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Donnie Nietes won his first world title in September 2007 when he decisioned then undefeated future champion Pornsawan Porpramook for the vacant WBO strawweight belt in Cebu City, Philippines. Almost a decade later he is a three-division champ who is still unbeaten in world title fights, winning a total of fifteen alongside with a draw.
There are more than a few unbeaten top-rated contenders by the WBO in the featherweight division, but none of them has a better chance to secure a mandatory challenger status to face knockout puncher reigning champion Oscar Valdez than Mark Magsayo. The 22-year-old Filipino is ranked No.2 by the Puerto Rico-based sanctioning body.
Four months after winning his first world title at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan, Milan Melindo is scheduled to have his first defense on September 16 in his home country of The Philippines. The new IBF light flyweight champion is facing former strawweight titlist Hekkie Budler in a fight that headlines an eight-bout card promoted by ALA Promotions at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino in Cebu City.
Not too long after his shocking third round knockout loss by the hands of Terence Crawford in an undisputed super lightweight world championship bout last Saturday, Julius Indongo and his team left the United States to fly home to Africa. They hit the Omaha Airport by noon on Sunday and arrived home to Windhoek, Namibia in the early hours of Tuesday, after a roughly 30-hour long journey.
After a successful weigh-in process by both Terence Crawford and Julius Indongo, the undefeated champions are now ready to focus on their historic 140-pound unification bout. The fighters are facing off at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, serving as the main event of a Top Rank promoted card televised live by ESPN tonight (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT).
Saturday’s undisputed super lightweight world title fight between Terence Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs) and Julius Indongo (22-0, 11 KOs) is in the center of the boxing sphere’s attention. Fans, fighters, trainers, managers, and promoters are talking about the historic match-up where all four major championship belts are at stake. Among those who are looking forward to watching this bout is undefeated 140-pounder Sergey Lipinets (12-0, 10 KOs).
On this coming Saturday at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, the boxing world is about to witness something special. Fellow unbeaten unified titlists Terence Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs) and Julius Indongo (22-0, 11 KOs) are facing off in an old-school undisputed world championship fight that means all four major sanctioning body belts, namely the WBC/WBA/WBO/IBF are on the table.
WBA/IBF/IBO super lightweight champ Julius Indongo is now staying in Los Angeles with his team to finish preparation for his bout against WBC/WBO/Ring unified titlist Terence Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs). The two are scheduled to face in a historic undisputed world championship fight on August 19 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Julius Indongo and his team have arrived to Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon for his historic super lightweight unification bout against Terence Crawford. The undefeated pugilists will share a ring August 19 close to Crawford’s home in Lincoln, Nebraska, serving as the mian event of a Top Rank promoted card televised live on ESPN.
While this coming weekend the attention of the boxing world is solely on pound-for-pound top 5 Vasyl Lomachenko’s super featherweight title defense against tough Colombian challenger Miguel Marriaga, there is another world title bout there that flies under the radar.