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Abner Mares his heard the skeptics regarding his rise from 126 to 130 pounds, his goal of dethroning southpaw WBA “regular” champion Gervonta Davis, and quest for his fourth crown in as many divisions reportedly on February 9 at a venue to be determined in Southern California near Mares’ native Los Angeles.
Michael “The Bounty” Hunter has become a giant killer in the four bouts since he's entered the heavyweight division in April, with Saturday’s ninth-round TKO of 6-foot-7 ½, 279-pound Alexander Ustinov validating his belief that “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”
It was early 2014, and the stage appeared to be set for a monster 175-pound unification supremacy clash on HBO between Haitian-born Canadian southpaw Adonis “Superman” Stevenson and Russian Sergey “The Krusher” Kovalev.
Canelo Alvarez would be the first man to stop Floyd Mayweather Jr. if the unbeaten, five-division champion were to unretired for a 160-pound rematch of his 154-pound victory, Golden Boy president Eric Gomez said during a conference call on Tuesday.
Golden Boy president Eric Gomez considered former welterweight titleholder Carlos Baldomir “a risky fight” for a then-20-year-old Canelo Alvarez in advance of their 153 ½-pound bout in September 2010 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.
When Jarret Hurd’s short left hook dropped southpaw Erislandy Lara with 37 seconds in their 154-pound title unification in April, his blow was the difference between losing and winning a split-decision that added Lara’s WBA crown to his IBF version. But the screaming fans who packed the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas were unaware of the pain shooting through Hurd’s left shoulder throughout the night from a torn rotator cuff he first noticed in February that required post-fight arthroscopic surgery and more than six weeks of physical therapy and rehabilitation.
In the months since battling two-division champion Badou Jack to a draw in May, WBC 175-pound champion Adonis Stevenson turned 41 years old in September and experienced the November birth of his fifth child and fourth daughter, Adonia.
Once-beaten 154-pound title challenger Julian Williams of Philadelphia will pursue his fourth straight victory and second stoppage during that time against hard-hitting Javier Francisco of Mexico in a 10-round bout on Saturday’s undercard of Deontay Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title defense against lineal champion Tyson Fury at The Staples Center in Los Angeles on Showtime Pay Per View.
A deal is close for two-division champion Badou Jack to face unbeaten southpaw Marcus Browne in a 175-pound undercard bout to a WBA “regular” welterweight title defense by Manny Pacquiao against four-division title-winner Adrien Broner on January 19 at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay-Per-View, according to a report from RingTV.com.
Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin could decide by year’s end whether to sign one of two lucrative packages being offered by DAZN or ESPN, his promoter, Tom Leoffler, has informed ESPN.com. Loeffler told ESPN.com that he could soon meet with the 36-year-old Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) of Kazakhstan in Santa Monica, California, where they each reside, to discuss the offers as well as “Triple-G’s” desire to return to action sometime between March and May.