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Welterweight Jaron Ennis dominated James Winchester through six one-sided rounds, winning by unanimous decision Friday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ennis improved to 10-0, with 8 KOs, while Winchester falls to 20-13, 8 KOs.
Tonight’s main event bout between Antonio Orozco and KeAndre Gibson is a crossroads bout between an unbeaten fighter and an ….. unbeaten fighter. It is not an unbeaten fighter against a veteran fighter or two fringe contenders hoping to grasp one big pay day on a premium network. The clash between Orozco and Gibson tonight at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas has major implications for both fighters.
Few boxing fans can say they have seen KeAndre Gibson fight. Fewer can say that he is undefeated or that he fights under the Golden Boy Promotions banner. After tonight, he wants to be the talk of the boxing world. On top of that, he wants to be mentioned amongst the top fighters in the 140-pound division.
Unbeaten Luis Arias faces Scott Sigmon tonight in a 10 round middleweight bout at the Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Arias (16-0, 8 KOs) will defend his regional title belt against Sigmon.
A few weeks after withdrawing from a light heavyweight elimination bout, Sullivan Barrera has a fight lined up. Barrera will face Paul Parker on Apr. 15, Main Events announced Tuesday afternoon. The 10 round bout will take place at the Mohegun Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut and will air on HBO Latino (11 p.m. ET/ tape-delayed PT).
Welterweight contender Ray Robinson stopped Claudinei Lacerda in round seven Friday night at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robinson, who has now won his last 12 bouts improves to 23-2, with 12 KOs. Lacerda falls to 18-17-1, 13 KOs.
Not too long ago, it looked like Jorge Linares' career was over. He had lost back-to-back fights to Antonio DeMarco and Sergio 'Yeyo' Thompson, both by knockout. Five years later, Linares is near the top of the lightweight division. Or at the top, considering who you speak with. With a possible unification fight with Mikey Garcia in the works, Linares is not overlooking his opponent Saturday night, someone who could spoil those plans.
Unbeaten middleweight Jason Quigley has fought numerous times on non-televised bouts on Golden Boy Promotions cards. Unless boxing fans tune in to streams on their laptop or phone to watch Quigley in action, casual fans of the sport wonder who is this fighter that is nicknamed, 'El Animal?'
Unbeaten welterweight Dusty Hernandez-Harrison will face Matthew Strode Saturday night, promoter Gerome Quigley, Jr. told BoxingScene.com in a recent interview. The 10 round bout will take place at the UDC Physical Activities Center in Washington, D.C.
Hard-hitting Skender Halili returns to action tonight, facing late-sub Eduardo Flores in a junior middleweight action. The eight round bout will take place at The Skylands in Randolph, New Jersey. Halili (13-1-1, 13 KOs) stopped Romon Barber in his last bout on January 20. He has won his last five bouts since his eight round decision loss to Benjamin Whitaker in April of 2015.