Houston, TX – Unbeaten WBC @wbcboxing middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (28-0, 21 KOs) retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Brandon Adams (21-3, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at NRG Arena in Charlo’s hometown of Houston, Texas. Judges official scores were 119-109, 120-108, 120-108.
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Houston, TX – Super Featherweight Miguel Flores finishes off Luis “Duro” May in round five by ways of TKO victory.
Unbeaten WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo takes on “The Contender” winner Brandon Adams live from NRG Arena in Charlo’s hometown of Houston, Texas. This will be Charlo’s second defense of his 160-pound title.
In the co-main event, hard-hitting Super Welterweight Erickson “Hammer” Lubin faces French contender Zakaria Attou in a 12-round WBC title elimination bout. Plus, slick Mexican southpaw Eduardo Ramirez and Dominican Claudio Marrero meet in a WBA Featherweight title eliminator. @showtimeboxing @premierboxing
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Orlando, Florida. – Miguel Cruz Returns to the ring to face veteran former world champion Andre Berto at the Brooklyn Barclays Center On the #AdamKownacki card battles #ChrisArreola in Heavyweight showdown in front of hometown fans in Brooklyn, Aug. 3, headlining our next PBC on Fox Fight Night.
Miguel Cruz Thoughts On The fight:
Latinbox: Miguel give me your thoughts about fighting Berto? It appears he went public saying the fight is now personal?
Cruz: “Yea.. lol he’s in his feelings
I’m winning the first round already. I’ll see him face to face Tuesday.”
Latinbox: How is training camp going?
Cruz: “I’m stoic about fighting him, he’s just another man who I know for a fact I can beat. He can keep making me famous that’s all he is here to do. He will see that he is in the ring with a stud and I’m gunna make him work for everything he gets.”
“Camp is honestly the best I’ve ever had so far, Things have fallen in line beautifully”
“Styles and nights make fights he made a mistake picking me, You’ll see.. There will be fireworks, I’m not anything but 100% focused.”
LatinBox: When you first got the call about fighting Berto your thoughts?
“I’m not into the talk, They asked me what I thought and I said that would be badass lol.”
Latinbox: You’ve been through a lot is this a Statement Fight for you?
“I feel like when I got the call for Josesito I was very excited almost celebrating before I had even won, For this fight it was a lot different I wasn’t excited because I knew that this was my last chance for redemption so I took it very serious and more focused. Like now is where the hard work is going to start but I’m going to be the one Crossing the finish line.”
“Yeah I’ve had highs and lows man I know he’s Judging me based off of one bad fight he’s not going to get that version of me he’s gonna run into trouble.”
“Yeah this is my life on the line I feel like so no celebrating or congratulations Until I win.”
“Everybody is congratulating me already and I’m making sure they know that.”
“I don’t want to hear that until I earn it, But I will, Focused bro that’s all, I got a solid team now, It will be the difference.”
“It’s not every day you actually get to live your dream I’m gonna do it.”
Fury to defend lineal heavyweight crown against undefeated challenger Tom Schwarz SATURDAY at MGM Grand Garden Arena beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT LIVE on ESPN+
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LAS VEGAS – Ten minutes before the press conference was set to begin, Tyson Fury waltzed onto the stage at the David Copperfield Theater and started the proceedings early. The Tyson Fury Show had officially hit the Vegas Strip.
Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs) will defend his lineal heavyweight title against undefeated German challenger Tom Schwarz (24-0, 16 KOs) Saturday at MGM Grand Garden Arena, live on ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET).
He commented on his challenger’s good lucks and engaged in a pose-off with his adversary before the formal press conference got underway.
This is what the main event participants and Top Rank chairman Bob Arum had to say.
Tyson Fury
On the response of the American people to him
“I feel like the crowd has warmed to me. Everyone has been very welcoming. The American people, all different types of people, have been coming up to me, people from all over the world here in Vegas. People who don’t speak English, people who don’t even watch boxing. It’s quite humbling, to be honest. It’s a very great experience to be here, Las Vegas, MGM Grand. It’s where all the great fights happen. Seeing your face on all the movie screens and posters is great.”
“I believe the fight with Wilder only helped my profile here in the United States, and here we are again, only a few days away from the biggest fight of my life.”
On his public battle with mental awareness
“I talk about mental health a lot because it’s very important to me. Only 18 months ago, I was in a very, very dark place. I just wanted to prove to people that there is a way back. You can come back from anything. Nothing is impossible, and if you’d seen me a time ago when I was very heavy and very unwell… I love to inspire people. to get better and change their lives as I did mine. And I’m living proof that anyone can change.”
“I was down and out. I have my family right here, and even those guys thought I was gone. There was no return for ‘They Gypsy King.’ No more. He was finished. I dusted myself off, got back on the road, got back mentally well, and me, {trainer} Ben {Davison} and the whole team, we worked very hard for a long time to get to this position.”
“I am living the dream. That’s why I’m so happy, so positive all the time. I’m one of the only people who is living what they want to do. There is nothing else that I wanted to do. As a kid, I wanted to be heavyweight champion of the world. So now, everything is a bonus. I wake up every day, enjoy life, and take life as it comes.”
Tom Schwarz
“Training for this fight was very good. We had hundreds of sparring partners to prepare for this big fight. My time is now!”
On adding Roberto Norris to his corner
“He makes me train harder and that has made me a stronger fighter. I have also learned new boxing skills with him. He has taught me the American style.”
“Top Rank is a great company and Bob Arum is the God of all promoters. We also know Frank Warren very well. He is a great promoter, too. The eyes of the world will be on Las Vegas this Saturday night and for that, I’m very honored and excited. It will be a great fight and I’m coming to win it and shock the world.”
Bob Arum
“I am absolutely delighted with this reception. The job of a promoter, as Frank {Warren} would attest, can be very difficult. Once in a while, many times, you get guys who are reluctant to speak to the press. You gotta give them scripts as to what to say. With Tyson Fury, all you have to do is get him into place so that he can meet with the press, he can meet with the public. You don’t have to tell him what to say because he knows how to reach the public and reach the press. It’s really been a delight to do this promotion. I’m a big fan of German boxing, and I know Tom – who many of you have not heard of – is a tremendous fighter. Our matchmakers went over the tapes of his 24 victories and some of his amateur tapes, and we realize what a tremendous fighter he is.”
ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Tyson Fury (champion) vs. Tom Schwarz (challenger), 12 rounds, Fury’s Lineal world heavyweight title,
Jesse Hart vs. Sullivan Barrera, 10 rounds, light heavyweight
ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT
Mikaela Mayer vs. Lizbeth Crespo, 10 rounds, super featherweight
Andy Vences vs. Albert Bell, 10 rounds, Vences’ WBC Continental Americas super featherweight belt
Isaac Lowe vs. Duarn Vue, 10 rounds, Lowe’s WBC International featherweight belt
Guido Vianello vs. Kennan Hickman, 6 rounds, heavyweight
Peter Kadiru vs. Juan Torres, 4 rounds, heavyweight
SWING BOUTS
Sonny Conto vs. Daniel Infante, 4 rounds, heavyweight
Cem Kilic vs. Martez McGregor 8 rounds, super middleweight
ABOUT FURY VS. SCHWARZ
FURY vs. SCHWARZ, the 12-round fight for the lineal heavyweight championship of the world, is presented by Top Rank in association with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions and SES Boxing, and is sponsored by Geico.
FURY vs. SCHWARZ will take place Saturday, June 15, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT at MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, and will be produced by Top Rank and ESPN and streamed live on ESPN+.
