
Pryce Taylor rings up a stoppage win over Ed Fountain in Verona
Pryce Taylor scored a fourth-round stoppage on Friday at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, finishing the game but outgunned Ed “Tex” Fountain.
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Pryce Taylor scored a fourth-round stoppage on Friday at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, finishing the game but outgunned Ed “Tex” Fountain.

Sadriddin Akhmedov made a case that he might be the next in line of top Kazakhstan fighters after he destroyed Antonio Todd inside a round Saturday at the Chumash Resort and Casino in Santa Ynez, California.

Undefeated junior welterweight Cain Sandoval will meet veteran Romero Duno in a “Hollywood Fight Nights” headliner on Aug. 31.

Two members of the growing Quincy, MA.-Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) stable of boxers, middleweights Antonio Todd (16-9, 9 KOs) and Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste, will make their Madison Square Garden debuts in separate bouts on the February 16th Top Rank card.

Hemi Ahio’s activity and aggression eventually wore down 300-pound Amron Sands in the sixth round of their heavyweight fight Saturday night in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Maxi Hughes smiled and promised to sabotage George Kambosos Jr.’s return to the ring as they walked away from each other Friday afternoon. Moments earlier, Kambosos and Hughes both came in beneath the lightweight limit for their 12-round, 135-pound fight Saturday night in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Australia’s Kambosos (20-2, 10 KOs) stepped on the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission’s scale at 134.6 pounds, slightly lighter than England’s Hughes (26-5-2, 5 KOs), who officially weighed 134.7.

A middleweight prospect from Floyd Mayweather’s hometown remained undefeated Saturday night in Detroit. Grand Rapids’ Joseph Hicks was too fast, strong and accurate against Antonio Todd throughout their eight-round bout on the Claressa Shields-Maricela Cornejo undercard at Little Caesars Arena. Hicks outlanded the durable Todd in every round and shut out Todd on all three scorecards to win a unanimous decision (80-72, 80-72, 80-72).

Maricela Cornejo will enter the ring at the lightest official weight of her career for a short-notice assignment against one of the best women’s boxers in history. The 36-year-old middleweight was 155 pounds during Friday’s weigh-in, exactly five pounds lighter than her weight for each of her past three starts. Her latest trip to the scales comes ahead of her challenge of three-division and reigning undisputed middleweight champion and pound-for-pound queen Claressa Shields, who was 159.6 pounds for their DAZN main event Saturday from Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Flint’s undefeated rising 154-pound contender Ardreal Holmes Jr. will face once-beaten New Yorker Wendy Toussaint on Saturday, June 3 in a 10-round battle for the USBA super welterweight title that will serve as the co-featured bout in support of the Claressa Shields vs. Hanna Gabriels main event rematch.

Connor “The Kid” Coyle (16-0, 7 KO’s) captured the NABA middleweight title after winning a spirited split decision against Atlanta, GA’s Antonio Todd (13-6, 7 KO’s) Saturday evening at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, FL.