WANG WINS WBO GREATER CHINA MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017

JINAN, CHINA – Wang Jianjing bucked a cut on his right eyebrow to win the middleweight finals of the Major League Boxing tournament against Huang Juxiang by unanimous decision. Both southpaws were content with p  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford KOs Julius Indongo in three rounds to become undisputed champion
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Boxing is in the midst of a renaissance, with a number of brilliant young fighters and outstanding veterans who have combined to make 2017 one of its best years in recent memory. Guys like heavyweight Anthony Joshua, welterweight Errol Spence Jr., super featherweight Vasyl Lomachenko and light heavy  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford Beats Julius Indongo Via Knockout in Third Round
By Nate Loop, BleacherReport.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) made boxing history Saturday night at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, defeating Julius Indongo (22-1, 11 KOs) by third-round knockout to unify all four world titles in the junior welterweight division. It was a vicious, overwhelming victory for the 29  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford vs. Julius Indongo post-fight results and analysis
By Fraser Coffeen , Bloody Elbow, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Terence Crawford ladies and gentlemen, Terence Crawford. That was simply an amazing performance. We knew it would be a tough, tough road for Indongo to win here, but I don’t think anyone knew just how dominant Crawford would be. He used perfeect counters in the opening two rounds, then in round 3 wh  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford KOs Julius Indongo, unifies four major titles
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Terence Crawford, with one crushing left hand to the body, became the undisputed junior welterweight champion of the world on Saturday night. Crawford, fighting just outside of his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, knocked out Julius Indongo in the third round in a history-making vict  Read Full Story >>>

Terence 'Bud' Crawford knocks out Julius Indongo in unification bout, becoming undisputed junior welterweight champion
Omaha World Herald, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
LINCOLN — Terence “Bud” Crawford is undefeated — and undisputed. With a third-round knockout of Julius “The Blue Machine” Indongo on Saturday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena, became the undisputed 140-pound champion. Crawford, who entered the match as the unbeaten WBO/WBC champ, unified the title  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford makes history, improves to 32-0 with win over Julius Indongo
By Josh Planos, KETV Omaha, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
LINCOLN, Neb. — Saturday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena was many things, but it most certainly wasn’t quiet. No, not at all. Not when Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford -- the man single-handedly responsible for injecting boxing back into the Nebraska bloodstream after a decades-long void -- entered clad in  Read Full Story >>>

Crawford knocks out Indongo to unify junior welterweight belts
By Ken Hambleton, Lincoln Journal Star, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Like a total eclipse, Terence Crawford's victory to become the undefeated, undisputed 140-pound boxing champion was quick and memorable. Crawford of Omaha and the boxing world, gave Lincoln its biggest title fight ever and drew the biggest boxing crowd in Lincoln history -- 12,121 fans -- and the  Read Full Story >>>

Boxing has its first true undisputed champion at any weight class in over a decade.
By James Brady, SB NATION, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Terence Crawford now owns the WBC, WBO, WBA, IBF, Ring Magazine and lineal world junior welterweight championships after prevailing over Julius Indongo in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card on ESPN. Having all of those titles is significant, making him the undisputed champion of the divisi  Read Full Story >>>

MALIGNAGGI WARNS MCGREGOR MAY BE DISQUALIFIED
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017

Paulie Malignaggi warned that UFC MMA champion Conor McGregor may be disqualified in his upcoming fight with Floyd Mayweather. Malignaggi had a bad misunderstanding with McGregor after Conor's team released images showing  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor: You can't pay me to watch this 'fight'
By Tony Paige, New York Daily News, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
“The worst mismatch in boxing history.” That quote could easily be attached to the next Saturday’s “bout” between all-time great boxer Floyd “Money” Mayweather and MMA mega-star Conor “Notorious” McGregor, but the quote was attributive to the late heavyweight champ Joe Louis. He was ridiculi  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford vs. Julius Indongo card airing live tonight in Canada
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada (Aug. 19, 2017) -- Super Channel is airing tonight's World Junior Welterweight Unification Championship between undefeated world champions, Terence Crawford and Julius "Blue Machine" Indongo, st  Read Full Story >>>

Former world cruiserweight champion Imamu Mayfield continues comeback TONIGHT at The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Atlantic City, NJ (August 19, 2017)-- Former world cruiserweight world champion Imamau Mayfield makes the 3rd comeback fight TONIGHT when he takes on Lamont Capers in a bout scheduled for eight-rounds at The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City. The show is promoted by Rising Promotions. In the mai  Read Full Story >>>

Saturday Night Fever: Crawford vs. Indongo
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
The Fighting Pride of Omaha isn’t flashy by today’s standards, but there’s no one more effective… Tonight at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, in a fight televised live on ESPN, WBC/WBO super lightweight champion Terence Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs), the thinking man’s boxer from Omaha, Nebras  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford-Julius Indongo: Pre-Undisputed Report Card
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
A fight to unify all four major sanctioning body titles in a weight class is so rare that it’s only happened once since the WBO was born in the 1980s. In 2004, the already undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins knocked out Oscar De La Hoya to become even more undisputed. He added the WB  Read Full Story >>>

Ricky Burns: Indongo's Height & Reach Made Him a Nightmare
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Ricky Burns was so bothered by the one-sided defeat he suffered against Julius Indongo that the former two-division champion didn’t leave the house for more than two weeks. Burns had seen brief footage of the unbeaten Namibian’s fights on YouTube.com and believes he prepared properly for a taller  Read Full Story >>>

