Diego De La Hoya 122 vs Erik Ruiz 122.4
D’Mitrius Ballard 167.4 vs Adrian Luna 167.8
Hector Tanajara Jr. 130 vs Daniel Bastien
Roberto Manzanarez 136 vs Erick Martinez 134.6
Eben Vargas 147 vs Rodolfo Gamez 145
Jonathan Navarro 140.6 vs Ricardo Fernandez 139.4
Joshua Franco 115 vs Marco Sanchez 115
Hard-hitting junior welterweights Pablo Cesar Cano and Fidel Maldonado Jr. will square off in a 10-round fight on June 17 at the Tostitos Championship Plaza at The Star in Frisco, Texas, Golden Boy Promotions announced Wednesday. The fight, which will be the first boxing event to take place at the training facility of the Dallas Cowboys, will headline a "Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN" card (ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, 10 p.m. ET).
Junior lightweight world titleholder Gervonta "Tank" Davis, who looked spectacular in an exciting seventh-round knockout of Jose Pedraza to claim a 130-pound world title on Jan. 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, will not be making his initial defense at home in Baltimore, where he would surely draw a crowd.
Welterweight champion Kell Brook would have been considered to be a picture of health, although considering he weighed 160 pounds plus for his last fight in September against Gennady Golovkin, some worries have now crept in. Brook already seemed to be uncharacteristically on weight with time to spare for his 147 pound battle with mandatory challenger Spence at Brammall Lane as the Yorkshireman was ripped up and looked skinnier than usual during his latest fight camp.
WBA-ranked heavyweight Alexander Ustinov, whose career has stalled in recent months ahead of a possible world title shot steps between the ropes on Friday night to resume his career. Ustinov is set to feature on VIP Boxing's BoxNation-televised card at Bolton Whites Hotel.
Oddsmakers are giving us an inkling of what to expect this weekend. In New York City, Terence Crawford is about a 25:1 favorite to defend his WBO and WBC junior welterweight titles against Felix Diaz.
As promoter Eddie Hearn revealed this week, Wladimir Klitschko is set to invoke a rematch clause with Anthony Joshua following an eleventh round stoppage at the hands of the Briton at Wembley Stadium last month. It had been thought the IBF would move to strip Joshua for not facing mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev immediately, although Matchroom Boxing have asked the International Boxing Federation to reconsider any decision.
Heavyweight Dillian Whyte has been forced to postpone his clash with Mariusz Wach on June 3 at The O2 in London due to a foot injury. Whyte was set to face the Pole in his first outing since his epic battle with Dereck Chisora in Manchester in December, with ‘The Bodysnatcher’ aiming for a key win over the former World title challenger to underline his credentials to land a World title shot of his own.
"I make sure I train hard to deal with that pressure," Diego De La Hoya told through an interpreter. "Everyone wants to beat a De La Hoya. Ever since I've been training in the amateurs, everyone wanted to win against me because of my name, and so that pressure has been on me since before I was a professional."
Coach Calvin Ford and Kenny Ellis talk about Baltimore native Gervonta Davis' journey to becoming America’s youngest world champion. The undefeated junior lightweight defends his IBF belt for the first time against No. 1-ranked challenger Liam Walsh Saturday, May 20, at 6PM ET/3PM PT on Showtime.
