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PAUL DECISIONS CHAVEZ JR.

Posted on June 30, 2025 | Leave a comment

Jake Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) won a comfortable decision over a sluggish Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (54-7-1, 34 KOs) at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on Saturday night. The headline of a stellar PPV card on DAZN was disappointing as Chavez Jr. failed to let his hands go for much of the fight as Paul built up a big lead. Though Chavez Jr. turned it up late in the fight and rallied against the tiring Paul, the 10-round decision went to Paul by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93.

Chavez Jr. fit the profile of opponents for Paul, a social media star who is building a boxing career that he says will lead him to a legit championship fight. The son of legend Julio Cesar Chavez checked in at 39 years of age and well past his prime. Paul fired away in the early rounds while Chavez Jr. did very little.

The last couple of rounds saw Chavez Jr. score with some left hooks while Paul was breathing heavily. Too little, too late. It was an easy decision for Paul.

On the undercard, WBA/WBO cruiserweight champion Zurdo Ramirez (48-1, 30 KOs) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Yuniel Dorticos (27-3, 25 Kos) by scores of 115-112, 115-112 and 117-110.

Floyd Schofield (19-0, 13 KOs) blasted Tevin Farmer (33-9-1, 8 KOs) in just 1:18 of the first round. Schofield scored and early knockdown and then followed up with another which prompted the ref to wave it off.

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MBILLI STOPS SULECKI IN 1

Posted on June 30, 2025 | Leave a comment

Super middleweight Christian Mbilli (29-0, 24 KOs) jumped on Maciej Sulecki (33-4, 13 KOs) and scored a knockdown with an uppercut that ended the fight at the 2:28 mark of round 1 on Friday night in Quebec City, Canada. It was the third stoppage in his last five fights for Mbilli, who is listed as interim champion by the WBC while Canelo Alvarez continues to be recognized as the full champion.

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HITCHINS STOPS KAMBOSOS JR. IN 8

Posted on June 14, 2025 | Leave a comment

By Steven Cummings

IBF junior welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) punished George Kambosos Jr. (22-4, 10 KOs) for seven rounds with precise shots, mostly from distance, and closed the show in round eight with a brutal body shot. Kambosos Jr. got up at 10 but was in great pain and the fight was waved off. Official time of the stoppage was 2:33.

You can’t do much better for sticking to the game plan than Hitchins did, keeping Kambosos Jr. at distance and peppering him with left jabs and right hand power shots. Kambosos Jr. tried to get inside and fired off some good body shots but they were few and far between. Hitchins was like a metronome.

Kambosos Jr. was hurt by a body shot in the fifth and Hitchins jumped on him but wasn’t able to end the fight at that point. Still, it was just a matter of time.

The punch stat numbers were incredibly lopsided. Kambosos Jr. was marked up early and took repeated clean shots throughout the fight.

The end came when Hitchins buried a left hand in Kambosos Jr.’s right side and the pain was obvious. When he got up, he didn’t look like he was in any condition to survive the remaining 30 seconds.

There was incredible theater in the final round as Hitchins asked Kambosos Jr. in the middle of the ring if he still wanted more of this. Then he turned to Kambosos Jr.’s corner and told Sr. if he loved his son he would stop the fight. After the knockdown, Hitchins looked over again as he walked to the neutral corner and said that he had told them to stop it.

After the fight, with WBO 140-pound champion Teofimo Lopez in the ring, Richardson Hitchins called out Devin Haney. Lopez then said he would be agreeable to a unification match.

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MELIKUZIEV WINS THRILLER OVER FULGHUM

Posted on May 31, 2025 | Leave a comment

By Steven Cummings

Super middleweight Bektemir Melikuziev (16-1, 10 KOs) dropped previously unbeaten Darius Fulghum in the 12th to pull out a close unanimous decision victory on Friday night in the main event at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Bek “The Bully” fought a high-energy battle with Fulgham (14-1, 12 KOs), overcoming a point deduction for holding in the seventh round.

Melikuziev continued his career comeback with his ninth straight win following his only loss, a KO3 at the hands of Gabe Rosado in 2021. That loss was avenged in 2023 with a unanimous decision victory.

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POWELL DECISIONS DE LA CRUZ IN STOCKTON

Posted on May 18, 2025 | Leave a comment

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By Steve Cummings

Lightweight Lorenzo Powell stayed unbeaten with a six-round shutout of Michael De La Cruz at the Memorial Civic Auditorium in Stockton, CA on Saturday night. Powell (4-0, 1 KO) overcame a cut from an accidental headbutt in round two and used elite hand speed and footwork to outbox the sturdy De La Cruz (2-5-2).

G1 Promotions put on the six-bout card, dubbed Back To The Future, which featured numerous young fighters in hotly contested fights.

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CANELO DECISIONS SCULL

Posted on May 4, 2025 | Leave a comment

CANELO ALVAREZ UD12 OVER WILLIAM SCULL
115 – 113, 116-112, 119-109

BADOU JACK MD12 OVER NORAIR MIKAELJAN
114-114, 115-113, 115-113

JAIME MUNGUIA UD12 OVER BRUNO SURACE
116-112, 116-112, 117-111

MARTIN BAKOLE AND EFE AJAGBA fought to a 10-round majority draw.
95-95, 95-95, 96-94 Ajagba.

