Undefeated #1 WBO 175-pound contender Anthony Yardehas reportedly signed his portion of the contract to challenge WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev on June 29 in Russia, according to the Tass Agency. The venue for the fight still hasn’t been decided yet. Kovalev’s co-promoters at Top Rank expected to make an announcement soon about the fight.
WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt and challenger Francisco Vargas made weight on Friday for their headliner fight, and WBO super bantamweight champion Emanuel Navarrete and former champion Isaac Dogboe weighed successfully for their respective fights on Saturday fight on LIVE on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at the Convention Center, in Tucson, Arizona. The card on ESPN will start at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT. The undercard bouts will be LIVE on ESPN+ beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET
IBF/WBA junior middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd and his opponent challenger Julian ‘J-Rock’ Williams both weighed in at 153.8 pounds on Friday at their weigh-in for their fight this Saturday night on Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and Fox Deportes at the EagleBank Arena, in Fairfax, Virginia.
ESPN & ESPN Deportes (10 p.m. ET)
• Miguel Berchelt 130 lbs vs. Francisco Vargas 130 lbs
(Berchelt's WBC Super Featherweight world title - 12 Rounds)
• Emanuel Navarrete 121.6 lbs vs. Isaac Dogboe 121.4 lbs
(Navarrete's WBO Junior Featherweight world title - 12 Rounds)
Juan Francisco Estrada (39-3, 26 KOs) wants a big fight in his first title defense of his WBC super flyweight title in August or September against IBF champion Jerwin Ancajas, Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez or a trilogy match against former WBC champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (47-5-1, 41 KOs), who he just beat last month by a close 12 round unanimous decision in their rematch on April 26 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
RENO, Nev. (May 9, 2019) — Boxing’s preeminent action superhero, Oscar Valdez, will make the sixth defense of his WBO featherweight world title Saturday, June 8 against the upset-minded Jason “El Alacrancito” Sanchez at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
Eddie Hearn says he’s willing to let Luis ‘King Kong” Ortiz face IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua next if he still fancies taking the fight. Hearn offered Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs) $7 million to step in as the replacement for Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller for June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York, but he chose not to take the fight.
TUCSON, Ariz. (May 8, 2019) – Two world title rematches and four blood-and-guts warriors are coming to Tucson Arena Saturday evening for "Twice as Nice," one of the year's most highly anticipated cards (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10 p.m ET/7 p.m. PT).
In the main event, WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt (35-1, 31 KOs) and Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas (25-1-2, 18 KOs) will look to repeat the thrills of their January 2017 match, won by Berchelt via 11th-round knockout.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya says he’s interested in matching Saul Canelo Alvarez against Errol Spence Jr. if he’s willing to move up to middleweight to take the fight. De La Hoya told ESPN he wants to “start the ball rolling” with the Canelo vs. Spence negotiations for a September fight.
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Claressa Shields saw a lot improvement in Saul Canelo Alvarez with his performance last Saturday against Daniel Jacobs in their unification fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two-Olympian Shields says WBA/WBC middleweight champion Canelo (52-1-2, 35 KOs) fixed the mistakes that he made in his second fight against Gennady Golovkin, and looked like a improved fighter in beating IBF middleweight champion Jacobs (35-3, 29 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores 115-113, 115-113 and 116-112.
ANCAJAS KNOCKS OUT FUNAI
The world’s longest-reigning 115-pound world champion, Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas, will extend his reign for the foreseeable future. Ancajas (31-1-2, 21 KOs) defended his IBF junior bantamweight world title for the seventh time with a seventh-round TKO over No. 1 contender Ryuichi Funai.
WBA/WBC middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) beat IBF champion Daniel Jacobs (35-3, 29 KOs) by a convincing 12 round unanimous decision win to capture his IBF 160-pound title on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (13-0, 13 KOs) weighed in at 174.4 pounds on Friday for his voluntary title defense against #13 IBF Radivoje Kalajdzic (24-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday night LIVE on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at Stockton Arena, in Stockton, California. The televised fight card will start this Saturday, May 4 at 10:00 p.m ET/7:00 p.m. PT. The undercard will be streaming on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m PT.
