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K. Davis, Adames and Carrington fights have been added to the Lopez-Stevenson card

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11 months ago

December 26, 2025

Two world title fights have been added to the calendar of next month’s The Ring 6 boxing gala in Recent York, the main attraction of which will be the junior welterweight title clash between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson on January 31 at Madison Square Garden.

WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames (24-1, 18 KO) will defend his title against Austin “Ammo” Williams (19-1, 13 KO), and WBC interim featherweight champion Bruce Carrington (16-0, 9 KO) will seek the vacant WBC title against Carlos Castro (30-3, 14 KO).

The card also announced a 140-pound fight between former lightweight champion Keyshawn Davis (13-0, 9 KO) and Jamaine Ortiz (20-2-1, 10 KO), as well as a heavyweight fight between Jarrell Miller (26-1-2, 22 KO) and Kingsley Ibeh (16-2-1, 14 KO), as well as a welterweight matchup featuring Ziyad Almaayouf (7-0-1, 1 KO) and Kevin Castillo (5-2-1).

Adames hasn’t fought in almost a year after drawing to Hamzeh Sheeraz in February, while Williams has won three straight fights since an 11th-round loss to Shareez in 2024.

Davis last fought in February, when he crushed Denys Berinchyk via fourth-round KO to win the WBO lightweight title. He was scheduled to defend the belt in June, but he exceeded the 135-pound weight limit by more than four pounds, forcing the WBO to strip him of the title and ultimately cancel his scheduled fight against Edwin De Los Santos. Ortiz has won three straight fights after losing a unanimous decision to Lopez in February 2024.

Carrington – nicknamed “Shu Shu” – outclassed Mateus Heita by unanimous decision in July. Castro’s last fight was in September 2024, losing by decision to Stephen Fulton.

Miller – also known as “Huge Baby” – fought to a majority draw against former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. in August 2024. He has not fought since. Ibeh defeated veteran Gerald Washington via third-round KO in September.

Lopez (22-1, 13 KO) will defend his WBO junior welterweight title for the fourth time against undefeated Stevenson (24-0, 11 KO), who is climbing to first place in the ESPN lightweight division rankings.

The event airs nationally on DAZN.

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Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyus Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News

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3 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyu's Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News"

Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.

Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.

Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.

Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.

“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.

“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.

“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”

Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.

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Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight

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4 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight"

Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.

The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.

Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.

It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.

Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.

With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.

“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.

“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.

“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”

While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.