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GABRIELA FUNDORA STOPS MARILYN BADILLO, CHARLES CONWELL UPSET

Posted on April 21, 2025 | Leave a comment

Multi-belt flyweight titlist Gabriela Fundora stayed unbeaten with a dominant TKO7 over previously unbeaten Marilyn Badillo on Saturday night. Fundora (16-0-1, 8 KOs) floored Badillo in the seventh round and when she got up she indicated she did not want to continue. Official time of the stoppage was 1:44.

In an earlier bout, super welterweight Charles Conwell suffered his first pro defeat, dropping a split decision to Jorge Perez over 12 rounds. Conwell (21-1, 16 KOs) was heavily favored over Perez (33-4-0, 26 KOs) but lost by scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 113-115 for Perez.

Fundora came out slowly in the first round but then turned on her attack in round two, peppering the much-shorter Badillo with both hands out of a southpaw stance. Badillo landed some hard left hands on occasion but for the most part was unable to get inside on Fundora and land consistently.

The end came when Badillo went down hard from a left to the head and got up quickly, but told the referee she did not want to continue. Fundora’s power was too much as Badillo took her first defeat.

Conwell suffered the upset after Perez came on in the second half of the fight and neutralized Conwell’s attack. The rangy Perez fired off combinations while Conwell tried to maul his way inside. Perez did more damage by punching around Conwell’s guard and working the body as well as the head. It is now time to regroup for Conwell, who was ranked in the top five at 154 by two sanctioning bodies.

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THURMAN RETURNS WITH TKO3 OVER JARVIS

Posted on March 17, 2025 | Leave a comment

Keith “One Time” Thurman traveled to Sidney, Australia to get back in the ring for the first time in over two years and scored a TKO3 over Brock Jarvis. Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) floored Jarvis with an uppercut and then followed up with another knockdown that ended the fight. Official time of the stoppage was 2:19.

Jarvis (22-2, 20 KOs) had only lost to Liam Paro in 2022 before this fight and had scored two straight stoppage wins since then.

Thurman, age 35, whose only loss was to Manny Pacquaio in 2019, fought for just the second time since then and shook off the rust quickly. The impressive win sets up a possible fight with Tim Tszyu this summer.

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JOET GONZALEZ DECISIONS ARNOLD KHEGAI

Posted on March 9, 2025 | Leave a comment

Featherweight Joet Gonzalez overcame Arnold Khegai to earn a split decision after 10 hotly contested rounds on Saturday night. Gonzalez (27-4, 15 KOs) overcame a quick start from Khegai and came out on top in an entertaining match that saw both fighters bloodied. The 10-round fight headlined a ProBoxTV card from Long Beach, CA.

Official scores were 97-92 and 96-93 for Gonzalez, 95-94 Kgegai. InTheCorner.net scored it 97-92 for Gonzalez.

Khegai (22-2-1, 14 KOs), ranked #2 by the WBO and #12 by the IBF, got out to a good start with pressure and high volume punching as Gonzalez did not initially take advantage of his edge in reach. In rounds three and four, Gonzalez took control, getting into the right distance and landing power shots while slowing Khegai’s rushes. Khegai started bleeding from the nose in round four.

Round five saw a point deduction from Khegai for holding. In round six, Gonzalez was cut over the right eye and it would bleed the rest of the way.

All the while, the action was was hot with both fighters scoring consistently. Gonzalez had the upper hand, but not by much. Khegai pushed hard down the stretch but came up just short.

Khegai suffered his first pro loss since dropping a decision to Stephen Fulton in his last fight at super bantamweight in 2020. For Gonzalez, he got back in the win column after a decision loss to Luis Alberto Lopez in September. The four losses on Gonzalez’ record are Lopez, Isaac Dogboe, Emanuel Navarette and Shakur Stevenson.

UNDERCARD

Lightweight Luis Torres (21-1, 12 KOs) stopped Nicholas Walters (29-2-1, 22 KOs) after three rounds. Walters’ corner stopped the fight before the start of the fourth.

A 10-round welter weight fight between Jesus Saracho (14-2-2, 11 KOs) and Luis Lopez (16-2-3, 5 KOs) ended in a draw.

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LUCAS BAHDI OUTLASTS RACAZA IN SLUGFEST

Posted on March 7, 2025 | Leave a comment

IBF/WBA #7 lightweight Lucas Bahdi earned a unanimous decision over fellow-unbeaten fighter Ryan James Racaza after 10 hard fought rounds. Bahdi (19-0, 15 KOs) was busier in the battle of power punchers and scored a knockdown in the seventh round en route to the victory.

Scores were 99-90, 96-93, 97-92, all for Lucas Bahdi.

The southpaw Racaza (15-1, 11 KOs) came with a hard left hand throughout the fight, rocking Bahdi in the third round and landing many times after. Both fighters fought cautiously with respect for each other’s power, but the regularly erupted for entertaining exchanges.

The Bahdi – Racaza match was the headliner on an MVP card that was broadcast live on DAZN from Toronto.

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