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Unheralded journeyman featherweight Josue “Chino” Veraza (19-8-2, 14 KOs) surprised former world title challenger Romulo Koasicha (25-7, 15 KOs) to claim the vacant WBO Latino title on Friday night at the Auditorio Blackberry in Mexico City.

Veraza dropped Koasicha with a left hook in round two and took the fight to Koasicha the entire night. At the end, Veraza won a ten round unanimous decision by scores of 99-90, 98-91, 99-90. During the postfight interview, Veraza was overcome by emotion after winning his first belt as a professional.
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In a clash of undefeated super lightweights, local favorite Ivan Baranchyk (15-0, 10 KOs) hammered out an eight round unanimous decision over Philadelphian Keenan Smith (11-1, 5 KOs) on Friday night at Buffalo Run Casino & Resort in Miami, Oklahoma. Baranchyk’s power made the difference. Scores were 80-71, 79-72, 78-73. Smith was deducted a point for holding in round five.

World-ranked middleweight Antoine Douglas (22-1-1, 16 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over late-replacement Juan De Angel (20-7, 18 KOs) in a bout for the NABA and WBC FECARBOX belts. Douglas finished De Angel with a body shot.

2016 United States Olympian Charles Conwell (4-0, 4 KOs), and his half-brother Isaiah Steen (9-0, 7 KOs) both scored KO wins. Jr middleweight Conwell stopped Rick Graham in two rounds, while Steen halted Travis Nero in one. Continue reading “Baranchyk tops Smith in battle of unbeatens”

By Miguel Maravilla at ringside

Golden Boy Promotions LA Fight Club returned to the Belasco Theater in downtown LA Friday night as Nicaraguan warrior Rene “Gemelo” Alvarado (25-8, 16 KOs) scored the upset over U.S debuting Roger Gutierrez (15-1-1, 12 KOs) of Venezuela on the Boxeo Estelar on Estrella TV main event.

Alvarado came out aggressive as Gutierrez started slow. In round two Alvarado was the busier getting inside on the stalking Gutierrez. Continuing to have his way Alvarado stepped up his attack as Gutierrez seemed overwhelmed. Gutierrez was cut above the right eye in the fifth as the cut was gushing out, Alvarado continued to attack. The Nicaraguan continued to batter his Venezuelan opponent as Gutierrez’s corner stopped the fight at 1:34. Continue reading “LA Fight Club: Alvarado stops Gutierrez”

Photos: Sumio Yamada

Miguel Berchelt 129.2 vs. Takashi Miura 129.2
(WBC super featherweight title)

Jezreel Corrales 129.6 vs. Robinson Castellanos 129.4
(WBA super featherweight title)

Joe Smith 174.6 vs. Sullivan Barrera 173.4
Mercito Gesta 134.2 vs. Martin Honorio 134.6
Ryan Garcia 131.6 vs. Mario Macias 132
Horacio Garcia 122.8 vs. Diuhl Olguin 123.4
Manny Robles 125.4 vs. Christian Esquivel 123.8
Jaime Arboleda 140.2 vs. Recky Dulay 135.4

Venue: Forum, Inglewood, CA
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: HBO

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By Przemek Garczarczyk

Omar Figueroa Jr. 146.4 vs. Robert Guerrero 146.6

Marcus Browne 174.8 vs. Seanie Monaghan 174.6

Artur Szpilka 225.6 vs. Adam Kownacki 242.2

Jamal James 146.2 vs. Jo Jo Dan 146.8
Brandon Figueroa 123.6 vs. Fatiou Fassinou 123
Eric Walker 153.8 vs. Patrick Day 153.4
Tommy Rainone 151.2 vs. Fidel Monterrosa 151.2
Vincenzo D’Angelo 165.8 vs. Dequan Burgos 165.4

Venue: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island, NY
Promoter: DiBella Entertainment
TV: FOX, FS1

London was the final stop in the four-city Mayweather-McGregor international press tour.

