Brandon Adams: record, next fight and profile →
Brandon Adams had less than a week to prepare for the opponent he would ultimately meet in the ring. All he needed was 4 ½ minutes to make a statement. The aspiring middleweight contender delivered an explosive performance, stopping late replacement Sonny Duversonne inside of two rounds Thursday evening at Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California.
Brandon Adams, Sonny Diversonne Weights Photos Gallery - Junior middleweights Brandon Adams (21-3, 13 KO’s) and Sonny Duversonne (11-2-2, 8 KO’s) made weight on Wednesday ahead of their eight-round main event fight tomorrow/Thursday on the second installment of Ring City’s Thursday night fights, airing live on NBCSN at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST tomorrow night from Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles. (photos by Tom Hogan/Hogan Photos)
The show will go on for Brandon Adams. A new opponent has been secured for the former middleweight title challenger, who tops the next edition of Ring City USA. Adams will now face Sanny Duversonne in a 10-round junior middleweight contest, which takes place Thursday evening live on NBC Sports Network from Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California.
Plans for Serhii Bohachuk to end 2020 with a bang have now transformed to focusing on a breakout campaign in the New Year. An undisclosed illness has forced unbeaten junior middleweight knockout artist from Ukraine has been forced to withdraw from his crossroads bout with veteran contender Brandon Adams, sources have informed BoxingScene.com. Bohachuk’s planned 10-round clash with Los Angeles’ Adams was due to headline the December 3 edition of Ring City USA, live on NBC Sports Network from Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach’s famed Wild Card Gym in Hollywood.
Ring City USA, the new sports media startup that debuts its Thursday night boxing series Nov. 19 on NBC Sports Network, announced the main events for its second and third fight nights, to take place on Dec. 3 and Dec. 17 respectively. Undefeated blue-chip super welterweight prospect Serhii Bohachuck (18-0, 18 KO’s) meets former middleweight Interim Title Challenger Brandon Adams (21-3, 13 KO’s) in a 10-round main event on Dec.3, while the undefeated 2016 Olympian Charles Conwell (13-0, 10 KO’s) faces Madiyar Ashkeyev (14-0, 7 KO’s) in a 10-round super welterweight matchup.
HOUSTON – Count Ronnie Shields among those Brandon Adams impressed Saturday night. Jermall Charlo’s trainer commended Adams for proving he’s a contender, not just “The Contender,” in their 12-round, 160-pound title fight at NRG Arena. Many experts expected Charlo to knock out Adams, who had been stopped by John Thompson in the second round of their May 2015 fight in Corona, California.
Jermall Charlo’s fight Saturday night drew lower viewership than the WBC middleweight champion’s previous appearance on Showtime. A Nielsen Media Research report released Tuesday revealed that a peak audience of 434,000 tuned in to watch Charlo beat Brandon Adams in the main event of a “Showtime Championship Boxing” tripleheader from NRG Arena in Houston, Charlo’s hometown. Their 12-round, 160-pound championship match was watched by an average audience of 379,000.
HOUSTON – Brandon Adams acknowledged that he didn’t do enough to beat Jermall Charlo on Saturday night. Adams is sure, though, that Charlo felt his power during their 12-round middleweight championship match. Los Angeles’ Adams could tell by the way Charlo reacted to some of his punches that he got the WBC champion’s attention.
Jermall Charlo, Brandon Adams Fight Photos Gallery - Jermall Charlo overcame a hand injury to record a unanimous-decision win over Brandon Adams and retain his WBC middleweight title on Saturday. (photos by Esther Lin).
In front of a sold out crowd of his hometown fans, WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo defended his new title for the first time and kept his unbeaten record in dominating fashion against Brandon Adams Saturday night at NRG Arena live on SHOWTIME.