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Boxing News & Updates – 6^th February – For: Spivey-Vasquez; Result, Cleverly vs. Karpency: 25^th Feb, Roberto “Massa” Ortiz, Still Winning, Hernandez – Cunningham Result, Yuba Takes Fourth National Belt, Chavez was arrested for DUI, Chavez Jr. retains title, Donaire defeats Vazquez, Team Rubio Claims Chavez Jr. Dodged Doping Test, Rubio To Protest Chavez Jr. Fight, Joe “The Future “ Hanks wins by 2^nd TKO

• Spivey-Vasquez; Result - Saturday night (4^th Feb) at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, “Dangerous” Dorin Spivey (41-6, 30 KOs) captured the NABA lightweight title, outslugging Victor Vasquez (14-6-1, 7 KOs) en-route to hard fought seventh round stoppage. Heavyweight Contender Chazz “The Gentleman” Witherspoon (30-2, 22 KOs) captured the vacant IBS North American Continental title with a brutal second round knockout of David Saulsbury (7-5, 7 KOs) in the eight round co-feature of the evening.

• Joe “The Future “ Hanks wins by 2^nd TKO – Saturday night (4^th Feb) at the Times Union Center, Albany, New York, Joe “The Future “Hanks (19-0, 13 KOs) defended his IBA Americas Title by second round TKO against 6’7 Cuban Rafael Pedro (21-10-1, 15 KOs). The Outgunned Pedroclaiming a dislocated right shoulder, informed the referee he was unable to continue and the bout was stopped at the 0:48 mark of the second round.- In the co-main event,fans were treated to a fast-paced ten rounder between bantamweights Sahib Usarov of Moscow, Russia and Cuban 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Yan Barthelemy for the WBO Inter-Continental Title.Fighting for the first time in the United States. Usarov took the fight right at the fellow southpaw. Utilizing excellent boxing skills, the Russian was able to score effectively with a piston like jab and sharp left hands, keeping the awkward Barthelemy at bay. Both fighters eyes were swollen by the end of the fight. Scores at the end were tallied in Usarov’s favor, 98-91 and 96-93 twice. With the win Usarov improved his unbeaten record to 18-0-0 (6KO’s), while Barthelemy fell to 12-3-0 (4KO’s).

• Roberto “Massa” Ortiz, Still Winning – Saturday Night (4^th Feb) Auditorio Centenario, Torreon, Mexico – Roberto “Massa” Ortiz (23-0-1, 20KOs) continued his win streak, as he retained the WBC’s silver junior welterweight title with a fourth round stoppage of Cesar Chavez (18-2, 8KOs). After dominating the first three rounds, he started unloading with everything to knock Chavez down in the fourth. The referee had seen enough and stopped the fight. After the contest was over, Ortiz told reporters that it “would be an honour” to fight full WBC 140-pound champion Erik Morales.

• Hernandez – Cunningham Result – Saturday Night, Frankfurt – Yoan Pablo Hernandez (26-1, 13 KOs) defended his International Boxing Federation (IBF) Cruiserweight Title with a spectacular points victory over Steve Cunningham (24-4, 12 KOs. The pattern was similar to their first meeting last October, with Cunningham fighting back after two knock-downs in the fourth round. After an exciting fight, Hernandez was ahead 116-110, 116-110 and 115-111 on the scorecards. “This is a big victory for me,” Hernandez said. “But I take my hat off to Steve, he is a great, great fighter and once again proved his world class. But our strategy worked today and I am very happy about the outcome.”

• Yuba Takes Fourth National Belt – Saturday, Tokyo, Japan. – 35-year-old veteran southpaw Tadashi Yuba (40-7-2, 30 KOs), 159.25, acquired his fourth national belt as he won the vacant Japanese middleweight throne by dispatching JBC top ranked Carlos Linares (8-2, 8 KOs), 160, a Japan-based Venezuelan, at 0:39 of the seventh round.

