Michael Hunter Destroys Fabio Maldonado in Two Rounds
MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill - In a heavyweight contest, Olympian Michael Hunter (17-1, 12 KOs) demolished Fabio Maldonado (26-3, 25 KOs), who suffered his first knockout defeat.
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Jessica McCaskill Decisions Sanchez To Unify WBC, WBA Belts
MGM National Harbor, Oxon, Maryland - In a WBC, WBA super lightweight unification, Jessica McCaskill (7-2 3 KOs) walked away with two titles - by winning a ten round unanimous decision over Anahi Sanchez (19-4 11 KOs).
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Devin Haney vs. Antonio Moran - LIVE Results From MGM
In the non-televised lightweight opener, 30-year old Luis Gerardo Perez Salas (6-2, 1 KO), 136, of Puebla, Mexico scored a six-round unanimous decision over 21-year old Mack Allison IV (9-3-1, 7 KO), 133, of Baltimore, Maryland. Both men went for it from bell to bell, giving early arrivers a bonus for their ticket price. Salas was a step ahead most of the way and overjoyed at final scores of 59-55 across the board. The referee was Vic DeWysocki.
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Masayuki Ito-Jamel Herring: Stats & Stakes
Sometimes a fight is more about the sum of its parts than any single participant. It might be the case Saturday night on ESPN (10 PM EST). Neither champion of challenger in the scheduled Jr. lightweight title clash is a superstar. Neither is considered the leader of the division.
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BoxingScene's Television Pick of The Week - May 25
Jr. lightweight has always been a division capable of memorable warfare and class boxing. Right now, it makes room in the title scene for a distance technician like Tevin Famer and a lights out puncher like Gervonta Davis.
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Ito vs. Herring and The Junior Lightweight Picture
By Cliff Rold - The biggest rivalry at Jr. lightweight on social media right now is pretty clear. Wake us when the thumb war between WBA titlist Gervonta Davis and IBF titlist Tevin Farmer goes somewhere more interesting. The possibilities are there. Anyone who saw the two talking smack in front of a crowd at the MG...
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Heavyweights and The WBSS: Stats & Stakes
Something for everyone isn’t often a real thing. Given the volume of content available for fights fans right now, there are weekends where it can get real close. This is one of those weekends. There are more at least a half dozen showson television or streaming services in the US alone. Two of those shows stand out from the crowd and promise a full Saturday for any fight fan.
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BoxingScene.com's Television Pick of The Week - May 17
Pick It: TBRB #3 Deontay Wilder vs. Dominic Breazeale (Saturday, Showtime, 9 PM EST). On paper it’s not the best show in a loaded week but there is no denying what 33-year old WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KO) brings to the table. Every professional foe has eventually been dropped or stopped.
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Naoya Inoue - The Coming Verdict
By Cliff Rold - There’s no arguing the talent of Japan’s 26-year old bantamweight Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KO). The talent has been evident almost since he turned professional. At just 8-0, he was named the 2014 BoxingScene Fighter of the Year for winning a title at 108 lbs. and then jumping two classes within two fights to knock off the longest reigning titlist at 115 lbs., Omar...
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Julian Williams Drops, Shocks Jarrett Hurd For Unified Crown
By Cliff Rold - Written off by too many after being stopped by Jermall Charlo is his first crack at a title in 2016, 29-year old Julian Williams (27-1-1, 16 KO), 153 ¾, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, went on the road, scored a second round knockdown, and unseated 28-year old Jarrett Hurd (23-1, 16 KO), 153 ¾, of Accokeek, M...
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