VIDEO: WOW! HOW ALVAREZ SHOCKS KOVALEV VIA TKO!
Eleider “Storm” Alvarez shocked the boxing world Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, winning the WBO world light heavyweight championship with a seventh-round TKO over Sergey Kovalev.
BERTO EDGES ALEXANDER BY SPLIT DECISION
Former world champion Andre Berto (32-5, 24 KOs) won a back-and-forth fight by split decision Saturday night against fellow former champion Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes from NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
SOUTH AFRICA EX-CHAMP STONED TO DEATH
FORMER boxing champ Manelisi Mbilase has been brutally stoned to death in South Africa for allegedly robbing two women.
MILLER DECISIONS GALARZA OVER 10 ROUNDS
Lightweight contender Ladarius Miller (17-1, 5 KOs) won a competitive unanimous decision over Dennis Galarza (16-4, 9 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce Friday night from Sam’s Town in Las Vegas.
FARMER DECISIONS DIB, WINS IBF WORLD TITLE
Tevin “The American Idol” Farmer (26-4-1, 5 KOs), of Philadelphia, PA, won the IBF Junior Lightweight World Title today via 12-round unanimous decision against Australian Billy Dib (43-5, 24 KOs), at Technology Park, in Eveleigh, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
WATCH: KOVALEV, ALVAREZ BOTH MAKE WEIGHT
Eleider Alvarez appeared taller and thicker than Sergey Kovalev at their weigh-in Friday.
COMMEY & CRUZ ARE READY FOR WAR
The weights have been made for tomorrow night’s lightweight showdown between Ghana’s Richard Commey and Mexico’s Yardley Cruz at NYCB LIVE, home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
RICHARD COMMEY: I WILL BECOME WORLD CHAMPION!
IBF Lightweight Title Mandatory Challenger Richard Commey (26-2, 23 KOs), of Accra, Ghana, now fighting out of Brooklyn, NY, faces battle-tested Mexican veteran Yardley Cruz (24-10, 14 KOs), of Los Mochis, Mexico, in an eight-round clash on Saturday, August 4, at NYCB LIVE, home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
JAMAL JAMES RETURNS ON AUGUST 24
Welterweight contender Jamal James will return to action in his hometown as he takes on Mexico’s Mahonry Montes in the main event of an exciting night of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes action Friday, August 24 from the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
BERTO-ALEXANDER FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Former welterweight world champions Andre Berto and Devon Alexander went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before their primetime main event Saturday, August 4 in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes from NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.