• Chavez was arrested for DUI – Just two weeks prior to his defence against Marco Antonio Rubio, during what would have the peak of his training camp, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of drunk driving at the late, late hour of 4:38AM. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department website, the Son of the Legend was held for about six hours and must return to court on March 16 at 8:30AM. At the time of his arrest, Chavez was listed as weighing 175lbs and it is known that he had difficulty making weight for his fight with Rubio, although he successfully made the 160lb limit on the first try. In the 30 hours or so between the weigh-in and fight, Chavez bulked up nearly 22 pounds according to HBO. (Source Fight News / Karl Freitag.

• Chavez Jr. retains title – WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) successfully defended his title with a twelve round unanimous decision over mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 47 KOs) on Saturday night (4^th Feb) before 14,120 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Rubio put forth a valiant effort; however the effort wasn’t enough to capture the title as the judges at ringside scored the bout 118-110, 116-112, and 115-113.

• Donaire defeats Vazquez – In a clash for the vacant WBO super bantamweight belt, pound-for-pound star Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) effectively used his left hand and combinations throughout the entire fight and went on to score a hard fought twelve round split decision over former champ Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (21-2-1, 17 KOs). The bout too place Saturday night as the Chavez Jr.-Rubio co-feature before 14,120 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

• Team Rubio Claims Chavez Jr. Dodged Doping Test – Promociones del Pueblo, representatives of Marco Antonio Rubio, claim WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. violated the WBC regulation that stipulates that in title fights the fighters must leave a urine sample for drug testing with the doctor of the local commission, in this case Texas. According to Team Veneno Rubio “at the end of the fight, in a very suspicious way, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. practically fled from the dressing room without leaving a sample to be medically evaluated later.”

• Rubio To Protest Chavez Jr. Fight – Handlers for middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio plan to protest Saturday’s title fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in San Antonio. The basis for the protest is no anti-doping testing having taken place, despite language existing both in the fighters’ contracts and in the WBC championship rules. “We will protest the fight today,” Rubio’s promoter, Oswaldo Kuchle informed BoxingScene.com early Sunday morning. .”The fight was a WBC world title fight, and they didn’t do the urine anti-doping test as the rules state so. We had agreed on the anti-doping.”

• Cleverly vs. Karpency: 25^th Feb – World Boxing Organization (WBO) world light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly expects the Welsh and British boxing fans to be at their very best when he makes his long awaited homecoming on February 25th. Cleverly will face American Tommy Karpency in the 3rd defence of his world title as he headlines the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. He’ll be fighting in front of his own Welsh fans for the first time in 4 years and there are just a few hundred tickets left before the show sells out. “The atmosphere is going to be awesome on the night. It’s going to be a sold out arena and such a good atmosphere. It’s going to give me a great buzz and there’s a good buzz around the fight. I’m excited to come out to an atmosphere like this, it’s going to be electric”, Cleverly commented.

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Latest Boxing News – Friday 23^rd December – Klitschko’s Season Greetings, Medina defeats Brewer, Caballero arrives in Japan, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Graf stops Lookmakarmwan, Ramos vs. Beltran / Figueroa Jr vs. Perez, Price vs. McDermott, Mayweather Jailed, Pavlik ‘s Arraignment, Klitschko vs Chisora, Golota’s Return Complicated

• Season greetings from Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko 2011

• Medina defeats Brewer – Jr middleweight Michael Medina (25-3, 19 KOs) pounded out a hard fought ten round unanimous decision to seize the NABF title from reigning champion Grady “Bad Boy” Brewer (28-14, 16 KOs) on Thursday night at the Cox Center in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Score were 98-92 twice and 99-92.

• Caballero arrives in Japan – Newly crowned WBA feather champ Celestino Caballero (35-4, 23 KOs), Panama, arrived on Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan, where he is slated to defend his belt against WBA#8 ex-Japanese national titlist Satoshi Hosono (21-1, 15 KOs) in Yokohama on the last day of this year. The 35-year-old lanky champ was accompanied by his trainers Jeff Mayweather and Miguel Callist. Pelenchin, a 5’11” champ, has been training strenuously at the Teiken Gym since his arrival here. Caballero says, “I am in good shape, and has no weight problem.” Panama has produced such boxers exceptionally tall in the category as Panama Al Brown, Eusebio Pedroza, Hiralio Zapata, etc. Caballero is one of those who may utilize his gifted physique and long reach against “Bazooka” Hosono who will have a puncher’s chance.

