#3-ranked contender Erickson Lubin says he’s ready to challenge IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) next. Lubin states that he was supposed to have fought Murtazaliev, but the negotiations didn’t work out.
Tim Tszyu will return to the ring for an IBF Junior middleweight title eliminator on Saturday, September 21 [Sept 22 in Australia].
Erickson Lubin chalked up a unanimous decision against the tough and unbeaten Jesus Ramos Jr. It was a 12-round war that left many shaking their heads and questioning the verdict with the scorecards reading 117-111, 116-112, and 115-113, all favoring Lubin.
Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) totally dominated his over-matched challenger Jermell Charlo (35-2-1,19 KOs), beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision in a fight that was never competitive from the start on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Hall of Fame boxing broadcaster, who has announced over 150 major pay-per-view telecasts in his career, says the undercard for the upcoming Canelo Alvarez-Jermell Charlo 168 pound title match is “perhaps the best of any I’ve done.
Junior middleweight contender Jesus Ramos Jr. will be looking to make a statement against Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin in their twelve round chief support bout on the Canelo Alvarez vs.
Erickson Lubin says Canelo Alvarez will “dominate” Jermell Charlo if the “old” version of the Mexican star shows up on September 30th for the title defense of his undisputed super middleweight championship on Showtime PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo Showtime PPV undercard was announced today for their September 30th event. There are several excellent A-side fighters in showcase fights on the pay-per-view portion undercard at the T-Mobile Arena
The gem of the undercard is a match between unbeaten junior middleweight contender Jesus Ramos (20-0, 16 KOs) fighting Erickson ‘The Hammer’ Lubin in a twelve round co-feature bout.
Carlos Adames held onto his Interim WBC Middleweight Title after a ninth-round knockout of the courageous ex-unified world champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams.
Former IBF/WBA junior middleweight champion Julin ‘J-Rock’ Williams and WBC interim 160-lb champ Carlos Adames both weighed in successfully on Friday at the weigh-in for their main event contest on Showtime at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.