Otabek Kholmatov, Raymond Ford, Luis Alberto Lopez and Reiya Abe all successfully weighed on Friday in for their featherweight doubleheader this Saturday, March 2nd at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
Jermell Charlo will be stripped of his WBA title and given the ‘Champion in Recess’ tag by the sanctioning body. With Jermell being stripped, the former undisputed 154-lb champion is down to just his WBC belt, and who knows how long he’ll hold onto that last remaining belt?
The press conferences kicking off the Haney vs. Garcia saga take center stage in the City of Angels, landing on February 29 at the iconic AVALON Hollywood, with the curtain rising at 1:00 PT, or 9:00 p.m.
Edgar Berlanga and Padraig McCrory weighed 167.8 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in today for their super middleweight 12-round headliner this Saturday night, live on DAZN Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
David Benavidez will fight former WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozyk for the interim and mandatory position at 175 in June.
Jermall Charlo is still believed to be the one that Canelo Alvarez faces next on May 4th on PPV. Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KOs) tipped his hand last week when he revealed that his next opponent would be an American, and it wouldn’t be David Benavidez or Terence Crawford.
Eddie Hearn warns that the careers will be on the line for the Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall rematch on April 27th live on DAZN at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England.
Paulie Malignaggi came out guns blazing this week, blasting Canelo Alvarez for what he suspects will be a cherry-pick opponent on May 4th when he fights on PPV against a still-to-be-determined opponent.
Former IBF super featherweight champion Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz Jr. (33-5-1, 15 KOs) suffered a disappointing ten-round split decision against veteran Jesus ‘Ricky’ Perez (25-5, 18 KOs) on Thursday night on a Golden Boy promoted card on DAZN at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
Oscar De La Hoya came out firing today, reacting to Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero’s venomous remarks about DAZN, him, and Ryan Garcia about the offer that he was given.