Floyd Mayweather: “You’re the student and I’m the teacher. On August 26, I’m going to take you to school.”

Conor McGregor: “In six weeks, I’m going to sleep this fool. And when I sleep him, I’m going to bounce his head off the canvas as well.”

Chris Eubank Jr. 167.25 vs Arthur Abraham 168
(IBO super middleweight title)
*Abraham had to drop nearly two pounds after weighing in heavy.

Lee Selby 125.4 vs. Jonathan Victor Barros 126
(IBF featherweight title)
Our sympathies to Lee Selby, who is fighting despite the passing of his mother a few days ago.

Venue: The SSE Arena, London
Promoter: Team Sauerland
TV: PPV

By Gary “Digital” Williams at ringside
Photos: Mike Greenhill

Brooklyn, MD super middleweight Jessie “The Beast” Nicklow stopped Chauncey “Grimm” Fields of Lynchburg, VA after seven rounds of competition in the main event of the Baltimore Pro Boxing card at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD.

Nicklow repeatedly walked the larger Fields down throughout the contest and broke him down with solid punches inside. Nicklow was able to repeatedly land right and left uppercuts and body punches that negated any offense Fields tried to muster. At the end of the seventh round, the ringside physicians signaled that the bout should be stopped. Continue reading “Nicklow scores 7th round stoppage in Glen Burnie”

By Miguel Maravilla

WBC super featherweight champion Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt (31-1, 28 KOs) of Mexico and former world champion number one contender Takashi Miura (31-3-2, 24 KOs) of Japan, held the final press conference Thursday afternoon at The ‘Fabulous’ Forum in Inglewood, California ahead of their Saturday, July 15 clash live on HBO Boxing After Dark.

“I am happy to be fighting for the third time in the U.S., second time headlining on HBO. I come well prepared, I know I am facing a former world champion,” Miguel Berchelt said. “Miura is a kamikaze warrior with everything. I respect him tremendously. I will give my Mexican people a win take back the victory to Mexico.”

“The champ is a tough great fighter. I will take this title back and I am ready to put on a good fight.” Takashi Miura said. Continue reading “Berchelt-Miura Final Press Conference”

Mexico City native Josue Veraza (18-8-2, 14 KOs) will make his Telemundo debut tonight at the Auditorio Blackberry in Mexico City. His opponent will be countryman and former world title challenger Romulo Koasicha (25-6, 15 KOs). The pair will continue on to what has been an explosive Telemundo summer series so far. The vacant WBO Latino featherweight title will be at stake.

Veraza is well aware of Koasicha and his world title experience, but he’s entering the ring well prepared with a pro home crowd supporting him. Continue reading “Veraza ready for Telemundo debut tonight”

Report, photos by Joe Koizumi

IBF 105-poud champion Jose Argumedo (20-3-1, 12 KOs), from Mexico, arrived in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday to defend his belt against unbeaten Japanese prospect Hiroto Kyoguchi (7-0, 6 KOs) on July 23. Argumedo previously dethroned veteran titlist Katsunari Takayama via technical decision here in 2015, and successfully kept it three times since.

The Mexican champ, 28, accompanied by his trainer Lorenzo Mu Bermudez under Canelo Promotions, said at the airport, saying “I’m in good shape and will keep my belt and bring it back to Mexico. I know Kyoguchi is a young upcoming boxer, but I am more experienced and will utilize my experience to defeat him.” Continue reading “IBF 105lb champ Argumedo hits Japan”

Romulo Koasicha 125 vs. Josue Veraza 126
Daniel Garcia 111 vs. Joshua Martinez 113
Luis Alberto Huilot 143 vs. Rodrigo Gonzalez 140
Mario Alberto Garcia 159 vs. Ulises Banda 160
Manuel Avila 117 vs. Christian Luna 116
Lazaro Faustino 152 vs. Kevin Salgado 154

