PLUS: Lee Honish Returns to Sin City to cover the fights.... Scott Survives Knockdown, Defeats Thompson Bounce TV (PBC) Friday Night Oct. 30th Heavyweight Malik “King” Scott (38-2-1, 13 KOs) outpointed Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (40-6, 27 KOs) over ten rounds on Friday night at “The Venue at UCF,” located behind the CFE Arena in Orlando, Florida. Scott mostly outboxed Thompson for the first eight rounds. The Tiger finally connected in round nine with a big right hand and floored Scott, but it was too little, too late. Scores were 98-91, 96-93, 95-94, all for Scott. Charlo stops Alcine in 6th NBCSN (PBC) Saturday Night Oct. 31 Unbeaten IBF #2 super welterweight Jermell “Iron Man” Charlo (27-0, 12 KOs) scored a sixth round TKO over former titleholder Joachim Alcine (35-8-2, 21 KOs) on Saturday night at the NRG Arena in Houston, Texas. Charlo dropped Alcine in round six and got the stoppage with his follow up barrage. Time was 1:21. Super welterweight Tony Harrison (21-1, 18 KOs) scored a one-sided ten round unanimous decision over Cecil McCalla (20-3, 7 KOs). Harrison swept the first eight rounds. McCalla rocked Harrison in round nine and rallied in round ten. Scores were 100-90, 98-92, 98-92. News Of The Week. Algieri-Bone added to Jacobs-Quillin card Former world champion and Long Island-native Chris Algieri (20-2, 8 KOs) returns to Barclays Center in Brooklyn to take on Ecuador’s Erick Bone (16-2, 8 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight bout on the December 5 Jacobs-Quillin undercard. “I am very excited to return to Barclays Center, where I have had some of my best showings,” said Algieri. “On December 5, I am looking forward to having my best performance yet.” Bone stated, “This is a huge fight for me. I know Algieri well and I know that he is going to bring it. I am fighting a great fighter and after my performance on December 5, the world will know my name.” http://boxrec.com/boxer/579394 (Erick Bone) Cuellar-Oquendo on Jacobs-Quillin undercard WBA “regular” featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar (27-1, 21 KOs) will take on Jonathan “Polvo” Oquendo (26-4, 16 KOs) December 5 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Cuellar vs. Oquendo world title bout will precede the eagerly anticipated all-Brooklyn battle between WBA “regular” middleweight world champion Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs (30-1, 27 KOs) and former world champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (32-0-1, 23 KOs) with the world title and Brooklyn bragging rights both on the line. Showtime will televise. http://boxrec.com/boxer/457150 (Jesus Cuellar) Bradley, Rios, Lomachenko workout update WBO welterweight world champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr., (32-1-1, 12 KOs) and his November 7 HBO opponent Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (33-2-1, 23 KOs) will both host media workouts at their respective training camps this week. Rios’ workout will take place Tuesday at 1PM at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Riverside, California. Bradley’s workout will take place Wednesday at noon at the Tim Bradley Boxing Gym in Indio, California. WBO featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko (4-1, 2 KOs), who defends his title on the same card, will now hold his workout next Monday (Nov 2) at 1PM at the Boxing Academy of Champions in Oxnard, California. The world championship twinbill takes place at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. WBA denies sanctioning Jones-Maccarinelli The WBA has announced that it has not sanctioned the December 12 fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Enzo Maccarinelli. The fight was announced by both top Russian promoter Vlad Hrunov and Hall of Fame British promoter Frank Warren as being for the vacant “super” version of the WBA cruiserweight title, however WBA Vice President Gilberto Jesús Mendoza said categorically that at no time has the possibility of bringing that title into play been raised for the above-mentioned bout. Stay tuned. http://boxrec.com/boxer/9195 (Enzo Maccarinelli) Roc Nation: Andrade Lawsuit is Blatant Money Grab -Former WBO Jr Middleweight Champion Demetrius 'Boo-Boo' Andrade (22-0, 15 KO's) sued Roc Nation earlier this year, claiming RN was going to buy Andrade contract of 2 million dollars from Promotional company Star Boxing but never did -Andrade also claims He skipped out on a $500,000 dollar payday with Jermell Charlo because he thought RN executives were going to pay him for not fighting Charlo. (Charlo is promoted by Al Haymon) -RN responded with, "(This is a) blatant money grab and obvious attempt to offset the downward spiral of his boxing career WBO Strips Guillermo Rigondeaux of title -Undefeated Rigondeaux was stripped due to "extraordinary inactivity." -Rigondeaux had not defended his title since December 2014 -WBO allowed Rigondeaux to defend his title with any fighter ranked in top 15 but Rigondeaux failed to comply Top Rank takes another swing at Al Haymon in Court http://www.boxingscene.com/top-rank-hits-back-haymon-with-amended-complaint--97671 Boxing Notes Former world champion Juanma Lopez has been freed on bail and electronic monitoring after being charged with domestic violence in San Juan, Puerto Rico. HBO’s Peter Nelson could be next in line to replace HBO Sports President Ken Hershman, who surprisingly announced that he’s stepping down at the end of the year. Mayweather Jr now WBC Welterweight Champion 'Emeritus'. Khan vs Garcia ordered for vacant title. Showtime - Nov 6 (10PM ET/PT) Antoine Douglas vs. Les Sherrington (middleweight) Estrella TV - Nov 6 (10PM ET/7PM PT) Martin Honorio vs. Miguel Angel Huerta (super lightweight) NBCSN - Nov 7 (9PM ET/6PM PT) Fredrick Lawson vs. Kevin Bizier (IBF welterweight eliminator) Walter Castillo vs. Keita Obara (IBF jr welterweight eliminator) HBO - Nov 7 (9:30 PM ET/PT) Timothy Bradley vs. Brandon Rios (welterweight) Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Romulo Koasicha (WBO featherweight title)
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