After Retiring Travis Kauffman, What Next For Otto Wallin?
Otto Wallin bounced back from both a bout with COVID-19 and his loss to Tyson Fury last night, with a retirement win over long-time contender Travis Kauffman.
Otto Wallin bounced back from both a bout with COVID-19 and his loss to Tyson Fury last night, with a retirement win over long-time contender Travis Kauffman.
David Benavídez is defending his WBC 168-lb title this Saturday against challenger Alexis Angulo on Showtime Boxing. The fight car starts at 9:00 p.m
Undefeated WBC Super Middleweight World Champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavídez will defend his title against former world title challenger Alexis Angulo in a Premier Boxing Champions event Saturday, August 15 live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
Travis Kauffman-Otto Wallin On For August 15
Slowly but surely the heavyweight division is seeing life again. The still ongoing coronavirus problem has caused mass disruption to the boxing schedule but a couple of fights have taken place and a few more have been scheduled.
Former Wilder foe and heavyweight southpaw Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (30-1, 26 KOs) returned to STAPLES Center for a second consecutive victory with a resounding 10th-round TKO against Travis “My Time” Kauffman (32-3, 23 KOs) of Reading, Pa.
Heavyweight Joe Joyce wants a fight against former world title challenger Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz, and his manager Sam Jones believes that fight will take place.
Fighters competing on Saturday’s PPV undercard headlined by the heavyweight championship showdown between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury went face-to-face on Thursday at the final press conference before they enter the ring on SHOWTIME PPV® from STAPLES Center in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Once-beaten Cuban heavyweight Luis Ortiz believes Deontay Wilder, the man who stopped him in ten rounds back in March, will KO Tyson Fury on December 1st in Los Angeles – and “King Kong” wants a second shot at the WBC ruler.
Travis Kauffman (32-2, 23 KOs) took home a majority decision victory over Scott Alexander (14-3, 8 KOs) in a 10-round heavyweight matchup Sunday night on Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes from Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, California.
It seems almost an eternity ago that Antonio Tarver, as a light-heavyweight, stunned the entire boxing world with a second-round KO win over pound-for-pound king Roy Jones Junior.