• Pongsaklek Wonjongkam – made the fourth successful defense of his second tour as lineal flyweight champion in unspectacular fashion, as a clash of heads barely 45 seconds into his bout with Hirofumi Mukai of Japan resulted in a technical draw on Thursday afternoon (local time) in Bangkok, Thailand. The butt came about when Wonjongkam was leaning in to throw a left hand while Mukai was crouching down in a defensive posture. Time was immediately called as blood began to stream into his eye. The ringside physicians gave the Japanese novice a long hard look before declaring that the cut was too severe to allow the bout to continue.

• Graf stops Lookmakarmwan - Australian based German super flyweight Alesia “The Tigress” Graf (25-2, 10 KOs) stopped Jubjang Lookmakarmwan (3-4) in round five at the Fraternity Bowling Club in Fairy Meadow, NSW, Australia on Thursday. Graf was in control of the bout in all of the rounds and referee Mick Heafey saved the Thai boxer from further punishment at 0:53 of round five. The WBU and WBF super bantamweight titles were up for grabs. This is Graf’s second contest in Australia. She was born Alesia Klimovich in Gomel, Belarus in 1980 and held the Global Boxing Union super flyweight title from 2006 to 2008.

• Ramos vs. Beltran / Figueroa Jr vs. Perez on January 6^th – LOS ANGELES - The Friday, Jan. 6 edition of SHOWTIME’s “ShoBox: The New Generation” promises to be one of its best to date, as Golden Boy Promotions announced today that the co-featured fight will be another intriguing matchup in the 135-pound weight class pitting unbeaten prospects Michael Perez and Omar Figueroa Jr. against each other in a 10 round battle for the World Boxing Organization – WBO Inter-Continental Youth Lightweight Title. The night of boxing is headlined by the NABA USA Lightweight Title fight between Luis Ramos Jr. and Raymundo Beltran at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. – Ramos vs. Beltran and Perez vs. Figueroa are presented by Golden Boy Promotions, sponsored by Corona, DeWalt Tools and AT&T and will be televised live on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) on SHOWTIME.

• Price vs. McDermott – 28-year-old David Price (11-0, 9 KO’s) will be fighting John McDermott (26-7, 17 KO’s) in an important British heavyweight title eliminator bout next month on January 21st at the Olympia, in Liverpool, England.  The winner of that fight faces British champion Tyson Fury sometime in 2012.

• Mayweather gets 90 days in jail - Multiple news outlets have reported that Floyd Mayweather Jr. pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges that will settle his felony charges. The plea deal avoided him the trial on felony allegations that he battered his former girlfriend during an argument in September 2010. He is to report on January 6 at 10:45AM to begin serving his sentence. Floyd must also attend a 12-month domestic violence program, pay $2500 in fines and perform 100 hours of community service. The full sentence is for six months, of which three months are suspended and he was given credit for three days served. Floyd’s attorney asked if the court would consider a home detention program. “Not in lieu of the 90 days,” Judge Saragosa responded. “I have considered it, yes, absolutely, and I have decided that the time he will spend in custody is appropriate.

• Pavlik faces Friday arraignment on three charges – Former middleweight boxing champion Kelly Pavlik faces arraignment Friday morning in Canfield Area Court on charges of OVI, failure to control and leaving the scene of an accident. He spent a brief time in the Mahoning County jail on the three misdemeanor charges after being arrested Wednesday night at his Sugarbush Drive home in Canfield. Police say Pavlik, 29, and a friend wrecked two ATVs on a neighboring piece of property, destroying a lamp post and causing other damage. Reports say Pavlik smelled of alcohol and was belligerent to deputy sheriffs investigating the accident.

• Klitschko vs Chisora - WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) will be dealing with the best pressure fighter he’s faced in many years when he defends his title against the hard hitting Dereck Chisora (15-2, 9 KO’s) on February 18th at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany.

