The first title bout on OTX delivered excitement as unbeaten women’s junior middleweight Oshae Jones claimed her first title, defeating Femke Hermans via split decision Friday at Corey Studios in Atlanta.
The OTX junior middleweight tournament will conclude on Friday after Brandon Adams and Andreas Katzourakis both weighed in at 153.8lbs on Thursday to green-light their fight to decide the final.
Oshae Jones, who will challenge IBF women’s junior middleweight titleholder Femke Hermans on Friday in Atlanta, says she can't find anything in the matchup that concerns her.
The changes Mary Spencer made to her team and her training methods weren’t enough to help her win her rematch with Femke Hermans on Wednesday night in Montreal.
Mary Spencer will have the opportunity to avenge her only career defeat, which was inflicted on her last December by the Belgian Femke Hermans, as the IBO world title slipped through her fingers.
Savannah Marshall sent an emphatic reminder to her decade-long rival who was seated ringside. A superfight with Claressa Shields waited in the balance, with boxers afforded separate title defenses before their head-on collision. Shields held up her end, dominating unbeaten Ema Kozin over ten rounds to defend her lineal/WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight championship while running her record to 12-0 (2KOs).
Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada - Dangerous puncher Arslanbek Makhmudov (16-0, 15 KOs) came out firing and destroyed Michael Wallisch (23-6, 16 KOs) in one round to retain the NABA and NABF heavyweight titles.
Simon Kean will have to wait until 2023 for a chance to extend his current knockout streak. A back injury has forced the Canadian heavyweight out of a planned crossroads bout with former title challenger Eric Molina. The two were due to collide on December 16 at Centre Gervais Auto in Shawinigan, Canada, with the rest of the show moving forward but without its scheduled chief support.
WBO middleweight champion Savannah ‘The Silent Assassin’ Marshall (12-0, 10 KOs) headlined the Utilita Arena, Newcastle on Saturday night in knockout fashion against Femke Hermans (12-4, 5 KOs) setting up one of the biggest fights in women’s boxing history against the WBC, IBF & WBA middleweight champion Claressa Shields (12-0, 2 KOS).
By Ron Lewis - Savannah Marshall scored the biggest knockout of her career as she pole-axed Femke Hermans in the third round in Newcastle to retain her WBO middleweight title and finally set up her clash with Claressa Shields.