Nick Ball Stops Rios, Proves Again He Is One Of The Most Active
Featherweight warrior Nick Ball should be a superstar, and the way he’s going, the extremely fan-friendly operator may achieve such status.
Featherweight warrior Nick Ball should be a superstar, and the way he’s going, the extremely fan-friendly operator may achieve such status.
Undefeated WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball (21-0-1, 12 KOs) had a tougher time than expected, scoring a tenth-round knockout in a voluntary defense against veteran Ronny Rios (34-5, 17 KOs) in the headliner on Saturday night in front of a Ball’s fans at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.
Nick Ball, for some of us, the most consistently exciting fighter around today, although to be fair, Ball has not been on the world scene for too long, has his ‘Homecoming’ fight tonight in Liverpool against the seasoned Ronny Rios.
Rios. This main event will be streaming live on ESPN+ in the States in case boxing fans hadn’t heard the recent news.
Recently crowned WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball will have a “homecoming fight” in Liverpool on Saturday night, and Ball and his team sure haven’t picked an easy foe to look good against.
Caleb Plant, former IBF super middleweight Champion’, reportedly be returning to the ring next month against unbeaten fringe contender Trevor McCumby in a headliner on August 17th at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
Jesse Rodriguez planted himself into the elite level with a stunning stoppage win over Srisaket Sor Rungvisai to defend his WBC World Super-Flyweight title on home soil in San Antonio, Texas, live on DAZN.
In a sensational performance, WBC super flyweight champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (16-0, 11 KOs) used his speed, youth, and combination punching to stop former two-time WBC 115-lb champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (50-6-1, 43 KOs) in the eighth round in a one-sided fight on Saturday night at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, Texas.
We saw an upset last night in Carson, California, as highly favoured, unbeaten wannabe star Diego De La Hoya was stopped in the sixth-round by former WBC title challenger Ronny Rios.
Rey Vargas 121.4 vs Tomoki Kameda 121.4
Diego de la Hoya 121 vs Ronny Rios 121
Joet Gonzalez 125.2 vs Manuel Avila 125
Rocky Hernandez 130 vs Roger Gutierrez 129.6.