Venue: Auditorio Blackberry, Mexico City
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com.mx
TV: Telemundo Network 11:35 PM
First fight: 8:00 PM
Promoter: Tuto Zabala, Jr., All Star Boxing, Inc in association with Producciones Deportivas

Roger Gutierrez 129.4 vs. Rene Alvarado 130
Edgar Valerio 125.6 vs. Jairo Ochoa 126
Jaime Arboleda 129.2 vs. Recky Dulay 130
Cristobal Ortiz 137 vs. Ronald Rodriguez 135.6
Joshua Franco 117.4 vs. Antonio Rodriguez 117.6
Meiirim Nursultanov 161.6 vs. Lanny Dardar 160.6

Venue: Belasco Theater, Los Angeles
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: Estrella TV

Keenan Smith 140 vs. Ivan Baranchyk 140
Kenneth Sims Jr. 139.5 vs. Roland Chinea 139.5
Glenn Dezurn 121.5 vs. Adam Lopez 121.75
Joshua Greer 117.5 vs. Leroy Davila 117

Venue: Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma
Promoter: GH3 Promotions, Tony Holden Productions
TV: Showtime

Profanity Warning: The f-bomb fest known as the Mayweather-McGregor press tour made its way to Brooklyn on Thursday. This time, Floyd made it “rain” by throwing bills into the air.

McGregor: They’re all fucking ones. Where’s the real money at?
Mayweather: That’s all you’re worth.

Mayweather: This ain’t shit but a circus clown. And a pussy. I ain’t never quit. And never will….He’s a con artist. He’s a quitter. Real fighters don’t quit. You fucking eejit.
McGregor: Fuck you.
Mayweather: You fucking eejit.
McGregor: Fuck you and your high heels.
Mayweather: You fucking eejit.
McGregor: Get them high heels off you little fucking squirt.
Mayweather: You fucking eejit. You fucking circus clown. You ho. You stripper. You bitch. I run this show. This is my ho. And I threw one dollar bills on this bitch. That’s a $3 million fighter against an $800 million fighter. I ain’t running nowhere but to the bank!

Undefeated featherweight prospect Tramaine “The Mighty Midget” Williams will headline the “KO Night Boxing: Rumble on the Water 2” card, on July 29, to air on CBS Sports Network, live from The Queen Mary’s outdoor venue in Long Beach, California. Williams (11-0, 4 KOs) faces Angel “El Gato” Luna (12-3-1, 7 KOs) in the 10-round main event. Undefeated Brooklyn light heavyweight prospect Junior “The Young God” Younan (12-0, 9 KOs), will face an opponent to be determined in the eight-round co-featured event.

“KO Night Boxing: Rumble on the Water 2” is promoted by Roy Englebrecht Promotions, in association with KO Night Boxing LLC and Roc Nation Sports.

“The Hawaiian Punch” Brian Viloria (37-5-0, 22 KOs) has been added to the outstanding “Superfly” event set for Saturday, September 9 at The StubHub Center in Carson, California it was announced today by Tom Loeffler, Managing Director of K2 Promotions.

A four-time champion in two weight divisions, Viloria’s eight round super flyweight fight will highlight the off-TV undercard portion of the event with an opponent to be announced shortly.

Current WBC super featherweight champion Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt (31-1, 28 KOs) and his challenger Takashi Miura (31-3-2, 24 KOs) hosted a Los Angeles media workout at City of Angels Gym ahead of their HBO-televised fight Saturday at the “Fabulous” Forum.

Miguel Berchelt: “I consider myself a world champion, and fighting Takashi Miura is a way to prove that I am the best in my class…I was able to get through Francisco Vargas, so I know that I can take on Miura.”

Takashi Miura: “I have more heart than Berchelt. I want this more than I want anything. I am expecting a war because I know he won’t want to give up his belt that easy. But I want it back.” Continue reading “Berchelt, Miura ready for HBO showdown”

The World Boxing Association and the International Association of Sports Journalists (AIPS in Italian) signed an important agreement to work together during this 2017 and in the coming days will extend this union until 2018. The pact was held on Wednesday, July 12th, during the 24th AIPS America Congress, that took place in Cali, Colombia.

