NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California – Janibek Alimkhanuly’s career is caught in a precarious position.
The unified middleweight champion and 2016 Olympian has well-rounded skills to compete on the world level, is backed by one of the sport’s biggest promoters in Top Rank and managers in…
Ruben Villa is now rated No. 1 by the WBC in the featherweight division. While he has his eyes set on a title, he also has an even bigger goal and hopes to face Naoya Inoue.
Villa knows that to win against Inoue, he…
Bantamweight Katsuma Akitsugi earned a ninth-round technical knockout over Jesus Ramirez Rubio in the main event of “Wednesday Night Fights” at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
The co-main event saw welterweight Nicklaus Flaz pick up a fourth-round technical…
Bantamweight Katsuma Akitsugi added a fringe contender to his list of impressive victories with a ninth-round technical knockout over Jesus Ramirez Rubio on “Wednesday Night Fights” at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
Akitsugi (11-0-1, 2 KOs), 26, originally from Japan…
Welterweight Nicklaus Flaz has now recorded four significant wins in a row, including two consecutive stoppages on ProBox TV, after Wednesday’s fourth-round technical knockout of Alfredo Escarcega Jr.
Flaz (13-2, 9 KOs), 28, from Puerto Rico, fought aggressively in the scheduled 10-rounder, leading the…
Undefeated light heavyweight Najee Lopez secured a unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten Steven Sumpter on “Wednesday Night Fights” at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
The judges scored the bout 77-74, 78-73, and 78-73 in favor of Lopez.
In…
Undefeated interim WBO welterweight titleholder Brian Norman Jr. is open to a potential bout with Teofimo Lopez Jr. should Lopez decide to move up from junior welterweight, though Norman emphasized his primary goal is to unify titles.
The 23-year-old Norman (26-0, 20 KOs) claimed…
Tevin Farmer isn’t looking past Raymond Muratalla, but he is looking through him.
Farmer, the former IBF junior lightweight champion, will take on the undefeated top lightweight contender Muratallla on a Top Rank ESPN card Saturday from Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. …
Eight times since 2010, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has headlined a Mexican Independence Day weekend fight card, and with the exception of a contract dispute and the pandemic, he adhered to the date from 2016 to 2022.
But now, with the UFC heading to a…