At the evening of boxing at the Barclays Center arena, former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (34-6-1, 20 KOs) scored an unexpected victory by technical decision over previously unbeaten Marcus Brown (23-1, 16 KOs) and won the interim WBA belt and the WBC silver belt.
A former contender for the world middleweight title Curtis Stevens (30-7, 22 KOs) lost by knockout in the third round to Whaley Omotoso (28-4, 22 KOs) at the boxing evening in Brooklyn, NY. The time was 1:28. For 34-year-old American it was a debut in the junior middleweight division. Stevens returned to the ring after more than a year's layoff and fell on the floor three times before the bout was stopped. For Omotoso it was one of the most valuable victory in his professional career.
In the main event of the evening in Belfast Michael Conlan (12-0, 7 KOs) won by TKO in the ninth round over Diego Alberto Ruiz (21-3, 10 KOs). The duel was stopped after the attacks on the Irish to the body. At the time of the stoppage Conlan was confidently leading on points. WBO and WBA Intercontinental titles were at stake the of the fight.
A live webcast of the boxing evening from Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, in the main event of which there will be an interesting heavyweight confrontation between unbeaten Pole Adam Kownacki (19-0, 15 KOs) and former title contender Chris Arreola (38-5-1, 33 KOs). Also this evening there will ba a light heavyweight fight between the owner of WBA interim title Marcus Brown and former world champion Jean Pascal.
Marcos Maidana (35-5, 31 KOs) has lost a lot of extra weight to get back in the ring and earn very good money, but in the end, in April this year, he rejected the idea of re-entering the ring. However, not so long ago, Maidana again announced his readiness for hard training under the condition that he will receive a guarantee for a fight with Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs).
Adam Kownacki (19-0, 15 KOs) showed career record 266 pounds at the official weigh-in before the fight with Chris Arreola (38-5-1, 33 KOs). Arreola shown on the scale 244 pounds. Their fight will be the main event of the evening at the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn and will be broadcasted on FOX TV channel.
WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis (22-0, 21 KOs), a week ago, on the evening of boxing in Baltimore knocked mandatory challenger from Panama Ricardo Nuñez (21-3, 19 KOs) in the second round. Now Davis spoke about the duel with the lightweight king and P4P rankings leader Vasyl Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KOs), who on August 31 in London will meet Luke Campbell (20-2, 16 KOs).
At the boxing evening in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, which was held on UFC Fight Pass platform, two Ukrainian boxer Ievgen Khytrov and Ivan Golub scored TKO victories.
On October 26 at the evening from Matchroom Boxing there will be a duel in London in the heavyweight division between Derek Chisora (31-9, 22 KOs) and Joseph Parker (26-2, 20 KOs). This was announced by promoter Eddie Hearn.
Today it was officially announced that on August 31 at the evening of the boxing promoter Eddie Hearn in London there will be a promising fight in the heavyweight division between Alexander Povetkin (34-2, 24 KOs) and Hughie Fury (23-2, 13 KOs).
