Montana Love: record, next fight and profile →
Richardson Hitchins believed that a life of fame and fortune was in his immediate future after signing with Mayweather Promotions in 2017. Yet, after being left on the shelf far more often than he expected, Hitchins decided to take his career into his own hands. With a bevy of promoters vying for his services, Hitchins latched onto Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing.
Montana Love will headline at home in Cleveland, Ohio for the first time in his career as he defends his IBF North American Super-Lightweight title against Stevie Spark at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Saturday, November 12, live worldwide on DAZN. Ticket pre-sale begins Tuesday, August 30 at 10 a.m. with public on-sale beginning on Wednesday, August 31 at 10 a.m. at RocketMortgageFieldHouse.com.
Love, Valenzuela Fight Photos Gallery - T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - In a welterweight contest, Montana Love (18-0-1, 9 KOs) won a very close twelve round unanimous decision over Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela (25-3-1, 15 KOs). (photos by Ed Mulholland)
LAS VEGAS – Montana Love went the distance for the first time in four fights Saturday night, but he remained unbeaten on the Canelo Alvarez-Dmitry Bivol undercard Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
LAS VEGAS – Montana Love cannot wait to disappoint some of Canelo Alvarez’s fans by beating one of his stablemates on Alvarez’s undercard Saturday night. The unbeaten junior welterweight contender from Cleveland is set to square off against Gabriel Valenzuela
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez came in at almost exactly the same weight Friday as he did for his only other light heavyweight bout. Guadalajara’s Alvarez was officially 174.4 pounds for his 12-round, 175-pound title fight against unbeaten WBA champion Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Bivol, of St. Petersburg, Russia, stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale slightly heavier than Alvarez, at 174.6 pounds, on a makeshift stage outside of T-Mobile Arena.
Montana Love has been added to the Canelo Alvarez-Dmitry Bivol undercard. Matchroom Boxing and DAZN announced Monday afternoon that Love will meet Mexico’s Gabriel Valenzuela in a 10-round junior welterweight match May 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Those two corporate partners also confirmed what BoxingScene.com reported two weeks ago, that unbeaten heavyweights Filip Hrgovic and Zhang Zhilei will square off in a 12-round IBF elimination match on the Alvarez-Bivol undercard.
Love, Diaz Fight Photos Gallery - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - In a junior welterweight clash, Montana Love (17-0-1, 9 KOs), who missed weight by nearly four rounds, blew away Carlos Diaz (29-2, 14 KOs) in three rounds. (photos by Ed Mulholland)
LAS VEGAS – Montana Love put an exclamation point on a year to remember. The unbeaten Cleveland native enjoyed a successful first fight under the Matchroom Boxing banner, stopping Guadalajara’s Carlos Diaz inside of three rounds Saturday evening at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Love scored three knockdowns in round two and had Diaz pinned in a corner, leaving referee Raul Caiz Jr. to stop the contest at 0:22 of round three.
McCaskill, Wyatt Photos Gallery - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Undisputed welterweight queen Jessica McCaskill (10-2, 3KOs) versus Canada’s Kandi Wyatt (10-3, 3KOs) in a bout scheduled 10 rounds fought at two minutes each.