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Coming off his tough twelve round decision win over unbeaten mandatory challenger Jesse Hart on September 22nd, WBO super middleweight titlist, Gilberto Ramirez is already looking at two fights - with Top Rank setting down two dates in the first half of the year.
Multiple sources have told BoxingScene.com that WBC 130-pound champion, Miguel Berchelt will be unable to defend his title against Orlando Salido as planned on December 9th in Las Vegas.
With Olympic gold medal winner Ryota Murata capturing a version of the WBA middleweight title this past Sunday in Japan by stopping Hassan N'Dam in seven rounds in their rematch, promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank believes he is poised to have a banner 2018 campaign. The veteran promoter told BoxingScene.com on Monday morning as he got back to the States - "My grand plan with Murata is you need another fight in Tokyo, it's going to be absolutely huge... huge! So now he fights in Japan, then summer in the States and then for the third fight of the year, we'll figure that out."
There's not much you can do when an opponent simply refuses to fight you. Which is what Hasim Rahman Jr. found out this past Thursday evening at the Durham Armory in Durham, North Carolina when Joseph Coats backed out of the fight at the very last moment.
Later tonight from the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York, former world champion Demetrius Andrade (24-0, 16 KOs) faces Alantez Fox as part of the HBO 'Boxing After Dark' telecast. The bout is a middleweight contest. So is Andrade - who still currently holds a version of the WBA 154-pound title - now a full-fledged middleweight?
While Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) easily out-boxed Terrell Gausha this past weekend at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York, in defense of his WBA/IBO 154-pound titles, it wasn't a performance that played to rave critical reviews. The crowd inside the venue could be heard heckling the action (or lack thereof) and the Showtime ratings actually declined during this main event.
Demetrius Andrade faces Alantez Fox this Saturday from the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York. Andrade, who held various portions of world titles at junior middleweight, is now expected to settle in as a middleweight as he signed a multi-fight deal with HBO. So if he had his way, who would Andrade like to face next? He replied without hesitation,"'Triple G.'''
IBF cruiserweight champion, Murat Gassiev, faces Krzysztof Wlodarczyk at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey in the quarterfinals of World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament. The hard-hitting Gassiev is trained by Abel Sanchez and is a stablemate of middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
It was formally announced today in New York that WBO junior middleweight titlist, Miguel Cotto, will be facing Sadam Ali, in what the Puerto Rican superstar says will be the final fight of his illustrious career. This event which will take place from the Madison Square Garden on December 2 in New York City will be televised by HBO.
Currently there are discussions for WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan unifying versus WBA belt-holder Jorge Linares in the first quarter of 2018. Which has left the manager of Ray Beltran - who happens to the number one contender in the WBO - nonplussed. Feder said of Flanagan (33-0, 13 KO's) - "He wins the vacant because (Jose) Zepeda dislocates his shoulder in the second round.