• Golota’s Return Complicated – Heavyweight Andrew Golota (41-8-1, 33 KOs) is no longer certain when his ring return is going to take place. The boxer was scheduled to return in December, and then it was pushed back to early 2012, and then back to December. The 43-year-old fighter stepped away from the ring in 2009 after suffering a beating in a five round TKO loss to countryman Tomasz Adamek. “At the moment my plans are a little blurred. A few things imposed on each other and, therefore, my return to the ring is a little complicated,” Golota said.

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Latest Boxing News in Brief for: Huck Talks About his fight with Rossi, Povetkin to defend against Boswell, Roy Jones Jr. vs. Max Alexander, George Groves, Ustinov defeats Bakhtov, Light welterweight contender Breidis Prescott and Lopez returns next week

• Huck Talks About his fight with Rossi – “It was a tough fight,” said WBO light heavyweight champion Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs) after knocking out Rogelio Rossi with a big right to the head in the sixth round on Saturday night in Ludwigsburg, Germany. “I had twelve rounds to break him down and I needed six. I’m happy with the victory.” Rossi was down four times in the fight, plus one additional knockdown after a shot coming after the bell in round four, for which Huck was deducted two points. “In the heat of the moment I didn’t hear the bell,” Huck explained. Rossi was down and out for several minutes after the knockout, “I couldn’t enjoy the victory until I knew he was fine,” Huck said. “He went down hard and I was relieved when he got back up.”

• Povetkin to defend against Boswell – Unbeaten WBA Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KOs) will make a first defence of his title on December 3 when he takes on Cedric “The Boz” Boswell (35-1, 26 KOs), rather than former champion Evander Holyfield who was said to be on the short list. The bout will take place at Helsinki’s Hartwall Areena. In the co-featured main event, WBA/WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius (16-0, 11 KOs) will face an opponent to be announced.

• Roy Jones Jr. vs. Max Alexander – Former four-division world champion, and one of the greatest boxers of all time, Roy Jones Jr. (54-8, 40 KOs) will take on Max Alexander (14-5-2, 4 KOs) for the vacant Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title on December 10 in Atlanta, Georgia.

• George Groves 13-0 (10 KO’s) is fully focused on his British and Commonwealth super-middleweight title match-up with rival Paul Smith 31-2 (17). Groves did not rule out a rematch to his bitter rival James DeGale in the future but his attentions were firmly on his November 5 clash against former British champion Smith at the Wembley Arena LIVE and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Platform Ch.456). The British and Commonwealth champion will return to the ring for the first time after that impressive-narrow victory over DeGale in May. His opponent ‘Smigga’ lost to DeGale last December and will be aiming to take back his British title.

• Ustinov defeats Bakhtov – EBU heavyweight champion Alexander Ustinov (25-0, 19 KO’s) defeated 31-year-old challenger Denis Bakhtov (33-7, 23 KO’s) by an unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Budivelnik, in Cherkasy, Ukraine. The final judge’s scores were 117-111, 118-110

• Light welterweight contender Breidis Prescott (24-3, 19 KO’s) is in a crucial fight for him on November 12th against unbeaten IBF light welterweight Latino champion Mike Alvarado (31-0, 22 KO’s) on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Prescott, 28, just finished losing a controversial 12 unanimous decision to home fighter Paul McCloskey in Belfast, Northern Ireland last September. Prescott has to beat Alvarado on November 12th if he wants to stay relevant in the light welterweight division.

• Lopez returns next week – World ranked super welterweight David “The Destroyer” Lopez will see action on October 29, on the undercard of the rematch between WBA flyweight champion Hernan “Tyson” Marquez and former champ Luis “Nica” Conception at the Centro de Usos Múltiples (CUM) in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Lopez (40-12-0, 23 KOs), who lost in a world title shot against WBA champion Austin Trout in June, will face TBA. He is now promoted by Zanfer.

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Latest Boxing News in Brief – Friday 14, October – for: Kimbo Slice, aka Kevin Ferguson, Paulie Malignaggi, Dewey Bozella, Mikkel Kessler forced to postpone, Airtight Boxing Promotions,Antonio Margarito and Fury vs. Pajkic

• Kimbo Slice, aka Kevin Ferguson, will return to the ring when he takes on Omaha native and newcomer Tay Bledsoe (2-3, 2 KOs) in a 4 round heavyweight bout on Saturday night at the Heartland Event Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. The well-known and popular internet street–fighting sensation and former MMA combatant will be making his second appearance in the boxing ring. Kimbo is coached by renowned trainer John David Jackson and co-promoted by Gary Shaw and Tony Holden.

