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Tokyo results: Norman flattens Sasaki, Simsri lifts the free belt and more
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11 months agoon
Thanongsak Simsri def. Christian Araneta
The start of the television part of the card from Japan is Thanongsak Simsri, adopting the Philippine pretender Cristian with the arrangement of the free title of IBF Delicate Flyight. Thai Simsri has already made several trips to Japan, making a lot of success on the road, except for a knockout loss with a two -time world champion Masamuchi Yabuki.
For her part, Aranets fought twice in the eliminators of the world title, although he failed in these attempts. Despite the fact that he is smaller of them, Simsri has set his reach from the very beginning, exceeding the arrangement in the early rounds. The Philippine found his moment to take advantage of Simsri’s confidence; However, at the end of the third round, the massive meter left from Arane to sleep Thai.
Araneta ended a mighty mighty, pinning Simsri with ropes and landing a few immaculate blows. Now that Simsri was dropped and both men wore a deep cut, the fight fell into a specific rhythm.
The Aranet was physically overlapped as a larger man, collecting his arrows and landing strongly on Southpaw on Simsri. But for most of the majority of Simsri rounds, a much larger volume landed, limiting the angle on the arrangement and remained outside.
The results cards reflected the competitive nature of the fight, because Simsri simply made a divided decision to become the world champion and achieve the greatest victory in his career. For ARANET it must be a very frustrating result; Now he lost to the best fighters in his CV, and this result could be avoided if he could only find a slightly larger pace.
Reiya ABE def. Yuya eye
Then on the card there was a classic Veterans match versus perspectives for the Japanese featherweight title, seeing that the very experienced Southpaw Reiya Abe equalized with the invincible perspective of Yuya Oko.
Abe showed exceptional leg work from the very beginning, sliding into the nest in Wola, usually avoiding any eye meter. The eye found a few more readings when the fight was worn, sometimes it is time to precipitate the movement of the veteran’s head, but the pressure of the eye was largely discouraged by the skillful movement of Abe and prickly LEM.
His work indicator remained consistent in both movement and combinations. He made every effort to make him in battle, but until the end of ten rounds he was clearly done.
It was a really impressive, veteran Abe performance, which continued the return trail after the brutal knockout to Luis Alberto Lopez in 2024. As for Yuya Oko, it was a great struggle for learning at the beginning of your career. He has improved extremely as the fight and I am sure that it will be better at the Japanese national level.
Sora Tanaka def. Kobata tacky
During the Coan-Maan event, the Japanese Amateur Champion Sora Tanaka continued her campaign in professional ranks against Kobat’s domestic talents. Tanaka is an omnipotence warrior in full violence, marching down the enemy and throwing power shots without concern for defense.
Despite the fact that he is a shorter boxer, Tanaka had a woman on the ropes from the very beginning. Every shot of power that landed shook the cobat to his core, but Kobata had no problem finding a chance to break Tanak’s perspective.
The fight lasted only four rounds, but to be forthright, Kobata was doing well to survive as long as he consumed a crazy amount of damage during the competition. There was almost no uninteresting moment because they both stood in their pockets and replaced Bell with Bell.
When the downtime came, it was a bit disappointing when Kobata remained on his feet and just shook Tanaka, but the fight was a pure action and one of my favorite year. I don’t know how far Tanaka moves in the ranks in his versatile style, but I will be there to see every step.
Brian Norman Jr. def. Jin Sasaki
Finally, in the main event, another Japanese offensive Dynamo in Jin Sasaki challenged the extremely qualified Brian Norman Jr. for his title of welterweight WBO. Norman clearly stated that there was a gap between them almost immediately, abandoning his family hero twice in the first round.
Sasaki hardly refrained and forced Norman, but his characteristic power had a very little impact on the master. Sasaki was still doing very well to force his fight, remaining in Norman’s face, even though he constantly breaks the injuries.
Many would wither, but Sasaki never did it. Norman remained consistently great during the fight, he never became seemingly shocked and jumping on the possibilities of landing every time Sasaki presented them.
Everything crashed for the pretender in the fifth round. When Sasaki withdrew after a stab to the body, Norman landed with a immaculate left hook, throwing the cool Japanese warrior in the immediate cups of the year. It was a definite second defense of his title for the youthful master in Norman.
The scenes were very dead about Sasaki, which had to be stretched. He showed a huge combat spirit, but his corner should probably have had to draw him with the amount of injuries that Norman caused him. Regardless, this fight was an amazing Kapsta on a very comical card in the middle of the week.
Last updated on 19.06.2025
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Hamzah Sheeraz takes aim at Canelo Alvarez after winning the WBO title
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May 24, 2026
“I believe he is one of the goats in boxing. It would be an honor to share the ring with him and if I get the chance, I will definitely win,” Hamzah said after his victory over Begic.
