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WBA light welterweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero and #4 Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) are trying to hammer out a deal to meet on April 20th. Fans are excited about the Ryan Garcia vs. Rolly Romero fight on social media, viewing it as a match worth seeing. If nothing else, one of these fighters could see their career wrecked. Both fighters are 1-1 in their last two fights, and you can argue that Rolly should be 0-2.

Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford is back in the gym after five months of enjoying his win over Errol Spence Jr. last July. Fighter of the Year Sporting a new Elvis Presley hairdo, the 36-year-old unified welterweight champion Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) posted on social media, “Back to business as usual,” which suggests that he could have a fight in the pipeline that he’s looking at. Crawford’s dreams of getting the Canelo Alvarez payday fight could remain unfulfilled, and he needs to temper his ambitions for the golden parachute retirement fight and come down to earth.

Teofimo Lopez says he called out Terence Crawford and wants to fight him at 147, saying his best wins were against the injured fighters Errol Spence, Kell Brook, and Jose Benavidez Jr. The Top Rank promoted Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs claims he wants to fight the best and that the three-division world champion Crawford is on his hit list.

Fans will tune in tonight on DAZN to see if former welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. will be the same fighter he once was when he faces Fredrick Lawson at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) has been dealing with rhabdomyolysis from draining down to compete in a division that he was too big for at 147 and multiple COVID cases. The live boxing results of tonight’s card will be shown below starting at 8:00 p.m. ET. Ortiz Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) will show the fans tonight if he’s the dominant force that he was or if his health problems and move up in weight have reduced him to just an average fighter. This will be Ortiz’s first fight at junior middleweight or should I say, middleweight, since it’s a catchweight contest at 156. Tonight’s card on DAZN Vergil Ortiz Jr vs. Fredrick Lawson Ohara Davies vs. Ismael Barroso Arnold Barboza Jr vs. Xolisani Ndongeni Raul Curiel vs. Elias Diaz

Vergil Ortiz Jr. weighed in at 156 lbs, and his opponent Fredrick Lawson came in at 152.4 lbs for Friday’s weigh-in today their twelve round main event this Saturday, January 6th, in Las Vegas. What was surprising was Ortiz Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) weighing in over the 154-lb limit, as it was believed the fight was supposed to have been his debut at junior middleweight. For Vergil Jr. to be coming in as a middleweight and still looking badly drained was a bit of a shock. Two over the limit and still looking like he’d been couped up at Andersonville for months.

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Demetrius Andrade will attempt to ruin David Benavidez’s dream of a mega-fight fight against Canelo Alvarez when he takes on the WBC interim super middleweight champion tonight at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. It’ll be a massive shock to the boxing world if Andrade (32-0, 19 KOs) exposes Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) in their main event on Showtime PPV.

IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis asks whether Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford will want to face him after he faces Errol Spence in their rematch in the first half 2024. Crawford & his trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre both sounded bitter, complaining about the IBF stripping them of the 147-lb title. In BoMac’s case, he made it clear that Crawford did not intend to fight Ennis, saying that he “brings nothing to the table,” meaning that they didn’t feel it was worth taking on the young talent.

Super-bantamweight contender Shabaz Masoud was set to take a tough test on Saturday night, and fortunately for him, he narrowly passed the test as he successfully defended his WBA Intercontinental title by scoring a split decision victory over the veteran Colombian boxer Jose Sanmartin (34-8-1, 21 KOs).

Shabaz Masoud and Jose Sanmartin have once again made weight for their crossroads bout. Both boxers were under the 122-pound junior featherweight limit ahead of their DAZN-aired main event this Saturday from Utilita Arena in Newcastle, England. Masoud was a slim and trim 121.7 pounds, nearly identical to his weight of 120.8 pounds on October 20—one day ahead of their originally planned October 21 clash in Manchester. Colombia’s Sanmartin was a stunningly light 120.2 pounds, nearly two pounds lighter than when he had to strip to get down to 122 three weeks ago when he thought there was going to be a fight that weekend. As was the case for their previous weigh-in, the pair of junior featherweights had plenty to say—despite a language barrier. Now all they have to do is get in the ring.

Terence Crawford has reportedly been stripped of his IBF welterweight title, and interim champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis has been elevated to the NEW 147-lb champion. Oh well, the 36-year-old Crawford had his 15 minutes of fame as the IBF champion, but now it’s over with him being stripped and Jaron Ennis elevated to the full champion at 147. Terence could have kept the IBF belt if he’d agreed to fight Boots Ennis, but he’s chosen instead to the easier path of fighting Errol Spence Jr. in a rematch and then hustling some fights at 154 or 168.

On Tuesday night November 7th DiBella Entertainment presents the “Heroes On The Hudson” card, an event that will be headlined by former WBO junior-lightweight champion Jamel Herring as he takes on Nick Molina (13-0, 5 KOs) at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, airing live on DAZN. The “Heroes On The Hudson” is a boxing event to support the veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Prior to the professional portion of the card, amateur bouts sanctioned by USA Boxing will have five matches featuring a military veteran or NYPD officer. The main card consists of four world class professional bouts that includes a matchup for the IBF Inter-Continental title between former two-time world champion Miyo Yoshida and Shurretta Metcalf. The headliner features a former world champion who will either continue his journey with a win, or call it a career if he loses. A product of Rockville Centre, New York, Jamel Herring made his professional boxing debut back in December 2012 when he defeated Jose M Valderrama by unanimous decision. Seven years later Herring capitalized on his opportunity, when he beat Masayuki Ito by unanimous decision and won the WBO junior-lightweight title.

