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Melindo Crushes Yaegashi; Inoue Stops Rodriguez in Three
By Derek Bonnett, SecondsOut.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
Just one day after a huge triple header featuring Ryota Murata, Ken Shiro, and Daigo Higa in world championship bouts, both Naoya Inoue and Akira Yaegashi put their respective world titles on the line at the very same Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. Today?s action was brief by comparison, but anoth Read Full Story >>>Terence Crawford?Applications Accepted
By Marc Livitz, Boxing.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
The undefeated champion from Omaha, Nebraska has yet to be soundly challenged as a professional fighter?
As fight fans, we?re well aware that on occasion, we?ll witness contests which could be missed if we were to blink. Of course, the quick pause in time and vision won?t amount to completely mis Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao?s fight to make boxing safer a promise to a fallen friend
By Grantlee Kieza, CourierMail.com.au, Sun, 21 May 2017
IT is a boxing tragedy that still haunts world champ Manny Pacquiao more than two decades later and the reason he is fighting to make the sport safer.
Pacquiao began sparring on the weekend in readiness for his clash with Brisbane?s Fighting Schoolteacher Jeff Horn at Suncorp Stadium on July 2 bu Read Full Story >>> Milan Melindo a world champion at last after shock first-round TKO of Japanese foe
By Gerry Ramos, Spin.ph, Sun, 21 May 2017
FINALLY, Milan Melindo is a true-blue world champion.
The 29-year-old fighter from the ALA boxing stable dethroned Akira Yaegashi with a stunning first-round technical knockout on Sunday night to wrest the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior flyweight title at the Ariake Colosseum in Tok Read Full Story >>> Inoue retains WBO super flyweight title title with third-round KO of Rodriguez
By Kaz Nagatsuka, Japan Times, Sun, 21 May 2017
It was nearly a sparring for Naoya Inoue. The difference was that he did it surrounded by 6,500 spectators.
The young Japanese champ gave challenger Ricardo Rodriguez no chance, quickly wrapping up the bout.
Inoue posted a third-round knockout win to defend his WBO super flyweight title for th Read Full Story >>> MELINDO DROPS YAEGASHI 3 TIMES EN ROUTE TO FIRST ROUND STOPPAGE; UNIFIES IBF JR FLYWEIGHT BELT (PHOTOS / VIDEO)
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
Milan 'El Metodico' Melindo became the latest full-fledged Filipino world champion after a sensational win over two-division world champion Akira Yaegashi of Japan at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo Sunday night.
Melind Read Full Story >>> Melindo stops Yaegashi in one to unify IBF 108lb belts
By Joe Koizumi, FightNews.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
Filipino warrior, IBF interim junior flyweight champ Milan Melindo (36-2, 13 KOs), 107.75, very impressively unified the IBF belts as he dropped IBF full titlist Akira Yaegashi (25-6, 13 KOs), 107.75, Japan, three times in succession and scored a stunning TKO victory at 2:45 of the opening session o Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford: I'll Fight Anybody, It Doesn't Matter Who
BoxingScene.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
Terence Crawford patted Felix Diaz on the head and pounded uppercuts into his eye in his latest dominant victory.
His next fight could bring him all four 140-pound belts. Or it could bring him Manny Pacquiao.
Crawford remained unbeaten when Diaz's corner stopped the fight after the 10th round Read Full Story >>> Mayweather: If I fight again, 90 percent chance it?s McGregor
By Agence France Press, iOL Sport, Sun, 21 May 2017
LONDON ? Floyd Mayweather Junior said on Saturday that a fight against UFC champion Conor McGregor is ?90 percent? likely ? if he boxes again.
The retired undefeated five-weight world champion, who has not boxed since September 2015, admits he wants to fight Irishman McGregor rather than any box Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford scores TKO over Felix Diaz, calls for fight with Manny Pacquiao
By Brian Campbell, CBS Sports, Sun, 21 May 2017
Terence Crawford continued to prove why he's one of the truly great fighters in the sport on Saturday. Now it's up to his promoter, Top Rank, to find him an equally great opponent.
