: MDR (Germany)

Undefeated middleweight Hamzah Sheeraz, will face the most severe test of his career to date when he takes on former world title challenger Liam Williams at the Copper Box Arena on December2 live on TNT Sports. Sheeraz (18-0, 4 KOs), the WBC Silver champion, comes into the fight off the back of two quick stoppages over River Wilson-Bent and Dmytro Mytrofanov, who were both brutally dispatched in the second round. Williams (24-4-1, 19 KOs) returned to winning ways in November with a quick-fire victory over Nizar Trimech at York Hall after being on the wrong end of two 12 round points decisions against then middleweight world champion Demetrius Andrade and Chris Eubank jr.

Leigh Wood 125.7 vs. Josh Warrington 125.3
(WBA featherweight title)

Terri Harper 150.4 vs. Cecilia Braekhus 153.9
(WBA/WBO female super welterweight titles)

Koby Mcnamara 117.8 vs. Francisco Rodriguez 118.8
Cameron Vuong 137.4 vs. Engel Gomez 138.1
Nico Leivars 123.5 vs. Ryan Walker 123.1
Junaid Bostan 155.7 vs. Corey Mcculloch 154.9
Hopey Price 125.3 vs. Connor Coghill 125.4
Kieron Conway 159.6 vs. Linus Udofia 159.4

Venue: Utilita Arena, Sheffield, England
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

WBO #10 lightweight contender Miguel Madueno (30-1, 28 KOs) will come to Quebec on November 14 to challenge WBC #15 Steve “The Dragon” Claggett (36-7-2, 25 KOs) for his NABF title. The bout will take place at the Cabaret du Casino in Montreal. This will be a terrific fight.

Also in action will be middleweight Steven Butler (32-4-1, 26 KOs), coming off a loss to Janibek Alimkhanuly in a world championship bout last May.

This Saturday (October 7) Danish boxing promoter Bettina Palle once again presents an edition of Danish Fight Night in the magnificent Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the main event former IBF world champion Sarah Mahfoud (13-1, 3 KOs) defends her WBC Silver featherweight title against former multiple world champion Marcela Eliana Acuña (53-9-2, 20 KO’s) of Argentina. This will be the third fight for Sarah Mahfoud since losing a points decision to now undisputed featherweight champion Amanda Serrano in Manchester in September 2022. Continue reading “Danish Fight Night returns this Saturday”

The co-main event has been announced for the October 27th “WBO Night of Champions” card at the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex in Managua, Nicaragua, headlined by WBO jr flyweight titlist Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez against Gerardo “Cascabel” Zapata (14-1-1) on Friday, October 27th from Alexis Arguello Sports Complex in Managua, Nicaragua.

It will feature another clash between Puerto Rico and Nicaragua, as WBO Latino Jr flyweight champion #4 Rene “El Chulo” Santiago (11-3, 8 KOs) defends his title against undefeated WBO #15 ranked challenger Kevin Vivas (7-0, 2 KOs) in a 10-round bout. Continue reading “Bomba-Zapata co-feature set”

Cruiserweights Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs) and Joe “Common Man” Smith Jr. (28-4, 22 KOs) faced off at the final press conference for their WBA eliminator on Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and live around the world on DAZN.

Zurdo Ramirez: The first time I fought in Las Vegas was at the Cosmopolitan and I want to repeat what happened last time and have my hand lifted in the air in victory.”

Joe Smith Jr: “Like I said, I’m glad to be back…this weekend, I’m looking to make another statement.”

Oscar De La Hoya: “When you have a former world champion — the first 168-pound Mexican champion of the world and you have Joe Smith Jr., the common man who comes to fight and is a legend killer fighting the likes of Bernard Hopkins and more — this has the makings of a great fight.”

“Kingry” Ryan Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs) will make his highly anticipated return to the ring against Oscar “La Migraña” Duarte (26-1-1, 21 KOs) on Saturday, December 2. Venue, undercard, and ticket info will be announced in the coming weeks. Scheduled for twelve rounds, the super lightweight fight will be broadcast worldwide on DAZN as part of your subscription.

Ryan Garcia: “Let’s go! I am so excited to announce that I will be fighting Oscar Duarte on December 2. I’m back and feeling better and stronger than before. I wanted Duarte for me and for the fans. He’s tough and I’m ready to give people another show at my best weight again. Say whatever you want about Ryan Garcia, but I’m always going to give the fans what they want. Love you. See you December 2 on DAZN.”

Oscar Duarte: “I am ready to win this fight. I will lift the name of Mexico up on high.”

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya: “This is one of the reasons fight fans love Ryan — instead of taking baby steps back after a hard fought fight, he is returning against a guy with lethal power who doesn’t take a step backwards. Whoever emerges victorious is immediately in line for a shot against any of the current world champions. Fans aren’t going to want to miss this one.”

Ellis Zorro 199.25 vs. Luca D’Ortenzi 200
(WBO European cruiserweight title)

Masood Abdullah 125.25 vs. Marc Leach 124.5
Karol Itauma 180.5 vs Dmytro Fedas 179.5
Joshua Frankham 154.25 vs. George Davey 153.5
Carl Fail 157.25 vs. Angel Emilov 159.5
Chris Bourke 120.5 vs. Adam Mbega 122.25
Sam King 161 vs. Dwain Grant 158.5

Venue: York Hall, London
Promoter: Queensberry
TV: TNT Sports (UK)

WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood and former IBF champ Josh Warrington faced off at the final press conference ahead of their world title fight on DAZN Saturday night.

Leigh Wood: “A KO is a possibility, I am not going to go out there banking on knocking him out, but I am going to be dominant. I know Josh is very tough, I’ve been ringside for a number of his fights, especially the Kiko fight, that sticks out for me. He got hurt and he was close to being stopped himself when he got his stoppage, so I know he can bite down and give everything he needs to, but at what cost because there will be times in this fight when he needs to work extremely hard just to win a moment, and I will make him pay for those moments.”

Josh Warrington: “I’m not offended that I am not the favorite, if anything it’s motivation. Leigh is the champion, and I’ve been given this opportunity so I am very grateful for that. What does annoy me is being written off, I’m finished, that’s given me the bit between my teeth. Last year I dominated Kiko Martinez inside seven rounds and I dominated the second half of the Lopez fight, and people are talking about how well he’s done since our fight…I know I have enough to hurt Leigh and I am very confident that he doesn’t hear the final bell.”

Welterweight Vlad “Super Bad” Panin (16-1, 9 KOs) takes on “Papelito” Victoriano Antonio Santillan (11-6-2, 8KOs) in an eight-rounder on Friday, October 20th, at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. Panin returns to the ring after participating in the Team Combat League, including a showdown with former WBA light middleweight world champion Austin Trout. Santillan is coming off a sixth round upset stoppage of French prospect Benjamin Dubois (11-1).

The co-main event will feature undefeated welterweight Mylik Birdsong (14-0-1, 10KOs) against fellow undefeated Jose Vargas Quintana (8-0, 6KOs) in an eight-rounder.

Lightweight knockout machine, Cain Sandoval (10-0, 10 KOs) of Sacramento, CA will battle Brooklyn’s Wesley ‘El Bongocero’ Ferrer (17-1-1, 8 KOs) in a scheduled eight-rounder on the undercard to the ‘King’ Callum Walsh vs. Ismael Villarreal title fight set for Thursday, November 9 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden and broadcast globally on UFC Fightpass.