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Jorge Linares 134.2 vs. Luke Campbell 134.8
(WBA lightweight title)

The co-featured clash between super lightweights Antonio Orozco and Roberto Ortiz was cancelled when both Orozco and Ortiz were very overweight. Ortiz was 2.5 pounds heavy. Word is Orozco was a whopping 7 pounds over the limit. Looks like WBO #1 rated Orozco ate himself out of major exposure on HBO.

Other Weights:
Romero Duno 134 vs. Juan Sanchez 133.6
Azat Hovhannisyan 122 vs. Sergio Frias 120.6
Abraham Lopez 127.8 vs. Isao Carranza 126.8
Rafael Gramajo 120.8 vs. Pedro Melo 121.2

Venue: The Forum, Inglewood, CAlif
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: HBO

Jose Roman 138 vs. Wilberth Lopez 140.5
Ruben Villa 127 vs. Ernesto Guerrero 126.5
Juan Ruiz 148.5 vs. Erick Martinez 149
Michael Dutchover 133 vs. Carlos Flores 131
Ruben Torres 134.5 vs. Ernest Knight 135

Promoter: Thompson Boxing Promotions
Venue: Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California

Joseph Parker 245 vs. Hughie Fury 234
(WBO heavyweight championship)

Josh Wale 117 vs. Don Broadhurst 118
Jimmy Kilrain Kelly 154 vs. Stiliyan Kostov 153
Joe Murray 137 vs. Matty Fagan 136
Shayne Singleton 153 vs. Peter McDonagh 154

Venue: Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Promoter: Hennessey Sports
TV: PPV

By TSZSports.com

Could you imagine having $600 MILLION in uncashed checks lying around the house? Floyd Mayweather says that’s exactly the case with him … telling TMZ Sports he still has NOT cashed his massive checks from the Manny Pacquiao and the Conor McGregor fights.

Mayweather was leaving Tao in L.A. with his entourage Thursday night when he talked about everything from his health to his wealth. Oh, and to prove he’s serious about his fight checks … Floyd says he plans to post ’em on social media later today. He reportedly made around $300 mil per fight.

Stay tuned …

Dozens of buildings have collapsed and many more were severely damaged in the deadly 7.1 earthquake that rocked Mexico City Tuesday. WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman stated via social media that “the WBC office uses for press conferences is damaged and most likely will never be functional again. Thank God everyone is safe.”

He further wrote on the WBC website, “The WBC original offices, which have been rented since 1978, will no longer be available, as it is imminent that the building will have to be torn down. So many special moments happened there and only memories will live from such headquarters. An important chapter of the WBC history will be closed.” Continue reading “WBC Headquarters were destroyed in quake”

Story by John DiSanto – PhillyBoxingHistory.com
Photos by Darryl Cobb Jr. – dcobbjr.com

Number one WBO super middleweight contender Jesse Hart, 22-0, 18 KOs, finally gets his shot at a world title after a lifetime of preparation, enormous expectations, and two generations of familial waiting. Hart, the son of Philly middleweight legend, Cyclone Hart, faces WBO champion Gilberto Ramirez, 35-0, 24 KOs, Friday night, in Arizona at the Tucson Convention Center, live on ESPN.

Even before Hart’s father brought him to a boxing gym, with a mission to turn the boy into an Olympic and professional boxing champion, high hopes have always surrounded Jesse Hart. He was a celebrated amateur whose sure-fire streak toward a Gold Medal at the London Olympics in 2012, was aborted by a pair of bad decisions in two different divisions which ended his Olympic dream at the box-offs level. Continue reading “Hart fights for title and family legacy”

By Miguel Maravilla

WBA lightweight world champion Jorge Linares (42-3, 27 KOs), of Venezuela, and his challenger WBC number one rated contender Luke Campbell (17-1, 14 KOs), of England, held the final press conference Thursday afternoon at the Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel for their championship fight taking place this Saturday at the Forum in Inglewood, California live on HBO World Championship Boxing. Here is what the fighters had to say two days away from their bout.

“I’m excited. I feel good and ready for this fight. I will see you all on Saturday,” Linares said.

“I had a great camp. It’s a great challenge. A challenge I’m up for. It’s going to be a great fight and I am ready for this challenge,” Luke Campbell stated with his fans on hand rooting him on. Continue reading “Linares-Campbell Final Press Conference”

By Héctor Villarreal

In a very competitive fight, Panamanian superfeather Ricardo “El Científico” Nuñez (18-2, 16 KOs), ranked 6th by WBA, had to go to the distance for only the second time in his career to conquer the WBC Latin American Championship by unanimous decision over Venezuelan Jesus “Shotgun” Cuadro (11-2, 7 KOs).

