In a card that was filled with knockout victories for the A-side fighters, #4 WBC lightweight ontender Devin Haney (22-0, 14 KOs) stopped Antonio Moran (24-4 17 KOs) by a highlight reel seventh round knockout on a Matchroom Boxing/DAZN card at the MGM National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bombder” Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) poleaxed mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs) scoring a beautiful highlight reel first round knockout on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
WBA/WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KOs) and his promoter Bob Arum seemed to get annoyed last Friday night when they were asked about potentially fighting the highly talented young Gervonta “Tank” Davis (21-0, 20 KOs) by the boxing media after Loma’s blowout fourth round knockout win over the hapless Anthony Crolla (34-7-3, 13 KOs) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Jermall Charlo (28-0, 21 KOs) is said to be defending his interim WBC middleweight title against Brandon Adams (21-2, 13 KOs) this summer on July 8 or July 15, but this is not a fight that the fans have a lot of interest in seeing.
Former IBF/WBA junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas is picking Mikey Garcia to defeat IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (24-0, 21 KOs) on Saturday night by using his “Mayweather intelligence” to beat him with brains rather than brawn or size.
The World Boxing Association yesterday ordered a March 12 purse bid for a fight between WBA World super flyweight champion Kal Yafai (25-0, 15 KOs) and #1 WBA contender Norberto Jimenez (29-8-4, 16 KOs).
Dillian Whyte believes he’s got a good chance to contend for the WBC heavyweight title in December against the winner of the May 18 fight between WBC belt holder Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.
Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller isn’t just planning on showing up to get a paycheck against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on June 1.
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is highly excited about his fighter IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) defending his titles in America against the fast talking Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York.