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  Former world title challenger Mercito Gesta scored a thrilling ten round unanimous decision over Lightweight contender Joel Diaz on Thursday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, CA. In his first bout in two and a half years, Gesta came out with intentions of ending the fight early and quickly found a home for his left hand out of the southpaw stance. It was Gesta’s straight left hands that badly hurt Diaz and dropped him twice in the first round. Diaz seemingly just barely made it out of the first round and was subsequently told by his trainer that he would be given one more round .     From the second round on however, Diaz remained more than willing to engage with Gesta in what became a toe to toe war. A fight that was fought at a high pace from start to finish and featured no shortage of heated exchanges of offense between the two fighters, the general pattern was Gesta was able to get the better of most of the exchanges. The grueling battle...

  When it comes to Boxing’s Heavyweight division, it is not always easy to frame a fight as one fighter attempting to upset another because the Heavyweight division as much as any division in the sport is associated with the notion that “Anything Can Happen At Any Given Time” as this observer has often said over the many years I have covered combat sports. There are times however, when such a description is still appropriate, particularly in the case of a fighter who has long been regarded as either a long-reigning world champion and/or one of the cornerstones of the division.   In the case of undefeated WBC Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury, he has had two separate reigns as a Heavyweight world champion that has stretched over several years. Coming off of his second knockout win over Deontay Wilder in a trilogy in which Fury became a two-time world champion in winning two of the three bouts, there may not be much left for the champion to accomplish beyond the ever-elusive...

 The official weigh-in for Thursday night’s Golden Boy Promotions promoted Boxing card took place earlier today in Indio, CA. The card, which can be seen globally on digital subscription sports streaming network DAZN from the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino will be headlined by a ten round Lightweight bout between Joel Diaz and Mercito Gesta. Weights for the entire card are below.   Main Event: Lightweight – 10Rds.   Joel Diaz 134 1/2lbs. vs. Mercito Gesta 134 3/4lbs.   Jr. Featherweight – 8Rds.   Manuel Flores 119 1/4lbs. vs. Victor Ruiz 119 1/2lbs.   Lightweight – 8Rds.   Jousce Gonzalez 134 1/4lbs. vs. Jairo Lopez 133 1/4lbs.   Flyweight – 6Rds.   Jan Salvatierra 111 1/2lbs. vs. Ernie Marquez 110 3/4lbs.   Featherweight – 4Rds.   Jorge Chavez 127 3/4lbs. vs. Jonathan Tejeda 124 3/4lbs.   Diaz vs. Gesta takes place tomorrow night (Thursday, April 21 st ) at Fantasy Springs Resort...

  The fight between Welterweight world champions Errol Spence and Yordenis Ugas on the surface was a unification of three of five recognized world championships in the illustrious 147lb. Welterweight division. Like most “Big” fights, it also had several storylines that accompanied the bout. Such as what the condition on Errol Spence’s left eye would be after suffering a detached retina. Could Yordenis Ugas, who was coming off a career-defining victory over Manny Pacquiao in his first defense his world championship, a victory which came as a result of replacing Spence on short notice, further cement his claim as a world champion by going on to defeat Spence as well. Would the winner of this fight be moved toward a showdown with undefeated WBO Welterweight world champion Terence Crawford for what would be an Undisputed world championship bout?   Such intriguing questions would in part be answered when the two world champions met on April 16 th at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, TX ...

  We would like to let our readers know that new material discussing the recent Welterweight unification bout between world champions Errol Spence and Yordenis Ugas is currently in the works and will be released here on the website on Wednesday, April 20 th . Following the release of that feature column, a preview of the April 23 rd Heavyweight championship fight between undefeated WBC Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury and number one WBC Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte will be released on Thursday, April 21 st . 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  

  In an era where there are interim/regular championship designations in Boxing’s respective sanctioning organizations and sometimes those fighters who hold such designations get an opportunity to fight for a different world championship than the one shot they have earned due to the politics that be in the sport, it can at times be confusing to determine who the actual world champions are. Particularly when such scenarios occur, it is not uncommon to see such fights between a top contender/interim/regular “Champion” and a world champion from a different organization actually promoted as a unification bout.   While such scenarios are not in fact world title unification fights and are more or less used as a sales hook to draw in those who may not be as familiar with the structure of rankings in Boxing, it can unfortunately take away from those occasions when there is a legitimate unification bout taking place in the sport. Longtime readers know this observer’s stance on interim/...

  Press Release: By Top Rank Boxing – Under multi-year deal, Autograph and Top Rank will pair digital collectibles with unparalleled experience. Credit: Top Rank Boxing   LOS ANGELES, CA, New York, NY – April 11, 2022 – Boxing promotional powerhouse Top Rank, Inc. and Autograph, the leading NFT platform co-founded by Tom Brady that is revolutionizing the Web3 space, today announced an exclusive, multi-year deal to create a one-of-a-kind line of NFTs.      Under the agreement, Autograph will utilize Top Rank’s unrivaled library of fights to offer fans and collectors the ability to purchase premium digital collectibles tied to their favorite fighters, historic matchups and some of the most unforgettable events in boxing history. The first products of the collaboration will be released to the public on Wednesday, April 13 via fiat auction on the DraftKings Marketplace. Additional drops will be announced over the coming months. “Our community members are con...