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PHILADELPHIA–Once again Christian Carto thrilled the crowd at the 2300 Arena, as the popular bantamweight stopped Ernesto Sebastian Franzolini in front of a capacity crowd at the famed Philadelphia fight venue.
Sergey “The Krusher” Kovalev (34-4, 29 KOs), living in Long Beach, CA, will fight Tervel Pulev in his cruiserweight debut on Saturday, May 14 at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA and will be streamed live on Triller and Fite.tv.
International Boxing Hall of Fame analyst, Showtime boxing historian and unofficial scorer Steve Farhood breaks down the epic first match between WBC, WBA and IBF 154-pound World Champion Jermell Charlo and WBO World Champion Brian Castano for the undisputed super welterweight world championship that ended in a controversial split-decision draw in Charlo vs. Castaño: Round by Round, which premieres on Monday, May 2 at 11:05 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME and will also be available to non-subscribers on the SHOWTIME SPORTS YouTube channel.
Diego “Maravilla” Carmona of Mexico defeated Panamanian Alberto “Metralleta” Mosquera by technical knockout at the beginning of the seventh round and took the World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedecentro super welterweight Championship on EstrellaTV’s Boxeo EstrellaTV.
Lee Baxter Promotions is bringing Canadian boxing to DAZN for the first time ever, in a multi-fight deal. On May 5th - Cinco De Mayo - at REBEL Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Lee Baxter Promotions will present the first boxing show in Canada to be shown on the sports streaming platform.
Featherweight contenders Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz and Miguel Beltran will square off in the ten round main event of a Bally Sports Presents: Entrobox Championship Boxing card Saturday, May 21 at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, FL.
The SHOWTIME PPV undercard for Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero will feature three matchups entering the ring in high-stakes action on Saturday, May 28 live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
World champion Estelle Mossely is laser focused on securing a fight with the winner of this weekend's lightweight clash between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.
Highly touted Australian bantamweight Vegas Larfield continues his career progression, as he features on the ACE Boxing Group event on May 7 at Queensland's, Royal International Convention Center.
Rather than wait for the winner of the May 7th Las Vegas showdown between superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, former super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will put his impeccable 43-0 (39 KOs) record on the line May 14th versus German Dominic Boesel (32-2, 12 KOs), the reigning International Boxing Organization (IBO) light heavyweight world titleholder and WBA No. 1 rated contender.