Erislandy Lara’s move to the middleweight division might not last long. Unless he is offered a high-profile fight for a substantial purse at the 160-pound limit, Lara likely will move back down to the junior middleweight division for his next fight....
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By Cliff Rold - Last July, Showtime dropped a grenade in the just rippling lake of pandemic era boxing with a slate of mostly excellent fights meant to carry through the rest of 2020. Rather than announce a fight at a time, Showtime let fans and subs...
The first full title unification fight in the history of the 154-pound division was officially announced Thursday. Premier Boxing Champions and Showtime revealed that champions Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano will fight for four 154-pound titles Jul...
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Jermell Charlo has secured his chance to become boxing’s fully unified 154-pound champion. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Charlo and unbeaten Brian Castano have agreed to terms for a title unification fight. Showtime is expected to televise Charl...
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Australian junior middleweight superstar Tim Tszyu is getting close to a world title shot. Highly ranked by the World Boxing Organization, Tszyu was a very interested observer in Brian Castano’s dominant decision win over Patrick Teixeira to claim th...
Former two division world champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez has showered down heavy praise for the current WBO super welterweight champion, unbeaten Brian Castano, and also analyzed who, in his opinion, will be the next three superstar fighters th...
For more than a year, all that Brian Castano thought about was getting in the ring and walking away with a title around his waist. With both of those goals met, it’s now time to set his sights on the rest of the junior middleweight division. Fortunat...
This past Saturday night, Brian Castano (17-0-1, 12 KOs) captured the WBO junior middleweight championship with a dominant twelve round unanimous decision over Patrick Teixeira (31-2, 22 KOs) at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. The scores...
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Brian Castano (17-0-1, 12 KOs) achieved his goal of becoming a world champion. On Saturday night at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, Castano captured the WBO junior middleweight championship with a dominant twelve round unanimous decision over Patri...
Brian Castano demonstrated for 12 rounds exactly why the challenger was such a heavy favorite against defending champion Patrick Teixeira on Saturday night. Argentina’s Castano pressured the Brazilian southpaw for most of their 12-round, 154-pound ti...
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Teixeira, Castano Scorecard BoxingScene Live - INDIO, CALIF. - Joseph Diaz Jr. (31-1, 15 KOs) and Shavkat Rakhimov (15-0, 12 KOs) stepped on the scale at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino ahead of their 12-round fight for the vacant IBF Junior Lightweigh...
Patrick Teixeira knew the threat he would next face from the moment he first put a title around his waist. The hard-punching Brazilian was just upgraded from interim to WBO junior middleweight title and hadn’t even received the physical belt before l...
It’s not the main event (Saturday, DAZN, 8 PM EST) but it might be the best fight of the weekend on paper. It’s certainly the most intriguing in the big picture of its weight class.The winner can, and should, be seen as one step from a four-belt unif...
Brian Castano made it perfectly clear that he isn’t looking past Patrick Teixeira. Castano is a 6-1 favorite entering their fight Saturday night, but Teixeira is the defending WBO junior middleweight champion. The Brazilian southpaw also is undefeate...
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