Hard-hitting contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin will look to catapult himself right back to the top of the stacked 154-pound division with an emphatic victory over unbeaten rising sensation Jesus “Mono” Ramos in the Canelo vs. Charlo SHOWTIME PPV co-main event on Saturday, September 30 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo Promotions will present the Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view.
ORLANDO – Richardson Hitchins has spent his entire career awaiting this moment. The rise to contention for the unbeaten junior welterweight has largely been spent in supporting capacity. That changes this weekend for Brooklyn’s Hitchins, who headlines a DAZN show in his biggest test to date versus former title challenger Jose ‘Chon’ Zepeda. Their scheduled twelve-round bout takes place Saturday at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida.
Jorge Silva lasted about as long against Anthony Yarde as anyone could’ve expected of a 40-year-old opponent who took this difficult fight on two days’ notice.
ORLANDO – Jasmine Artiga never stopped fighting for the knockout but had to settle for her latest lopsided victory. The unbeaten Tampa-based southpaw scored a third-round knockdown and repeatedly hurt Ecuador’s Josefina Vega en route to an eight-round, unanimous decision victory. Scores were 80-71 on all three cards for Artiga in the curtain raiser on DAZN as part of the ‘Before The Bell’ preliminary undercard Saturday at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida.
In the pick of the undercard, Pierce O’Leary and Kane Gardner met for the WBC International super lightweight title at Wembley Arena in London. O’Leary has been making waves with a series of a spectacular knockouts and at his best, Gardner is a talented, slick fighter.
Anthony Yarde is as ballsy as they come. His opponents during the buildup stage of his career were all handpicked and designed to make him look good. Yarde would routinely march to the ring, muscles protruding everywhere, and beat his opponents senseless.
Joe Joyce is sure he could’ve continued to trade punches with Zhilei Zhang when their heavyweight title fight was stopped in the sixth round April 15.
There’s no place like home for Ramon Cardenas. Visiting unbeaten junior featherweight prospect Rafael Pedroza was dealt a harsh reality by the local favorite, who scored a stunning second-round knockout Friday evening at Boeing Center at Tech Port in his San Antonio hometown. Cardenas scored two knockdowns, the latter which produced the immediate ending at 1:13 of round two in their Showtime-televised ShoBox main event.
Julio Luna outboxed Omar Aguilar in their battle between Mexicans the night before Mexican Independence Day. Luna was sharper throughout their bout and won an eight-round unanimous decision in a fight ESPN+ streamed as part of the Luis Alberto Lopez-Joet Gonzalez undercard at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Judges Jesse Reyes
The prospect of Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua meeting before the end of the year seems to be becoming more and more remote. A fight which was apparently set in stone just a few weeks ago looks to be drifting further away by the day.
Andres Campos is back in the world title picture. Campos dropped Bienvenido Ligas twice en route to a knockout win Saturday night at the Burleigh Bazaar in Burleigh Heads, Australia.