
Exciting Anthony Olascuaga stops Riku Kano to win WBO flyweight title
America’s Anthony Olascuaga produced a sensational performance to stop Riku Kano and win the vacant WBO flyweight title

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America’s Anthony Olascuaga produced a sensational performance to stop Riku Kano and win the vacant WBO flyweight title

Denzel Bentley will be an interested observer as his domestic rivals Nathan Heaney and Brad Pauls meet in their British middleweight title rematch in Birmingham this weekend (July 20).

Frank Warren wants Dennis McCann to prove he is ready for the next level when the super bantamweight talent boxes Ionut Baluta in an intriguing rematch on Saturday night (July 20). Warren has been a big believer in McCann since the southpaw exploded onto the scene as a raw, exciting 18-year-old.

Winning the Lonsdale belt should be motivation enough for Brad Pauls against Nathan Heaney on Saturday, but if he needs more inspiration, he needs only to consider the future a win could bring him.

Until his split decision loss to Ionut Baluta 16 months ago, bantamweight Andrew Cain was rated as arguably the most exciting, under the radar talent in British boxing. The hand he damaged during that fight is now fully healed and Cain, from Liverpool, is hellbent on showing that he still deserves the menacing reputation he was developing.

Mark Jeffers’ manager, Kevin Maree, has told BoxingScene that the undefeated English super middleweight champion is ready to come off the leash, and is targeting Kevin Lele Sadjo, one of the most dangerous 168-pound operators and European champion.

The news that the British Boxing Board of Control have elected to put a rematch between British heavyweight champion, Fabio Wardley, and Frazer Clarke out to purse bids was the standout news from the governing body’s latest championship circular.

Osaka, Japan - The semi finals of Matchroom's newfangled Prizefighter tournament are now in place, with Kazuto Takesako and Riku Kunimoto set to do battle for a place in the $1m final against the winner of Kieron Conway vs Aaron McKenna.

Prizefighter is back and its spawned victories for Kieron Conway and Aaron McKenna in the quarter finals. Rather than being crammed into three hours, the latest incarnation of the popular tournament will take place over three nights and a $1 million dollar prize awaits the winner.

Zach Parker is keen to show exactly what he is capable of when he fights Jack Arnfield at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England, on July 20.