A Closer Look at the Officials in the Mayweather-McGregor Fight
By Arne K. Lang, The Sweet Science, Sun, 20 Aug 2017
No matter one’s feelings about the integrity of the Mayweather-McGregor fight, this is a huge international sporting event. By my loose calculation, the match has already shattered the mark set by the Johnson-Jeffries fight for the most words showered on a boxing match. That 1910 bout at Reno was pr  Read Full Story >>>

MELINDO 90% READY (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017

That's where IBF Jr flyweight world champion Milan Melindo of the Philippines is at right now a little less than a month before his title defense against IBO world champion Hekkie Budler of South Africa scheduled on   Read Full Story >>>

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: A VICTORY FOR THE PHILIPPINES
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
A commitment had been made and whatever the cost, it had to be kept. Thus was what the decision to push through with the hosting of the 30th episode of the Southeast Asian Games meant. There is war in Mindanao. In the Muslim City of Marawi. Until when it will last and whatever the outcome will b  Read Full Story >>>

Jeff Horn and Manny Pacquiao Brisbane rematch looks set
By Emmaline Stigwood, CourierMail.com.au, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
BRISBANE will host the Jeff Horn and Manny Pacquiao rematch if this “high steaks” lunch is anything to go by. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Major Events Minster Kate Jones were deep in conversation with Duco Events director Dean Lonergan and world champ Horn yesterday afternoon. At the Bre  Read Full Story >>>

Terence 'Bud' Crawford, Julius Indongo meet for history in rare battle with four belts at stake
By Tony Boone, Omaha World Herald, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
When unified junior welterweight champions Terence “Bud” Crawford and Julius “The Blue Machine” Indongo met face-to-face after Friday’s weigh-in for their Saturday bout in Lincoln, neither gave an inch. They stood eye-to-eye for nearly two minutes without blinking until promoters finally separate  Read Full Story >>>

Crawford: Winning all The Belts, Topping Kostya Tszyu is The Goal!
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
Later tonight WBC/WBO super lightweight champion Terence Crawford and WBA/IBF super lightweight champion Julius Indongo will both have a shot at history with all four major belts on the line in their ESPN televised fight. The action takes place in Lincoln, Nebraska which is an hour away from Craw  Read Full Story >>>

This Week In Boxing Biz: Terence Crawford Vs. Julius Indongo, Conor McGregor-Paulie Malignaggi Odds
By Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
Eight months ago, Julius Indongo was virtually an unknown fighter, heading into the toughest assignment of his career and a 7/1 underdog vs. Eduard Troyanovsky. On Saturday night, he’ll fight Terence Crawford for all four recognized junior welterweight world titles. It’s a stunning turnaround for In  Read Full Story >>>

'Come and hang out with me' - Floyd Mayweather reveals the most improbable fight week schedule
By Kevin Palmer, Independent.ie, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
Floyd Mayweather has announced a highly unusual fight week schedule ahead of his showdown with Conor McGregor in Las Vegas next Saturday, after confirming he will be meeting and greeting his fans at his strip clubs every night over the next few days. Doubts have been raised over Mayweather’s co  Read Full Story >>>

Nate Diaz blasts boxers criticising Conor McGregor ahead of Floyd Mayweather bout
Fox Sports, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
CONOR McGregor has received some support from a most unlikely source ahead of his showdown with Floyd Mayweather — UFC arch rival Nate Diaz. While McGregor and Diaz surely would share a mutual respect after two epic fights last year, there is plenty of genuine animosity between the two. Howeve  Read Full Story >>>

Former IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter withdraws from Mayweather vs. McGregor undercard bout
By Dan Hiergesell, MMA Mania, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
The upcoming Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor card has suffered its first blow, as former IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (27-2-1, 17 KOs) has withdrawn from his preliminary headliner opposite Thomas Dulorme (24-2, 18 KOs) due to personal issues, which includes a death in the family, accor  Read Full Story >>>

MACHADO DEFEATS MORALES TO UNIFY NABO AND NABA 130 LB TITLES
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017

ALBERTO "EXPLOSIVO" MACHADO UNIFIES NABO AND NABA SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLES WITH UNANIMOUS DECISION VICTORY AGAINST CARLOS "THE SOLUTION" MORALES ON GOLDEN BOY BOXING ON ESPN AT COMPLEJO FERIAL DE PUERTO RICO NATE GREE  Read Full Story >>>

At least, there’s the promise of a dogfight
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017

THERE was a monumental mismatch early Thursday in the FIBA Asia series in Beirut that saw a gallantly soaring Philippine Gilas national team fall in fragments against old rival South Korea. An air of doom and disbelief engu  Read Full Story >>>

FOR ALL THE MARBLES: TERENCE CRAWFORD 139 LBS., JULIUS INDONGO 140 LBS.
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017

AIRING LIVE IN CANADA TOMORROW NIGHT EXCLUSIVELY ON SUPER CHANNEL EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada (August 18, 2017) - The official weigh in was held today for tomorrow night's World Junior Welterweight Unification Ch  Read Full Story >>>

TABUGON AND SONSONA VS. MOLONEY TWINS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017

Raymond Tabugon and Lolito Sonsona, both of the Sanman Boxing Club of General Santos City, will challenge the Australian twin brothers Andrew and Jason Moloney for their respective WBA Oceania titles on August 19 at the  Read Full Story >>>

TABUGON AND SONSONA READY FOR FIGHT VS. MOLONEYS
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Aug 2017
Raymund Tabugon of the Philippines weighed in at 114.5 lbs while Andrew Moloney of Australia was at 114.7 during the official weigh-in for their WBA Oceania super flyweight title fight set August 19 at the Melbourne Park in Victoria, Australia. Sanman Promotions CEO Jim Claude Manangquil relayed   Read Full Story >>>