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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…

Katsuma Akitsugi was doing things differently. The featherweight raced to 10-0 (1 KO) with four of those victories coming against four undefeated prospects with combined stats of 41-0. The ballsy approach has made matching the southpaw problematic, however. Akitsugi is set to return to…