
Raymond Muratalla quashes Robson Conceicao title hopes
Raymond Muratalla defends IBF lightweight championship with unanimous decision over Robson Conceicao, August 1, at Virgin Hotels Resort Casino, in Las Vegas
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Raymond Muratalla defends IBF lightweight championship with unanimous decision over Robson Conceicao, August 1, at Virgin Hotels Resort Casino, in Las Vegas

Lamont Roach Jnr and William Zepeda both made weight for their main-event TNT/DAZN fight at Virgin Hotels Resort Casino.

A victory for Raymond Muratalla over Robson Conceicao on Saturday in the co-main event of “The Fight” on TNT and DAZN shoots Muratalla toward a wealth of attractive possibilities.

Raymond Muratalla defends his IBF lightweight title against Robson Conceicao in Las Vegas on Saturday

Raymond Muratalla is not getting a homecoming fight, is deprived of top billing and is assigned a second consecutive Olympic gold medalist

Raymond Muratalla’s second defense of his IBF lightweight title will take place August 1 versus Brazil’s former super-featherweight world champion Robson Conceicao in Las Vegas.

After traveling the hard road to earn his many accolades, Robson Conceicao – a three-time Olympian and 2016 Olympic gold medalist – gets to travel home for his next fight.


O'Shaquie Foster gained his revenge on Saturday, ekeing out a split decision victory over Robson Conceicao and regaining a junior lightweight belt that he had dropped to him via controversial decision in July.

O'Shaquie Foster and Robson Conceicao both came in under the junior lightweight limit at the Friday weigh-in for their Saturday title fight at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York (5:50 p.m. ET), despite each carrying a considerable chip on his shoulder.