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The third edition of the 'SuperFly' series took place on Saturday at the Forum in Inglewood, California. and it didn't have quite the star power of the previous chapters or interest from the public. Former world champion Juan Francisco Estrada defeated Felipe Orucuta over 12 rounds...
So what is the current status of the proposed bout between IBF welterweight titlist Errol Spence and unified lightweight champion,Mikey Garcia? Robert Garcia, who is Mikey's older brother and co-trainer, told BoxingScene.com - "As of right now Mikey's still looking forward to that fight and looking into that fight. To my understanding, it may not happen this year so that's probably something that will benefit us in training for that fight.
Junior flyweight Joselito Velasquez faces Jose Flores Chanez as part of the 'SuperFly 3' undercard at the Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Velasquez, a Mexican Olympian is part of Freddie Roach's new stable of boxers.
Top Rank has announced a new multi-year deal with WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford. The former undisputed junior welterweight champion of the world has been with the company since 2011. Todd duBoef, the president of Top Rank,
Maxim Dadashev was scheduled to face former world champion Antonio DeMarco, as the co-main event next Friday night in Fresno, California on ESPN. But it looks like that fight will be delayed several weeks.
While lightweight hopeful Ryan Garcia improved to 16-0 (13 KO's) by out-pointing Carlos Morales over ten rounds last weekend at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, he didn't exactly play to rave reviews. "It's a delicate thing, he's a young kid but he still needs a lot of work, a lot to learn," said the president of Golden Boy Promotions, Eric Gomez, to BoxingScene.com.
The original plan was to have the lightweight unification bout between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza take place on December 1st at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Now, it could be moved back a week and to the East Coast.
On August 4th, Eleider Alvarez shocked the boxing world by stopping Sergey Kovalev in the seventh round for the WBO light heavyweight title. Kovalev and Main Events hold a rematch clause that they will be enforcing.
One thing that Amir Khan (32-4, 20 KOs) has never shied away from is a challenge or a big fight. Should he get past Samuel Vargas this weekend at Arena Birmingham, there will be chatter about a possible match-up versus former sparring partner Manny Pacquiao.
For the past couple of years, former world champion Shawn Porter and his father/trainer, Kenny have made it clear that they wanted to face Danny Garcia. They finally get that chance this Saturday night at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York as the main event on Showtime.