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So in the opinion of heavyweight Bryant Jennings - who faces Alexander Dimitrenko this Saturday night as the headliner on ESPN from the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey - which heavyweight does he fancy as the best in the world, currently?
Coming off his big second round stoppage of Keandre Gibson, Eddie 'E-boy' Gomez has signed a managerial deal with Timothy Van Newhouse and Split-T Management. Van Newhouse told BoxingScene.com - "Eddie has a lot to fight for now. I watched him mature significantly over the past year. He's at a good age to turn the corner. He's very fast, works the body extremely well and has a good ring-IQ. We (Split-T Management) see some good things happening for him and we are pleased to have him apart of the team".
19-year old Devin Haney is considered one of the games best prospects. Coming off his ninth round stoppage of Mason Menard on May 11th, he will be making his return to ShoBox on September 28th at Pechanga Resorts and Casino in Temecula, California, BoxingScene.com has been advised.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the purse bid for the mandatory WBA 'regular' middleweight title match-up between champion Ryota Murata and challenger Rob Brant was held on Monday in Panama and won by Greg Cohen Promotions, who handle Brant, with a bid of just over $200,000.
This past weekend, promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank flew to the Philippines to meet with Manny Pacquiao to discuss the future. Pacquiao, who is coming off a dominant stoppage victory over Lucas Matthysse on July 14th, has made it clear that he was now in charge of running his career. The Matthysse fight, which took place in Malaysia, was self-promoted by Pacquiao.
Ryan 'Blue Chip' Martin will be facing the highly regarded Josh Taylor in the first round of the World Boxing Super Series junior welterweight tournament. Many believe that 'the Tartan Tornado' from Scotland is the favorite to win the Muhammad Ali Trophy.
After his May 19th twelve round decision loss to WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr., the once-beaten Joseph Diaz gets back into action later tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. He is facing the tough and always dangerous Jesus Rojas, who holds a version of the WBA title.
Highly regarded lightweight, Teofimo Lopez (10-0, 8 KO's) and his father, recently paid an in-studio visit to 'the 3 Knockdown Rule' with Mario Lopez and they weren't shy in stating their opinions. Lopez, who scored an impressive sixth round stoppage of William Silva on July 14th in New Orleans, is considered one of the best young prospects in the sport of boxing. They were asked what they felt about some of the other young boxers in and around their weight class, such as junior lightweight, Ryan Garcia (15-0, 13 KO's).
There's no doubt that lightweight Teofimo Lopez (10-0, 8 KOs) is going places. After his most recent outing - an impressive sixth round knockout of William Silva on July 14th - many believe he is ready for a title shot sooner rather than later.
Back on March 22nd, super bantamweight hopeful, Emilio Sanchez was stunningly knocked out by Filipino, Eugene Lagos with an overhand right he never saw coming in the second round. Tonight Sanchez makes his return to the ring at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles against Christopher Martin.