
Deonte Brown bests Grimardi Machuca in unanimous decision win
Deonte Brown won a 10-round unanimous decision over Grimardi Machuca on Friday at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
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Deonte Brown won a 10-round unanimous decision over Grimardi Machuca on Friday at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.

Deonte Brown and Grimardi Machuca made weight for their junior lightweight main event bout on Friday night at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.

Undefeated junior lightweight Deonte Brown will meet Grimardi Machuca in a 10-round bout that will headline “Boxfest XVI” on October 10 at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.

Junior featherweight John Riel Casimero might be back in the win column, though questions about his professionalism remain. After two failed attempts to make weight on Saturday, Oct. 12, Casimero picked a first-round technical knockout of former title contender Saul Sanchez at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan.

Junior lightweight Haven Brady Jr. brought the heat in his first headliner at 22-years-old, blazing through OTX 9 Summa Bash in his home state of Georgia.

In a lightweight bout, Haven Brady and Jesus Vasquez Jr., both successfully made weight ahead of their headline bout on OTX 9's “Summa Bash 9” on Friday at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. Brady (12-0, 5 KO), 22, from Albany, Georgia, will face Vasquez (11-2, 3 KOs), 33, of Englewood, Colorado, in an eight-round bout. Brady weighed in at exactly 130 pounds, while Vasquez Jr. tipped the scales at 133 pounds – three pounds heavier than Brady, but at the contracted weight of 133 pounds.

Last weekend in Las Vegas, Jason Moloney retained his WBO bantamweight title with a very tough twelve round majority decision win over Saul Sanchez.

Jason Moloney wouldn’t have it any other way. The first Fight of the Year candidate was produced in Moloney’s thrilling twelve-round, majority decision win over California’s Saul Sanchez. Moloney was pushed to the limit by the first-time challenger to make the first defense of his IBF bantamweight title this past Saturday at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada.

Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada - Jason “Mayhem” Moloney (27-2, 19 KOs) made the first defense of his title and retained his WBO bantamweight world title with a twelve round majority decision over Saul Sanchez (20-3, 12 KOs) in a back-and-forth tussle in which the Australian’s versatility made the difference.

Jason Moloney managed to hold on to his WBO bantamweight title by winning a back-and-forth dogfight Saturday night in Quebec City, Canada. Australia’s Moloney survived a cut over his right eye and some troublesome moments against game challenger Saul Sanchez and rallied in the championship rounds to win a majority decision on the Artur Beterbiev-Callum Smith undercard at Videotron Centre. Sanchez stung Moloney with numerous uppercuts and made Moloney work throughout their 12-round bout, which thoroughly entertained the crowd.