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Junior middleweight prospect Richard Brewart, Jr. overcame a knockdown to defeat Nathan Weston Sunday evening at the Omega Products International in the Los Angeles suburb of Corona.
Ryan Martin believes in making the most of second opportunities. Martin walked away from his loss to Josh Taylor with a bad taste in his mouth and hopes an impressive win over a former world titleholder will leave boxing fans with the impression that he can still contend in a very competitive junior welterweight division.
Carlos Zarate-Alfonso Zamora. Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales. Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez. Orlando Salido-Francisco Vargas. Could Miguel Berchelt-Oscar Valdez be the next great fight that will live up or surpass expectations in terms of action and excitement? That remains to be seen, but the fight is finally here. The real winners, like in the aforementioned fights, might be the fans tuning in.
Maidel Sando hopes to continue riding the momentum of an impressive win in his last bout. Sando will face Clay Collard in a six-round super middleweight bout tonight at the County Fairgrounds in Shelbyville, Kentucky. The Cuba-born Sando (10-0, 7 knockouts), who now resides in Nashville, Tennessee, defeated Genc Pllana by unanimous decision in his last bout on September 23. The fight, which snapped a string of four consecutive knockout victories, took place on a PBC on FS1 telecast.
After a long layoff, Ivan Golub will make his long-awaited return to the ring. Golub will square off against journeyman Luis Eduardo Flores in an eight-round bout tonight at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida, promoter Lou DiBella confirmed to BoxingScene Friday afternoon.
Light heavyweight prospect Sean Hemphill remained unbeaten Friday night, defeating gatekeeper Elie Augustama by unanimous decision Friday night at the Avanti Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Bektemir Melikuziev may have missed an opportunity to fight Sergey Kovalev, but he is not about to waste any time proving why he could be the future at 168 pounds. Melikuziev will face Morgan Fitch tonight at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. The eight-round bout will open the live DAZN stream (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT) and will precede the world title fight between WBO junior middleweight titleholder Patrick Teixeira and mandatory challenger Brian Castano.
Ronny Rios has breathed new life to a career that was close to becoming that of a gatekeeper. He is now a legit contender in a compelling division at 122 pounds. Rios hopes to land a world title fight this year, but must first get by Oscar Negrete Saturday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. The 10-round bout will precede the two world title fights between Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz and Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov, along with WBO junior middleweight titleholder Patrick Teixeira and Brian Castano.
Junior welterweight contender Sandor Martin will face Kay Prospere of England on March 26, Matchroom Boxing announced Thursday. The 12-round bout will take place at the Pabellon de la Vall d’Hebron in Martin’s hometown of Barcelona, Spain. The fight, along with the 12-round featherweight bout between Andoni Gago and Gavin McDonnell, will stream live on DAZN.
Unbeaten light heavyweight Sean Hemphill will face gatekeeper Elie Augustama Friday night, manager Adam Glenn told BoxingScene Wednesday night. The six-round bout will take place at the Avanti Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida and will take place on the Christy Martin Promotions card that will stream live on BXNG TV ($14.99, 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT).