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The official weigh-in for Saturday’s highly anticipated rematch for the WBA Featherweight world championship between current WBA world champion Carl Frampton and former two-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz took place on Friday in Las Vegas, NV. The official weights for the entire card are as follows. Main Event: WBA Featherweight world championship – 12Rds. Carl Frampton (Champion) 125lbs. vs. Leo Santa Cruz 125lbs. WBC Lightweight world championship – 12Rds. Dejan Zlaticanin (Champion) 134 1/2lbs. vs. Mikey Garcia 134 1/2lbs. Jr. Welterweight – 10Rds. Josh Taylor * 142lbs. vs. Alfonso Olvera 140lbs. (* Taylor came in two pounds over the 140lb. Jr. Welterweight limit. Fight will take place as scheduled as of this writing.) Super-Middleweight – 8Rds. David Benavidez 166lbs. vs. Sherali Mamajonov 167lbs. Bantamweight – 4Rds. Antonio Santa Cruz 117lbs. vs. Victor Torres 116lbs. Featherweight – 4Rds. Luis Perez 126lbs. vs. Javi...

The year 2017 has gotten off to a solid start for the sport of Boxing and has already provided some interesting questions and possibilities that could play out in the coming months. Unified WBA/IBO Jr. Middleweight world champion Erislandy Lara started his year by successfully defending his unified WBA/IBO Jr. Middleweight world championship with a devastating third round knockout of former WBA Jr. Middleweight world champion Yuri Foreman on January 13th at Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Hialeah, FL. Although I thought that this would be a tactical chess match between two highly skilled world-class boxers, in actuality all it took was one punch as Lara ended the night for Foreman with a flush left uppercut that sent Foreman down for the count. For a fighter in Erislandy Lara who is not particularly known for his punching power and at times does not get the credit he truly deserves for his overall skill as a fighter, this was as solid a performance as one could ask for. Some ma...

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The official weigh-in for Saturday’s World Super-Middleweight unification clash between WBC world champion Badou Jack and IBF world champion James DeGale took place on Friday in Brooklyn, NY. The official weights for the entire card are as follows. Main Event: WBC/IBF World Super-Middleweight Championship Unification Bout – 12Rds. Badou Jack (WBC champion) 167 1/4lbs. vs. James DeGale (IBF champion) 166 1/2lbs. IBF Jr. Lightweight world championship – 12Rds. Jose Pedraza (champion) 129lbs.  vs. Gervonta Davis 129lbs. WBO Women’s Jr. Featherweight world championship – 10Rds. Amanda Serrano (Champion) 120 3/4lbs.  vs.  Yazmin Rivas 121 1/2lbs. Vacant WBC Silver Middleweight championship – 10Rds. Ievgen Khytrov 159 1/2lbs.  vs.  Immanuwel Aleem 158 1/2lbs. Heavyweight – 8Rds. Adam Kownacki 257 3/4lbs.  vs.  Joshua Tufte 267 3/4lbs. Welterweight – 8Rds. Thomas Dulorme 145 3/4lbs. vs. Brian Jones 144 1/2lbs....

The official weigh-in for Friday night’s first Premier Boxing Champions card of 2017 headlined by unified WBA/IBO Jr. Middleweight world champion Erislandy Lara and former WBA Jr. Middleweight world champion Yuri Foreman took place on Thursday in Hialeah, FL. The official weights for the entire card are as follows.                                                                  Main Event: WBA/IBO Jr. Middleweight world championship – 12Rds. Erislandy Lara (Champion) 154lbs.  vs.  Yuri Foreman 153lbs. Super-Middleweight – 10Rds. Anthony Dirrell 169lbs.  vs. Norbert Nemesapati 168lbs. Bantamweight – 8Rds. Juan Carlos Payano 118l...

One of the main storylines in the Heavyweight division in 2016 was the highly anticipated rematch between undefeated unified WBO/IBF/WBA/IBO Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury and former longtime champion Wladimir Klitschko. Due to a plethora of circumstances however, the rematch between the two did not take place and ultimately Fury relinquished his unified world championship. Although the situation involving Fury, Klitschko, and the circumstances which led to the rematch not occurring dominated much of the landscape of the division in the last year, there were other events that took place and fighters who were able to establish themselves as players in the absence of both Fury and Klitschko. The most established of those fighters was undefeated WBC Heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder, who will be entering his second year as a world champion in 2017, successfully defended his title twice in 2016 scoring knockouts of top contender Artur Szpilka and former world title cha...

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A regular feature that readers have become accustomed to here at The Boxing Truth® at the beginning of a new year has been what essentially amounts to what some might call a “Wishlist” of what this observer feels could be beneficial for the sport in the year ahead.  The year 2016 featured some compelling battles featuring some of the sport's top stars. Of course, opinion among Boxing fans and experts alike can sometimes differ with regard to not only which out of the hundreds of fights that take place in the sport during a calendar year should be considered for Fight of the Year honors, but also whether some of those encounters could see a continuation as a new year begins.  Two questions that I ask myself after an encounter that some might call a Fight of the Year are not only whether or not there could be a rematch, but also how a fight could impact the sport. Some might say that a fight that may have been competitive and exciting, but ultimately is more discussed for ...

We here at The Boxing Truth® would like to wish our readers a very Happy 2017. We look forward to continuing to provide readers with in-depth analysis, objective commentary, and discussing all things related to the sport of Boxing. We will officially kickoff 2017 on Tuesday, January 3rd. Stay tuned. “And That’s The Boxing Truth.” The Boxing Truth® is a registered trademark of Beau Denison All Rights Reserved. Follow Beau Denison on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Beau_Denison