Fight Recap Of The Week UniMas (Fightnews) Viloria annihilates Soto, Robb and Silva also win By Rocky Morales at ringside Photos: Chris Farina / Top Rank In main event action, four-time world champion, Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (36-4, 21KO) annihilated Omar Soto (23-12-2, 7KO), dropping him three times in the first round, the final time with a left hook. Time of the stoppage was 2:02 in round one and with the victory, Viloria wins the WBC fECARBbOX Flyweight title and puts himself back in title contention for a possible fifth world title. This was a rematch of their hotly contested 2010 matchup that Viloria won by split decision. It took Viloria just two minutes to erase the five years of any doubt of their previous fight. PBC on NBCSN (FightNews) Shumenov-Flores Early Results by Edgar DeGrass Photos: Suzanne Teresa / PBC The Pearl located in the Palms Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas: In an all-Michigan clash of undefeated cruiserweights, Isiah Thomas (15-0, 6 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Jordan Shimmell (19-1, 16 KOs). Scores were 99-91, 98-92, 97-93. Hard-hitting featherweight Claudio Marrero (19-1, 14 KOs) scored a spectacular third round KO over former world champion Rico Ramos (24-5, 12 KOs). A left hook finished Ramos. Time was :20. The knockout streak of cruiserweight Andrew “The Beast” Tabiti (11-0, 10 KOs) ended with an eight round unanimous decision against Roberto Santos (12-2, 5 KOs). The larger Tabiti landed a lot of big shots, but the rugged Santos fought hard to the end. Scores were 80-72 across the board. 2012 U.S. Olympian heavyweight Michael Hunter (9-0, 6 KOs) scored a first round annihilation of Michael Bissett (9-8, 7 KOs) in a scheduled ten-rounder. Hunter bum-rushed Bissett and got him out of there in 71 seconds. Super lightweight Ladarius “Memphis” Miller (8-0, 1 KO) outpointed Kevin Womack Jr. (7-6, 5 KOs) in a six-round super lightweight contest. Shumenov defeats Flores to win WBA belt By Edgar DeGrass Photos: Suzanne Teresa / PBC Former WBA light heavyweight world champion Beibut Shumenov (16-1, 10 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over B.J. Flores (30-2-1, 20 KOs) to claim the vacant WBA “interim” cruiserweight title on Saturday night at the Palms Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Flores pressed the action while Shumenov stayed out of range, pot shotting and mostly avoiding trading. In the end, scores were 116-112 on all cards. HBO Fights Pascal survives Gonzalez assault By Miguel Maravilla at ringside Photos: David Spagnolo/Main Events Former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) won a controversial ten round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten former Cuban national team member Yuniesky Gonzalez (16-1, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas. It was a brutal fight with many wild exchanges. Gonzalez took the fight to Pascal, pushing him back and seemingly outworking him in most rounds. Scores were 96-94 on all cards for Pascal. Judges were Richard Ocasio, Eric Cheek and John McKaie. Main Event for HBO Kovalev “krushes” Mohammedi By Miguel Maravilla at ringside Photos: David Spagnolo/Main Events Unbeaten WBO, WBA and IBF light heavyweight world champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) destroyed IBF mandatory challenger Nadjib “Irondjib” Mohammedi (37-4, 23 KOs) on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas. 150:1 favorite Kovalev dropped Mohammedi with a series of right hands in round two and finished him with right/left combination in round three. Time was 2:38. News Of The Week Golovkin-Lemieux on HBO PPV Confirmed: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) will meet in a unification showdown between explosive punchers on October 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout will be seen on HBO PPV. Roman Gonzalez will be Co Main Event http://www.boxingscene.com/golovkin-lemieux-roman-gonzalez-tabbed-co-slot--93928 Klitschko inks 5-fight deal with RTL Sounds like WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko plans to stick around for a while. The champion signed a new five-fight agreement with German television network RTL, whom he has been with since 2006. The first fight in the new deal is his October clash with Tyson Fury. Wladimir Klitschko: “I’m really happy that we can celebrate our tenth anniversary together with RTL in the coming year. I’ve never seen better world boxing telecasts than those of RTL. Now we’ll work together in the long term and deliver to the fans at home many high class fights.” Mayweather Jr In Talks for 3 fight extension with Show/CBS http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-sho-cbs-talks-contract-extension--93884 The last guy who beat Floyd returns on Sunday(TODAY) Serafim Todorov: I need 5 months to be ready for Mayweather By Ognian Georgiev / Bulgaria Today Serafim “Sarafa” Todorov (5-1, 1 KO), the last man who beat Floyd Mayweather, will make his return to the ring on Sunday. The 46-year-old veteran will fight on a small fight card in Pernik, Bulgaria. He will face the Bulgarian journeyman Aleksandar Chukaleiski (1-5) in a four round bout. This will be the first fight for Todorov since 2003. His pro career wasn’t impressive and the main reason was that he wasn’t able to find a proper manager or promoters to build him up. Chavez, Jr.-Reyes on Showtime Saturday draws 663,000 viewers July 22, 2015 ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday’s Showtime event featuring Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and and Marcos Reyes drew 663,000 subscribers with a peak of 707,000. Chavez, Jr. earned a unanimous decision. The fight was slightly better than his last outing, an April loss to Andrzej Fonfara. That fight ran opposite to Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov on HBO. Per Sports TV Ratings, the feature fight drew 663,000 subscribers between 11:51-12:35 AM ET. On the undercard, the co-feature averaged 464,000 with a peak of 533,000 and Imam-Angulo drew an average of 433,000 with a peak of 460,000. Payout Perspective: The ratings are down for Chavez, Jr. as a feature as his fight with Brian Vera on HBO drew 1.39 million last March. The Fonfara fight, JCC’s first fight on Showtime drew 618,000 viewers. Perhaps it was the switch of networks or JCC losing a fan base or a combination of both. Chavez Jr. wants to fight again in September Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. said today via social media that he hopes to be back in the ring in September. I would like to thank the best manager in the world. I hope all Latinos recognize him, he has done a lot for me, my brother and father. A big thanks to Showtime too. I’m very happy with Robert Garcia and all my team and I know that we will do big things in boxing. I think that now I have a team with who I can do big things in my career. In three weeks I will be ready to punch. I will like to stay active and recover from those two lost years. I hope to fight sometime in September. Blessings to everyone and thank you for following my career. Note: Chavez Jr mentioned Lucian Bute as Possible Opponent Cotto vs Canelo could possibly land at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas http://www.boxingscene.com/cotto-canelo-land-mandalay-bay-on-nov-21--93922 Al Haymon Reaching out For Hip Hop Star to help promote PBC on Bounce TV http://www.boxingscene.com/ludacris-promo-spots-pbc-debut-on-bounce-tv--93842 The Apple didn't fall far from the tree when talking Drug Test and the Mosley family. http://www.boxingscene.com/mosley-jr-fails-drug-test-positive-amphetamines--93811 Who will win in LA? Los Angeles will have two big fight cards going head-to-head on the same night. Shane Mosley has announced that his August 29 PPV clash with Ricardo Mayorga will take place at The Forum. That same night, Abner Mares and Leo Santa Cruz collide at Staples Center. Note: Mosley Sr. vs Mayorga will be on PPV for $49.99, Mares vs Santa Cruz Free on ESPN (PBC)
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