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Bam Rodriguez takes 115, but where is Teofimo at 140?

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Bam Rodriguez takes 115, but where is Teofimo at 140?

The next update will appear on Monday, July 22. So this will be quite an extensive update, with many ranked fights taking place over the course of three weeks, but – well, you can see the list of these fights below.

Ranked fights during this period:

  • average weight: (1) Janibek Alimkhanuly vs (9) Andrei Mikhailovich, July 13
  • welterweight: (1) Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. (9) David Avanesyan, July 13
  • Delicate: (3) Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan, July 6
  • Delicate: (4) William Zepeda vs. Giovanni Cabrera, July 6
  • Delicate: (8) Keyshawn Davis vs. Miguel Madueno, July 6
  • Super Featherweight: (1) O’Shaquie Foster vs. (6) Robson Conceicao, July 6
  • featherweight: (8) Ruben Villa vs. Sulaiman Segawa, July 13
  • Super bantamweight: (6) Sam Goodman vs. Thachtana Luangphon, July 10
  • Super bantamweight: (7) Liam Davies v Shabaz Masoud, 20 July
  • bantam weight: (1) Junto Nakatani vs. (10) Vincent Astrolabio, July 20
  • Super fly: (2) Kazuto Ioka vs (3) Fernando Martinez, July 7
  • Super fly: (10) Suzumi Takayama vs. Isao Aoyama, July 18
  • Super fly: (5) Kosei Tanaka vs. Jonathan Rodriguez, July 20
  • Junior Flyweight: (9) Shokichi Iwata vs. Jahzeel Trinidad, July 6
  • Junior Flyweight: (3) Carlos Canizales vs. Ivan Garcia, July 19
  • P4P for women: (4) Chantelle Cameron vs. Elhem Mekhaled, July 20
  • P4P for women: (5) Amanda Serrano vs. Stevie Morgan, July 20
  • P4P for women: (1) Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, July 27

Upcoming Fights: (8) Jared Anderson vs. (10) Martin Bakole, August. 3 … (3) Anthony Joshua vs. (6) Daniel Dubois, September 21 … (1) Oleksandr Usyk vs. (2) Tyson Fury, December. 21

Upcoming Fights: TBA

Upcoming Fights: (10) Radivoje Kalajdzic vs. David Morrell, August. 3 … (4) Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson, September. 21

Comments: Caleb Plant is out due to inactivity, so in comes Oselys Iglesias.

Upcoming Fights: (3) Christian Mbilli vs. (4) Sergiy Derevyanchenko, August. 17 … (10) Oselys Iglesias vs. TBA, August. 17 … (5) Diego Pacheco vs. (8) Kevin Lele Sadjo, TBA

Upcoming Fights: (1) Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. (9) Andrei Mikhailovich, July 13 … (7) Liam Smith vs. Josh Kelly, September 2013 21

Comments: Josh Kelly moves up to 160 pounds ahead of his September fight with Liam Smith. Bakhram Murtazaliev, who won the vacant IBF belt in April, is in second place. 8 scoffs as it was some neat up but only a miniature amount. The division is in a strange place right now, but it’s not monotonous.

Upcoming Fights: (3) Israil Madrimov vs. Terence “Bud” Crawford, August. 3 … (6) Serhii Bohachuk vs. (7) Vergil Ortiz Jr, August. 10

Comments: A change in defense as Crocker didn’t blow the door down against Conah Walker, but it was a win and the division is uncertain at the moment.

Upcoming Fights: (1) Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. (9) David Avanesyan, July 13

Comments: I don’t think I would pick Teofimo Lopez to beat Jack Catterall, Jose Ramirez or Alberto Puello right now, but he could do it. I also don’t know if he would do well against Subriel Matias. In fact, there are plenty of people who are closer to 50/50 on paper if you eliminate the ESPN hype and evaluate actual performances.

But he beat Steve Claggett, he beat him convincingly, he basically did what he needed to do other than being a “showman”, which is a witty bit of marketing because the man is not a particularly fun fighter to watch.

