
Omari Jones rips through Yusuph Metu in three rounds in Orlando
Omari Jones ran his record to 4-0 with a savage third-round stoppage of the previously durable Yusuph Metu on Saturday in front of his hometown fans in Orlando, Florida.
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Omari Jones ran his record to 4-0 with a savage third-round stoppage of the previously durable Yusuph Metu on Saturday in front of his hometown fans in Orlando, Florida.

Moscow, Russia - WBO #4 rated light heavyweight Maxim Vlasov (46-4, 26 KOs) has kicked off another track to the next world title shot with a wide ten round unanimous decision over very cagey former WBA interim titlist Felix Valera (19-5, 16 KOs).

There’s no better way to end this year with a bang than to showcase some of the nation’s brightest talent within one nicely packed card. Sergey Strelkov of Dynamo Boxing Promotions is about to do just that on December 24 at the legendary “Krilya Sovetov” sports arena in the central part of Moscow.

Russian light heavyweight contender Maxim Vlasov will step in the ring against Dominican contender Felix Valera on December 25 in Sochi, according to information provided by Vlasov's manager, Oleg Bogdanov, to Tass.

Ismael Salas is upset at the way the Felix “Mangu” Valera-Bryan Perez fight was recently handled in the Dominican Republic. Pérez (14-1) was awarded the unanimous decision victory over Valera (18-4) in a rematch of their 2018 showdown that Valera won by unanimous decision. The fight was part of a Shuan Boxing card that took place in Santo Domingo. The final scores were 95-91 and 94-92 twice.

WBO junior featherweight world champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will become the latest Mexican superstar to carry his nation’s flag proudly on Mexican Independence Day Weekend. Navarrete will make the third defense of his title versus Filipino contender Juan Miguel Elorde on Saturday, Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena as the co-feature to lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s title defense against Otto Wallin.

Stockton Arena, Stockton, California - Junior middleweight prospect Brian Mendoza (17-0, 12 KOs) blasted out Carlos Rodriguez (12-8) in the second round.

Last night at the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, light heavyweight contender Felix Valera (16-2) and featherweight prospect Luis "Popyeye" Lebron (10-0-1) picked up knockout victories.

New Face of Boxing has advised BoxingScene.com that their fighter, featherweight prospect Luis "Popeye" Lebron (9-0-1) will return to action on Saturday in Santo Domingo, DR against local fighter Alan Guzman (19-3).

Sergey Kovalev’s return from his second defeat to Andre Ward was a success in and out of the ring. According to ratings released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research, a peak audience of 900,000 viewers tuned in to HBO to watch Kovalev knock out Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in the second round Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. An average audience of 869,000 saw Kovalev-Shabranskyy, which didn’t have much time to build an audience because Kovalev demolished his overmatched opponent so quickly.