The intention of this union is to strengthen sports journalism, especially Boxing. For this reason, the press will have greater access to information and, in the different events that the AIPS performs, especially AIPS America, boxing forums will be held for sports journalists to understand how professional boxing works. Continue reading “WBA and AIPS seal important alliance”

By Gary “Digital” Williams

Jessie Nicklow 165.4 vs. Chauncey Fields 174
Donald Wallace 166 vs. Zarifbek Nishanbaev 164.4
Drayvontay Rawls 136.2 vs. Dion Richardson 139.4
Ernest Hall 126.6 vs. Tyrone Wright 128.2

Venue: Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD
Promoter: Baltimore Pro Boxing

Former world title challenger Romulo Koasicha (25-6, 15 KOs) of Mexico will return to the Telemundo airwaves this Friday. His opponent will be countryman Josue Veraza (18-8-2, 14 KOs). The site will be the Auditorio Blackberry in Mexico City, Mexico. The 10 round main event will continue the Telemundo Summer series.

The two will do battle for the vacant WBO Latino featherweight title. Koaischa is hungry for another world title opportunity Like the one he had vs Vasyl Lomachenko in 2015 but knows he cannot look past the equally as hungry Veraza. Continue reading “Koasicha returns on Telemundo Friday”

By David Finger

It goes without saying that Mexico is a nation of boxing fans, and in the next four weeks those boxing fans in Northern Mexico will have more than their share of exciting fights coming up. The busy month of boxing starts off this weekend in Ciudad Juarez on Friday (July 14) as six professional fights will be featured at the Hotel El Paseo on Salon Alameda. Continue reading “Northern Mexico Update”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Australian boxing writer Grantlee Kieza will be inducted into the Queensland (State) Boxing Hall Of Fame on Sunday for 37 years of service to boxing.

Continue reading “Kieza set for QBHOF induction”

By Miguel Maravilla

Two-division world champion and WBO super featherweight champion Ukraine’s Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) and two-time world title challenger Miguel “Escorpión” Marriaga ( 25-2, 21 KOs) of Columbia held a press conference Wednesday at the the newly designed Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to announce their August 5th fight at the Microsoft Theater at LA Live in Los Angeles live on ESPN.

“We will bring back boxing to mainstream. Lomachenko-Marriaga will bring tremendous action August 5th all over the world and we at Top Rank are glad to be bringing this event to you,” Hall of Fame Promoter Bob Arum said.

“I am ready to get back in the ring to fight Marriaga and I am ready to fight. I think many around the world will get the chance to see Vasyl Lomachenko. I am ready to show that I am the best in boxing,” Lomachenko stated.

“For me, it’s a great opportunity vs. a great fighter like Lomachenko. We are here coming to fight,” Marriaga commented. Continue reading “Lomachenko-Marriaga Press Conference”

ALA Promotions announced the Melindo-Budler world title fight earlier today at a press conference held in Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. Melindo, who recently won the IBF Light Flyweight title from a stunning 1st round TKO over Japanese Akira Yaegashi is scheduled to face Budler in Cebu City, Philippines on Sept. 16.

Below are some key quotes from the Press Conference and team Budler, which was sent to ALA Promotions:

Milan “El Metodico” Melindo (IBF Light Flyweight champion): “I feel no pressure for this fight. No matter how many fights he’s had, he’s never fought anyone like me. I want to advise him not to put his guard down, because then I might give him the first KO defeat of his career. I already fought some of the best world champions in the world, including Juan Francisco Estrada, so he (Budler) is no threat to me. I have a lot of confidence because God is with me. We’re gonna fight in my territory, where I will run the show and I promise an impressive win.” Continue reading “Melindo-Budler for IBF 108lb title Sept 16”