Virgil Ortiz (16-0, 16 KOs) defeated Samuel Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KOs) by TKO in the seventh round in the main event of the evening of the Golden Boy Promotions tournament in Indio, California. At the time of the stoppage the 22-year-old boxer was confidently leading on points.
Michaela Meyer (13-0, 5 KOs) defeated Helen Joseph (17-5-2, 10 KOs) by unanimous decision in the main event of Top Rank evening in Las Vegas. After ten rounds the judges scored it 99-91 and 100-90 twice in favor of the American.
Member of the 2016 US Olympic team Michaela Meyer (12-0, 5 KOs) and her opponent Helen Joseph of Nigeria took part in the official weigh-in procedure on the eve of their 10-round super featherweight bout, which will be the main event of the evening at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Live broadcast of the first boxing event in Ukraine after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, which will be held in the Atlas concert hall in Kiev, and which will include six amateur Women's boxing league fights and five professional fights.
Mikaela Mayer (12-0, 5 KOs) reported that her coronavirus test was positive. This means that the American female fighter will not perform at the Top Rank boxing event on Tuesday, where she was about to cross gloves with Helen Joseph (17-4-2, 10 KOs).
Mikaela Mayer (12-0, 5 KOs) is going to enter the ring on June 9 within the Top Rank boxing evening in Las Vegas. This will be the first boxing tournament in the US after the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The duel of Amanda Serrano (38-1-1, 28 KOs) and Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs), with WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight belts at stake, will take place on May 2 in Manchester, on the undercard of the heavyweight meeting of Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin.
