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By Francisco Salazar - INGLEWOOD, Calif. - "Give me my belt." - Those words by Gennady Golovkin seemed to resonate throughout The Forum in Inglewood and social media after he stopped Dominic Wade in the second round of a fight that was not likely going 12 scheduled rounds. Golovkin improves to 35-0, 32 KOs, while Wade...
In the opening bout of the K2 Promotions card, flyweight Seniesa Estrada won a six round unanimous decision over Selene Lopez. Both fighters went right at it from the opening bell, but it was Estrada (6-0, 1 KO) who asserted herself throughout the fight. Lopez (3-5-3, 1 KO) did find a home for right hands to the head, that produced a noticeable lump under Estrada's eye. But Estrada landed the more telling blows, especially in the second half of the fight. All three judges scored the bout 60-54 in favor of Estrada.
Junior welterweight Manuel Mendez stopped late-sub Jose Araiza in the fourth and final round. Mendez (10-1-1, 6 KOs) was far more busier and aggressive, raining down an abundant amount of hooks and crosses onto Araiza. Mendez, who is trained by Joel Diaz, stunned Araiza (34-16-1, 25 KOs) midway through the fourth round with a right cross to the head. Araiza attempted to fight back, but Mendez's strength and volume of punches scored repeatedly on a defenseless Araiza, promoting referee Ray Corona to stop the fight at 2:18.
By Francisco Salazar - Gennady Golovkin overlooking Dominic Wade? Why would he? After accumulating world title belts, earning endorsements, and remaining unbeaten, Golovkin has no reason to look past Wade, who may indeed be over his head tonight. Golovkin lives by the motto of ‘If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.’ Besides, Golovkin has too much to lose, including a potential showdown against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez...
Unbeaten Giovani Santillan will fight Jose De Jesus Macias this Friday night, Thompson Boxing Promotions announced earlier this week.
After an impressive performance in his last fight, featherweight contender Ronny Rios returns to action. Rios will fight in a 10 round bout June 3 at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Robert Diaz told BoxingScene.com.
Some of the top, young featherweights in boxing today are promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. It was only a matter of time before they would eventually face off.
Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California - In the highly anticipated junior middleweight main event, Jesus Soto Karass (28-10-4, 18KOs) and Yoshihiro Kamegai (26-3-2, 23KOs) fought to a ten round split draw. The scores were 97-93 for Kamegai, 96-94 for Soto Karass, and 95-95.
While Nonito Donaire will be defending his WBO junior featherweight title next Saturday in Cebu City, in the Philippines, one fighter will be watching closely.
After weeks of salivating over the matchup, fight fans no longer have to wait for Jesus Soto-Karass and Yoshihiro Kamegai to throw hands. The all action welterweights are set to collide Friday in front of a beyond capacity crowd at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. If Soto-Karass has something left in the tank and is not affected by ring rust, his 10 round bout against Kamegai could be something else. Then again, when is Soto-Karass in a bad fight? Or Kamegai, for that matter?