Valdez vs Lopez and Carl Frampton-Tyler McCreary to stream LIVE tomorrow on ESPN+ beginning at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT – Undercard Streaming on ESPN+ at 6:30 pm ET/3:30 pm PT
Gutierrez Overweight: Adam Lopez Steps Up to Face Oscar Valdez in Saturday’s ESPN+ Main Event.
As fight fans have read by now, Dillian Whyte will return to the ring on December 7, facing the towering Mariusz Wach on the huge Ruiz-Joshua II card in Saudi Arabia. Attempting to put the frustrations of his time spent out of the ring, and the well-documented fall-out that followed his July win over Oscar Rivas (Whyte failing a UK Anti-Doping, or UKAD test in the build-up to the July fight), the Londoner says he is looking to “crack another skull and get closer to fighting for a world title.”
It’s the biggest rematch the heavyweight division has to offer, bigger (in the opinion of some, this writer included) than the Andy Ruiz-Anthony Joshua return. It’s Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury II and it’s done for February 22. This is according to both Bob Arum and Shelly Finkel, who spoke with ESPN.com. The only thing that remains to be sorted out is the venue for the fight.
WBC Middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo received extra motivation last Tuesday with the birth of his daughter Journi, as he nears his title defense against Dennis Hogan live on SHOWTIME Saturday, December 7 from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, as he headlines a Premier Boxing Champions event.
“Somebody asked me about the current choice we’re being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it’s like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.”
–Dean Koontz
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY –– Don’t be scared.
The hoi polloi in the Philippines failed to send action star Fernando “Da King” Poe Jr. to Malacanang in 2004 partly because of the “Hello Garci” scandal.
Come 2022 presidential election, will they try again and succeed when boxing icon Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao becomes a candidate?
Deontay Wilder did it again last night, as he had promised: he gave us another highlight-reel KO, this one of the one-punch variety (there was no windmilling on display this time). But Wilder had to do something else once again: overcome a points deficit to hang onto his treasured WBC heavyweight crown. And it was his withering power that allowed him to do so..
Rene “Gemelo” Alvarado (32-8, 20 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua successfully defeated Andrew “El Chango” Cancio (21-5-2, 16 KOs) of Blythe, California via knockout at the end of the seventh round of a 12-round rematch for the WBA Super Featherweight World Title. The fight was stopped after the referee deemed Cancio’s cut to be too severe to continue. The event took place on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. and was streamed live DAZN.
HAIKOU, China (Nov. 21, 2019) — WBC/WBO junior welterweight world champion Jose Ramirez, the pride of California’s Central Valley, will cross an ocean to defend his belts. Ramirez will face former WBC world champion Viktor “The Iceman” Postol Saturday, Feb. 1 at Mission Hills Haikou in Haikou, Hainan, China.
Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz came in at 236.5 lbs and looked in best shape in years for his title challenge against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Ortiz will have 17-lb weight advantage over Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs), who weighed in at 219.5 lbs.
Eddie Hearn says heavyweight Dillian Whyte should be confirmed in the next 1 to 2 days to be added to the December 7th card in Saudi Arabia. WHyte (26-1, 18 KOs) will be fighting on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. 2.
Nov. 20, 2019) — WBO No. 1 140-pound contender Jack Catterall and Indian super middleweight contender Vijender Singh will co-headline a special edition of #MTKFightNight Friday from Caesars Palace Bluewaters Dubai.
Catterall will face Timo Schwarzkopf, while Singh will fight Ghanaian veteran Charles “The Crusader” Adamu in 10-round bouts.
Catterall-Schwarzkopf and Singh-Adamu will stream live on ESPN+, the leading multisport streaming service, beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. PT.
This one is personal. Jesse “Hollywood” Hart, born and bred in Philadelphia, will take on Joe Smith Jr. Saturday, Jan. 11 from Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in the 10-round main event, which will kick off the 2020 Top Rank on ESPN schedule.
It was Smith, the union construction worker from Long Island, who knocked Philadelphia legend Bernard Hopkins through the ropes and into retirement in December 2016. For Hart, who considers Hopkins a mentor, this fight is more than a step towards a world title shot.
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 20, 2019) — The rising iron-fisted star of the 154-pound division, Carlos “Caballo Bronco” Adames, will lock horns with Patrick Teixeira in a 12-round WBO junior middleweight title eliminator Saturday, Nov. 30 at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
