NAMIBIA’S JONAS MATHEUS VICTORIOUS ON SUNDAY
Namibia’s national super bantamweight title holder, Jonas Matheus, won the IBO International bantamweight title by defeating Makazole Tete on points in Mthatha, South Africa.
THE WEEK IN BOXING – JULY 24, 2018
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report in The Week in Boxing – July 24, 2018!
GARCIA-EASTER EVENTS AVAILABLE ON SHOWTIME YOUTUBE
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streams of official fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s 135-pound unification showdown between WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) and IBF Lightweight World Champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs). The three-fight telecast airs live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
RAFAEL MENSAH’S PERFORMANCE AN INDICTMENT ON GHANA BOXING
Let the excus…explanations begin. Following his one-sided decision loss to WBA world super featherweight champion Alberto Machado, Ghana’s Rafael Mensah says he suffered an injury early in the fight that played a major role in the defeat.
FINALLY! GARCIA VS. PORTER SET FOR SEP. 8 FOR WBC WORLD WELTERWEIGHT TITLE!
Welterweight stars and former 147-pound titleholders Danny “Swift” Garcia and “Showtime” Shawn Porter will square off for the vacant WBC Welterweight World Championship live on SHOWTIME Saturday, September 8 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.