Sheeraz made this comment after saying he plans to win more super middleweight titles after moving up from 160 pounds.
“I’ll fight anyone. Look, there were boxing kings in the ring tonight and I’m trying to follow in their footsteps. So I’m just going to beat whoever I put in front of me.”
“So I’m going to take all the belts this time and inshallah, next year you will be able to see Hamzah Sheeraz as the unified champion in the 168 division,” Hamzah said.
The path to a Sheeraz-Canelo fight could open quickly if Alvarez defeats Christian Mbilli on September 12 in Riyad. Canelo’s victory will likely allow him to retain the WBC title again, while Sheeraz now holds the WBO belt after Saturday’s victory.
This would give Riyadh Season a ready-made unification fight between the two marquee names at 168 pounds.
Sheeraz’s team already seems interested in forcing the fight. Manager Spencer Brown pointed openly at Canelo after the fight when discussing the newly crowned champion’s next step.
“We are marching in the face of Canelo boxing,” Brown said.
“This is the fight we want.”
Maybe it’s finally time for Sheeraz. He has picked up back-to-back stoppage wins since moving up to super middleweight, and his size and offensive style appear to be better at 168 pounds than they were at the end of his middleweight career.
Canelo is still the bigger star by a mile, but Riyad has shown he’s willing to take on younger, undefeated fighters against established fighters if enough belts are on the line. Sheeraz seemed to be part of that conversation on Saturday night.

Robert Segal is a boxing reporter at Boxing News 24 with over a decade of experience covering fight news, previews and analysis. Known for his first-hand reporting and in-ring perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, challengers and emerging talent from around the world.
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Canelo Alvarez makes his feelings clear after Verhoeven’s controversial 11th round stoppage against Usyk
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2 hours agoon
May 24, 2026
Canelo Alvarez commented on the controversial break between Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven.
The boxing world was buzzing with their reaction Usyk successfully defended his heavyweight crown against Verhoeven at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
However, for a long time it seemed that this would not be an effective defense, and the final came in the 11th round when referee Mark Lyson stopped the fight, which many viewers prematurely believed.
Verhoeven performed well above expectations, causing Usyk numerous problems throughout the fight, but although he recovered from the knockdown, the kickboxing star was stopped on his feet and denied the chance to advance to the 12th round.
Tony Bellew believes Verhoeven should be given a chance to continue his career, but Mexican superstar Canelo does not share the same view.
I talk to professional boxing fansCanelo revealed that he agreed with the judge’s decision.
“It was a good fight, I don’t think so [that it was was an early stoppage]I think they saved a brutal knockout.”
Usyk is expected to take some time before deciding on his next move, with some fans calling for an immediate rematch with Verhoeven while others want him to face mandatory WBC title challenger Agit Kabayel now.
As for Canelo, he will return to action in September and will look to reclaim his world titles when he fights WBC super middleweight champion Christian Mbilli in Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
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Prince Naseem Hamed’s biopic “Giant” hits the United States on May 22
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a biopic chronicling the career of former featherweight champion Prince Naseem Hamed will be released in select U.S. theaters and on VOD on May 22. The film stars Amir El-Masry as Hamed and Pierce Brosnan as his longtime trainer Brendan Ingle, with Sylvester Stallone among the executive producers.
Directed and written by Rowan Athale, it premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2025 and was released in the UK and Ireland on January 9, 2026, before arriving in the Middle East via the Red Sea Film Festival. Vertical holds U.S. distribution rights, and the film was financed by AGC Studios and BondIt Media Capital.
What the movie covers
The plot follows Hamed’s rise from Sheffield, England, to a world title under Ingle, an Irish-born steelworker who ran a boxing gym in a church hall. According to the official description, the film also addresses the racism and Islamophobia that Hamed faced in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s, and also focuses on his relationship with Ingle, who died in 2018.
Collider published an exclusive clip from the film on May 21 featuring Hamed’s 1994 fight against Vincenzo Belcastro. In this fight, Hamed won the European bantamweight title in 12 rounds, which was only his 12th professional contest, which was the beginning of his later career.
The warrior behind the film
Hamed, a southpaw of Yemeni heritage, finished his professional career with a 36-1 record and 31 knockouts while holding featherweight titles in multiple sanctioning bodies throughout the 1990s. Now 51, he was known for his unconventional style, pre-fight showmanship and ring walks that often ended with a fall over the top rope. In 2015, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Following Ingle’s death, Hamed directly attributed his success to his coach Ring that without him he wouldn’t have achieved what he did in sports.
The supporting cast included Toby Stephens as promoter Frank Warren and Katherine Dow Blyton as Alma Ingle. The film lasts 110 minutes.
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