Unbeaten welterweight Miguel Cruz (16-0, 11 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Alex Martin (13-2, 5 KOs) on Tuesday night at the Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Cruz dropped Martin in rounds one and four, and went on to win 96-92 on all three cards. This fight was a rematch. Cruz previously edged Martin via split decision in January.
ESPN will present four fights on their big Pacquiao-Horn telecast on Saturday night from Brisbane, Australia.
The World Boxing Super Series has confirmed that former world champion Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs) has joined a star-studded tournament line-up that already features the undefeated and reigning world champions Murat Gassiev (IBF), Yunier Dorticos (WBA) and Mairis Briedis (WBC) as well as former world champion Krysztof Wlodarczyk. Starting in September, eight of the world´s best cruiserweights will battle it out in a revolutionary bracket-style elimination tournament. The official announcement didn’t name Dmitry Kudryashov, whose promoter Andrey Ryabinskiy had stated will be competing also.
Undisputed middleweight world champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) of Kazakhstan will take on Mexican superstar Ring Magazine middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico in the biggest fight in boxing September 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas live on HBO Pay per view.
Four-division world champion Cincinnati’s Adrien “The Problem” Broner (33-2, 24 KOs) is set to take on three-division world champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) of Moreno Valley by way of Oxnard on Saturday July 29 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York live on Showtime Championship Boxing on Showtime. Fightnews.com caught up with the “Problem” as he talked about his upcoming fight with Garcia.
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao told the Australian press on his arrival in Brisbane on Saturday that he is in his best fighting shape for the July 2 (July 1st in the USA) defense of the championship against WBO #1 Jeff Horn at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Pacman also denied reports from the press in the Philippines that he has not trained hard for this title bout.
Former two-division world champion Tomasz “Goral” Adamek (51-3, 30 KO) scored a one-sided ten round unanimous decision over Solomon Haumono (24-4, 21 KOs) in a heavyweight matchup on Saturday night at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland. Adamek’s skills too much for the slower Haumono. Scores 100-90, 99-91, 99-91.
Making a super-fight featuring two of the best boxers to ever lace up gloves has been longed for by fans for some time and 'Rigo' promised to move up to 126 in order to get the contest made. As Lomachenko is now reiging supreme at super-featherweight, Rigondeaux pointed out he was unable to make 130 pounds and hoped a comprimise could be made.
Gennady Golovkin's wife Alina actually wants to spend time with her husband and the boxing superstar says he's considering retiring from boxing if it makes her happy. GGG is 35 and there's talk he could hang 'em up after he clashes with Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 16th.
Manny Pacquiao attended a church service in Brisbane on Sunday just hours after arriving in Australia for his July 1 world title fight defense against Australian Jeff Horn.
