CARSON, CALIF. – Nonito Donaire is champion once again. Fourteen years after he won his first world title, the “Filipino Flash” cemented his Hall of Fame credentials with a sensational fourth-round KO win over Nordine Oubaali to capture the WBC World Bantamweight title Saturday night in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING main event from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Oubaali – Donaire saw undefeated WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali take on future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire in a long-awaited 12-round championship showdown live on SHOWTIME Saturday, May 29 from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Carson, CA – In the co-feature last night, Puerto Rico’s Subriel Matias (17-1, 17 KOs) delivered another power-punching display, breaking down previously-unbeaten Batyr Jukembayev (18-1, 14 KOs) until Jukembayev’s corner stopped the bout after eight riveting rounds.
Oubaali – Donaire saw undefeated WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali take on future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire in a long-awaited 12-round championship showdown live on SHOWTIME Saturday, May 29 from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Carson, CA – In the telecast opener, Gary Antuanne Russell (14-0, 14 KOs) continued his ascent up the super lightweight ranks. The undefeated Russell became the first to stop the rugged Jovanie Santiago(14-2-1, 10 KOs), dominating Santiago until referee Sharon Sands halted the contest following the sixth round at the suggestion of Santiago’s corner.
#OubaaliDonaire saw undefeated WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali take on future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire in a long-awaited 12-round championship showdown live on SHOWTIME Saturday, May 29 from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Las Vegas, NV – Unbeaten WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney (26-0, 15 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over former three-division champion Jorge Linares (47-6, 29 KOs) in the Michelob Ultra Arena at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The speedy Haney stood his ground but still outboxed Linares for much of the fight, Linares came on strong late and had Haney wobbled, but he was too far behind, Haney getting away with elbow to the face shots behind the head and hugging it out with Linares survived getting into a real exchange in the championship rounds against what we scored as a draw.
Scores were 116-112, 116-112, 115-113. Photo credits: @muls96 from @matchroomboxing @mandalaybay
WBC female super lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron (14-0, 8 KOs) scored TKO at the official time 1:08 of the fifth round against former champion Melissa Hernandez (23-8-3, 7 KOs) in the Haney-Linares co-feature in the arena at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Cameron was definitely trending tonight on social media as she controlled the fight as she had the fight in her pocket the whole way and scored a knockdown in round four pinning Hernandez on the ropes catching her in the counter Cameron showing she was the hungrier friend referee Celestino Ruiz jumping in the action to call a holt to the bout as Hernandez looked in disbelief still had plenty of fight in her.
Las Vegas, NV – In a battle of Golden Boy fighters Middleweight Jason Quigley (19-1, 14 KOs) won a hard fought ten round majority decision over Shane Mosley Jr (17-4, 10 KOs) for the @worldboxingorg WBO NABO Middleweight title. Both fighters evenly matched battled in the center of the ring throwing huge bombs in a fight that went from 1 to 10 in the early rounds. Mosley,Jr. a very slick fighter having his moments throughout the contest but Quigley boxed well in the later rounds putting it right on the on coming Mosley,Jr. Judges official scores were 95-95, 97-93, 96-94.
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Las Vegas, NV – In a final eliminator for the IBF super featherweight title, Azinga Fuzile (15-1, 9 KOs) from South Africa scored a seventh round hard KO over Martin J. Ward (24-2-2, 11 KOs). Fuzile dropped Ward in round four with an explosive check hook, Fuzile then dropped Ward again in round seven and Ward’s corner seen enough ending the contest at the official time 2:45 of round seven.
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Photo credits: @muls96 from @matchroomboxing @mandalaybay #boxing #boxeo #matchroomboxing
Kissimmee, Florida – Jr lightweight George “El Yuyu” Acosta (12-1, 1 KO) from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico outpointed Gadwin “El Abayarde” Rosa (11-2, 9 KOs) from Vieques, Puerto Rico over ten rounds in a unanimous decision to claim the vacant WBA Fedecentro title on Friday night at the Osceola Heritage Park Events Center in Kissimmee, Florida.
Rosa started out strong putting his counterpunching together keeping Acosta moving in the earlier rounds, Acosta settled in letting off sharp punches catching Rosa who started leaving himself open. Both fighters having there moments in the fight but Acosta clearly did the most damage.