Cuadro dropped Nuñez on round 4 but referee Hector Afu didn´t rule it a knockdown. The local fighter stumbled again in the fifth round before sending Cuadro to the canvas for the first official knockdown of the fight scheduled for eight, which headed the “Homenaje al Maestro” card presented by Promociones y Eventos del Istmo at Fantastic Casino in Albrook, Panama City, to honor the late journalist Felix Piñango. All 3 judges, Jesus Aleman (77-74), Bolivar Arauz (78-73) and Fernando Murray (76-75) scored the fight in favor of Nuñez.

2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez returns to the ring this Saturday night for his third professional fight, headlining “KO Night Boxing: Step Up!”, at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas. Hernandez (2-0, 2 KOs), fighting out of Wichita, has a new opponent in the six-round main event, Kyrgyzstan flyweight Basyzbek Baratov (2-1-2).

Also a pair of undefeated Roc Nation Sports fighters, New Haven (CT) featherweight Tramaine “The Mighty Midget” Williams (12-0, 5 KOs) and Chinese heavyweight Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang (17-0, 13 KOs), will be showcased. USBA No. 2-rated Williams faces Derrick Murray (13-2 (5 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature. Zhang meets veteran Byron “The Bear” Polley (30-21-1, 13 KOs) in a 10-round bout. Continue reading “Nico Hernandez returns Saturday”

By Ricardo Ibarra

Undefeated cruiserweight Mike “White Delight” Wilson (17-0, 8 KOs) will look for his eighteenth consecutive win on Saturday night at the Jackson County Expo in his hometown of Central Point, Oregon, taking on Kentucky’s Melvin Russell (10-2-2, 6 KOs). Fighting in main event of the eighth ‘Rogue Valley Rumble’ card organized by White Delight Promotions, Wilson will face Russell in a scheduled ten rounder, headlining at home for the eighth time in two years. Continue reading “Wilson faces Russell Saturday in Oregon”

Two-time female world champion Keliesha “Wild Wild” West – after a three year absence – returns to the ring this Saturday in the main event of “World Fighting Championship 79” at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage. Featherweight Ryan Caballero, brother of former world champion Randy Caballero, and local fan favorite featherweight Javier Padilla will also be in action. Continue reading “West returns after three years”

On October 14, heavyweight Werner Kreiskott (24-19-2, 17 KOs) enters the ring for the very last time, win or lose, in a defense of his WBF International belt at the Unihalle in Wuppertal, Germany. The 38-year-old Kreiskott is a real turnaround story going 12-0-1 with 8 KOs over the last five years after starting his 12-19-1. He is planning to stay in boxing as a promoter after he hangs up the gloves. The opponent is TBA.

By Kurt Wolfheimer at the scale

Joey Dawejko 239 vs. Demetrius Banks 207.4
Branden Pizarro 136.8 vs. Tyrone Luckey 137
Samuel Teah 140 vs. Istvan Dernanecz 134.6
Raymond Serrano 149.3 vs. Zack Ramsey 148.2
David Murray 176 vs. Attila Koros 174
Devin Haney 137.9 vs. Enrique Tinoco 136.3
Jeremy Cuevas 137.2 vs. Justin Savi 137.4
Angel Pizarro 122.6 vs. Joseph Cole 122.9
Ernesto Almodover 114.5 vs. Trevor Ballinger 118.5

Promoter: Hard Hitting Promotions
Venue: Sugar House Casino

Courtesy Jim Jenkins, Sacramento Bee

Ryan Bourland 187 vs. Alfredo Contreras 188 (main event)
Malikai Johnson 126 vs. Tyrone Willis 127
Marco Delgado 175 vs. Aaron Hamilton 172
Arnold Duarte 170 vs. Nathan Sharp 173
Ruben Torres 151 vs. Cesar Lomeli 153.5
Tyler Marshall 129 vs. Manuel Munoz 128
Alexis Angels 121.5 vs. Jose Vargas 122

Date: Friday, Sept. 22.
Venue: Sacramento DoubleTree Hotel.
Promoter: Nasser Niavaroni, Uppercut Promotions

Gilberto Ramirez 167.8 vs. Jesse Hart 167.7
(WBO super middleweight world title)

Oscar Valdez 125.8 vs. Genesis Servania 125.4
(WBO featherweight world title)

Egidijus Kavaliauskas 146.4 vs. Mahonry Montes 146.6
Lenny Zappavigna 147 vs. Fidel Monterrosa 145.4
Michael Conlan 126.6 vs. Kenny Guzman 125
Fazliddin Gaibnazarov 138.2 vs. Victor Rosas 137
Robson Conceicao 129.8 vs. Carlos Osorio 129.4
Mikaela Mayer 131.8 vs. Allison Martinez 131.8

Venue: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona
Promoter: Top Rank
TV: ESPN

Gabriel “King” Rosado (23-11, 13 KOs) and Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-4, 15 KOs) are set to collide in a battle between two experienced middleweights in the 10-round main event of the October 19 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

In the co-main event scheduled for 10 rounds, Alejandro “El Elegido” Barrera (27-3, 17 KOs), of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, will take on KeAndre “The Truth” Gibson (17-1-1, 7 KOs) in a welterweight fight.

