Arum targeting Edgar Berlanga vs. Canelo Alvarez
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum targets a future fight between his young knockout phenom Edgar Berlanga against Canelo Alvarez at 168.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum targets a future fight between his young knockout phenom Edgar Berlanga against Canelo Alvarez at 168.
Unbeaten power-puncher Edgar Berlanga did it again at the weekend. Fighting on Shakur Stevenson’s undercard in Las Vegas, the 23-year-old super-middleweight from Puerto Rico scored yet another first-round KO win; this his 16th in a row.
The sensational Shakur Stevenson played the role of the headliner and shined. Stevenson, the former featherweight world champion, secured a 10-round unanimous decision over veteran Toka Kahn Clary in the junior lightweight main event Saturday from the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble.
Shakur Stevenson (15-0, 8 KOs) got some good work in on Saturday night in beating second-tier fighter Toka Kahn Clary (28-3, 19 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision in a stay busy fight in ‘The Bubble’ at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada
Stevenson did what he wanted tonight in hitting Kahn Clary at will with shots and getting out of the way of his return first.
Former WBO featherweight champ Shakur Stevenson and his opponent for Saturday Toka Kahn Clary weighed in successfully on Friday afternoon for their fight this Saturday night in ‘The Bubble’ at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Shakur Stevenson, former featherweight world champion, is ready to add a second world title to his trophy case. First, he must get past Toka Kahn Clary in Saturday’s 10-round junior lightweight main event from the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble.
Shakur Stevenson (14-0, 8 KOs) is ready for his 10-round fight this Saturday, December 12th on ESPN against Toka Kahn Clary (28-2, 19 KOs) in ‘The Bubble’ at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Fighters competing on Saturday’s undercard headlined by the lightweight unification bout featuring WBC Franchise/WBO/WBA champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and IBF kingpin Teofimo Lopez met the media Tuesday for a Zoom press conference.
The most anticipated fight of the fall — the Oct. 17 lightweight unification showdown between WBC Franchise/WBA/WBO world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko and IBF kingpin Teofimo Lopez from the MGM Grand Las Vegas “Bubble”— now has a two-course televised appetizer befitting the occasion.
When doomed 130/135 pound terror Edwin Valero was making his incredible run of a quite amazing 18 straight wins, all coming via first-round KO, fans wondered how far Valero could go.