Judges scorecards were 96-94, 97-93, 98-92 for Acosta.
Elvin Gambarov (15-0, 13 KO) from Galaba, Azerbaijan becomes the WBC International Silver Junior Middleweight Champion by beating Diego Cruz (21-10-2) from Mexico City, Mexico in a all out ten round slug fest Gambarov wins by decision.
Lightweight Jean Guerra Vargas (4-0) from Caguas, PR. out-classed Gilberto Aguilar (0-2) from Mexico City, Mexico. by scoring a four round unanimous decision victory.
Vargas was the aggressor throughout the fight landing big bombs on Aguilar who spent the fight in survival mode as Vargas punched his way to a great performance today.
Junior Featherweight Pedro Salome (3-0-1) from Los Angeles, CA. slugged it out against very tough fighter Hector Bayanilla (2-1-1) from San Juan, PR. working him to a split decision victory for Salome.
Both fighters had big moments in the fight landing hard shots as Salome edged out the decision 39-37 (3x) in favor of Salome.
In the opening bout of the night Lightweight Mandeep Jangra (1-0) from Kharin, India made his professional debut tonight scoring a four round unanimous decision victory over Luciano Ramos (0-1) from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ramos the aggressor early on catching Jangra with a hard hook to the head that floored him in the opening round.
Jangra boxed Ramos the next three rounds keeping him at bay taking three rounds two one ending the contest as the judges score the bout 38-38 (3x).
Arlington, Texas – WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) scored an 8 round TKO over WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (30-1, 14 KOs) who certainly came to fight in front of 73,126 fans on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Canelo pressed the action and landed almost all the heavy shots. Saunders might have edged some close rounds with very good movement and counterpunching, Canelo explodes in round eight landing a upper cut that caused an eye injury as Saunders stayed on his stool after the round. Canelo now holds the WBA, WBC, and WBO belts. He’s one belt from undisputed, Canelo calls out IBF Champion Caleb Plant during Canelo’s post fight interview.
#CaneloSaunders @daznboxing @attstadium Photo credits: Ed Mulholland @muls96 from @matchroomboxing #boxing #boxeo #sports #wboboxing #latinboxsports
Kissimmee, FL; Boxeo Telemundo will kick off its spring series this Friday night live with audience from Osceola Heritage Park Events Center as the rivalry continues between Mexico & Puerto Rico. George “El Yuyu” Acosta(11-1 1 KO) from Whittier, California but representing Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico will face Gadwin “El Abayarde” Rosa(11-1 9 KO’s) from Veiques, Puerto Rico for the vacant WBA Fedecentro Jr Lightweight title in a 10 round bout. The fight is bought to you by All Star Boxing, Inc in association with Thompson Boxing.
“We are happy to start off our series with a great fight between two prospects” stated Felix “Tuto” Zabala Jr President of All Star Boxing, Inc ” Fans will be able to attend this great night of boxing with all safety measures in place as we hope to put this pandemic behind us and bring life back to normal
The co main event of the night is for the vacant WBC International Super Welterweight title as Elvin Gambarov(14-0 13 KO’s) of Gabala, Azerbaijan faces Mexico City’s Diego “Demoledor” Cruz (21-9-2 17 KO’s) in a 10 round bout.
“I am excited to fight for my first regional title in this televised event” noted Elvin Gambarov ” We are going to treat the audience to a great fight” closed Gambarov
The special attraction of the night is a battle of undefeated super bantamweights as Pedro Salome(2-0-1) of Los Angeles, California faces Hector Bayanilla(2-0) of San Juan, Puerto Rico in a 4 round affair.
Boxeo Telemundo Spring Series will then continue into Mexico City, Mexico on May 14th and ends in Tampa, FL May 21st at the Bryan Glazer JCC Center. The last show of the series is May 28th were the best fights of the series will air from in studio that couldn’t make the live telecast.
Limited Tickets remain available by visiting Ticketmaster.com or at the box office at Osceola Heritage Park.
“El Abayarde” Rosa Vs ” El Yuyu” Acosta will air live Friday May 7th at 12AM/EST on Telemundo
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