Showtime Sports has announced that they will “close out” a banner year of world-class boxing with back-to-back Saturdays featuring heavyweight world championship fights. Looks like there will be no more boxing on Showtime in 2017 past November 4.

The fights are the October 28 WBA/IBF heavyweight title clash between Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, followed by the November 4 collision between WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder and undefeated contender Luis Ortiz from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

33-year-old WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (32-0, 16 KOs) has announced that he is retiring from boxing. A statement on his website reads, “I want to be clear – I am leaving because my body can no longer put up with the rigors of the sport and therefore my desire to fight is no longer there. If I cannot give my family, my team, and the fans everything that I have, then I should no longer be fighting.”

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ✌🏽https://t.co/FTBBwubLsd pic.twitter.com/dtQppu8pAZ

— Andre S.O.G. Ward (@andreward) September 21, 2017

Continue reading “Andre Ward Suddenly Retires”

Lightweight knockout artist Christian “Chimpa” Gonzalez (17-1, 15 KOs) will seek to confirm that he is one of the brightest prospects of the exclusive Golden Boy stable when he headlines LA FIGHT CLUB for an unprecedented third time against a soon-to-be announced opponent in a scheduled eight-round main event on the Oct. 6 edition of Estrella TV’s Boxeo Estelar. Though suffering defeat against Golden Boy lightweight prospect Romero Duno in March 2017, Gonzalez quickly bounced back in August with a third-round knockout victory against Daniel Perales.

In the co-main event, hard-hitting prospect Edgar “Kid Neza” Valerio (11-0, 6 KOs) will return in his second fight scheduled for eight rounds in the featherweight division.

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

Future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao could be facing WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn early next year according to his trainer Freddie Roach, and that would probably Manny’s last fight.

“I do want him to take the rematch with Jeff Horn,” Roach told Sky Sports. “That would be, I think, the best fight for him at this point and it looks like that might happen next year, early next year.” “We’ve got other offers to fight Crawford and some other guys. He’s close to the end yes, but he’s not finished yet though.

Photo: Team Sauerland

Danish amateur star Kem Ljungquist has joined Team Sauerland. The 27 year-old heavyweight has signed professional terms with Europe’s leading boxing stable.

Ljungquist is a former three-time national champion and two-time Nordic Champion, who has represented Denmark at both the World and European Amateur Championships.

Having opted to join the paid ranks, the 195cm Dane says he is looking forward to starting his professional journey and has already set his sights on World domination.

‘’I’m very happy to have signed with Team Sauerland,’’ he said. ‘’I think the time is right for me, and I’m very proud to have got a contract with Europe’s largest boxing promoter. Continue reading “Ljungquist inks with Team Sauerland”

WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez, WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, #1 super middleweight contender Jesse Hart, and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum participated in a teleconference with reporters to talk about their ESPN-televised fights Friday night in Tucson. Continue reading “Valdez, Ramirez, Hart teleconference transcript”

By Alex Nuñez
Photos: Lester Silva

WBA lightweight champion and WBC diamond champion Jorge “The Golden Boy” Linares (42-3, 27 KOs) talks about his fight against British challenger Luke Campbell (17-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday at The Forum, in Inglewood, California, which will be broadcast live on HBO. Linares, a three-division champion, originally from Barinas, Venezuela, has fought in Japan and the United Kingdom.

However, he will fight in the United States for the first time in three years, his last fight was six months ago with his second victory over British Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla in his hometown of Manchester, England. Continue reading “Interview: Jorge Linares”

Fightnews.com® salutes our International Editor Gabriel F. Cordero, who has been risking his own life to help others after the deadly 7.1 earthquake that hit Mexico City on Tuesday. He spent all night trying to rescue people who are trapped under a collapsed apartment building located on Amsterdam Street in Mexico City.

“While most the time we are covering the heroes in the ring, sometimes we have to acknowledge heroic deeds outside the ring,” said Fightnews.com® Editor-In-Chief Karl Freitag. “Knowing Gabriel like we do, it’s no surprise that he’s putting others first. He’s one of the really good people in boxing.”

Over the weekend in Miami, two-time Kazakhstani Olympic Super Heavyweight Bronze Medallist Ivan Dychko joined a group of fighters and management of The Heavyweight Factory Gym who spent two days in the baking heat to serve thousands of free meals to victims of Hurricane Irma.

Donated by Heavyweight Factory Founder, Kris Lawrence, the group served over 2500 pieces of chicken, 1000 sausages, 800 racks of ribs, as well as baked beans and potato salad, to a hungry community still feeling the effects of the devastating hurricane. The 6’ 9” Dychko will make his professional debut on September 28 in Kentucky.