Briedis face-plants Charr in five Unbeaten heavyweight Mairis Briedis (17-0, 14 KOs) scored a spectacular fifth round KO over former world title challenger Manuel Charr (28-4, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Akhmat Arena in Grozny, Russia. A right-left combination to the jaw by Briedis put Charr down face first and out cold, draped over the bottom rope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwx51o99MQg Jimenez upsets Morales in Playa de Carmen (ESPN DEPORTES) In a stunner, bantamweight Edgar “Power” Jimenez (20-11-2, 14 KOs) hammered out a ten round majority decision over previously unbeaten Ivan Morales (28-1, 16 KOs) on Friday night at the Riviera Maya in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 95-95. Morales, the younger brother of ring legend Erik Morales, entered the bout rated WBA #8, WBC #10 and IBF #11 at super flyweight. WBC #7 light flyweight Ricardo “Torito” Perez (9-2, 8 KOs) recovered from a second round knockdown to stop Noe Medina (5-3, 1 KO) in round nine. Perez claimed the vacant WBC silver title. Rodriguez stops Rangel, still unbeaten (UNIMAS) Unbeaten bantamweight Emmanuel “Manny el Sensacional” Rodriguez (13-0, 9 KOs) scored a seventh round TKO over Alex Rangel (16-5-2, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at the Coliseo Tomas Dones in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The bout was for the vacant WBA Fedelatin and WBC Latino belts. In the co-feature, 2012 Olympian super middleweight Enrique “Kikin’ Collazo (7-0-1, 6 KOs) won a six round unanimous decision over Henry Beckford (3-4, 1 KO). Scores were 60-54 across the board. In a clash between unbeaten jr welterweights, Jose “Chino” Lopez (5-0, 4 KOs) knocked out Ryan Pino (2-1, 1 KO) in round two. News Of The Week! Gonzalez-Oquendo added to Mayweather-Berto Former three-time world champion and Mexican power-puncher Jhonny Gonzalez (58-9, 49 KOs) will take on Puerto Rico’s Jonathan “Polvo” Oquendo (25-4, 16 KOs) in a 10-round junior lightweight showdown that will open up the Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto four-fight PPV on September 12 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. “This will be an attractive fight for the fans as we all know that the sporting rivalry between Mexico and Puerto Rico always generates great battles,” said Gonzalez. “Oquendo is a fighter who always goes forward and who likes to exchange blows. I will demonstrate that I have the desire to return to the top and fight for a world championship. Participating on a Floyd Mayweather event is a great opportunity for me and I will make the most of it.” The full PPV lineup is: Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto (WBC/WBA welterweight titles) Rocky Martinez vs. Orlando Salido (WBO jr lightweight title) Badou Jack vs. George Groves (WBC super middleweight title) Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Jonathan Oquendo (jr lightweight ten-rounder) Golovkin-Lemieux Los Angeles Press Conference By Miguel Maravilla Fightnews.com Boxing superstar WBA, IBO, and WBC interim middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada wrapped up a three-city press conference tour Thursday afternoon at the Conga Room at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Golovkin and Lemieux spoke about their upcoming showdown as the two will clash in a middleweight unification bout live on HBO Pay Per View Saturday October 17 from the mecca of boxing in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Gennady Golovkin: “This is the biggest present for everyone, for the fans, TV and us, of course. It’s an amazing time for us. Much respect for Bernard. I understand his situation. Pay per view, unification, a great opponent, this is an amazing time. October 17 will be a great day for sports and boxing. Everybody look for a new story October 18. I welcome you all to Madison Square Garden or watch it on TV.” David Lemieux: “I believe I can win. I understand what I need to do. I’m not a dreamer, I’m a realist. I am here today because of my great determination. With that I have come a long way. I like Golovkin, he is a good man, a good champion but in the ring nobody likes anybody. We are going to give the world what they want to see. October 17th you will see something great make sure you watch.” Cotto-Canelo press tour launches next week Now that the three-city Golovkin-Lemieux press tour has wrapped up, brace yourself for a four-city Cotto-Canelo press tour next week. The tour will begin in Los Angeles on Monday, August 24; will continue in Mexico City on Tuesday, August 25; New York City on Wednesday, August 26 and conclude in Caguas, Puerto Rico on Thursday, August 27. The press conferences are open to the public and fans are welcome to attend. Further details regarding all tour stops will be announced soon. Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) defends his WBC middleweight title against Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) on PPV November 21 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Crawford to defend against Jean on Oct 24 Undefeated two-division world champion and the reigning Fighter of the Year, Terence “Bud” Crawford, Omaha’s favorite son, and one-time world title challenger and current #2 world-rated contender, Dierry “Dougy Style” Jean, will host a news conference announcing their World Junior Welterweight Championship fight This Monday! August 24, at the CenturyLink Center, in the Bud Light Zone (455 North 10th St., Omaha, Neb. 68102). The news conference, which will be open to the public, will begin at 1:00 p.m. CT, with doors opening at 12:30 p.m. CT. Joining Crawford and Jean will be Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank. The press conference will be streamed live, beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT, via www.toprank.tv. Crawford (26-0, 18 KOs) will be making the first defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight title. It will be the third time Omaha has hosted a world title fight for its hometown hero Crawford. Jean (29-1, 20 KOs), from Montréal, Québec, Canada http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/crawford-to-defend-against-jean-on-oct-24-302283#more-302283 Klitschko vs Furry second fight that night on HBO Mosley: My fight’s not dead yet – but I’m worried By TMZSports.com Shane Mosley tells TMZ Sports he sees the writing on the wall — acknowledging that Don King might TKO his fight with Ricardo Mayorga next week unless his lawyers can pull off a miracle. As we previously reported, King claims he has the rights to Mayorga and never signed off on the August 29 fight with Mosley. Shane went to court in Miami hoping to stop King from blocking the fight, but Shane doesn’t think it’s going his way. “I feel that it’s gonna be kind of hard for the fight to take place … but there’s some things that my legal team said that we can do to make it where we can actually get the fight,” Mosley said. Shane says if the fight DOESN’T happen, not to fear — “I hear there’s other fights, pretty good fights out there as well on the same day. We’re gonna see how things go.” Unclear if he means HE’LL try to set up another fight for that night … or sit back, relax and watch some other people duke it out. Sauerland gives Sturm an ultimatum (Fightnews.com) By Karl Freitag Hall of Fame promoter Wilfried Sauerland wants to make the long awaited all-German showdown between WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham and former middleweight champion Felix Sturm. The fighters have been rivals for years. “The fight must happen this year,” Sauerland told Bild am Sonntag. “Because after that, Arthur Abraham has other commitments. He has a mandatory defense and that takes precedence. It’s already late for the fight between Abraham and Sturm – but not too late. If it doesn’t take place in 2015, then it probably never will.” Meanwhile, Abraham posted a message to Sturm in German on Twitter saying “Come on already @SturmBoxing – now or never!” DiBella inks four more Fresh off the heels of signing undefeated light heavyweight prospect Radivoje Kalajdzic and pro-debuting 2012 Olympian Pavlo Ischenko, DiBella Entertainment (DBE) has announced the addition of four new fighters to their ever-growing stable. Lightweight Valentyn Holovko (21-0, 14 KOs), super lightweight Nick “King Beamen” Givhan (15-0, 10 KOs), WBA #13 cruiserweight Alex Guerrero (12-0-1, 6 KOs) and jr featherweight Yenifel Vicente (27-3-2, 19 KOs) have all finalized long-term agreements with the promotional outfit, and are looking to make their official DBE debuts in the near future. