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By Boxing Bob Newman

Jason Moloney 117.5 vs. Kohei Kono 117.7
(WBA Oceana bantamweight title)

Andrew Moloney 114.4 vs. Richard Calveras 113.1
(WBA Oceana super flyweight title)

Venue: Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
Promoter: Hosking Promotions
TV: Fox Sports Australia

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

The Australian Boxing community is in mourning with the sad passing of former Commonwealth and Australian light middleweight champion Troy Waters who has passed away in Gosford Hospital at the age of 53 years after a long illness. Troy was diagnosed with myeloid leukemia in 2014 and had been battling the disease for the past four years.

He was a world class amateur welterweight who represented Australia in 1983 at Santo Domingo world championships before he made his professional debut in 1984 and captured the Australian light middleweight title outpointing Paul Towell. Continue reading “Troy Waters passes”

Two-time world champion Orlando “Siri” Salido who is running for a political post in his native state of Sonora, Mexico was arrested in a publicity stunt by his political opponents in hope to discredit him in his party as a viable change in the political landscape of his state according to the party leadership of Sonora.

“He was singled out because he has a very public persona as a boxing world champion and is one of the most well-known figures in our party and he is accused of a crime and was put thru a very public process that was never brought to an end. He was never formally charged with any wrongdoing but it was a just a sham to bring shame and embarrassment to our party and our candidate Orlando “Siri” Salido,” said Jaime Moreno Berry of the Workers Party. Continue reading “Salido gets caught in the business side of politics”

By David Robinett at ringside

In the evening’s main event at Indio, California’s Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, 22-year old Filipino lightweight prospect “Ruthless” Romero Duno (17-1, 14 KOs) withstood a gutsy challenge from Mexican slugger Gilberto “Flaco” Gonzalez (27-5, 22 KOs) to earn a ten-round unanimous decision by scores of 97-93, 97-93, and 98-92.

Gonzalez, fighting for just the second time in the last two years, looked overmatched early, unable to contend with Duno’s classic Filipino style of attacking in and retreating quickly from multiple angles. At one point in the second round Gonzalez was literally spinning around after being punched, trying to locate his opponent. Duno continued to dominate until round six, when Gonzalez was able to draw Duno into a pitched toe-to-toe battle to start the round, with both fighters trading punches in the corner for nearly a minute. After that, Duno seemed to settle in to a more traditional attack, allowing the southpaw Gonzalez to set his feet and utilize his right jab and left hand. Although the fight was evenly contested over the last few rounds, Duno had built a large enough lead early to secure the comfortable margin of victory. Continue reading “Duno defeats Gonzalez by unanimous decision”

Oscar Mojica 118.2 vs. Elton Dharry 118.6
Ariel Lopez 119.8 vs. Rudolph Hedge 117.8
Nicholas Lavin 197.8 vs. Armin Mrkanovic 195.8
Marquis Moore 164.8 vs. Troy Artis 164.2
Tyryen Hamilton 140.1 vs. Paul Anthony 144.2

Venue: Club Amazura, Jamaica Queens, NY
Promoter: Uprising Promotions

By Héctor Villarreal

Amrit Herrera 110 vs Azael Villar 108.75
Jesus Arboleda 151.5 vs Edwin Gamboa 152
John Hibbert 140 vs Franklin Ruiz 133.5
Ernesto Marín 139.5 vs Kevin Rueda 139.75
Josue Cedeño 112 vs Henry Arrieta 112.25
Orlando Peñalba 115 vs Marcos Arrieta 115

Friday 9pm at Los Andes Mall, Panama.
Promoter G&V Etertainment

WBC Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell Jr. and unbeaten top contender Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they enter the ring May 19 live on SHOWTIME from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.

The battle between the 2008 U.S. Olympian Russell Jr. and the 2012 U.S. Olympian Diaz Jr. is part of a split-site SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast that will feature WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis Stevenson defending his title against two-division world champion Badou Jack in a main event from Toronto. Continue reading “Russell-Diaz Final Press Conference”

Adonis Stevenson and Badou Jack both predicted they would win the WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship by knockout as they were joined by all-time great Floyd Mayweather during the final press conference on Thursday.

Stevenson will make the ninth defense of his title against Jack in the biggest and most meaningful fight in the 175-pound division in 2018 from Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Saturday night.

Here is what the fighters had to say on Thursday from the Rec Room-Toronto Roundhouse:

ADONIS STEVENSON
“Badou, are you ready? You’ve never been hit; that’s the problem. When you get hit, it’s going to be different. I know you have trained very hard and are excited.

“Don’t blink! Because it’s only going to take one punch to knock him out. I am looking for the knockout. It’s 12 rounds and I just need one punch. Only one. That’s all I need. And as soon as it lands, I’m going to knock him out, and he will stay on the floor. Continue reading “Stevenson, Jack both promise KOs”

Junior lightweight contender Andrew ‘El Chango’ Cancio of Blythe, CA has signed an exclusive promotional agreement with Golden Boy Promotions. The multi-fight deal was announced today by his manager, Ray Chaparro. The 29-year-old Cancio, (18-4-2, 14 KO’s), is coming off a sensational knockout of top undefeated Kazak prospect Aidar Sharibayev for the vacant WBA Intercontinental Super Featherweight Title on April 12, 2018 at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California and live on Golden Boy on ESPN. Continue reading “Golden Boy inks Andrew Cancio”

By Mauricio Sulaiman
WBC President – Jose Sulaiman’s son

The WBC 56th Annual convention will take place in Kiev, capital city of Ukraine from September 30 through October 5 of this year. I traveled to meet with the local organization committee and to officially present the convention to the media.

The last time I was in this beautiful city was in 2004 when the WBC Board of Governors held a special meeting which is of high significance for the history of our organization, it was then when a terrible legal injustice was finalized and settled and the WBC became stronger than ever. Continue reading “The 12th Round: A Day With Mayor Vitali Klitschko”

By Bill Green

History will be made May 19th in several categories, when 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez (4-0, 3 KOs) faces Szilveszter “The Silent Assassin” Kanalas (14-7, 9 KOs) for the vacant IBA world flyweight title at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. Hernandez vs. Kanalas will air on PPV in the U.S. and on Super Channel in Canada.

The 12-rounder will be the first world championship boxing match ever held in the state of Kansas.

At the National Amateur boxing tournament on May 14th inside the Ralston Arena, located in Omaha, Nebraska, Fightnews.com® sat down with Nico. Continue reading “Nico Hernandez ready to make history”

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

IBF #11 welterweight “The New” Ray Robinson defeated WBO mandatory contender Terence Crawford in the amateur ranks ten years ago, and after sparring sessions with WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn, Ray gives the Australian an excellent chance to be victorious on June 9 in Las Vegas. The 32-year-old only arrived in the country on Wednesday night but went toe-to-toe with Horn in a 12 round sparring session on Thursday.

“Anyone can sit behind a desk and say someone is going to win,” Robinson told Grantlee Kieza. “No one really knows how Terence Crawford’s going to react when Jeff hits him. Continue reading “Robinson says Horn can defeat Crawford”