Amir ‘King’ Khan (33-4, 20 KOs) has started his training with Virgil Hunter in Hayward, California to get ready for his fight against WBO welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs) on April 20 on ESPN pay-per-view.
The WBC still wants Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1 34 KOs) and interim WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (28-0, 21 KOs) to face each other to decide a mandatory challenger to sanctioning bodies’ 160 lb title. This is a move the WBC has made due to Golovkin’s promoter To Loeffler making a request to the sanctioning body that GGG be given an immediate rematch with Canelo after their contoverisal fight last September, which was won by Alvarez by a 12 round majority decision at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
VERONA, N.Y. (Jan. 18, 2019) — For 11 rounds, the action happened in fits and starts. Then, in round 12, heavyweight contender Oscar Rivas lowered the boom, knocking out former world title challenger Bryant “B.Y.” Jennings. Rivas knocked down Jennings in the 12th round, then a follow-up flurry pinned Jennings against the ropes and forced referee Gary Rosato to stop the fight.
Manny Pacquiao outclassed 29-year-old Adrien Broner with a unaminous decision victory on Saturday night that fueled speculation of a possible rematch between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.
Sitting ringside, Mayweather refused to accept or decline when during a postfight interview Pacquiao said he would like to fight Mayweather again.
Manny Pacquiao def. Adrien Broner, UD (117-111, 116-112, 116-112)
For the first time in his career, Manny Pacquiao entered the ring as a 40 year old man. But for the second time in a row, he turned in a solid performance en route to a unanimous decision win over Adrien Broner.
Manny Pacquiao outclassed 29-year-old Adrien Broner with a unaminous decision victory on Saturday night that fueled speculation of a possible rematch between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.
Sitting ringside, Mayweather refused to accept or decline when during a postfight interview Pacquiao said he would like to fight Mayweather again.
2012 U.S Olympian Marcus Browne (23-0, 16 KOs) used his youth, speed and power advantage to pound out a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision win over former two division world champion Badou Jack (22-2-3, 13 KOs) to win the interim WBC WBA and the WBC silver 175 lb title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Daniel Jacobs was impressed with what he saw from Manny Pacquiao with his win over Adrien Broner last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jacobs feels that Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) showed that he still has a lot left in his gas tank at age 40-years-old with his 12 round unanimous decision win over Broner on SHOWTIME PPV.
2016 Olympian Shakur Stevenson (10-0, 6 KOs) stayed unbeaten with an easy 4th round knockout victory over Jessie Chris Rosales (22-2-1, 10 KOs) to win the vacant International Boxing Federation Inter-Continental featherweight title on Friday night on ESPN at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York.
