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Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight Anthony Joshua, does not expect the fight with Deontay Wilder to happen until the month of January. The fight had initially been targeted to take place on a December date in Saudi Arabia.
At the Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Andres Cortes (20-0, 11 KOs) got one step closer to a world title shot by defeating Xavier Martinez (18-2, 12 KOs) via seventh-round TKO to defend his US WBC silver junior lightweight belt.
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Top prospect Yoenis Tellez (6-0, 5 KOs) announced himself as a 154-pounder to watch with a sensational third-round knockout over Spanish contender Sergio Garcia (34-3, 14 KOs).
SugarHill Steward will indeed train WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury for his scheduled cross-over boxing match with Francis Ngannou. Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champion, will be making his pro debut in the upcoming fight.
WBC/WBO/IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev’s title defense against former super middleweight world champion Callum Smith—originally scheduled for Saturday, August 19, at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada—has been postponed due to a bone infection to Beterbiev's jaw. He underwent surgery earlier today in Montreal, Canada.
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Mexico’s Alexandro Santiago (28-3-5, 14 KOs) use his superior speed to out-point future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire (42-8, 28 KOs) and capture the vacant WBC bantamweight world championship after 12 rounds of action with scores of 116-112 twice and 115-113.
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - In a lightweight clash, Isaac Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs) secured a twelve round split decision over previously unbeaten Giovanni Cabrera (21-1, 7 KOs).
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) became undisputed for the second time on Saturday night, when he dropped Errol Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) three times and beat him down for a stoppage in the ninth to unify the WBO, IBF, WBA, WBC world welterweight titles.
Chinese heavyweight giant Zhilei Zhang is eager to get in the ring with WBC world champion Tyson Fury in the future. Back in April, Zhang pulled off a big upset when he stopped Joe Joyce to capture the WBO's interim-title.
Errol Spence Post-Fight Video - Video By Ryan Burton - Undefeated three-division champion Terence “Bud” Crawford emphatically stamped his place in the history books with a ninth-round TKO over the previously unbeaten Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. to become the first undisputed welterweight champion of the four-belt era in the SHOWTIME PPV main event Saturday night from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.