Teofimo is weird, but he wins fights, and no one has done better lately either. He has arguments for “no”. 1st place, at least you can create it, but you can also easily argue with him outside the top 5.

Upcoming Fights: (7) Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs. Jose Valenzuela, August. 3

Upcoming Fights: (3) Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan, July 6… (4) William Zepeda vs. Giovanni Cabrera, July 6… (8) Keyshawn Davis vs. Miguel Madueno, July 6… (6) Andy Cruz vs. Antonio Moran, August. 3

Comments: Bringing Emanuel Navarrete back to his ancient spot as he actually intends to get back to 130 pounds. That knocks out Andres Cortes, which is good enough because Cortes didn’t set the world on fire in his June 21 fight against Abraham Nova.

Upcoming Fights: (1) O’Shaquie Foster vs. (6) Robson Conceicao, July 6… (5) Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington, September 21… (3) Emanuel Navarrete vs. (4) Oscar Valdez, TBA

Comments: Both Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez have won since the last update and appear to be heading towards a rematch. Maybe. Josh Warrington is out of the fight as he approaches 130 pounds and will have a fight with Anthony Cacace in September.

Upcoming Fights: (8) Ruben Villa vs. Sulaiman Segawa, July 13… (1) Luis Alberto Lopez vs. (10) Angelo Leo, August. 10

Upcoming Fights: (6) Sam Goodman vs. Thachtana Luangphon, July 10… (7) Liam Davies vs. Shabaz Masoud, July 20

Upcoming Fights: (1) Junto Nakatani vs. (10) Vincent Astrolabio, July 20

Comments: Bam Rodriguez takes over as no. 1st place after the break and victory over Juan Francisco Estrada, who basically led this fight. Estrada drops to 1st 4, with no guarantee that he will fight again or that he will fight in this division. But he’s not retired or anything. Bam is a fantastic juvenile fighter, a legitimate rising star in the P4P discussion and he continues to prove it.

Upcoming Fights: (2) Kazuto Ioka vs. (3) Fernando Martinez, July 7… (10) Suzumi Takayama vs. Isao Aoyama, July 18… (5) Kosei Tanaka vs. Jonathan Rodriguez, July 20

Upcoming Fights: (4) Angel Ayala vs. (8) Dave Apolinario, TBA

Comments: Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez vacated his belt to move up, so he’s out, and Adrian Curiel moved up to 112 pounds, so he’s out. It appears that Kenshiro Teraji is also planning on moving up to 112 pounds, so he will likely leave the field soon.

Upcoming Fights: (9) Shokichi Iwata vs. Jahzeel Trinidad, July 6… (3) Carlos Canizales vs. Ivan Garcia, July 19

Upcoming Fights: (2) Ginjiro Shigeoka vs. (9) Pedro Taduran, July 28

Upcoming Fights: (4) Chantelle Cameron vs. Elhem Mekhaled, July 20… (5) Amanda Serrano vs. Stevie Morgan, July 20… (1) Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, July 27… (2) Katie Taylor vs. (5) Amanda Serrano, November 2013 15

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Noela Mikaelian vs Ryan Rozicki fight has been postponed to September 28 on PPV

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Noela Mikaelian vs Ryan Rozicki fight has been postponed to September 28 on PPV

Don King’s only champion, WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian, will meet Ryan Rozicki at the Sept. 28 event at King’s usual haunt, Casino Miami Jai Alai.

Future viewers will be able to watch the show “on Pay Per View via Triller TV, DonKing.com and Itube247.com”

Mikaelian (27-2, 12 KO) has fought just four fights since an extremely questionable decision defeat to Mairis Briedis in the WBSS tournament in 2018. After two victories over restricted opponents, he outclassed faded prospect Youri Kayembre Kalenga and earned a shot at champion Ilunga Makabu, whom he then brutally knocked out in three last November.

A June date with Rozicki (20-1, 19 KO) fell through after Mikaelian suffered an injury, making it his first fight in almost 11 months.

