Terence Crawford says Errol Spence Jr. needs a fight against him and not vice versa. Crawford argues that Spence needs him, but it doesn’t sound that way. WBO welterweight champion Crawford (35-0, 26 KOs) states that he’s heading for the boxing Hall of Fame whether he fights IBF champion Spence (25-0, 21 KOs) or not.
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(Aug. 20, 2019) — Top Rank has signed undefeated Puerto Rican featherweight sensation Orlando “Zurdo de Oro” Gonzalez to a multi-year promotional agreement.
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Emanuel Navarrete weighed in at 122 pounds on Friday for his title defense of his WBO super bantamweight belt against #10 WBO Francisco De Vaca for their fight this Saturday night on ESPN at the Banc of California Stadium, in Los Angeles, California. Navarrete vs. De Vaca card starts at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.
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Emanuel Navarrete was already a champion. He is now one of the sport's elite. Navarrete knocked out the previously unbeaten Francisco "Panchito" De Vaca in three rounds Saturday evening in front of 3,944 fans in the first-ever boxing card at Banc of California Stadium.
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LOS ANGELES (Aug. 15, 2019) – The press conference overlooked the new crown jewel of Los Angeles soccer, the year-old Banc of California Stadium, home to Major League Soccer's LAFC. In two days, the inaugural boxing card will take place at the stadium, headlined by Emanuel Navarrete's WBO junior featherweight title defense against unbeaten challenger Francisco De Vaca (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET).
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Two very bad men are set for an old-fashioned Philadelphia throwdown.
WBC light heavyweight world champion Oleksandr “The Nail” Gvozdyk and IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev will fight in a highly anticipated title unification bout Friday, Oct. 18 at the Liacouras Center.
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Amir Imam, a former super lightweight world challenger known for his explosive knockouts, has signed a multi-year promotional agreement with Top Rank.
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Banc of California Stadium (Los Angeles)
LIVE on ESPN, TOMORROW at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Undercard Streaming on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT
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WBO light heavyweight champion and future Hall of Famer Sergey Kovalev will face off against his hard-hitting mandatory challenger, Anthony Yarde, in a highly anticipated showdown Saturday, Aug. 24 from Traktor Arena in Kovalev’s hometown of Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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