Paddy Donovan, Kieran Molloy, and Kurt Walker notch victories in undercard action Michael "Mick" Conlan returned home to Belfast and got back on the winning track. Conlan, who lost a featherweight title bid in March, defeated Miguel Marriaga by unanimous decision in the 10-round featherweight main event Saturday at The SSE Arena. Conlan (17-1, 8 KOs) … [Read more...] about Return of the Mick: Conlan Dominates Marriaga in Belfast Main Event
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Oscar Valdez-Shakur Stevenson Junior Lightweight Unification Showdown Set for April 30 at MGM Grand Garden Arena
Valdez-Stevenson to headline telecast airing live on ESPN & ESPN Deportes (simulcast on ESPN+) at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT WBC champion Oscar Valdez hopes to become a Mexican boxing legend while WBO king Shakur Stevenson is eyeing the mythical pound-for-pound rankings. On Saturday, April 30, Valdez and Stevenson, the world’s two best junior lightweights, will meet in a title … [Read more...] about Oscar Valdez-Shakur Stevenson Junior Lightweight Unification Showdown Set for April 30 at MGM Grand Garden Arena
Miguel Berchelt to Defend Super Featherweight World Title Against Oscar Valdez February 20 LIVE on ESPN
The 2021 Fight of the Year race has officially started, as Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez will face off in one of the most anticipated all-Mexican fistic showdowns in years.Cancun’s Berchelt will defend his WBC super featherweight world title against Nogales native Valdez in a special Top Rank on ESPN telecast Saturday, Feb. 20. The 10-round super featherweight … [Read more...] about Miguel Berchelt to Defend Super Featherweight World Title Against Oscar Valdez February 20 LIVE on ESPN
Rise of the Mean Machine: Kavaliauskas KOs Zewski
Egidijus "Mean Machine" Kavaliauskas is a top welterweight contender once again. In his first fight since losing to pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford last December, Kavaliauskas knocked out Canadian veteran Mikael Zewski in the eighth round. Kavaliauskas (22-1-1, 18 KOs) knocked down Zewski (34-2, 23 KOs) with a combination to close out the seventh round, then … [Read more...] about Rise of the Mean Machine: Kavaliauskas KOs Zewski
Mean Machine-Zewski and Marriaga-Gonzalez to headline bill from the MGM Grand Las Vegas this Saturday, LIVE on ESPN+ (7:30 p.m. ET)
Three former world title challengers and a longtime contender met the media for a Zoom press conference Thursday afternoon ahead of their can't-miss doubleheader Saturday from the MGM Grand Conference Center (ESPN+, 7:30 p.m. ET ). In the 10-round welterweight main event, the man known as "Mean Machine," Egidijus Kavaliauskas, will take on Canadian … [Read more...] about Mean Machine-Zewski and Marriaga-Gonzalez to headline bill from the MGM Grand Las Vegas this Saturday, LIVE on ESPN+ (7:30 p.m. ET)