In what had the potential to be his most difficult test to date on paper, Crawford simply made it look easy. He dom Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford defends titles with 10th-round TKO of Felix Diaz
By Nigel Collins, ESPN.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
NEW YORK -- Undefeated Terence Crawford dominated Felix Diaz on Saturday night to retain his WBO and WBC junior welterweight titles via TKO at the end of the 10th round at Madison Square Garden.
It was Crawford's fifth successful title defense.
Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs), from Omaha, Nebraska, be Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson dominate at MSG
By George Willis, New York Post, Sun, 21 May 2017
Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson might not have packed the Garden on Saturday night, but they did what all great entertainers do when they play the World?s Most Famous Arena: They closed the show in style.
Crawford retained his WBO, WBC junior welterweight titles with a 10th-round technical Read Full Story >>> Results from Showtime?s Night of Fights
By Caryn A. Tate, Boxing.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
In the main event, WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. faced challenger and interim titleholder Oscar Escandon?
In the first bout of the evening from the MGM National Harbor outside Washington, DC, Rances Barthelemy (26-0, 13 KOs) took on Kiryl Relikh (21-2, 19 KOs) in a title eliminator. Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford improves to 31-0 with win over Felix Diaz
By Josh Planos, KETV Omaha, Sun, 21 May 2017
NEW YORK ? Terence Crawford turned Madison Square Garden into his home court Saturday night.
Omaha's champion boxer improved to 31-0 with a win over Felix Diaz, besting the Dominican over 10 rounds, eventually culminating in the 22nd knockout of his professional career.
The loss dropped Diaz, th Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford Dominates, Stops Felix Diaz in Ten Rounds
BoxingScene.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
Madison Square Garden, New York City - WBO, WBC junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs) broke down and stopped Olympic gold medal winner Felix Diaz (19-2, 9 KOs) in ten rounds.
Crawford, who likes to switch his stances, started off the fight in the southpaw stance. Crawford Read Full Story >>> Ray Beltran crushes Jonathan Maicelo with thunderous left hook
By Wil Esco, Bad Left Hook, Sun, 21 May 2017
Ray Beltran put on a fantastic performance tonight, emphatically knocking out Jonathan Maicelo with a nasty left hook in the second round. The opening round, however, was one of the most bizzare scenes I?ve seen in quite some time.
In the opening frame Beltran and Maicelo clashed heads in an exch Read Full Story >>> Live from the Copper Box
By Cain Bradley, Boxing.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
As anyone who has seen my posts or heard me talk about Gervonta Davis will know, I think the kid is a superstar?
As anyone who has seen my posts or heard me talk about Gervonta Davis (18-0) will know, I think the kid is a superstar. His skills are superb. Power and speed. He fights with a reckles Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Wants Gervonta Davis, Badou Jack on Conor McGregor Undercard
By Joseph Zucker, BleacherReport.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor have yet to formally agree to a superfight, but that didn't stop the unbeaten boxing star from putting together a prospective card.
In an interview with Showtime, Mayweather said he'd prefer to have Gervonta Davis and Badou Jack fighting on the undercard:
Da Read Full Story >>> Mayweather prot?g? Gervonta Davis outclasses Liam Walsh
By Nick Parkinson, ESPN.com, Sun, 21 May 2017
LONDON -- Gervonta Davis showed why he is being tipped to be a future superstar after bludgeoning Liam Walsh to a third-round defeat in a first world title defence on Saturday.
The American produced another spectacular stoppage that met the approval of his conspicuous promoter Floyd Mayweather Jr Read Full Story >>> Crazy scenes erupt as Andre Dirrell defeats Jose Uzcategui
By Associated Press, news.com.au, Sun, 21 May 2017
GARY Russell Jr began his first hometown fight night by manning his brothers? corners.
He closed it with an apology for the near-melee created by super middleweight Andre Dirrell?s trainer in the co-featured bout.
In between, he made easy work of Oscar Escandon, stopping him in the seventh rou Read Full Story >>>
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