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Press Release: November 14, 2024 By Netflix Most Valuable Promotions -  IRVING, TX –  November 14, 2024  –  Today at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, international superstar Jake “El Gallo” Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) and the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) stepped on the scales ahead of their highly anticipated showdown.  Credit: Esther Lin Most Valuable Promotions  Combat sports announcer Kody "Big Mo" Mommaerts served as emcee, with reporting from  Ariel Helwani onstage. British sports broadcaster Kate Scott co-hosted the weigh-ins desk, with Roy Jones Jr. serving as analyst, joined by Tyron Woodley. Adding to the excitement, UFC GOAT Anderson Silva made a special appearance, thrilling fans with his support for fellow Brazilian star Whindersson Nunes. For additional details on the final weights, please refer to the attached bout sheet. All fighters on the main and preliminary cards participated in the weigh-in, including undi...

The official weigh-in for Saturday's IBF Women's Welterweight world championship bout between defending champion Natasha Jonas and former WBO/IBF Jr. Lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer took place earlier today in Liverpool, England at the Echo Arena. The champion weighed in at 146lbs. for the bout, which can be seen here in the United States on digital subscription sports streaming network ESPN+ . Mayer, the current International Boxing Federation's number one Welterweight contender, who will be making her debut in the Welterweight division also weighed in at 146lbs. Jonas-Mayer will top a six bout card promoted by Ben Shalom’s Boxxer in association with Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank, Inc. Jonas vs. Mayer takes place on Saturday, January 20th at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. The fight as well as its full undercard can be seen here in the United States on digital subscription sports streaming network ESPN+ beginning at 2PM ET/11AM PT. (*Card and S...

The official weigh-in for Saturday's DAZN Pay-Per-View main event (In the United States and Canada) at Akron Stadium Undisputed World Super-Middleweight chamipnship fight between defending champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and WBO number one Super-Middleweight contender John Ryder took place on Friday in Guadalajara, Mexico. Ryder, who will be making his second attempt at a world championship came in right at the Super-Middleweight limit of 168lbs. Alvarez, who will be the overwhelming crowd favorite, as this fight has been promoted as a homecoming, came in looking lean at 167 1/2lbs. The bout is scheduled for twelve rounds and will have all four world championships, the WBO, WBC,WBA,IBF crowns which comprise the Undisputed Super-Middleweight chamipnship of the world will be on the line. Weights for the undercard bouts on the card are unavailable as of this writing. Alvarez vs. Ryder takes place on Saturday, May 6th at Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. In North America,...

  The official weigh-in for Wednesday night’s debut of ProBox TV’s Future Stars series took place on Tuesday in Plant City, FL. Weights for the entire card, which can be seen on digital Boxing streaming network ProBox TV are as follows.   Main Event: Jr. Welterweight – 10Rds. Cesar Francis 138 3/4lbs. vs. Jesus Saracho 140lbs. Lightweight – 8 Rds. Oscar Alvarez 132 1/2lbs. vs. Nicholas Polanco 131 3/4lbs. Lightweight – 8Rds. Johnatan Cardoso 133 3/4lbs. vs. Jose Arellano 133 1/2lbs. Heavyweight – 8Rds. Lorenzo Medina 227 3/4lbs. vs. Cleveland Billingsly 259 1/2lbs. ProBox TV Future Stars Series: Francis vs. Saracho takes place Tonight (January 25 th ) at the ProBox Events Center in Plant City, FL. The card can be seen on the ProBox TV app on mobile, tablet, and connected streaming devices and Smart TVs beginning at 7PM ET/4PM PT. For more information about ProBox TV, including schedules, list of compatible streaming devices, platforms, Smart TVs, availability around the world...