• Former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi is picking IBF/WBA light heavyweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) to beat challenger Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) on December 10th at the Convention Center, Washington, DC. – Malignaggi said this to esnewsreporting.com “I favor Amir [to beat Peterson]. Amir’s a tough style to win rounds against. He knows what he’s doing; he knows how to win rounds, especially the first time you see him. I think he beats Peterson.”

• Dewey Bozella will fight on the undercard of Hopkins vs Dawson this weekend on HBO PPV. – Bozella is a man who never gave up in what he believed. He spent 26 years in a New York State prison for murder he didn’t commit. – He was exonerated two years ago, and on October 15th, he makes his PRO debut on the undercard at Staples Center in Los Angeles. What’s more, Dewey is 52 years old. esnewsreporting.com reports

• Mikkel Kessler forced to postpone – Sauerland Event announced that super middleweight contender Mikkel Kessler has been forced to postpone his scheduled November 5 fight WBO titlist Robert Stieglitz due to a hand injury suffered in training camp. “This is a major disappointment for me,” Kessler said. “We´ve had a great preparation and I was in fantastic shape when I injured my right hand during a routine training session. The doctors advised me that it needs a rest and I can´t fight on November 5. I am very sorry to keep my fans waiting. The good news is that the injury should heal quickly after a little break. I will rest my hand and then get back to training to be fit for Stieglitz early next year.”

• Airtight Boxing Promotions - returns tonight at the Red and Jerry’s Sports Complex in Sheridan, Colorado. Cameron Dunkin-managed fighter and undefeated prospect Raul “El Chino” Carrillo (8-0, 6 KOs) will headline the main event against rugged Tyler Pogline (5-8, 4 KOs) in a scheduled six round welterweight bout. In the co-main event, Denver native and world ranked Robert “Red Hot” Frankel (28-11, 5 KOs) squares off against late replacement Carlos Sanchez (5-2, 2 KOs) in a scheduled six round light middleweight clash. Also, popular and female boxing sensation, Madeline Ortega (3-1, 1 KO) returns against TBA in a scheduled four round female flyweight bout.

• Former three time world champion, - Antonio Margarito opened up camp last week in Temoaya, Mexico. The city of Temoaya offers both the solitude, as well as the altitude that Antonio believes he needs for his December 3rd, bout against Miguel Cotto. Antonio is currently doing a morning run at the Otomi Ceremonial Center and training in the afternoon at The Temoaya Municipial Gym.

• Fury vs. Pajkic – A bitter, ongoing feud for the past year promises to finally erupt November 12 when a pair of 16-0 heavyweights, massive Tyson Fury and menacing Neven “No Surrender” Pajkic, put their perfect records on the line, as well as their immense pride, in a 12-round take-no-prisoners title fight at EventCity, Trafford Park (next to Trafford Centre) in Manchester, England. It will mark Fury’s first pro fight in his birthplace of Manchester.

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Latest Boxing News in Brief – July 27^th for: Mike Alvarado vs Gabriel Martinez this Saturday - Frankie Gomez vs Adrian “EL Tigre” Granados - Saul Alvarez -Alfonso Gomez – The Klitschko brothers - Matthew Hatton – Yuri Arbachakov - Manny Pacquiao returns to HBO -Shumenov-Santiago on Friday - Balzsay-Kashtanov for vacant WBA belt

• Mike Alvarado – Gabriel Martinez this Saturday – Denver’s MIKE ALVARADO will risk his World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super lightweight title, his undefeated record and his Top-10 world rating when he takes on GABRIEL MARTINEZ in a homecoming rumble — his first in over two years — This Saturday! July 30, at Softball Country (2101 West 64th Ave., Denver, CO 80221.) The vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Latino junior welterweight title will also be at stake. Alvarado and Martinez have a combined professional record of 57-2-1 (36 KOs) – a winning percentage of 95% and a victory by knockout ratio of 63%.

