BoxingScene’s midyear awards: Upset of the Year
With the 2025 boxing calendar now halfway complete, BoxingScene is checking in with its staff to identify the early frontrunners for our annual awards. Today, we consider Upset of the Year.
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Rene Alvarado
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Holly Holm doesn’t miss a beat with shutout points win in return
In a unanimous decision rout – 100-90 on all three scorecards – Holly Holm defeated a fighter 13 years her junior in Mexico’s Yolanda Vega on Saturday in Anaheim, California.
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Holly Holm, Scrappy Ramirez highlight Jake Paul-Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr preliminary undercard
The preliminary undercard is now set for the June 28 Jake Paul-Julio Chavez Jr. DAZN Pay-Per-View event, writes Jake Donovan
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Young energy helps Geo Lopez edge veteran Rene Alvarado
Geo Lopez’s youth got the best of Rene Alvarado’s experience in a narrow decision win Saturday in Philadelphia on a ProBox TV undercard bout – but only just.
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Vildan Minasov Edges Rene Alvarado, Zaur Abdullaev Batters Roman Andreev in Three
In the main event of the card, organized by the RCC Boxing Promotions at the Tracktor Ice Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia, local super featherweight Vildan Minasov (12-1, 7 KOs) barely passed the toughest test of his young career by outpointing former WBA 130lb titleholder Rene "Gemelo" Alvarado (33-14, 22 KOs) unanimously over ten very heated rounds of two-way action.
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Silyagin vs. Shvedenko, Abdullaev vs. Andreev Set For Chelyabinsk Card
In an uneasy time for the world, with two neighboring nations on the battlefield, German Titov of the RCC Boxing Promotions continues to work in a “business-as-usual” style, trying to stage solid pugilistic cards in his Ural citadels. Limitations are present and well-felt, but Titov manages to stage solid cards even during days of sorrow and despair.
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Mark 'Canelo' Urvanov Outpoints Former WBA Titlist Rene Alvarado In Ekaterinburg
Mark "Canelo" Urvanov overcame tough resistance provided by former WBA 130lb champion Rene Alvarado of Nicaragua to hammer out a ten-round, unanimous decision Saturday at RCC Boxing Academy in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
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Urvanov, Silyagin, Agrba and Three Former Titlists To See Action in Ekaterinburg
The scene is set for one of the most prominent boxing cards of 2022 in Russia. The epithet should be taken with a grain of salt, as local cards are far less pretentious this year than they were before – another sad consequence of an ongoing high-scale military conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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William Zepeda Ends Knockout Streak, Outpoints Rene Alvarado In Firefight
William Zepeda overcame a stiff challenge from a former titlist in his deepest fight to date. The unbeaten lightweight contender went ten full rounds for the first time in his career, overpowering a determined Rene Alvarado to take a well-earned, unanimous decision victory. Scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94 all landed in favor of Zepeda in a terrific lightweight battle Saturday evening on DAZN from Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.
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William Zepeda Expects a "Great Fight" With Rene Alvarado
William Zepeda has the desire to face the best at 135 pounds. Unfortunately, he cannot force the best to face him. The unbeaten lightweight is hoping for a collision course against any of the top contenders or world titleholders, and his confident an opportunity will come sooner rather than later.
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