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Angel Ayala opened a new chapter in his young career with an impressive sixth-round knockout of Dave Apolinario to earn a vacant flyweight belt Friday at Restaurante Arroyo in Mexico City.
Argi Cortes won a battle of wills – and hard-charging countrymen – by stopping Salvador Juarez in an entertaining encounter Friday at Restaurante Arroyo in Mexico City, Mexico.
Pick It: Vergil Ortiz vs. Serhii Bohachuk When to Watch: Saturday, August 10, 8 p.m. eastern Time (1 a.m. BST) for the main broadcast. How to watch: DAZN for the main broadcast, Golden Boy Promotions’ YouTube page for the preliminary bouts.
According to BoxRec, WBC female bantamweight champion Yuliahn Luna Avila (25-3-1) is 5ft / 152 cm tall. However, the Yuliahn Luna Avila that showed up in Holstebro, Denmark at today's weigh-in is about 5'6 or about 167 cm. Luna weighed in at 52,8 kg / 116.4 lbs.
Poland - On Saturday night in Katy Wroclawskie, Polish heavyweight veteran Mariusz “Viking” Wach (37-9, 20 KOs), 43-year-old, took a stay-busy fight to sharpen his skills, with a stoppage of Jakub Sosinski (8-3-1, 3 KOs) in five rounds.
Felix Alvarado is back at the negotiating table. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the former IBF junior flyweight titlist is currently in talks with Dave Apolinario, per an order from the IBF for a proposed flyweight title eliminator. The bout was summoned after both parties accepted an invitation from the sanctioning body to enter talks for a fight to determine the mandatory challenger for reigning flyweight titlist Sunny Edwards (19-0, 4KOs), who enters a voluntary defense on June 10 in London.
Young prospect RV Deniega (6-0) of Sanman Boxing will be facing the toughest challenge of his career when he takes on former WBC world champion Sonny Boy “Bullet” Jaro on August 5 at the Ynares Arena in Pasig City.
International Convention Centre, East London, South Africa - Dave “The Doberman” Apolinario, now W17 KO12 L0, became the Philippine's lone world champion after disposing South African legend and three division world champion Gideon Buthelezi in the opening round.
It's official: Super lightweights Enock Poulsen (11-0) and Franck Petitjean (23-5-3) clash for the vacant EBU title on a Danish Fight Night promotion on April 21 at the Frederiksberg Hall in Copenhagen.
Ryad Merhy retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Zhaoxin Zhang by TKO in the eighth round on Saturday in Brussels, Belgium.