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It looks as though Orlando Salido (43-13-4, 30KOs) and Vasyl Lomachenko are headed in separate directions for the fall. So how about a match-up between Salido and Takashi Miura (30-3-2, 23KOs)?
While a middleweight slugfest between former IBF beltholder David Lemieux and top rated Curtis Stevens had been reported as being a done deal last week. It turned out not to be the case. But there is definitely interest in making that fight.
On April 9th, Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17KOs) captured the IBF heavyweight title by stopping Charles Martin in two rounds in what was just his sixteenth professional fight.
With his sixth round stoppage of Italian Olympian Leonard Bundu on Sunday afternoon in Coney Island, unbeaten Errol Spence (21-0, 18KOs) solidified his standing as the top-ranked welterweight in the IBF.
This weekend from the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, middleweight hopeful Luis 'Cuba' Arias makes another homecoming by facing Darryl Cunningham for the USBA and USNBC titles.
Featherweight Joseph Diaz is now rated in the top ten by the WBC, IBF and WBO. Earlier this year he made his debut on HBO by out-pointing Jayson Velez of Puerto Rico. As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Diaz will return to the ring on September 17th, when he will be perform on the televised portion of the Saul Alvarez-Liam Smith pay-per-view undercard from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Earlier today, Golden Boy Promotions officially announced their pay-per-view undercard for September 17th, for the event that is headlined by WBO 154-pound titlist Liam Smith defending his crown against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
This weeks edition of 'ShoBox' from Rochester, New York features heavyweight Jarrell Miller, who faces veteran Fred Kassi. Ranked in top ten by the WBA, IBF and WBO, 'Big Baby' Miller is closing in on getting a title shot according to his co-promoter.
Yes, there is a Wednesday night fight card taking place in downtown Los Angeles at Exchange L.A. Steve Bash, the head of Boxing Boxing, explained to BoxingScene.com,"Basically I ended up doing an MMA show at the same venue. I've used this venue four times for a new MMA company called 'Combate Americas' and they do a great T.V. production and so we've got this great venue and the lighting is still up. So I thought,'Well, let's try an get a boxing show in there.'
Currently the 'regular' version of the WBA middleweight title is held by Danny Jacobs (31-1, 28KOs). Their 'super' champion is Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs).