Carlos Toro
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Wrestling
Bob Arum: ESPN Will Broadcast Masayuki Ito’s First Title Defense
Less than a week after winning the WBO super featherweight title, Masayuki Ito is already being planned to defend his title before the year is over. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum spoke to Bad Left Hook’s Michael Woods and said…
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Wrestling
Exclusive: Pentagon Jr. Reveals Why He Returned To AAA, Talks Appearing On CMLL
In 2018, Pentagon Jr. made splashes on multiple companies outside of Lucha Underground, including Mexican promotion rivals AAA and CMLL. The two companies, long established as the top promotions in Mexico, will have had Pentagon wrestle for them by the time…
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Wrestling
Jose Ramirez To Defend 140-Pound Title Against Antonio Orozco
Jose Ramirez will get a second chance at a first world title defense in front of his hometown fans. Ramirez, the WBC junior welterweight champion, will make his first title defense at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California against…
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Wrestling
Sho Kimura vs. Kosei Tanaka WBO Light Flyweight Title Fight Set For September 24
One of the biggest all-Japanese boxing fights of 2018 is happening in September. Sho Kimura, the WBO’s flyweight world champion, will defend his title against two-division champion and top contender Kosei Tanaka. The fight will take place on September 24…
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Wrestling
Lucha Underground Results (8/1): War Between Worldwide Underground and The Reptile Tribe Continues
Welcome to Fightful’s recap of Lucha Underground. This week, the intensity level in the war between Worldwide Underground and the Reptile Tribe reaches an all-time high, the Trios Champions have to not only fight the Rabbit Tribe to defend their…
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Wrestling
Fightful Boxing Rankings (8/1): Mikey Garcia Rises In Pound-For-Pound Rankings
The Fightful Boxing Rankings are compiled by lead boxing writer Carlos Toro. *** Fightful Boxing Rankings: Pound-for-pound Vasiliy Lomachenko Terence Crawford Oleksandr Usyk Naoya Inoue Mikey Garcia Gennady Golovkin Canelo Alvarez Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Errol Spence Jr. Keith Thurman Heavyweight…
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Wrestling
Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter Jr. Averages 680,000 Viewers For Showtime
Mikey Garcia‘s victory over Robert Easter Jr. to unify the WBC and IBF lightweight titles was a ratings success for Showtime. According to Showbuzz Daily, Garcia vs. Easter, which headlined the July 28 Showtime Championship Boxing card from the Staples…
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Wrestling
IBF Re-Issues Purse Bid For Daniel Jacobs vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Although a deal had been initially reached for Daniel Jacobs and Sergiy Derevyanchenko to fight for the vacant IBF middleweight title, it appears that there are still issues and so the IBF has issued another purse bid date. The IBF…
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Wrestling
Fight-size Boxing Update: Farmer vs. Dib, Joe Joyce, Oleksandr Usyk, Pulev vs. Fury
Your fight-size boxing update: – Billy Dib vs. Tevin Farmer for the vacant IBF super featherweight title will be streamed on the ESPN+ in the United States live from Australia. The ESPN+ stream will start at 6:15 a.m. ET on…
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Wrestling
Katie Taylor Retains Unified Women’s Lightweight Titles, Ready For October Defense
Although Katie Taylor had been booked to defend her unified women’s lightweight titles on the October 6 Matchroom Boxing USA card in Chicago, Taylor needed to defend her titles on the July 28 O2 Arena card. Taylor had a quick…
