Carlos Toro
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Wrestling
WBO Elevates Nicola Adams From Interim Flyweight Titleholder To Full Champion
Nicola Adams has been elevated from interim WBO flyweight champion to full world champion, the organization announced in a letter. The WBO ruled that Arely Mucino’s reign as the champion is over after she is unable to be ready to…
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Wrestling
WBC Suspends Dillian Whyte’s Heavyweight Mandatory Challenger Status
News of Dillian Whyte failing a drug test just days before a fight against Oscar Rivas has the WBC suspending Whyte’s status as interim heavyweight champion. It had been previously reported that Whyte tested positive for epimethandienone and hydroxymethandienone, two…
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Wrestling
Fight-size Boxing Update: Michael Hunter Gets Fight, Lomachenko vs. Campbell Tickets, Joe Hughes
Your fight-size boxing update: – Per Eddie Hearn from Matchroom Boxing, heavyweight contender and former cruiserweight title challenger Michael Hunter has agreed to terms to face Sergey Kuzmin in September. The fight will be streamed on DAZN, although the venue…
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Wrestling
Andre Berto Tears Bicep Tendon, Withdraws From August 3 Fight Against Miguel Cruz
Andre Berto’s in-ring return will have to wait after suffering a torn left bicep tendon. The former welterweight champion was set to fight Miguel Cruz on August 3 at the Barclays Center as part of a PBC on FOX broadcast, but…
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Wrestling
Gervonta Davis vs. Ricardo Nunez Averages 553,000 Viewers On Showtime
Gervonta Davis’ homecoming fight resulted in Showtime’s second-highest viewership for a live boxing telecast this year. The July 27 Showtime Championship Boxing card from the Royal Farms Arena averaged 553,000 viewers (188,000 in the 18-49 demo) and drew a 0.33…
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Wrestling
Fightful Boxing Rankings (7/30/19): Jose Ramirez Jumps Up At Junior Welterweight
The Fightful Boxing Rankings are compiled by lead boxing writer Carlos Toro. *** Fightful Boxing Rankings: Pound-for-pound Vasiliy Lomachenko Naoya Inoue Terence Crawford Canelo Alvarez Oleksandr Usyk Gennadiy Golovkin Juan Francisco Estrada Errol Spence Jr. Kosei Tanaka Manny Pacquaio Heavyweight…
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Wrestling
WBO President: PBC Is Looking To Avoid Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr.
The WBO is getting tired of the PBC ignoring the sanctioning body and its champions. While PBC has shown in the past that it does little to acknowledge the WBO, the July 20 pay-per-view broadcast featuring Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith…
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Wrestling
MTK Global Announces “Golden Contract” Series, Winners To Get Multi-Year Promotional Deals
MTK Global announced a trio of tournaments that will have the winners on the path to a lucrative, multi-year contract. The company announced that an eight-man tournament, titled the “Golden Contract,” at featherweight, junior welterweight and light heavyweight where the…
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Wrestling
Bob Arum: Canelo Deserves WBC Franchise Title, Lomachenko Doesn’t Deserve It Yet
One of the most widely-panned moves in boxing for the past couple of months was the introduction of the WBC Franchise title, which was first unveiled when the governing body named Canelo Alvarez its first Franchise champion. The move further…
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Wrestling
Fight-size Boxing Update: Tevin Farmer On Gervonta Davis, Andrew Cancio-JoJo Diaz, Daniela Bermudez
Your fight-size boxing update: – After Tevin Farmer defeated Guillaume Frenois to retain his IBF super featherweight title on July 28, Farmer spoke about a potential unification fight against WBA champion Gervonta Davis, who called out the IBF titleholder minutes…
