Former eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao says he still hasn’t made an official decision yet whether he’ll use Freddie Roach as his trainer for his title challenge against WBA World welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse on July 14 in their fight in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Cristofer Rosales (27-3, 18 KOs) used his size advantage to stop a depleted looking previously unbeaten Daiga (Higa (15-1, 15 KOs) by a 9th round stoppage on Sunday night to win the vacant WBC flyweight title at the Arena Yokohama, in Yokohama, Japan.
Daniel Jacobs could wind up facing his former spearing partner Sergiy Derevyanchenko if the IBF elects to strip middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin of his title if he faces Vanes Martirosyan on May 5th.
IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin isn’t happy with the situation Saul Canelo Alvarez has left him in with him testing positive twice for clenbuterol and then pulling out of their May 5th fight.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has reportedly offered WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder $4 million plus U.S TV to face #1 WBC contender Dillian Whyte.
A 12th round knockdown by IBF junior middleweight champion Jarrett ‘Swift’ Hurd (22-0, 15 KOs) was the deciding factor in his 12 round split decision victory against a very tough WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy ‘The American Dream’ Lara (25-3-2, 14 KOs) on Saturday night in their fight on Showtime Boxing at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The badly shopworn James “Chunky” DeGale (24-2-1, 14 KOs) showed that he still has a little left of his old boxing skills in spoiling his way to a 12 round unanimous decision win over Caleb Truax (29-4-2, 18 KOs) on Saturday night to regain his IBF 168 lb.
Anthony Joshua wasn’t speculator tonight, but he got the win in defeating Joseph Parker by a 12 round unanimous decision in Cardiff, Wales.
David Price (22-5, 18 KOs) gave it his best shot tonight, but he wound up getting knocked out badly in the 5th round by former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (34-1, 24 KOs) in an entertaining fight on Saturday night on the undercard of the Anthony Joshua vs.
Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs) destroyed former WBA World heavyweight champion Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne (25-1, 22 KOs) in a 6th round knockout on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England.