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This was a firefight from start to finish, with the combatants throwing a total of 1,579 punches. Bohachuk threw 85 more punches, but Ortiz landed 40 more punches. Bohacuk scored a knockdown in the first round that was originally ruled a slip, but overturned by…

Angelo Leo became a two-division titleholder Saturday with a spectacular 10th-round knockout of IBF featherweight titleholder Luis Alberto Lopez at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Leo, fighting in his hometown of Albuquerque, landed a highlight-reel left hook that countered a lazy jab from…

LAS VEGAS – Vergil Ortiz Jr. refuted all that Serhii Bohachuk and the boxing world threw at him Saturday night, enduring two knockdowns and the gripes that he had never gone the distance by winning a heartfelt junior middleweight majority decision at Mandalay Bay. …

Undefeated junior welterweight Lindolfo Delgado was pushed to the limit but secured a split decision victory over Bryan Flores on Saturday in the co-feature at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The judges scored the bout 95-93 for Delgado, 96-92 for Flores and 96-92…

LAS VEGAS – Charles Conwell is continuing to make his case for being involved in the very wide-open, very talented junior middleweight division. The unbeaten contender received a prime slot on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, fighting in the co-feature…

LAS VEGAS – Turki Alalshikh arrived to watch Saturday night’s Vergil Ortiz Jr.-Serhii Bohachuk junior middleweight bout and said he would like to see Ortiz take a victory and fight newly crowned titleholder Terence Crawford next. By the end of a three-minute interview on…

LAS VEGAS – Turki Alalshikh arrived to watch Saturday night’s Vergil Ortiz Jr.-Serhii Bohachuk junior middleweight bout and said he would like to see Ortiz take a victory and fight newly crowned titleholder Terence Crawford next. By the end of a three-minute interview on…

LAS VEGAS – Kenneth Sims Jr. has been an undeniable force while reeling off eight consecutive victories, and all the reasons for that streak were on display Saturday in his TKO of replacement foe and former world titleholder Jonathan Romero. After a 15-month layoff…

Flyweight Matthew Griego won an eight-round unanimous decision over late replacement Gilberto Mendoza on Saturday in the main undercard bout at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. All three judges scored it 80-72 for Griego. Griego (15-0, 10 KOs) was initially scheduled to…