Former world champion in four weight categories Adrien "Problem" Broner (35-4-1, 24 KOs) won by unanimous decision over Bill "Hutch" Hutchinson (20-3-4, 9 KOs) in a welterweight bout in the main event of a boxing evening at the Miami Casino Arena, Florida. Broner went forward on his opponent with a series of punches, who tried to show resistance, but Broner confidently took round after round. The score of judges' notes is 100-90 and twice 99-91, 99-91. It was the 33-year-old Browner's first fight in 28 months. He won his last early victory in 2016.
Jaime Munguia And Sergey Derevyanchenko both weighed in at 167.4 pounds ahead of their scheduled 12-round super middleweight bout. Both fighters looked fit and well-tuned outside of their usual middleweight class. Munguia and Derevyanchenko will face off in the main event of the evening on DAZN this coming Saturday at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.
Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) and Teofimo Lopez (18-1, 13 KOs) at the official weigh-in procedure continued to demonstrate to the public open dislike for each other and again the duel of their views took place in the presence of several guards. Taylor weighed 139.8 pounds, Lopez - exactly 140 pounds.
This year, boxing fans are unlikely to see a duel between Saul Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KOs) and David Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs). The American team, despite the submission of an official offer to the Mexican for a fight in September, eventually changed their plans.
The best boxers don't have to make the most money. After all, the audience has always paid the most attention to the heavyweights. And in this regard, the legendary Mike Tyson gives an example Terence Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs).
Information has been officially confirmed that a fight will take place in Las Vegas on July 29 between Isaac Cruz (24-2-1, 17 KOs) and Giovanni Cabrera (21-0, 7 KOs).
August could be an interesting month for heavyweight fans. Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) and Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) will almost certainly hold their performances this month. now and Deontay Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) announced his return on the same date.
Not so long ago, WBC President Mauricio Suleiman stated categorically that not a single Russian will get the right to box for the belt of the organization he leads as long as there is a war between Ukraine and Russia. And today there is information that the Russian Sergey Kovalev can fight with Badu Jack, who is the world champion in cruiserweight just according to the WBC version.
Kateryna Usyk, wife of the world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, appealed to the Ukrainians, urging them to continue to help each other in this difficult time.
Alex Volkanovski, UFC featherweight champion, gave his prediction for the upcoming fight between Beneil Dariush and Charles Oliveira.