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Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr., now a trainer and promoter, will have a selection of his fighters headline a card at Legends Casino in Toppenish, Washington on January 25.
Hamza ’Thriller’ Uddin is the latest bright British boxing prospect to sign with Matchroom – and the flyweight has already set his sights on becoming a future world champion.
Undefeated super middleweight prospect Darius “DFG” Fulghum (9-0, 9 KOs) concluded a busy 2023, knocking out Pachino “Chino” Hill on December 2nd in the second round, in his hometown of Houston on a Golden Boy Promotions card headlined by Ryan Garcia vs. Oscar Duarte on a live DAZN stream from Toyota Center.
The previously scheduled matchup between WBC flyweight world champion Julio Cesar Martinez and unbeaten Angelino Cordova has been postponed. Martinez experienced visa issues trying to enter the country, forcing the bout to be rescheduled for next year.
The middleweight collision between Hamzah Sheeraz and Liam Williams has got a new date and will take place on Saturday 10 February at London’s Copper Box Arena, live on TNT Sports.
Peter Kahn, President of Fight Game Advisors, has signed undefeated featherweight prospect John Laryea, (12-0-1, 10 KOs), from the boxing rich country of Ghana.
Former world champion Alberto Puello will return to take on fellow unbeaten Ector Madera in an eight-round super lightweight showdown as they headline the Showtime Countdown show this Saturday, December 16 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Armory in Minneapolis.
Logistical issues have compelled Eye of the Tiger to postpone its event initially planned for February 23 at the Colisée Desjardins in Victoriaville. While the plans to present an event in the Centre-du-Québec region are still in place, the card will be held on a date to be announced later.
Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions has announced another fight for Saturday, January 27 event at the Commerce Casino, featuring an eight-round light heavyweight clash between undefeated fighters; Umar Dzambekov, (8-0, 5 KO’s) of Los Angeles and Curtis Millender, (3-0, 2 KOs), of Placentia CA.
Back on October 21st, undefeated super flyweight John “Scrappy” Ramirez, after waiting 10-plus months to fight in a World Boxing Association (WBA) title eliminator, the pride of South Central Los Angeles destroyed his Panamanian opponent, Ronal Batista (15-3, 9 KOs), dropping him twice to close the DAZN show in the fourth and final round.