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Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez were kept completely apart again Friday after they made weight at Madison Square Garden. Taylor talked trash and pointed at his head to indicate that he is mentally stronger than Lopez. A calmer Lopez looked directly at Taylor from across the stage, but the former unified lightweight champion didn’t say anything to his opponent before they went their separate ways.
Ready for another big challenge in the ring during the weekend of the Puerto Rican Parade in New York City, super lightweight prospect from Caguas, Omar Rosario (10-0, 3 KO's), will return on Saturday, June 10 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, as part of Top Rank's undercard featuring the world title clash between Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez.
Junior middleweight phenom Xander Zayas is set to shine on the eve of Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. Zayas will return in a 10-round re-scheduled battle against Ronald “Diablo” Cruz Saturday, June 10 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Zayas-Cruz will serve as the co-feature to the junior welterweight showdown between WBO champion Josh Taylor and former unified and lineal lightweight king Teofimo Lopez.
Rubén Zayas Coliseum, Trujillo Alto - In the main event bout, which took place at 112 pounds, former Olympian Yankiel Rivera (2-0, 2 KOs), from Puerto Rico, defeated Chilean Ramón Velásquez (7-6) by technical knockout in the third round.
The last time Alexis Angulo weighed in for a televised main event, it was his opponent, David Benavidez, who came in nearly three pounds overweight for their 12-round, 168-pound title fight.
On the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City, the island nation’s brightest stars are coming to throw down. Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga, the flashy super middleweight knockout artist, will defend his NABO belt in the 10-round main event against two-time world title challenger Alexis Angulo.
Lyubomyr Pinchuk out-worked and out-pointed Jose Mario Flores in their eight-round cruiserweight fight Saturday night in Verona, New York.
Exactly one week after accepting the most difficult fight of his nine-year pro career, Steve Geffrard easily made weight late Friday afternoon in Verona, New York.
Joe Smith Jr., Long Island’s working class hero, will make the long-awaited first defense of his WBO light heavyweight world title against British knockout artist Callum Johnson on Saturday, Jan. 15 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y.
Omar Rosario has taken a strong liking to Las Vegas. The six-time national champion from Caguas, Puerto Rico picked up his second consecutive knockout in the gambling town, the latest coming in a fourth-round stoppage of William 'J.J.' Mariano. Rosario scored knockdowns in rounds two and four, the latter prompting a stoppage at 0:47 of round four in their battle of unbeaten junior welterweights Saturday evening on ESPN+ from The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.