Canadian Rozicki has won seven in a row since losing to Oscar Rivas in 2021, but on paper his streak is better than it actually is. His biggest victory, a split decision over challenger Yamil Alberto Peralta, was such an egregious blowout that the WBC outright refused to let Rozicki hang on the alphabet trinket. He was last seen handing an exceptionally overcooked Olanrewaju Durodola his eighth stoppage-time defeat in December.

Pay-per-view worthy? Not at all, but at least the truly talented Mikaelian was back in action.

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Oscar De La Hoya thinks the Canelo vs. Berlanga marketing is a bit off

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Oscar De La Hoya thinks the Canelo vs. Berlanga marketing is a bit off

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya takes some time to answer a few questions about the recent major event of the season in Riyad, headlined by Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov, the upcoming Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga fight, and his desire to making a Shakur Stevenson vs. William Zepeda fight. Below you can read some fragments of his speech.

De La Hoya at Crawford vs. Madrimov

“Too bad for Jared, who got knocked out fighting the beast. This kid reminded me of George Foreman – a gigantic kid with weighty hands. I feel like Jared will be back. It was a great fight, there is no shame in his game, he is a great fighter.

“Pitbull, low end. It happens. He fought strenuous, but overall, I think Crawford closed out the show with a great victory. It was a tough fight that may require a rematch. We’ll see, but you know. I’m looking forward to Saturday’s fight against Vergil Ortiz because maybe the winners will fight each other, Crawford and Vergil.

“It could happen. We hope that Vergil will win this Saturday, he will be able to face Tim Tszyu at the end of this year, and then the winner of the Tim Tszyu vs Vergil Ortiz fight will face Terence Crawford.

Canelo vs. Berlanga fight

“I think one thing that’s not true that I feel is that they’re building this fight as Mexico vs. Puerto Rico. I don’t know. I don’t know if this is true because the last time I checked Berlanga was in Novel York. Last time I checked, I think I’m more Puerto Rican than Berlanga. I lived there for six years, so I know. I know what people love, I know who they will support… I think yes, it will be a good fight, but don’t make it a Mexico vs. Puerto Rico match.”

On if he believes Eddie Hearn is standing in the way of Shakur Stevenson fighting William Zepeda

“Oh well. I don’t think anyone will stand in the way of this fight. Look, I’m Zepeda’s promoter and I really want to do this fight. I think Shakur, skill-wise, is probably the best fighter in the world right now. Great, great skills, but he has to be able to sell tickets. His boxing style isn’t very genial to sell tickets, but I think the William Zepeda vs. Shakur Stevenson fight is a gigantic fight that will happen, but no, Eddie Hearn is not on track to fight that fight.

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“I’ll put him on…”: Berlanga challenges Canelo to come out swinging

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“I'll put him on…”: Berlanga challenges Canelo to come out swinging

Edgar Berlanga gets the opportunity he’s been hoping for as he faces Canelo Alvarez in the pay-per-view main event on Saturday, September 2. 14 in Las Vegas.

Canelo, who made headlines this week for being the first major boxing fighter not to immediately bend the knee to the whims of Saudi promoter Turki Alalshikh, is the clear favorite in this fight, currently valued at -1400 by DraftKings Sportsbook.

However, Berlanga (22-0, 17 KO) feels that he can continue his winning fight in his first professional fight as an underdog, and an extremely essential one at that.

“Tell him to come out swinging in the first round,” Berlanga told Matchroom cameras. “Look what will happen to him, I will put him on his ass. I give it six. It’s a fact.”

“I’ve already learned, he likes to run for the first two or three rounds to get a feel for you,” he continued. “But then let him try to open up. Let him try to open up and see what happens to him. You heard me, I’ll tell him I’m nasty.

Berlanga obviously gained momentum on ESPN and Top Rank when he started his career with 16 straight wins before first-round stoppages, but as soon as that streak inevitably came to an end in 2021, most of the hype rose with him.

He won five straight fights by decision before stopping Padraig McCroy in February this year, and along the way he parted ways with Top Rank to sign with Matchroom, with the Canelo fight his main goal.

That time has come for him and he will get what he has been talking about since he came to prominence a few years ago.

Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KO) will defend the WBC, WBA and WBO super middleweight belts in this fight. He has never been stopped in his career.

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