James Kirkland

WBA Interim Super Middleweight Champion David Morrell (4-0, 3 KOs) earned $75,000 for his performance at the main event of Premier Boxing Champions night in Los Angeles last Saturday. The Cuban knocked out Mike Gavronski (26-4-1, 16 KOs) in the third round, earning $80,000.

In a non-title fight, interim WBA super middleweight champion David Morrell Jr. (4-0, 3 KOs) knocked out WBA No.11 Mike Gavronski (26-4-1, 16 KOs) in the third round in the main event at Saturday in Shrine Auditorium of Los Angeles. Morrell was considered a clear favorite before the fight, 50:1, he immediately went on Gavronski and sent him to the floor at the end of the first round. After falls repeated in the second and third rounds, referee Jack Reiss decided to stop the meeting at 2:45 of the third round.

THE COTTO-KIRKLAND FIGHT IS OFF — On Friday, Feb. 3, it was learned that the match between Miguel Cotto and James Kirkland, scheduled for Feb. 25 at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas, had been cancelled. The bout was to air on HBO pay-per-view. The entire undercard was scuttled as well.

Roc Nation Sports today received notification from James Kirkland’s team that Kirkland has suffered an injury which will force him to withdraw from his match against Five-Time World Champion Miguel Cotto on Saturday, February 25, 2017. The reported injury is a fractured nose. Unfortunately, the entire HBO Pay-Per-View show at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas is cancelled.

Five-time world champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) and hard-hitting slugger James «Mandingo Warrior» Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs) held a press conference Friday afternoon at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California for their upcoming showdown taking place February 25 at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas live on HBO Pay per view.