Dominican Felix Diaz (19-1, 9 KOs) ended a successful 2016 as a world ranked junior welterweight contender with another two impressive victories added to his ledger. He is determined to continue that momentum this year by facing the biggest challenges. The top name on his hit list remains WBC/WBO junior welterweight world champion Terence Crawford.
Multiple-time champion Zab “Super” Judah (43-9, 30 KOs) returned to the ring with a two round thrashing of Honduran Jorge Luis Munguia (12-8-, 4 KOs) in a welterweight clash on Saturday night at the Sun National Bank Center arena in Trenton, New Jersey. The 39-year-old Judah, of Brooklyn, coming off a layoff of just over 3 years, hurt Munguia in round one, then finished him with a barrage of punches in round two. Time was 1:27.
The Buzz Crew was live with middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KO) and superstar Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 КО) in New York City for a Press Conference to formally announce their highly anticipated middleweight championship showdown set for Saturday, March 18 live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
“I really don't like bullies, or people trying to intimidate me.” David Haye told about his future opponent who he will meet on March 4. "I really don't like being in this guy's presence at all. He's a bully, a typical bully. Look at the guys he's fought - he tries to intimidate people. I just hope there's a nice, big distance between us before the next press conference. I could feel his energy."
MK Event staged a big show at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois last night billed as the Main Event. In the biggest of the main events, super welterweight Cedric Vitu (45-2, 18 КОs) retained the title with a unanimous decision over Spanish challenger Isaac Real (16-2-1, 9 КОs). It was scored after a hard-fought battle. Vitu was down late in third but came back later in the fight to outbox the challenger for a close win.
Multiple-time champion Zab “Super” Judah (43-9, 30 KOs) returned to the ring with a two round thrashing of Honduran Jorge Luis Munguia (12-8-, 4 KOs) in a welterweight clash on Saturday night at the Sun National Bank Center arena in Trenton, New Jersey. The 39-year-old Judah, of Brooklyn, coming off a layoff of just over 3 years, hurt Munguia in round one, then finished him with a barrage of punches in round two. Time was 1:27.
2008 Olympic silver medalist in the super heavyweight division Zhilei Zhang (14-0, 10 KOs) scored first round knockout victory over Australian veteran Peter Graham (11-4-2, 5 KOs) in Hebei Sports Venue, Shijiazhuang, China, to claim the vacant WBO Oriental heavyweight title.
WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders has confirmed Adam Booth as his new trainer. Saunders joins stablemates Mitchell Smith and Lucien Reid under the guidance of the respected Booth and will be looking to start 2017 with a bang after later stating his first fight under the new partnership is likely to be announced at the start of next week.
Former WBA super-middleweight champion Anthony “The Man” Mundine (47-7, 27 KOs) is a heavy underdog in the betting, but is showing good mobility after a hip operation in London and has prepared for a gruelling domestic cruiserweight title bout over ten rounds against Danny “The Green Machine” Green (35-5, 28 KOs) on February 3 at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia. Mundine is confident he’ll whip the former WBA light heavyweight champion again, even though in his opinion Green is a better boxer now than he was in 2006 when he defeated him over twelve rounds.
Ex-pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather discussed his love of gambling recently as the fighter-turned-promoter continues to inform fans of his betting patterns via social media. Mayweather regularly posts payouts in the tens and hundreds of thousands to his millions of followers, although the 39 year-old has now admitted those flutters have ventured into seven figures at times.
