WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson will be defending his strap against unbeaten interim champion William Zepeda on July 12th in New York City.
Jake Paul will be fighting former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. next summer. This isn’t the big fight that the YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake (11-7 KOs) has been targeting recently, but it’s another notable ex-world champion who creates some interest with fans.
Lightweight contender Abdullah Mason (18-0, 16 KOs) faces the hard-hitting Jeremia Nakathilia (26-4, 21 KOs) in a 10-round chief support bout on the undercard of WBO 135-lb champion Keyshawn Davis’ defense against Edwin De Los Santos on ESPN at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis is not only pound-for-pound #1 worthy but also a bona fide “star” after shining for the first time in three fights since signing with Matchroom a year ago.
Devin Haney’s father, Bill Haney, says they’re using Jose Ramirez as preparation on May 2nd for the rematch with Ryan Garcia in October.
Top Rank will announce WBO lightweight champion Keyshawn Davis’s next fight this Friday, April 18th, for June 7th at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez says challenger Arnold Barboza Jr. is going to “walk into something” on May 2nd in their undercard fight on the Fatal Fury card, live on DAZN PPV at Times Square in New York City.
Canelo Alvarez departed today for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for his fight against William Scull, live on DAZN on May 3rd.
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Promoter Eddie Hearn was sky-high after his fighter IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ sixth round TKO victory over Eimantas Stanionis last Saturday night in Atlantic City.
IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) had too much for previously unbeaten WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis (15-1, 9 KOs), defeating him by a sixth round TKO in a two-belt unification on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in New Jersey.