Francisco Javier Martinez: record, next fight and profile →
Javier Martinez hit Raul Salomon with every head and body shot imaginable, but Salomon remained on his feet throughout their eight-round super middleweight match Thursday night in Las Vegas.
Jamaine Ortiz flexed his muscles, smiled and beat his chest Wednesday afternoon after he made weight in Las Vegas. Teofimo Lopez mostly smiled as they faced off for the final time before their 140-pound title fight Thursday night. Minutes earlier, Lopez and Ortiz weighed exactly the same amount, 139.6 pounds, when they stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale.
Teofimo Lopez will defend his WBO title against Jamaine Ortiz on Thursday, Feb. 8, at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Lopez-Ortiz headlines an action-packed televised doubleheader that kicks off Big Game Weekend.
Nine years after Joe Goodall edged Efe Ajagba in an amateur bout, not much separated the heavyweights again on the scale in Stateline, Nevada. The 6-foot-6 Ajagba weighed in at 237.6 pounds for their 10-round fight Saturday night. The 6-foot-5 Goodall officially
Nigerian heavyweight Efe Ajagba hopes to take a giant leap towards a title opportunity when faces upset-minded Australian Joe Goodall in the 10-round main event Saturday, Nov. 4 at Tahoe Blue Event Center in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. This will be the first boxing event at the venue, which opened earlier this month.
On August 12, WBO junior lightweight world champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will face former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Amado Vargas went the distance in a fight where he campaigned for two more rounds than what was scheduled. The middle son of former two-time junior middleweight titlist Fernando Vargas, the 22-year-old junior lightweight
Gigantic heavyweight prospect Antonio Mireles made quick work of Eric Perry on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The 6-foot-9, 269.6-pound Mireles dropped and stopped Eric Perry just 2:26 into their six-round fight at Palms Casino Resort’s Pearl Concert Theater. ESPN+ streamed Mireles’ win as the first of eight undercard bouts before Janibek
Denzel Bentley simply smiled as Janibek Alimkhanuly intensely stared into his eyes Friday afternoon. Alimkhanuly assured his optional challenger that he won’t have much to smile about Saturday night when they fight in Las Vegas. Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly predicted another knockout in a 12-round main event ESPN+ will stream.
WBO middleweight world champion Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly, a southpaw power puncher from Kazakhstan, will make the first defense of his title against two-time British champion Denzel Bentley on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.