Your fight-size boxing update for August 10:
- Below are the weigh-in results for tonight's Top Rank on ESPN+ card from the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.
- Jason Sosa (129 lbs) vs. Lydell Rhodes (130.9 lbs)
- Edgar Berlanga (162.3 lbs) vs. Gregory Trenel (162.2 lbs)
- Robeisy Ramirez (125 lbs) vs. Adan Gonzales (125.3 lbs)
- Paul Kroll (147.9 lbs) vs. Shinard Bunch (146.6 lbs)
- Sonny Conto (214.5 lbs) vs. Guillermo Del Rio (225.5 lbs)
- Donald Smith (126.5 lbs) vs. Raheem Abdullah (124.6 lbs)
- Jeremy Adorno (121.9 lbs) vs. Fernando Robles (121 lbs)
- Below are the weigh-in results for tonight's Golden Boy Promotions card from Grand Prairie, Texas:
- Vergil Ortiz (147 lbs) vs. Antonio Orozco (146.8 lbs): WBA Gold welterweight title
- Joshua Franco (117.6 lbs) vs. Oscar Negrete (117.6 lbs): Unified NABF and WBA International bantamweight titles
- Hector Tanajara Jr. (134.6 lbs) vs. Ezequiel Aviles (134.2 lbs): USNBC lightweight title
- Marcelino Lopez (142.4 lbs) vs. Daniel Echeverria (142.8 lbs)
- Travell Mazion (153.2 lbs) vs. Jeremy Ramos (153.2 lbs)
- Alex Rincon (154.4 lbs) vs. Joel Guevara (152.2 lbs)
- Tristain Kalkreuth (178.2 lbs) vs. Kynndale Prather (168.6 lbs)
- Hector Valdez (121.8 lbs) vs. Rafael Delgado (121.8 lbs)
- George Rincon (139.4 lbs) vs. Enrique Escobar (139.2 lbs)
- Joshua Juarez (177 lbs) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (171.8 lbs)
- Below is a video from JD Sports showing Anthony Joshua breaking down his first fight against Andy Ruiz Jr. back in June. Ruiz and Joshua will have their rematch for the unified heavyweight titles on December 7 in Saudi Arabia.
- WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman endorsed a potential fight between WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt and former WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez, telling Osiris Mendez, “It would be a great fight, starring two Mexicans who are at the top of their profession. I feel that it would be formidable for boxing to see them competing in the ring. Valdez is welcome with open arms. He has always been very close to the WBC since he was an amateur and we wish him the best.”
- Guido Vianello, Umar Salamov are now training with Kevin Barry, according to a report from Ryan Burton of Boxing Scene.
- Tyson Fury and Billy Joe Saunders take turns hitting the pads with trainer Ben Davison.
---- Tyson Fury and Billy Joe Saunders alternating on the pads with Ben Davison today. pic.twitter.com/snTWaPRd7H
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) August 7, 2019
- Manny Pacquiao was named the boxer of the month for July 2019 by the WBA thanks to his WBA "Super" welterweight title win over Keith Thurman a couple of weeks back.
