In an exciting war, undefeated Virgil Ortiz Jr. (14-0, 14 KOs) overwhelmed the more experienced Antonio Orozco (28-2, 17 KOs) in stopping the 31-year-old in the sixth round on Saturday night to win the WBA gold welterweight strap on DAZN at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Heavyweights Adam Kownacki and Chris Arreola went to war on Saturday night in a that smashed the CompuBox record for most punches landed.
In an exciting fight from start to finish,WBC light welterweight champion Jose Carlos Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs) used his powerful hooks to stop WBO 140 pound champion Maurice Hooker (26-1-3, 17 KOs) in the the sixth round in their much anticipated fight on DAZN at the College Park Center, Arlington.
In a harder than expected fight, Teofimo Lopez had to reach deep to defeat Masoyoshi Naktani by a 12 round unanimous decision in an IBF lightweight title eliminator on Friday night in a competitive bout at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
The big punching Daniel Dubois (12-0, 11 KOs) used his size and power to wear down and stop Nathan Gorman (16-1, 11 KOs) in the fifth round to claim the vacant British heavyweight title on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England.
IBF lightweight belt holder Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs) got off to a strong start in knocking Raymundo Beltran (36-9-1, 22 KOs) down twice in round one, and he went on to stop the 38-year-old in the eighth round on Friday night on Top Rank Boxing on ESPN at the Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, California.
Former WBC junior middleweight belt holder Jermell ‘Iron Man’ Charlo (32-1, 16 KOs) beat replacement opponent Jorge Cota (28-4, 25 KOs) by a third round knockout in a scheduled 12 round fight on Sunday night on FOX PBC Fight Night live on FOX and FOX Deportes at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
For the second time in a row, WBA World super flyweight champion Andrew “El Chango” Cancio (21-4-2, 16 KOs) proved to have too much for Alberto “Explosivo” Machado (21-2, 17 KOs) in stopping him in the third round on Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.
Tyson Fury did his job in beating Tom Schwarz by a second round knockout last Saturday night in a showcase fight for Top Rank at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
IBF World featherweight champion Josh Warrington (29-0, 6 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a close 12 round split decision win over the defensive-minded Kid Galahad (26-115 KOs) on Saturday night at the First Direct Arena, in Leeds, UK.