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Thanongsak Simsri def. Cristian Araneta Kicking off the televised portion of the card from Japan was Thanongsak Simsri, taking on Filipino contender Cristian Araneta for the vacant IBF Light Flyweight title. The Thai Simsri has made several trips to Japan already, having tons of success…

Promoter Eddie Hearn says Callum Smith still must decide whether to take the fight with WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez or defend his WBO interim belt next. Hearn states that Smith (31-2, 22 KOs) wants to become a two-division world champion, but he’s got…

Airing early this morning in the States, Top Rank Boxing presented a welterweight world title fight that took place at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, as Brian Norman Jr knocked Jin Sasaki (19-2-1, 17 KOs) out cold in the fifth round. Through the…

WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) took a verbal shot at Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis about him fleeing the 147-lb division following his fifth-round annihilation of the challenger Jin Sasaki (19-2-1, 17 KOs) on Thursday night at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo,…

WBO World Welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) scored three knockdowns in a fifth-round knockout of Jin Sasaki (19-2-1, 17 KOs) on Thursday night at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The badly hurt Sasaki was carried out of the ring…

Newly crowned WBA super-lightweight world champion Gary Antuanne Russell doesn’t have a scheduled opponent, but he has been in the gym, staying ready for battle, as he has placed a fellow 140-pound belt holder on his radar. Three months ago, Russell posted the biggest win…