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Jermall Charlo (23-0, 18 KOs), over the last three years has seemed as complete a fighter as they come. He shoots his jab like Mark Breland, spears the right cross like Thomas Hearns and utilizes creative angles like Sugar Ray Leonard.
Houston's Virginia Fuchs will have to finish in the top four at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, May 19-27, in Astana, Kazakhstan, to earn a berth at the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro this summer. Fuchs' American teammates, lightweight Mikaela Mayer and middleweight Claressa Shields have already qualified for Rio but will nevertheless also be competing at the world championships.
Juan Diaz stopped Fernando Garcia in the ninth round of the co-main event at the Arena Theatre on Saturday night. Diaz (41-4, 20 KOs) outworked Garcia (30-8-2, 18 KOs) throughout the lightweight bout, using multi-punch flurries.
Kazakh junior middleweight Radmir Akhmediyez (8-1, 7 KOs) rebounded from his first career defeat by emphatically stopping Carlos Dixon (1-6-1, 1 KO) in the third round at The Zone in Houston. The hard-hitting Akhmediyev was the aggressor from the outset but Dixon denied him a clean shot by utilizing sneaky movement, counter punching and clinching.
Middleweight Radmir Akhmediyev (7-1, 6 KOs) returns to the drawing board at The Zone in Houston on Saturday after his first professional loss in November. Akhmediyev, 25, had fought exclusively against opponents with losing records prior to his suffering a crushing seventh-round KO against John Vera (12-0, 7 KOs). The Kazakh fighter has since replaced Bobby Benton with Aaron Navarro as his trainer.
If life mimics art, Artur Szpilka's world heavyweight title shot this Saturday sure bears some uncanny parallels to the 1977 academy award winning flick Rocky. And since Sylvester Stallone penned the screenplay loosely based on former fringe contender Chuck Wepner's failed attempt at wresting the heavyweight championship from Mohammad Ali in 1975, this is actually a case of life imitating art imitating life.
There was no shortage of action involving Houston fighters in 2015, a year that marked the end of a seven-year drought during which the Bayou City was devoid of any world titleholders. The city also played host to some remarkable match-ups that were considered for the categories of Fight of the Year, Knockout of the Year and Upset of the Year.
In a clash of undefeated junior welterweights, hometown favorite Regis Prograis (15-0, 12 KOs) takes on Abel Ramos (14-0-2, 9 KOs) at the Bayou City Events Center in Houston tonight. The fight, staged by Savarese Boxing Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, is the latest installment of ShoBox: The Next Generation on Showtime. Prograis, 26, has lived in Houston for the last decade but it was not by choice. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and submerged all but the roof of his childhood home under raging floodwaters, forcing him and his family to uproot to Houston.
Although undefeated junior middleweight twins Jermall and Jermell Charlo are identical down to their DNA, they have slightly different opinions on how tonight's showdown between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Miguel Cotto will unfold.
The latest Savarese Boxing Promotions card will see several prospects do battle in front of their homegrown fans tonight at the Doyle Convention Center in Texas City. Flyweight Juan Leija (11-2-1, 3 KOs) faces Gilberto Mendoza (5-4-2, 1 KO) over eight rounds in the main event. A former Texas flyweight champion, Leija is coming back from an upset defeat against Sam Gutierrez in May.