• Frankie Gomez vs Adrian “EL Tigre” Granados – Undefeated junior welterweight rising stars; Frankie Gomez (10-0, 8 KOs) of East Los Angeles, California and Chicago’s Adrian “EL Tigre” Granados (6-0-1, 4 KOs) will clash in the eight round main event on Friday, August 26th at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. Just 19 years old, the heavy-handed former amateur standout Gomez has impressively won his first ten professional bouts, eight by knockout since turning professional in April of 2010. Granados, who has trained with legendary boxing brothers Juan Manuel and Rafael Marquez and their Hall of Fame trainer Nacho Beristain, has previously drawn huge crowds at the UIC Pavilion. The bout will be televised on Telefutura.

• Saul Alvarez -Alfonso Gomez on 9/17, along with Mayweather-Ortiz on HBO – Mayweather vs. Ortiz” just got propelled into another galaxy, as it was announced today that rising Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will defend his WBC super welterweight championship against Alfonso Gomez on the televised undercard of the September 17 pay-per-view extravaganza featuring the WBC welterweight world championship mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz.

• The Klitschko brothers «K2 Promotions» will be promoting a boxing show in Russia on July 30^th at the Odessa Sports Palace. ». The main event of the evening will be a fight for the vacant interim WBO junior middleweight between Russian, Zaurbek Baysangurov (25-1-0, 19 KOs) and Brazilian, Mike Miranda (34-3-0, 31 KOs). Both fighters are in the top five WBO rankings.

• Matthew Hatton will start his campaign – towards another world title assault in Blackpool next month when he faces unbeaten Andre Abramenka. The former European welterweight champion will be in action at the world famous Tower Circus on Friday 19th August. It will be Hatton’s first fight since going down on points in a WBC light-middleweight title challenge against Saul Alvarez in March. ‘Magic’ Matthew has returned to the 147lb welterweight division and hopeful of another world championship chance in the next few months. The vacant IBF intercontinental title will be on the line in the seaside town when he faces the Belarusian over 12 rounds.

• Yuri Arbachakov the first ever Russian champion in professional boxing, who held the WBC Flyweight title from – 1992 Jun 23 to 1997 Nov 12 – has been unanimously elected as the first President of the newly founded, “Russian Professional Boxing Association” which is based in St. Petersburg. The new organization, which will be engaged in authorizing and carrying out of competitions for professional boxing in Russia, has set itself ambitious targets, such as the training of potential Russian world champions, increasing the output of Russian professional at the international level, cooperation with all public authorities, participation in charity events and a series of professional boxing tournaments with the best Russian boxers and promoters.

• Manny Pacquiao returns to HBO – According to BoxingScene.com, ex-world champion in seven weight categories and the reigning champion WBO welterweight champion, Filipino Manny Pacquiao will return to the HBO channel. Beginning with his first fight on American soil in 2001, Pacquiao’s fights were broadcast on this channel. However, his bout against former world champion in three weight divisions American, Shane Mosley had been featured on the Showtime channel.

• Balzsay-Kashtanov for vacant WBA belt – On the 26th of August, former WBO super middleweight champion Karoly Balzsay is attempting to become a champion again, clashing with Ukrainian talent Stanyslav Kashtanov to battle it out for the vacant WBA super middleweight title. Actually this title belongs to Balzsay’s Universum BoxPromotion stable mate Dimitri Sartison but he suffered a bad knee injury in preparation of his originally planned unification bout with WBO king Robert Stieglitz which is going to see him not stepping in the ring for a long time. Therefore, the WBA decided to make its world title vacant, having their #1 and #2 in the rankings, Kashtanov and Balzsay, fighting for it on August 26 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

• Shumenov-Santiago on Friday – Professional boxing’s most driven world champion is World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”)light heavyweight king, Beibut Shumenov, who takes the next step on his mercurial rise in the sweet science Friday night (July 29), headlining “Fire & Fury” against two-time world title challenger Danny “The Bronx Bomber” Santiago, on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast live from South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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