
Najee Lopez drops Juan Gerardo Osuna four times in two rounds
Lopez has been regularly hammering out opponents on his way up the rankings – but Saturday’s showing may have been his best work yet.
Rowdy Legend Montgomery: record, next fight and profile →

Lopez has been regularly hammering out opponents on his way up the rankings – but Saturday’s showing may have been his best work yet.

LAS VEGAS – One of Terence Crawford’s close friends and longtime stablemates got in 10 much-needed rounds on Crawford’s undercard Saturday. Super middleweight contender Steven Nelson went the distance with Rowdy Legend Montgomery, but Nelson remained

LAS VEGAS – Errol Spence made the welterweight limit of 147 pounds for what he hopes is the last time late Friday morning at MGM Grand. Spence stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale at exactly 147 pounds for his welterweight title unification showdown with Terence Crawford on Saturday night at nearby T-Mobile Arena. Crawford came in at 146.8 pounds for their 12-round Showtime Pay-Per-View main event.

A pair of showdowns featuring an unbeaten super middleweight contender and a rising super bantamweight prospect will enter the ring on the Showtime PPV Countdown show on Saturday, July 29 leading up to the much-anticipated Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Crawford Showtime PPV taking place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

ONTARIO, Calif. - Angel Beltran made the most of his opportunity Friday night. Beltran dropped Luis Lopez once en route to a unanimous decision before a boisterous crowd at the Doubletree Hotel. Scores were 78-73, 78-73, and 77-74 for Beltran, who improved to 16-1, 9 knockouts.

Rowdy Legend Montgomery made the most of a short notice opportunity. The 36-year-old trialhorse from Victorville, California outworked Mexicali’s Cristian Olivas en route to a decision win in their eight-round super middleweight contest. Judges Rudy Barragan (79-73), Jerry Cantu (79-73) and Dr. Lou Moret (80-72) all scored in favor of Montgomery in their DAZN opener Saturday evening from Fox Theater in Pomona, California.

Luis Nery and Azat Hovhannisyan are set for a dangerous fight though where the lucrative reward far outweighs the high risk. Both boxers made weight for their scheduled twelve-round junior featherweight title eliminator. Tijuana’s Nery was right at the 122-pound divisional limit, while Hovhannisyan—an Armenian contender based out of Glendale, California—came in slightly under at 121.6 pounds for the DAZN main event Saturday evening from Fox Theater in Pomona, California.

In the co-main event, Shane Mosley, Jr. (18-4, 10 KOs) will return to the ring after successfully defeating Gabe Rosado via majority decision last April 2022. Mosley, Jr. will fight in a 10-round super middleweight fight against Chihuahua, Mexico’s Mario “Aguila” Lozano (33-10, 24 KOs). Lozano is coming off of a long layoff after a valiant effort against Liam “Beefy” Smith in August 2019.

This past Saturday, WBA #14 Bantamweight contender, Eros Correa (13-1, 8 KOs), of San Jose, CA, defeated Luis Saavedra (9-8, 3 KOs), of San Luis Potosí, MX, by way of unanimous decision. The 10-round bout served as the main-event on Thompson Boxing’s “New Blood” card that took place at Omega Products International in Sacramento, CA.

LAS VEGAS – Rowdy Legend Montgomery got back on the winning track in violent fashion Friday night. The super middleweight veteran viciously knocked out Martez McGregor with a right hand early in the third round of their six-round super middleweight match. Referee Robert Hoyle started to count, yet quickly stopped and declared Montgomery the winner at 1:10 of the third round on the Mikaela Mayer-Maiva Hamadouche undercard at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.