The official weigh-in for Friday night’s Boxing card promoted by Anthony Arvelo’s Undisputed Promotions took place on Thursday in Kissimmee, FL. The previously announced main event of the card, which will take place at the Kissimmee Civic Center between Jr. Welterweights Wesley Ferrer and Jonhatan Cardoso will not take place. As of this writing, no reason has been given as to why the bout was scratched. Weights for the entire card, which can be seen on digital combat sports streaming network and pay-per-view platform FITE as part of its FITE+ subscription service are as follows. Main Event: Women’s Jr. Bantamweight – 8Rds. Jasmine Artiga 115 1/2lbs. vs. Ashley Sciscente 115 1/2lbs. Women’s Flyweight – 8Rds. Christina Cruz 112lbs. vs. Amy Salinas 112lbs. Women’s Lightweight – 4Rds. Kiria Tapia 134lbs. vs. Clarice Morales 132 1/2lbs. Jr. Middleweight – 4Rds. Angraneous Ingram 153lbs. vs. Bryant Costello 154lbs. Welterweight – 4Rds. Alex Chilsolm 148 1/2lbs. vs. Elliott Hicks 150lbs. Lig...

The official weigh-in for Saturday’s Lightweight bout between undefeated former unified Jr. Lightweight world champion Gervonta Davis and current WBA Jr. Lightweight world champion Hector Garcia took place on Friday in Washington, D. C. Weights for the four bout televised card, which can be seen here in the United States on Showtime Pay-Per-View are as follows. *Main Event: Lightweight – 12Rds. Gervonta Davis 134lbs. vs. Hector Garcia 134lbs. (* Bout will determine Interim/Regular champion status in the World Boxing Association’s Lightweight ratings. A designation currently held by Davis.*) *Welterweight – 12Rds. Jaron Ennis 145 3/4lbs. vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 146 1/2lbs. (*Bout will determine Interim/Regular champion status in the International Boxing Federation Welterweight ratings.*) Welterweight – 12Rds. Rashidi Ellis 146 1/2lbs. vs. Roiman Villa 145 3/4lbs. Super-Middleweight – 10Rds. Demetrius Andrade 167lbs. vs. Demond Nicholson 167 1/2lbs. Davis vs. Garcia takes place Tonight Sa...

  The official weigh-in for Saturday’s third encounter between Undisputed Super-Middleweight world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and current unified Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin took place earlier today in Las Vegas, NV. Alvarez, who’s undisputed championship will be on the line in the twelve round bout weighed in at 167 1/2lbs. The challenger Golovkin, who will be making his Super-Middleweight debut in tomorrow night’s bout weighed in slightly heavier at 167 3/4lbs. The twelve round world championship bout will headline a pay-per-view card available on DAZN Pay-Per-View in several countries including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The card however, will be available as part of a standard subscription to the DAZN digital streaming network in other countries.     * Weights for the undercard bouts are unavailable as of this writing.     Alvarez vs. Golovkin III takes place on Saturday, September 17 th at the T-Mobile Arena...

  The official weigh-in for Thursday night’s Women’s World Minimumweight championship unification clash between current IBF world champion Yokasta Valle and current WBO world champion Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen took place earlier today in San Jose, Costa Rica. The unification bout, the first of three unification bouts to be held this week throughout Women’s Boxing will headline a Golden Boy Promotions promoted card from the Cuidad Deportiva Heiner Ugalde and can be seen globally on digital subscription sports streaming network DAZN . The Minimumweight limit for the bout is 105lbs. Both world champions Valle and Nguyen weighed in officially at 104lbs. Valle will have a hometown advantage in Costa Rica and will be making the sixth defense of the IBF world championship she won in August 2019 with a ten round split decision over Joana Pastrana. She will also have a significant experience edge over WBO champion Nguyen having had twenty-seven professional bouts compared to only five for Thi Th...

The official weigh-in for a rare Sunday night pay-per-view card headlined by former unified Heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz and longtime top. contender and former two-time world title challenger Luis Ortiz took place on Saturday in Los Angeles, CA. The bout, which will headline a Fox Sports Pay-Per-View card from the venue now known as Cryto.com Arena that can be seen on traditional cable/satellite providers as well as digital combat sports streaming network and pay-per-view platform FITE is also being billed as an elimination bout for the WBC World Heavyweight championship. Although it is unclear as of this writing as to whether or not the winner of this fight will indeed be declared the next mandatory challenger by the World Boxing Council (WBC), the stakes are high for both fighters. The former champion Andy Ruiz weighed in at 268 3/4lbs. He will have a weight advantage of nearly twenty-four pounds over Ortiz, who weighed in at 245 1/2lbs. for the scheduled twelve round bout. ...