Fresh off his highly controversial 12 round split decision win over Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov last April, IBF super featherweight champion Joe Cordina (16-0, 9 KOs) will face 126-lb contender Edwin Vazquez (15-1, 3 KOs) in a 12 round bout on November 4th at the Casino de Monte Carlo. The event will be shown live on DAZN It’s unknown why Matchroom Boxing has selected the 27-year-old Vazquez from the featherweight division for Cordina to defend against rather than picking a contender from the 130-lb division, as the American isn’t ranked in the top 15 in that weight class.

Alexander Krassyuk has no objections to putting off the undisputed heavyweight championship for another month or two—so long as Tyson Fury can supply a legitimate excuse. Krassyuk, the promoter of unified champion Oleksandr Usyk, indicated in an interview conducted the day after Fury narrowly outpointed former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that he would need to see some kind of doctor’s note from Fury showing why it would not be prudent for him to return to the ring on Dec. 23 to face Usyk for all four heavyweight belts.

In an eye-opening interview, Carl Froch shares his perspective on recent events in the boxing world, particularly around the decision in the Tyson Fury fight and the whispers of corruption lurking behind the scenes. Here is what Froch had to say on his Youtube channel “Froch on Fighting”.

WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has vowed to stand and trade with Frnacis Nagnnou this upcoming weekend in Saudi Arabia. Fury makes a long-awaited return to action following the mismatch of his WBC title against Derek Chisora in December of last year, securing a tenth-round stoppage in London. Despite Fury’s contest with Ngannou serving as nothing more than a marketing, financial and public relations exercise for Fury, Ngannou and the Saudi state, grotesquely, the contest has gained traction with expressed interest regarding the headline act of Fury-Ngannou. Fury is a huge betting favorite to win the contest this weekend, as he should be purely down to the fact, he is firstly the WBC heavyweight champion, a career-length boxer and that Ngannou is making his professional debut in the sport of boxing.

In a good sign, Terence Crawford acknowledges that Errol Spence Jr. has the right to enforce the rematch, which means he won’t try to maneuver his way out of the fight like some fans believe he wants to do. Whether the Crawford-Spence rematch bombs on PPV and fails to make big money is unimportant. The fact is, Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) is forcing a second fight, and Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) will need to grant that. Spence could be a lot more trouble at 154 for Crawford unless he’s entirely shot from his two car crashes and yo-yo weight issues. It’ll be interesting to see if Crawford attempts to force Spence back down to 147 so that he can improve his chances of winning.

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Whether you love the ‘Rocky’ films or hate them, or if you are some place in-between, it cannot be denied how actor Burt Young, who of course played the part of ‘Paulie’ in six of the boxing classics (well, ‘Rocky’ and ‘Rocky II’ deserve the distinction) added a whole lot to the movies. Sadly, it’s been reported how Young passed away on October 8th, with no caused of death listed.

Paramount has confirmed its decision to shut down Showtime Sports, a significant brand with nearly four decades of history. By the end of this tumultuous year, the curtains will fall on this iconic division, leading to an unspecified number of job losses. Among them will be Stephen Espinoza, the respected Showtime Sports President, who has been at the helm since 2011.

Oh, BoMac! From training champs to… airport shenanigans? Brian “BoMac” McIntyre, potentially swiping the 2023 Boxing Coach of the Year award (if he doesn’t get sidetracked by other… ‘activities’), recently added a bit of spice to his CV. Yup, after guiding Chris Eubank Jr to triumphantly put Liam Smith in his place, BoMac decided to up the ante by strolling into Manchester airport with a gun in his bag. Not the souvenir we’d choose, but hey, to each his own.

Tim Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs) held onto his WBO junior middleweight title on Saturday night, beating Brian Mendoza (22-3, 16 KOs) by a twelve-round unanimous decision in an entertaining contest throughout. What a chin on Tszyu & Mendoza, as both guys took shots that would have knocked out anyone in the 154-lb division. In the twelfth round, Mendoza hit Tszyu with two right hands that should have put him to sleep, but he took them. Yeah, Tszyu backed off like he’d been shot with a bazooka, but he still took them.

Brian Mendoza says he absolutely wants to knock out Tim Tszyu to rip his WBO junior middleweight title away from him on Saturday night in Australia. Mendoza believes that Tszyu is cocky, over-confident, and looking past him after his recent wins. It’s not that Mendoza (22-2, 16 KOs) doesn’t trust the judges, but rather, it’s his way of winning fights by not allowing his opponents to hang around to hear the final bell. Brian’s power has seemingly gotten better recently, and still improving his game at 29.

After a long layoff, Gilberto Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOs) got back to his winning ways with a wide ten round unanimous decision over a sluggish & gunshy Joe Smith Jr.(28-5, 22 KOs) in their WBA cruiserweight eliminator in Las Vegas. Source: Gilberto Ramirez Defeats Joe Smith Jr In Wide 10 Round Decision - Boxing Results

Terence Crawford went on an archaeology expedition and unsurfaced an ancient interview done by Canelo Alvarez, saying he’d move down from 168 to 160 to face Errol Spence Jr. The interview that Crawford dug up from Canelo was in 2020 before his second fight at 168. Up until then, Canelo had only once fought at 168, and that was against Rocky Fielding, so he hadn’t fully grown into the weight class like he is now. The fact that Crawford is stooping to the level of unburying timeworn interviews of Canelo shows his desperation and grasping for anything he can to get that lucrative fight.