The young champion took the old veteran to school. Richard “RC” Commey made the first defense of his IBF world lightweight title, knocking down former world champion Ray Beltran four times en route to an eighth-round knockout in front of 2,795 fans at Pechanga Resort Casino.
IBF lightweight belt holder Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs) got off to a strong start in knocking Raymundo Beltran (36-9-1, 22 KOs) down twice in round one, and he went on to stop the 38-year-old in the eighth round on Friday night on Top Rank Boxing on ESPN at the Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, California.
The road to lightweight supremacy continues Friday at Pechanga Resort Casino when IBF world lightweight champion Richard Commey (28-2, 25 KOs) makes the first defense of his title against former lightweight world champion Ray Beltran (36-8-1, 22 KOs).
Something has to give. IBF lightweight world champion Richard Commey is one of the division’s biggest punchers. For his first title defense, he’ll face a rugged ex-champion who hasn’t been knocked out in more than a decade.
WBC super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez is intent on his staking his claim as the world’s best 140-pounder.
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Former WBO lightweight world champion Ray Beltran, who lost his title to Jose “Sniper” Pedraza last August, will move up to the super lightweight division for his next challenge.
The countdown to Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe’s first WBO junior featherweight title defence against Hidenori Otake of Japan is officially on after Top Rank Promotions announced on Monday that tickets for the bout scheduled for the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA on August 25 will begin selling this Thursday.
Ray Beltran and Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe will head to the desert on Aug. 25 for their first title defenses.
In the main event at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, Beltran, who resides in nearby Phoenix, will defend the WBO lightweight title against Jose “Sniper” Pedraza, a former junior lightweight world champion looking to bring another world title home to Puerto Rico.
Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe’s first defence of his world title against Japan’s Hidenori Otake has been tentatively scheduled for Glendale, Phoenix, Arizona, USA on the same previously announced date of August 25, 2018.
If he wins on Saturday night – and most fight fans expect him to win – Vasyl Lomachenko will, in just 12 pro bouts, have conquered three different weight divisions; or at the very least, he will have won world titles at three different weights.
Fight fans will be spoilt for choice when it comes to the big fights they tune in to see this coming weekend.