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Update By Gabriel F. Cordero Looks like former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be out of action for the rest of 2015 after an operation on his left hand. He currently has a large cast immobilizing his left arm. At the earliest, it would be three months before he can resume punching with the hand. Junior hurt the hand in his last fight on July 18 against Marco “Dorado” Reyes in El Paso, Texas. The injury wasn’t believed to be serious, but a month later it was still bothering him and doctors decided to operate. Wilder-Duhaupas Presser Quotes Photos: Heather Durham WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) hosted a press conference Thursday to formally announce his NBC bout taking place Saturday, September 26 against Johann “Reptile” Duhaupas (32-2, 20 KOs) at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Johann Duhaupas: “I’m excited to be making my US debut and fighting for a heavyweight world title in the same night. This is the biggest opportunity of my career and I’m going to take advantage of it. Deontay is a huge competitor, but I’m coming into this fight prepared to make things very difficult for him. I plan on bringing the title back home to France.” Deontay Wilder: “He’s never been knocked out until now. That’s always the ultimate goal when I’m in there with my opponent, to take them down. That’s how my name has gotten out there, through knockouts, and I want to keep that legacy going. It was big for me to knock my last opponent out and now I’m on a knockout spree. My hometown fans give me the momentum and the energy to continue to be great at what I do. This is a different ballgame when you’re dealing with the heavyweights. Everybody’s coming to get what I have. I like it. I love it actually. I like being the world’s most wanted, in a positive way. September 12 Second-Annual Box Fan Expo In Las Vegas Please see the enclosed release below announcing Tim Bradley will have a presence at the second-annual Box Fan Expo, Saturday, Sept. 12 in Las Vegas. He joins Roberto Duran, Zab Judah, Kronk Boxing, the World Boxing Council (WBC), the World Boxing Association (WBA), James "Lights Out" Toney, Sergio Martinez, "Showtime" Shawn Porter, "Terrible" Terry Norris,Joel Casamayor, Fernando Vargas, Austin Trout, Mia "The Knockout" St. John and Ruslan "Siberian Rocky" Provodnikov among early commitments to the event at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Santa Cruz-Mares undercard set Mexican power-punchers Hugo Ruiz (35-2, 30 KOs) and Julio Cesar Ceja (28-1, 26 KOs) square off in a super bantamweight world title match as the televised opener for Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes on Saturday, August 29 from Staples Center in Los Angeles. The evening’s main event features the highly anticipated featherweight showdown between undefeated two-division world champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz (30-0-1, 17 KOs) and former three-division world champion Abner Mares (29-1-1, 15 KOs). Also featured will be popular Mexican star Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo (23-5, 19 KOs), who will compete in a middleweight bout against Hector Munoz (23-15-1, 14 KOs). Lewkowicz inks second cousin of Manny Pacquiao Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz has announced the signing of Pacquiao’s second cousin, Jonel “The Kid Pacquiao” Dapidran to a long-term promotional contract. 17-year-old Dapidran (6-0, 3 KOs) is an undefeated lightweight prospect from Digos City in the Philippines. Manny Pacquiao’s maternal grandfather and Junel’s father are brothers. Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Furry has already sold 40,000 seats Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53 KO's) vs Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KO's) could very well be one of the most interesting heavyweight fights for fans in years, due to the massive difference in personalities, size of the two giant heavyweights involved and the fact Fury is undefeated and will have a slight size advantage on the champion. Tyson Fury’s promoter Mick Hennessy has said that tickets are absolutely flying out the door for the Dusseldorf clash in Germany, with the show well on track to be a totally full house and sell out crowd of a whopping 55,000 boxing fans. Speaking to the folks at The Mirror Hennessy said, “We are already close to selling 40,000 tickets and it is guaranteed to be a 55,000 sellout”. WBA-WBO-IBO-IBF-Ring Belt Will Be On The Line That Night! Quick Notes Roy Jones meets Russian President Vladimir Putin. Danny Green talking another comeback against Anthony Mudine Freddie Roach wants Danny Garcia to face Manny Pacquiao Hopkins, "Mayweather deserves to retire with Andre Berto." HBO Exec, "Provodnikov vs Rios is a priority for the fans."
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