Valdez Repeats Victory against Lopez: After more than one year of inactivity, Oscar Valdez made a successful ring return with a 10-round unanimous decision win in a rematch against Adam Lopez.
Devin Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) did just enough to retain his undisputed lightweight championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over Vasily Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) on Saturday night in the main event on ESPN PPV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Showtime and ESPN main event bouts tonight are less than desirable if we are being honest. Rollie Romero had no business getting a title shot against Alberto Puello in the first place.
The summer of 2021 has been an odd and vaguely frustrating time of year for boxing fans. When the season began, we expected to be able to watch Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder complete their trilogy and then to watch Errol Spence Jr.
It ended in a flash, and once again, Terence “Bud” Crawford let his fists do the talking. Crawford successfully defended his WBO welterweight world title with a fourth-round TKO Saturday evening over former welterweight world champion Kell Brook.
Terence Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) removed all doubt who the better man was tonight in destroying Kell Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) by a fourth-round knockout to hold onto his WBO welterweight title on Saturday night on ESPN in ‘The Bubble’ at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Crawford-Brook and Joshua Franco-Andrew Moloney 2 to headline ESPN telecast starting at 10 p.m. ET – Undercard Fights on ESPN+ at 7:30 p.m.
The pound-for-pound king, WBO welterweight world champion Terence Crawford, renewed acquaintances with Kell Brook Wednesday afternoon, nearly nine months after they had a brief conversation at the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury 2 weigh-in inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The pound-for-pound king, Terence “Bud” Crawford, is set to return to his throne. Crawford will defend his WBO welterweight world title against former welterweight world champion Kell Brook on Saturday evening from the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble.
According to the oddsmakers, it was an upset, but Joshua Franco (17-1-2, 8 KOs) was not surprised. Franco defeated Andrew Moloney via unanimous decision to win the WBA super flyweight world title Tuesday evening by scores of 115-112 and 114-113 2x.