Carl Frampton (28-2, 16 KOs) picked up his second win at super featherweight in stopping Darren Traynor (16-4, 7 KOs) in the seventh round in a body-punching clinic on Saturday night at the BT Sport Studios in London.
Featherweight Michael “Mick” Conlan, in his final bout before a planned move to junior featherweight, knocked out Sofiane Takoucht in the 10th round.
Closed-door event will take place in London (ESPN, 4 p.m. ET) – Undercard bouts to stream live on ESPN+ (2:30 p.m.
THE FOURTH SHOW of BT Sport’s exciting summer schedule has been brought forward and will now take place on Saturday August 15 with the addition of Belfast stars Carl Frampton and Michael Conlan to the card.
K.O. Artist Emanuel Navarrete (32-1, 28 K.O.s) could face #1 WBO ranked Michael Conlan for the WBO 126-pound title if he moves up to featherweight in his next fight and IF Shakur Stevenson vacates his title.
Terence Crawford, Tyson Fury, Teofimo Lopez, Michael Conlan and the 2015 super-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will be showcased on ESPN2 Wednesday, March 25 as part of a five-hour fistic marathon.
After close consultation with the New York State Athletic Commission, it has been determined that Saturday’s and Tuesday’s events cannot proceed in light of the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.
WBO featherweight world champion Shakur Stevenson will defend his world title Saturday against Miguel Marriaga (ESPN, 10:30 p.m. ET), and WBO No.
Shakur Stevenson, the 22-year-old phenom on the cusp of pound-for-pound greatness, will make the first defense of his WBO featherweight world title Saturday, March 14, against three-time world title challenger Miguel Marriaga at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas was game, but pound-for-pound king Terence “Bud” Crawford was too much.
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Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) defended his WBO welterweight world title, knocking down Kavaliauskas three times en route to a ninth-round TKO in front of 10,101 fans at Madison Square Garden.