Murat Gassiev will make his long-awaited Heavyweight debut against Joey Dawejko on Saturday July 29 at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
Gassiev has made the move up to join the big guns following an impressive run at Cruiserweight where his reign as IBF champion began when he ripped the title from Denis Lebedev in December 2012 and then stopping Krzystof Wlodarczyk and WBA champion Yuniel Dorticos in thrilling fashion to reach the final of the World Boxing Super Series.
The former unified champion 25 year old met Oleksandr Usyk in the finale to the WBSS in an blockbuster clash for the undisputed title in July where the Ukrainian travelled to Gassiev’s Moscow backyard and beat the hometown favorite. The California based Russian follows Usyk to Heavyweight after signing a co-promotional agreement with Matchroom Boxing USA, Ural Boxing Promotion and Warriors Boxing.
Dawejko promises to provide a stiff examination of Gassiev’s credentials at Heavyweight, with the Philly man coming into the bout having nearly shocked Gassiev’s fellow countryman Sergiy Kuzmin in Verona, New York in March. Dawejko – who turns 29 tomorrow (June 11) – faces his third Russian foe in a row having taken Andrey Fedesov the ten round distance in October in Ekaterinburg, and Gassiev is eager to impress when he steps back into the ring after a year’s absence.
“I just want to fight – I need big fights,” said Gassiev. “I haven’t boxed for a year. I am only 25 years old so I have time but I want to be in big fights.
“The most important thing for me is to be in shape and fit. I feel good up at Heavyweight in the gym, I don’t feel heavy, so I am excited to settle into the weight.
“I sparred with Heavyweights all through my time at Cruiserweight and it was good for me, but sparring is different. I think that the time is right to move up though and I’m very motivated.”
“This is a very solid Heavyweight debut for Murat and a big risk as his first fight,” said promoter Eddie Hearn. “Joey is always competitor against the top Heavyweights, most recently against Russia’s Sergei Kuzmin in a fight that could have gone either way. This is an intriguing fight on what will be an outstanding night of boxing headlined by a potential fight of the year contender in Hooker vs Ramirez.”
Gassiev’s Heavyweight debut against Dawejko is part of a huge night of World championship action in Texas, headlined by the mouthwatering Super-Lightweight unification battle between Dallas’ WBO king Maurice Hooker and California’s WBC ruler Jose Ramirez.
Top Rank on ESPN card
Undercard begins at 7:30 p.m ET/4:30 p.m. PT on ESPN+
Valdez (25-0, 20 KOs), the pride of Nogales, Mexico, will defend his belt against upstart Jason Sanchez (14-0, 7 KOs) Saturday evening from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. Sanchez is an Albuquerque product who has upset the odds before.
In the eight-round lightweight co-feature, 19-year-old sensation Gabriel Flores Jr. (13-0, 6 KOs) – 35 days removed from his last bout – will fight Salvador Briceno (15-3, 9 KOs). Valdez-Sanchez and Flores-Briceno will be televised live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Valdez is now two fights removed from the severely broken jaw he suffered in March of last year against an over-the-weight Scott Quigg. Sanchez burst onto the boxing scene last October, upsetting then-unbeaten Jean Carlos Rivera via 10-round decision in Panama City, Panama. But Sanchez, who received this title shot on a little more than a month’s notice, is ready to tackle the long odds yet again. Valdez bounced back from the broken jaw Feb. 2 in Frisco, Texas, knocking out Carmine Tommasone in seven rounds.
Two days before the bright lights, Valdez, Sanchez, and Flores met the media at the final press conference. This is what they had to say.

On his second camp with trainer Eddy Reynoso
“We’ve worked very hard in the gym. He’s put the time in. That’s one of the first things I thought could happen knowing he trains Canelo Alvarez, that I might not get the time I deserve in the gym to keep on improving. But on the contrary. We’ve been working very hard. Eddy has been 100 percent dedicated to me, and I can just say thank you to him for putting that time in, him and my father, my manager Frank Espinoza, my whole team.”