  The official weigh-in for Saturday’s Heavyweight championship rematch between undefeated unified IBF/WBA/WBO/IBO world champion Oleksandr Usyk and former two-time Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua took place earlier today in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The champion weighed in at 221 1/2lbs. Joshua meanwhile weighed in at 244lbs., which is four pounds heavier than what he weighed when the two met in their first encounter in London, England last September where Usyk scored a twelve round unanimous decision to win the unified world championship.   As was the case in the first bout between the two, the rematch is scheduled for twelve rounds.   *Weights for bouts on the undercard are unavailable as of this writing.     Usyk vs. Joshua II takes place on Saturday, August 20th at the Jeddah Superdome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The fight can be seen globally in 190 countries including the United States and Canada on digital subscription sports streaming network DA...

The official weigh-in for Thursday’s RJJ Boxing promoted Boxing card at the Yakama Legends Casino, in Toppenish, WA took place earlier today. Weights for the entire card, which will be streamed globally on digital combat sports subscription streaming network UFC Fight Pass are below. Main Event: Welterweight – 8Rds. Quinton Randall 146 3/4lbs. vs. Ivan Pandzic 146 3/4lbs. Super-Middleweight – 10Rds. Andrew Murphy 168lbs. vs. Isiah Jones 166 3/4lbs. Jr. Welterweight – 8Rds. William Hernandez 141 3/4lbs. vs. Magarito  Hernandez 141 1/2lbs. Super-Middleweight – 6Rds. Joseph Aguilar 166 1/2lbs. vs. Alarenz Reynolds 167 1/2lbs. RJJ Boxing: Randall vs. Pandzic takes place tomorrow night (Thursday, July 14th) at the Yakama Legends Casino, in Toppenish, WA. The card can be seen globally on digital subscription combat sports streaming network UFC Fight Pass beginning at 10PM ET/7PM PT (U. S. Time.) For more information about UFC Fight Pass including schedules, list of compatible s...

Press Release: By Probellum – TOKYO, JUNE 6 – Nonito Donaire says he is “fired up” after making weight ahead of his eagerly awaited rematch with Naoya Inoue. The 39-year-old tipped the scales at  117.8lbs  in Yokohama earlier today (June 6), to comfortably come inside the bantamweight limit, while Inoue weighed in at  118lbs .  Credit: Probellum  Donaire and his Japanese rival clash at the Super Arena in Saitama tomorrow, with the WBC, WBA and IBF world titles on the line, in a fight the whole of boxing will be watching. After squaring off with Inoue for the final time before fight night,  the Filipino Flash said:   “I feel good, I feel great.  It is going to be an amazing night and you can look forward to seeing the best of me. “I am very fired up and it is going to be a very exciting fight!” CARL FRAMPTON SEES ‘SHOCK’ IN STORE NEW GLOVES TO MAKE BIG DIFFERENCE - DONAIRE The rematch of 2019’s Fight of the Year headline...

  The official weigh-in for Thursday’s World Cup Boxing Series Lightweight final, which is promoted by Roy Jones’ RJJ Boxing took place earlier today in Senora, MX. Weights for the entire card, which can be seen on digital subscription combat sports streaming network UFC Fight Pass are as follows.   Main Event: WCBS Lightweight Final – 10Rds.   Luis Torres 135lbs. vs. Diego Andrade 135lbs.   Lightweight – 8Rds.   Yasir Rojas 135lbs. vs. Brayan Zamarripa 135lbs.   Lightweight – 6Rds.   Marco Moreno 136lbs. vs. Juan Rensendez 136lbs.   Jr. Lightweight – 4 Rds.   Pedro Borgano 130lbs. vs. Hector Lozano 129lbs.   RJJ Boxing: World Cup Boxing Series Lightweight Final takes place tomorrow night (Thursday, June 2 nd ) at the Palenque de la Expo in Obregón, Sonora, MX. The card can be seen globally on digital subscription combat sports streaming network UFC Fight Pass beginning at 10PM ET/7PM PT (U.S. Times.) For more information about UFC Fight...