
Mohamed Mimoune stops Tyrone McKenna to earn revenge
Mohamed Mimoune battled through a swollen eye to record a fifth-round stoppage of Tyrone McKenna at Belfast’s SSE Arena
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Mohamed Mimoune battled through a swollen eye to record a fifth-round stoppage of Tyrone McKenna at Belfast’s SSE Arena

Batyr Jukembayev turned away a persistent Mohamed Mimoune to earn his latest victory. A ten-round battle of junior welterweight southpaws saw the Montreal-based Kazakh boxer earn a unanimous decision victory. Jukembayev prevailed by scores of 98-92, 98-92, 99-91 in the ProBox TV main event Wednesday evening from Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida.

Ramiro Cesena cannot catch a break. Less than four months after landing on the wrong end of a controversial stoppage, the baby-faced Mexican featherweight was dealt his second straight defeat. The latest came at the hands of Puerto Rico’s Orlando ‘Capu’ Gonzalez, who claimed a ten-round, unanimous decision win over Cesena. Scores were 96-94. 96-94 and 97-93 for Gonzalez in their terrific ProBox TV-aired main event Wednesday evening from Boricua-friendly Kissimmee (Florida) Civic Center.

Panamanian contender Cesar Francis (10-0, 6 KOs) scored a 10-round unanimous decision win against Mohamed Mimoune (22-5, 3 KOs) of Toulouse, France in the main event of a ProBox Promotions show on Friday night in Plant City, Florida.

Following their event in February, ProBox Promotions is moving forward with Mohamed “The Problem” Mimoune (22-4, 3 KOs) battles super lightweight Cesar “Rainman” Francis (9-0, 6 KOs) in a ten-round headline attraction on Friday, March 25.

Mohamed Mimoune hit out at the judges of his fight against Tyrone McKenna. The former European welterweight champion was in action on Friday night at York Hall. Mimoune took on the man from Belfast at the famous Bethnal Green venue, exclusively live on Sky Sports in the UK and ESPN+ Stateside, in the second semi-final of the MTK Global-promoted Golden Contract tournament.

Ohara Davies and Tyrone McKenna will finally meet in the final of the Golden Contract tournament. McKenna was one the right end of a poor judging decision at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday night. The Belfast man was involved in a thrilling 10-round semi-final against Mohamed Mimoune of France, exclusively live on Sky Sports in the UK and ESPN + Stateside.

A huge night of action takes place at a sold out York Hall on Friday, live on Sky Sports in association with Matchroom Boxing, and on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank. A Golden Ball was added into the semi-final draw, with the fighting selecting it able to choose their opponent from the three remaining fighters that selected the red balls.

Banner Promotions is pleased to announce to the signing of top junior welterweight prospect Jamshidbek Najmitdinov (14-1, 11 KOs) to a co-promotional deal with Uprising Promotions. Najmitdinov of of Yashkent, Uzbekistan is looking forward to getting started and moving up the ranks of the 140-pound division.

The Golden Contract tournament will return to London’s iconic York Hall on February 21 to stage the final fours of the two divisions – live on Sky Sports in the UK in association with Matchroom Boxing and on ESPN+ in the US in association with ESPN+.