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  Undefeated former Undisputed Cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk scored a hard-fought twelve round unanimous decision over longtime Heavyweight contender and former world title challenger Dereck Chisora on Saturday night at the Wembley Arena in London, England. In what was Usyk’s second fight as a Heavyweight, Chisora was able to give the former Cruiserweight world champion a legitimate test by applying pressure on Usyk from the outset, making him miss and landing hard hooks and right hands early in the fight. Although Chisora was head hunting early on and neglected going to Usyk’s body consistently, he did succeed in being able to make him uncomfortable for a time.   Perhaps due to a fight plan with an emphasis on trying to impose his will on the shorter fighter early with the intention of ending the fight early, Chisora began to tire as the halfway point approached.  It was at this stage that his pressure of Usyk began to decline and allowed Usyk to take ...

  Undefeated former WBO Jr. Middleweight champion and current Middleweight contender Jaime Munguia scored a hard fought sixth round stoppage of fellow contender Tureano Johnson on Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, CA.  In what was his second fight in the Middleweight division, Munguia, a fighter who has established himself as a “Knockout Artist”, was put to the test by Johnson early. Johnson immediately looked to pin himself to Munguia’s chest and make it difficult for him to get any space to throw his punches or room to move. Johnson had success in landing hard right hands to the head of the former world champion and mixing in hooks throughout.    As the fight progressed, Munguia began trying to catch Johnson as he came forward to try to get on the inside and gradually found a home for his own hooks and uppercuts. The climatic moment in what was a very competitive fight came late in round six when a flush right uppercut to the head...

  Press Release By DAZN –    INDIO, CALIF. (Oct. 30, 2020):  Golden Boy  is proud to announce that the highly anticipated  Garcia vs. Campbell  matchup is headed to  Fantasy Springs Resort Casino  in Indio, Calif. The event will feature a stacked undercard of world class action, including a 12-round rematch between WBA Super Featherweight World Champion  Rene Alvarado  (32-8, 21 KOs) and  Roger “The Kid” Gutierrez  (24-3-1, 20 KOs) in the co-main event.  Credit: DAZN    The fights will take place  on  Saturday, Dec. 5  and will be streamed live exclusively on  DAZN .    “More than three years after Rene began his own title run by derailing Roger’s highly touted American debut, the tables have been turned and ‘The Kid’ is now gunning for Gemelo’s world title,” said  Eric Gomez,  President of Golden Boy. “Both of these guys know what it’s like to come back from defe...

  Jr. Lightweight contender  Toka Kahn Clary was able to go 2 for 2 by scoring his second stoppage of veteran Jonathan Perez on Thursday night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, RI. In what was a rematch from a bout in June 2015, an encounter where Clary scored a sixth round knockout of Perez, in a bout in the 126lb. Featherweight division, the current North American Boxing Association (NABA) Jr. Lightweight champion was able to end Perez’ night in a shorter period this time around.    After a relatively quiet opening round in a fight where his regional championship was not at stake, Clary brought the fight to a sudden conclusion in round two when he connected with what appeared to be a short left uppercut that split the guard of Perez and sent him down on his knees in a neutral corner. Perez made an attempt to beat the count, but could not get his leg underneath him and the bout was stopped by Referee Danny Schiavone at the count of eight. Official time of the st...

Press Release: By DAZN –  NEW YORK and LONDON, (Oct. 28, 2020)  – DAZN, the leading global sports streaming service, will expand to more than 200 countries and territories  beginning Dec. 1.  The platform will debut with  back-to-back weekends featuring boxing events with international appeal .   Credit:DAZN    On Saturday, Dec. 5 , budding lightweight American star Ryan Garcia takes on the battle-tested Brit and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell.  On Saturday, Dec. 12 , unified heavyweight champion of the world Anthony Joshua OBE will defend his world titles against Bulgarian mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev.     To maximize the international audience across North America and Europe*, the main events for both fights will  start around midnight GMT /7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST.   The initial monthly price point for new markets will be  £ 1.99 or less.   “From the UK to Mexico to Australia, we’ve seen an en...

  As the sport of Boxing looks to continue adapting to the changing environment and landscape caused by the ongoing global COVID-19 epidemic, some anticipated encounters are starting to occur even as some of the sport’s biggest stars continue to sit out due to both health concerns in the potential exposure to the COVID-19 virus as well as financial reasons in not wanting to sacrifice a portion of revenue by competing in a fan-less environment. One such encounter will take place on October 31st at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX as Gervonta Davis will square off against Leo Santa Cruz.   The fight, which is being promoted by the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) group of promoters and will be broadcast here in the United States and Canada on cable-satellite pay-per-view on Showtime pay-per-view, was originally scheduled to take place on October 24th in one of two fan-less environments that the PBC have used for their events since the sport began attempting to resume in June...