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Middleweight Hugo Centeno (26-1, 14 KO's) faces Jermall Charlo at the Barclay Center this Saturday night as part of the Showtime tripleheader. At stake is the interim-WBC middleweight title. Centeno has one career loss - a 10th round stoppage at the hands of Maciej Sulecki - and that experience for the 27-year old native of Oxnard, California has proven to be a valuable lesson for him.
Noted trainer Abel Sanchez has never been one to shy away from making bold statements or giving his opinion on any subject. Ask him a question and he'll say what's on his mind. But when Sanchez - best known for training unified middleweight champion
Last year, promotional company Ringstar Sports, which is headed up by Richard Schaefer, signed up former multi-division champion Nonito Donaire (38-4, 24 KOs) to a promotional deal with the intent of securing the biggest fights for the 'Filipino Flash' who is in the twilight of his storied career.
It was announced earlier today that WBO light heavyweight titlist Sergey Kovalev will now be facing Eleider Alvarez in his next title defense on HBO. For a spell it looked like Kovalev would be paired with the undefeated Marcus Browne, a 2012 U.S. Olympian. But as he ran into legal problems stemming from domestic violence against his girlfriend, Main Events was left looking for alternatives.
In the immediate aftermath of Ryota Murata's eight-round stoppage of Emanuele Blandaruma, Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum - who co-promotes the Japanese star alongside Teiken Promotions - was very clear that he'd like to see a match-up between Murata and the unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs).
Jesus Cuellar has not faced live bullets since losing a split decision to Abner Mares in December of 2016. This Saturday night from the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York, he faces undefeated former world champion Gervonta Davis for the WBA 130-pound title as part of Showtime's televised tripleheader.
It was announced earlier today by the World Boxing Super Series that Oleksander Usyk has a ''minor elbow injury'' that would prevent him from facing Murat Gassiev in the finals of their cruiserweight tournament which was scheduled for May 11th.
At the Palm Restaurant in Los Angeles, IBF, WBA, WBC, IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) and promoter Tom Loeffler held a small, intimate gathering with the press to make what was basically a non-announcement of the May 5th date that they are still hoping to salvage.
Cameron Dunkin, best known for guiding the likes of Kelly Pavlik, Stevie Johnston, Nonito Donaire and Terence Crawford, among many other world champions has a new roster of up-and-comers that he's moving up the ranks. "I've got a few guys fighting in Mexico and of course, I've got (Jaron) 'Boots' Ennis in Virginia and so I've got four guys fighting this weekend," he told BoxingScene.com.
On March 10th Sergey Lipinets (13-1, 10 KOs) suffered his first career defeat against the highly regarded, Mikey Garcia, who many have listed on their pound-for-pound lists. While he lost his IBF 140-pound title he gained a large measure of respect in pushing Garcia and going the distance.