Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez became a three-weight world champion in Arizona, winning the WBA bantamweight title with a dominant sixth-round knockout of Antonio Vargas.

Rodriguez (24-0, KO17) was previously a flyweight and super flyweight world champion and last dropped in November 2025, defeating Fernando Martinez in ten rounds to defend his WBC and WBO super flyweight crowns.

Vargas (19-2-1 KO11) won the WBA interim belt in 2024 and was promoted to full champion, but his first defense in Japan ended in a draw last July when he and Daigo Higa could not be separated.

Rodriguez used his speed and legs to get off to a good start on this one, his jab went well and he also had a nice uppercut that landed on target.

Vargas wobbled in the second, a powerful left hand did damage, and Rodriguez also unloaded with huge shots.

Vargas fired back and the combination landed at the end of the frame.

Vargas had a solid third, with his own head and body landing combinations, but Bam came back, supporting Vargas in the fourth and forcing the champion to take some punches.

This marked the beginning of the enda powerful left hand dropped Vargas in the fifth throw, and Vargas was now in survival mode, landing another uppercut before boldly ending the round.

In the sixth, it was over, a huge left hand rocking Vargas and a right-left combination, leaving Vargas on his knees and then on his back for a countout.

Elif Nur Turhan vs. Gabriela Tellez

On the card, Elif Nur Turhan (14-0, KO8) defended her IBF lightweight title, but had to work tough before scoring against Gabriela Tellez (7-1, KO3).

Three scores of 96-94 ensured that the Turkish woman retained her crown.

Undercard remaining

Arturo Cardenas (18-0-2, KO9) defended his WBC Continental Americas super bantamweight title, defeating Jordan Martinez (16-1-1, KO15) in ten rounds.

The scores of 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93 sealed the victory for Cardenas.

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Elias Montoya Terraza (14-0, KO9) won the undefeated lightweight fight, defeating Adrian Rodriguez (10-1, KO6) by stoppage in the second round.

In eight-round fights, Ronny Alvarez (7-0, KO6) defeated Filip Stankovic (9-4, KO6) in the seventh round, and Trini Ochoa (22-1, KO10) defeated Cristian Perez (12-5-1, KO7) in the second round in the super lightweight category.

Hector Beltran (8-0, KO6) defeated Shaquile Felicia (3-2, KO1) in the second round in the super welterweight fight, and Xechal Esquiviel (6-0, KO5) knocked out Rayshawn Taylor (1-2-1, KO1) in the featherweight fight.

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Eddie Hearn has once again insisted that Dana White will not be involved in promoting the Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury match.

Joshua, who has been promoted by Hearn’s Matchroom since his debut, has signed a contract to fight Fury, with their long-awaited heavyweight fight expected to take place in November.

Hearn claims the contract stipulates that White’s Zuffa Boxing – which is partly owned by Saudi Arabia’s Seli – will not be allowed to play any role in the superfight, even though the UFC boss has promised to promote it.

White doubled down on these comments when pressed Professional boxing fans following his inaugural appearance at British Zuffa in Bournemouth on Saturday.

“Do you think I would lie in public and make myself look like an idiot in front of everyone?” – said the 56-year-old.

“Do you believe I would do that?

“What would be the point?

“Call Eddie now and ask if he knows where the fight is.

“Call Eddie and ask who negotiated the contract for this fight.”

Hearn and White have been embroiled in a public feud since the latter stole Hearn’s prized acquisition, Conor Benn, from Zuffa.

The Matchroom chairman slammed his promotional rival, claiming White played no role in the negotiations and it was agreed that the fight would take place in the UK.

“Dana White had nothing to do with the fight negotiations,” Hearn said IFLTV.

“It was agreed between me, Sela and the entire legal team there.

“He talked to [Saudi Arabian boxing chief] Turki Alalshikh and told him that he should play with Fury against AJ in Las Vegas.

“There is a very clear clause in the contract that Zuffa, Dana White, TKO or anyone associated with them cannot participate in the program.

“The second thing that is in the contract was at the request of Anthony Joshua and me [Matchroom] the fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury must take place in the UK.”

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Earlier this week, Boxing Scene reported that SoFi Stadium in California was being considered as a potential venue for the fight.

Hearn said the location was in Alalshikh’s hands and the contract would have to be renegotiated if the deal went to the US.

“If they want to renegotiate the contract, sign the contract again,” he added.

“We can look into it.

“But we agreed to this fight, we signed a contract for this fight, the biggest fight in the history of British boxing, because we want this fight to take place in the UK.”

Joshua will return for the first time since then knocking out Jake Paul in December, when he will face Kristian Prenga on July 25 in Riyad.

The 36-year-old took a break from boxing after he was involved in a horrific car crash 10 days later that killed two of his close friends and left him with minor injuries.

The two-time world heavyweight champion returned to a training camp in Spain with former rival turned stablemate Oleksandr Usyk.

Fury, who retired in April to beat Arslanbek Makhmudov, is also expected to fight before fighting “AJ” in August.

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Lerrone Richards has filed an appeal with the WBA following his controversial loss to Albert Ramirez last Thursday in Canada.

Richards was defeated by a controversial split decision over Ramirez in their fight for the interim WBA delicate heavyweight title in Montreal, sparking widespread outrage on social media.

33-year-old said he intended to appeal the result, and his S-JAM Boxing management team filed an appeal to the WBA on Tuesday.

The British team hopes that the result will be annulled and an immediate rematch ordered.

said Archie Slaymaker, Boxing Operations Manager at S-JAM Boxing proboxing-fans.com on Thursday: “The appeal was sent to the WBA on Tuesday afternoon with the hope that the result of last Thursday’s fight would be invalidated and an immediate rematch would be ordered.

“We all look forward to hearing the outcome of the appeal in due course.”

“Sniper The Boss” admitted that he was devastated by the result, which resulted in him losing the chance to fight delicate heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.

The southpaw suffered his second loss in three fights, stopped by Steed Woodall in 2024, and called for “justice” after the defeat.

“When I read the result, I was devastated,” Richards said proboxing-fans.com.

“I went back to the locker room and honestly, I broke down and cried.

“I am a winner. Being robbed like this is devastating.

A fair outcome would be for this decision to be overturned, and if not overturned, for it to be deemed a default or not, and Ramirez and I would reverse it.

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“I leave this to the team and hopefully we will have news within the next week or two.”

“There should be no dispute.

“There shouldn’t be any controversy.

You should just give me victory, give me what I worked tough for, give me what I deserve.

“I want justice.”

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