Oscar Valdez pulled a solid upset and may have landed the Knockout of the Year on Saturday night, walloping Miguel Berchelt at the end of the 10th round to complete a near-perfect performance and take the WBC 130-pound title. Lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez was on hand in the Top Rank “bubble” in Las Vegas, and
???? FIGHT UPDATE ???? Former world champion Robert Easter Jr. faces off against contender Ryan Martin in a 12-round super lightweight bout on Saturday, February 20, on Showtime. FIGHT NIGHT DETAILS ????: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-2-20-21 ***************************************************************************** (July 28, 2018) Mikey Garcia became the 10th lightweight champion to unify the division with a unanimous decision against Robert Easter
LAS VEGAS – Omar Rosario remains perfect as a pro and with visions of capturing Olympic Gold later this year. The unbeaten rookie from Caguas, Puerto Rico picked up his first knockout as a pro, halting Anaheim’s Uriel Villanueva in the second round of their ESPN+ televised opener Saturday evening at MGM Grand Conference Center
Posted on 02/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode Whatever new game plan Dillian Whyte planned on utilizing against Alexander Povetkin will apparently have to wait. According to promoter Eddie Hearn, the pair’s March 6th rematch has officially been pushed back to March 27th. News of the delay is frustrating to Whyte, but not something he hasn’t grown
6:45 PM ET Miguel Berchelt puts his WBC junior lightweight world title on the line against Oscar Valdez, a former featherweight titlist, in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN boxing card Saturday night at the MGM Conference Center in Las Vegas (ESPN and ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET with undercard fights at 6:45
News Josh Kelly makes bright start but David Avanesyan shows his class again, writes Roy Kelly from Wembley Arena DAVID AVANESYAN produced another ruthless display to retain his European welterweight title in devastating fashion with a sixth-round stoppage of Josh Kelly. The challenger touched down midway through the sixth round at the SSE Arena and
Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN (7 pm UK time on Sky Sports), David Avanesyan defends his European welterweight title against Josh Kelly in the Matchroom main event from London. We’ll have fight-by-fight results as they come in, plus live commentary and discussion in the comments section below. Avanesyan, 32, and Kelly,
Jovanie Santiago didn’t need to be the first opponent under consideration to next face Adrien Broner. All that matters is that he was the one to receive the final call. The unbeaten junior welterweight from Dorado, Puerto Rico steps well up in class to face Cincinnati’s Broner (33-4-1, 24KOs), a former four-division titlist who returns
Posted on 02/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode There’s a huge, almost laughable misconception taking place right now. For whatever reason, most of the boxing world is under the impression that Adrien Broner has ill-will towards former Jr welterweight belt holder Regis Prograis. Most of those thoughts stem from Prograis persistently calling for Broner to step into
6:36 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Oscar Valdez Jr. and Miguel Berchelt will have a lot to live up to when they step into the ring on Saturday at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, with Berchelt’s WBC junior lightweight title on the line (ESPN and ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET). Berchelt (37-1, 33 KOs)
Tonight on ESPN and streaming live on ESPN+, Miguel Berchelt defends his WBC junior lightweight world title against former featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez in the Top Rank Boxing main event. Coverage will start at 6:30 pm ET for the undercard prelim bouts on ESPN+, and then we’ll have live, round-by-round updates for the two main
Opinion Terry Dooley explores the idea of Schadenfreude (taking pleasure in the misfortune of others) and its place in boxing THE idea of Schadenfreude — taking pleasure in the misfortune of others — and its place in boxing has sporadically turned over and over in my mind ever since Audley Harrison, a former Olympian and
Oscar Valdez loved watching the Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales and the Rafael Marquez-Israel Vazquez fights. As a proud Mexican, the extremely competitive, entertaining nature of those unforgettable battles inspired him during Valdez’s ascent as an amateur fighter. Valdez realizes the proverbial bar those legends established is very high, but the former WBO featherweight champion gets
Posted on 02/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode It isn’t exactly easy finding someone who’s nearly seven feet tall and really knows how to fight. Being wrapped up in a global pandemic doesn’t help either. For heavyweight contender Otto Wallin, that is the precise predicament he found himself in. The heavyweight contender sat back in his palatial
???? FIGHT UPDATE ???? Four-Time World Champion and must-see attraction Adrien “The Problem” Broner will end his two-year hiatus from boxing when he faces Jovanie Santiago in a 12-round headlining super lightweight bout on Saturday, February 20, on Showtime. FIGHT NIGHT DETAILS ????: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-2-20-21 ***************************************************************************** (April 21, 2018) Four-division world champion Adrien Broner and two-division
Fairly often, Bob Arum will admit that he is prone to acting like a promoter and putting on a too-cheery face even if the circumstances would dictate otherwise if he didn’t have a dog in the hunt. I was thinking about that when I asked him Friday if he definitely expected an instant classic Saturday
News Mark Robinson Jordan Gill speaks to Roy Kelly ahead of his clash with seasoned world title challenger Cesar Juarez NEVER employ a Mexican as an opponent. That should have been a lesson learned over the last six months. Josh Warrington’s brutal first career defeat to Mauricio Lara’s hands of stone at Wembley followed on
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – It’s only fitting that Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez officially weigh in for their highly anticipated showdown on the anniversary of an all-time classic between two Mexican warriors before them. Both boxers made weight for Saturday’s long-awaited junior lightweight title fight, which takes Saturday evening at MGM Grand Conference Center in