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Veteran trainer Abel Sánchez is confident in predicting that Mexican superstar Saúl 'Canelo' Alvarez has everything necessary to dethrone Sergey Kovalev on November 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Sanchez, who is nominated for Canastota's International Boxing Hall of Fame, had at one time trained Kovalev in the early days of the Russian boxer's career.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. - Alfredo Angulo won his biggest fight in a decade Saturday night when he pulled off a big upset by defeating Peter Quillin by split decision in a Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 main event. Angulo was as big as a 30-1 underdog at multiple offshore sports books.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. - Alfredo "El Perro" Angulo (26-7) was has high as a 30-1 underdog for his fight this past Saturday night against Peter Quillin (34-2-1). The fight headlined a Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 quadrupleheader.
With each fight, Alfredo Angulo is determined to show there’s still some bite left in this old “Perro.” The 37-year old Mexican banger secured at least one more big payday following an upset win over Peter Quillin in their 10-round slugfest Saturday evening at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, Calif.
Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus, (35-0, 9 KOs), has commenced training under the watchful eye of the world-renowned Abel Sanchez at his gym, The Summit Training Center in Big Bear Lake, CA as she prepares for her return to the ring.
Andy Ruiz shocked the boxing world last month when he stopped Anthony Joshua in 7 rounds. Ruiz hit the canvas in the third round but rose to his feet to drop the heavy betting favorite 4 times before the referee stopped the fight. With the victory Ruiz became the first fighter of Mexican decent to capture a world title. He now holds the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles.
On July 27th former unified cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (26-1) will make his heavyweight debut against rugged veteran Joey Dawejko (19-7-4) in Arlington, Texas. The fight will stream live on DAZN on the Jose Ramirez-Maurice Hooker undercard.
BIG BEAR, CALIF. - World class trainer Abel Sanchez is very impressed with lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. The former WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO kingpin used Sanchez's gym in Big Bear last year when he trained for his December showdown against Deontay Wilder.
Abel Sanchez Video Interview - Two of boxing biggest stars kicked off fight week in style on Tuesday as eight-division world champion Senator Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao and unbeaten WBA Welterweight World Champion Keith "One Time" Thurman made their grand arrivals at MGM Grand before their highly-anticipated Premier Boxing Champions on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View showdown this Saturday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
Former unified cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (26-1) will make his heavyweight debut against rugged veteran Joey Dawejko (19-7-4) on March 27th in Arlington, Texas. The fight will also be Gassiev's first in his new multi-fight agreement with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA. In the main event, Jose Ramirez will face Maurice Hooker in a super lightweight unification bout.