“I know Jason Sanchez. I know he’s a tough fighter, and I treat him with as much respect as any fighter out there. A lot of people might not know who he is. Unfortunately, in the boxing world, if you don’t know the opponent, they automatically think it’s an easy fight like he’s a bum, a walk in the park, a sack of potatoes, whatever anybody wants to call it. But I don’t see that. I see a young, hungry fighter with the same dream as any other fighter wants to have, which is become a world champion. I have that target on my back. I take no fighter lightly. I see Jason Sanchez as a strong opponent, and I’m going to do my best to win.”
“I don’t plan on leaving this belt anytime soon. I want to move and improve to bigger and better things. Right now, I got only one guy on my radar, which is Jason Sanchez. I got much respect for him and his team, but once the bell rings, all of that is over. We have to give a good fight for the crowd, for the fans all over the world that are watching. That’s what we plan to do, so I’m very excited for this fight, to be honest.”
“I expect the best from every fighter. I saw him when he fought Jean Carlos Rivera, the Puerto Rican. He put up a good fight. Congratulations to him for his career. He’s doing great. This is a dream every fighter has, fighting for a world title. That only makes me more disciplined in the gym. I work very hard in the gym because I worked hard to get here, and I don’t plan on leaving any time soon. I’m taking this belt back to Mexico.”
Jason Sanchez
“There’s been so much going on {since the Rivera fight}, but it’s awesome. I’ve been working hard. I’m ready.”
“We knew beating Jean Carlos Rivera would mean we’d get more opportunities for more stuff. And, yes, sure enough.”
On getting the call to fight Valdez
“I was excited. We took the fight right away. He’s a tough guy. I’ve seen him fight before, but we’re ready.”
“I just need to fight hard and stay smart and active. Bringing the title home to Albuquerque would mean so much.”
Gabriel Flores Jr.
“Let’s keep the ball rolling. I feel good, I feel confident, and fighting under Oscar Valdez is a big opportunity. I’ve been in his training camp and everything, so it’s great to fight {on the same card} as him. I’m always in the gym. This is my life, day and night. This is what I do, so to fight again, I’m ready.”
On fighting in eight-rounders now
“More mitts, more rounds of sparring, more conditioning. It’s perfect because I’m still in shape from my last fight {May 4}, and we jumped right into training camp. I did enough six-rounders, and here’s the eight-rounder. We’re ready.”
ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Oscar Valdez (champion) vs. Jason Sanchez (challenger), 12 rounds, Valdez’s WBO featherweight world title
Gabriel Flores Jr. vs. Salvador Briceno, 8 rounds, lightweight
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Michael Seals vs. Christopher Brooker, 10 rounds, light heavyweight
Robson Conceicao vs. Carlos Ruiz, 8 rounds, super featherweight
Diego Elizondo vs. Sergio Vega, 4 rounds, lightweight
JJ Mariano vs. William Flenoy, 4 rounds, super lightweight
The entire International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend card weighed-in today at Turning Stone Resort Casino, ahead of tomorrow night‘s fights. Fighters were fit and ready for a thrilling evening of fights on the biggest weekend in boxing. Tomorrow night‘s entire card, including the NABA Super Lightweight main event between ZAB JUDAH (44-9 30KO’s) vs CLETUS SELDIN (23-1 19KO’s) and the WBO International and WBA Intercontinental co-feature bout between undefeated Frenchman DAVID PAPOT (22-0 3KO’s) and JAMES MCGIRT JR. (27-3-1 14KO’s), will be available via FITE.TV PPV. FITE, the world leader in the digital distribution of combat sports will stream the event live on the www.FITE.TVwebsite, FITE mobile apps for iOS, Android, and the FITE channels of Amazon Fire, Android, Apple TV, and Roku on a PPV basis. The FITE PPV will stream all seven bouts and be available for just $14.99. Check availability in your area by going to the FITE.tv website.
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