More than three years since his last ring appearance, former super welterweight world title challenger Brandon “The Cannon” Adams (24-3, 16 KOs) scored a third round KO against Ismael “Maelo” Villarreal (13-3, 9 KOs) on Friday night at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Adams, last seen stopping current WBC interim 154lb world champion Serhii Bohachuk in eight rounds back in March 2021, took out Villarreal with a brutal left hook to the liver. Time was 2:59. Adams-Villarreal was a first round match in an 8-man OTX 154lb tournament. In another first round affair, unbeaten Olympian F ..read more

With several injuries forcing cancellations of several of the title fights planned for Don King’s “Quest for the Best” fight card slated for next Saturday, April 27th at Casino Miami Jai-Alai, the fight card has been postponed to a future date. “Injuries are part of this game,” said King. “It’s unfortunate, but we’ll aim to get these championship fights together again to bring boxing fans another exciting night of boxing. Ian Green and Ahmed Elbiali will return to defend their respective titles. We appreciate Dan Licciardi and all our friends at Casino Miam Jai-Alai for their friendship and s ..read more

Unbeaten IBF #13, WBC #14 super welterweight ‘King’ Callum Walsh (10-0, 8 KOs) will return to Southern California to defend his WBC Continental Americas title against Carlos Ortiz (14-5, 14 KOs) on June 7 at the Chumash Casino Resort and broadcast globally on UFC Fightpass. Fighting in the ten-round co-feature, world-ranked featherweight Omar Trinidad (15-0-1, 12 KOs) makes the first defense of his WBC Continental Americas title against TBA. The post Callum Walsh returns June 7 appeared first on fightnews.com ..read more

By Przemek Garczarczyk All the fire before the fight: Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia weigh-in from Brooklyn. _ The post Video: Haney-Kingry weigh-in appeared first on fightnews.com ..read more

By Jeff Zimmerman Junior middleweight contender and undefeated rising star Xander Zayas returns to the ring Sat, June 8 to face former interim world champ Patrick Teixeira at Madison Square Garden and live on ESPN. Zayas, only 21, appears to be the next in line of Puerto Rican greats and sees Teixeira as a step-up fight in the process. Zayas talked about the fight as well as the big one Saturday – Haney vs. Garcia. He also gave predictions on Canelo-Mungia, Beterbiev-Bivol and Fury-Usyk as well as his thoughts on Tyson-Paul plus paid respect to fellow Puerto Rican legend Amanda Serrano who ge ..read more

WBC super lightweight champion Devin “The Dream” Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) and super lightweight contender Ryan “KingRy” Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) did not face off at the final press conference for their PPV clash on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Promoter Oscar De La Hoya promised they would face off at tomorrow’s weigh-in. Ryan Garcia: “I’m ready to kick ass. I’m going in there to f**k this man up. You don’t understand. I’m going to f**k him up. You don’t know what I’ve been training like. You don’t know the vision I have. I’m on fire!” Devin Haney: “This is not an easy fight ..read more

By Joe Koizumi Photos by Naoki Fukuda In Japan, a failure to make weight is a crime to be severely criticized and punished logically and morally. Therefore, our boxers endeavor to make weight to have this sports fair and square. So, Luis Nery had been suspended indefinitely by the JBC though lately revoked to materialize his WBC mandatory shot at “Monster” Naoya Inoue as ordered by the WBC. Under our strict circumstances undefeated highly expected prospect WBC#8, WBA#10 featherweight Hayato Tsutsumi shamefully failed to make weight by no less than three and a half pounds against ex-WBA banta ..read more

Photo: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda WBC super lightweight champion Devin “The Dream” Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) and super lightweight contender Ryan “KingRy” Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) hosted a media workout at the historic Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn to promote their PPV clash on Saturday night. Devin Haney: “I mean none of Ryan’s antics has really gotten under my skin. I’m a true professional. When I get into that ring, I am going to do my job. No matter how I feel, no matter what Ryan shows up, or whatever he says. He can say whatever he wants to say. I am going to let my hands talk in the ring on Saturda ..read more

George Arias 228.6 vs. Skylar Lacy 251.9 Roney Hines 247.8 vs. Robert Hall Jr. 240.8 Romuel Cruz 122.5 vs. Robin Ellis 121.4 Erron Peterson 165.3 vs. Raheem Davis 167.3 Kestna Davis 158.7 vs. Abdalla Nagy 153.8 Venue: 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA Promoter: DiBella Entertainment TV: bxngtv.com The post Broadway Boxing weights from Philly appeared first on fightnews.com ..read more

Por. Gabriel F. Cordero El super prospecto japonés Hayato Tsutsumi (5-0, 2 KOs) de 24 años tuvo un sorprendente triunfo al vencer por nocaut en el tercer asalto al super excampeón mundial panameño Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (43-7-1, 15 KOs) de 38 años, este miércoles en el combate estelar celebrado en el legendario Korakuen Hall de Tokio, Japón. Aunque hubo información de cierta situación en el peso de Tsutsumi por una diferencia de casi tres libras y media en el pesaje oficial del martes, la pelea se celebró con una cláusula de un segundo pesaje, en el día del combate que según lo conocido no ..read more