DOGBOE & OTAKE, BELTRAN & PEDRAZA MAKE WEIGHT
There were no problems on the scales today in Arizona, as the four fighters set for tomorrow night’s Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card made weight for the world title doubleheader.
JAMES STOPS MONTES IN TWO ROUNDS
Welterweight contender Jamal James (24-1, 11 KOs) gave his hometown crowd a treat as he sent Mahonry Montes (35-8-1, 24 KOs) to the canvas for a second round knockout in the main event of a jam-packed three-hour night of Premier Boxing Champions action Friday fromthe Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
SALAM VOWS TO BEAT GONORENDA
London-based Nigerian boxer, Tony ‘Muri Sugar’ Salam, has vowed to take his South Africa-based Zimbabwean opponent, Chomunorwa ‘Sting’ Gonorenda, to the cleaners when both boxers clash in a World Boxing Federation Africa Cruiserweight title fight in Harare, Zimbabwe on August 31.
HABAZIN TO DEFEND WORLD TITLE VS ANKRAH
Ivana Habazin will make the first defence of her IBO Female World Middleweight Championship against Gifty Amanua Ankrah on September 8 at the Arena Zagreb as chief support for Filip Hrgovi’s WBC International title challenge.