History will be made tonight at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, as WBO junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer (15-0, 5 KOs) battles IBF world champion Maiva Hamadouche (22-1, 18 KOs) in a fight that will also crown a Ring Magazine champion. Hamadouche has made six successful defenses of her title and recently represented France at the Tokyo Olympics. Mayer is making the second defense of the belt she won from longtime champion Ewa Brodnicka.
Teofimo Lopez let fans know what he thinks of Shakur Stevenson, Gervonta Davis, and Devin Haney by saying that all three of them would get beaten by Vasily Lomachenko right now.
IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Teofimo said that even though the former three-division world champion Lomachenko (15-2, 11 KOs) is on his way out in terms of getting older, he believes they would beat Haney, Tank, and Shakur right now if given a chance to fight any or all of them.
Lomachenko isn’t being given a chance to fight those guys by their promoters, and he probably will never get the opportunity because he would wreck the revenue stream.
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) president Ramon S. Ang wished Tokyo Olympic medalists Eumir Marcial, Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio the best as they gun for the Philippines’ first Olympic gold in boxing in the Paris Olympics three years from now, which also marks the country’s 100th year of participation in the quadrennial meet.
Mikaela Mayer 129.6 lbs vs. Maiva Hamadouche 128.6 lbs
(WBO & IBF Junior Lightweight World Title Unification — 10 Rounds)
• Luis Melendez 131.4 lbs vs. Thomas Mattice 131.4 lbs
(Junior Lightweight — 8 Rounds)
(ESPN+, 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT)
• Andres Cortes 131.6 lbs vs. Mark Bernaldez 131.2 lbs
(Junior Lightweight — 6 Rounds)
After a fracas at Friday's weigh-in, Jose "Chon" Zepeda and Josue "The Prodigy" Vargas will settle things tonight at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Zepeda (34-2, 26 KOs), a two-time world title challenger, will defend his WBC Silver super lightweight belt against Vargas, with the winner positioned for a world title opportunity in 2022.
WBO junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer wants to make more history. Mayer will take on longtime IBF world champion Maiva Hamadouche in a title unification tilt this Friday, Nov. 5 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. This will be the first time a female world title bout has headlined a Top Rank on ESPN card since the most recent incarnation of the series debuted in July 2017.
Three-weight kingpin Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko, the Ukrainian virtuoso who saves his best for the New York City spotlight, hopes his next oversized challenge is not a bridge too far. Lomachenko returns to Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Dec. 11 for a 12-round lightweight showdown against former world champion Richard “RC” Commey.
Lewis “The Croc” Crocker, Belfast born and raised, will have a golden opportunity to shine in front of the home fans. Crocker will defend his WBO European welterweight belt in the 10-round main event against Artem Haroyan this Friday, Nov. 5 from Ulster Hall in Belfast.
Promoted by Conlan Boxing, Crocker-Haroyan headlines a bill that will stream live and exclusively in the United States on ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.
Sakalam na naimarka ni Pinoy bantamweight Jonas Sultan ang kanyang ikatlong sunod na panalo, matapos durugin ang armada ni dating undefeated Carlos Caraballo ng Puerto Rico sa loob ng 10-round na bugbugan, Sabado sa Hulu Theater in New York (Linggo sa Manila).
