According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, IBF Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch and the man he beat Lucian Bute will meet in a rematch next year after they each take interim bouts this fall.

Froch stopped Bute in round five on May 26 in Froch’s hometown of Nottingham, England and rematch will take place in Bute’s adopted hometown of Montreal.

“Froch versus Bute has already gone down as one of the greatest nights in British boxing history,” said Froch’s promoter Eddie Hearn. “It generated record television audiences and a sold-out arena where fans were treated to what many respected pundits and fighters have described as one of the best atmospheres ever felt in a British fight. Of course, like any fighter, Lucian is keen to avenge this defeat and, as per our agreement, has the opportunity to try to make that happen.

“Both myself and Lucian’s promoter, Jean Bedard (of InterBox) feel that it is in the best interests of both fighters and any future rematch that both fighters will take an interim fight later this year. Froch versus Bute II in Montreal is a massive event and I’m sure that impressive victories for both men later this year will add further fuel to the fire.”

“We will be looking to announce an opponent for Carl in the next few weeks for another big fight in the U.K.,” he said.

“That was not the real Lucian Bute in that Nottingham ring on May 26,” said Bute, who had made nine defenses before being cut down by Froch. “I spent the last few weeks reflecting about what went wrong, what happened, and the only thing that is crystal clear in my mind is that I want my rematch with Carl Froch as soon as possible.”

Said Bedard, “There is no hiding the fact that the result on May 26 was hard on everyone. But even in defeat, in the locker room after the fight and the days following the loss, I still felt Lucian had the fire in his belly to come back stronger and demand his rematch with Froch. Matchroom is a great organization to work with and I have been speaking to Eddie once or twice a week since May 26. I almost know his number by heart.”

According to the Klitschko Twitter account, WBC Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will meet undefeated yet unheralded German Manuel Charr on September 8th in Moscow, Russia.

Klitschko, 44-2 with forty knockouts will be making the ninth defense of the currant reign as champion and will take on Charr who is 21-0 eleven knockouts

Cornelius Bundarge scored his second knockout victory over former two-division champion Cory Spinks to retian the IBF Jr. Middleweight champion at the Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, California.

Bundrage dropped Spinks with a perfectly timed right hand and that set the tone for the rest of the fight. The fight was sloppy with punching in the clinches, holding and takedowns that marred the action along with a handful of low blows from Bundrage.

Spinks began to tire in the middle rounds but he stayed competitive with a decent body attack.

In round seven, Bundrage dropped Spinks with a hard right to the head. The back of Spinks head slammed off the canvas and he was able to get to his feet. It wouldn’t be for long as Bundrage landed a sweeping right hand that sent Spinks down for a second time in the round. Spinks, clearly with his legs gone tried to ecscape Bundrage for the rest of the round but he was sent down just as Ray Corona stopped the bout at 2:32 of round seven.

Bundrage, 153 1/2 lbs of Detroit is now 32-4-1 with nineteen knockouts. Spinks, 153 3/4 lbs of St. Louis is now 39-7.

Sensational Featherweight prospect blasted out Christopher Perez in three rounds of a scheduled ten round bout.

Russell dropped Perez in round two with a wicked combination. In round three, Russell landed a blistering left that knocked Perez through the ropes. Perez continued but ate a combination that sent him down for a third time. The fight was over when Russell landed a perfectly time right hook and referee Pat Russell stopped the fight upon the fourth knockdown of the fight (Third of the round) at 1:41 of round three.

Russell, 126 lbs of Capitol Heights, MD is now 20-0 with twelve knockouts. Perez, 126 1/2 lbs of Culican, MX is now 23-3.

Jr. Middleweight contender Erislandy Lara bloodied, battered and butted his way to a easy ten round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Freddy Hernandez.

Lara worked very well to the body and mixed in combinations to the head. Hernandez began to swell from the right eye in early as round three and Hernandez was cut around the left eye from the fifth round. In round seven, Lara was deducted a point for a blatant headbutt that caused bleeding from the right.

That seemed to energize Hernandez but he was outskilled in every facet as Lara landed some hard counter shots and short shots while being able to stay clear of any flush shots of Hernandez.

Lara, 155 lbs of Guantanamo, Cuba won by scores of 95-94, 98-91 and 99-90 and is now 17-1-1. Hernandez, 154 1/4 lbs of Mexico City is now 30-3-1.

Former world champion Cristian Mijares scored a ten round unanimous decision over Eusbio Osejo in a Super Bantamweight bout in Auguscaliantes, Mexico.

Mijares, 123 lbs is now 46-6-2. Osejo, 122 lbs of Managua, Nicaragua is now 21-11-2.

Felipe Orucuta stopped Richard Garcia in round two of their Super Flyweight bout.

Garcia hurt his left leg early in round two but was able to fight on and then shortly after that was cut with a right hand that dropped him and the fight was waved off.

Orucuta, 115 lbs of Ciudad, MX is now 24-1 with twenty knockouts. Garcia, 115.3 lbs of Manila, Philippines is now 23-14-1.

Rodrigo Garcia remained undefeated with a eight round unanimous decision over Juan Rivera in a Jr. Middleweight bout.

Garcia, 154 lbs of Guadalajara, MX is now 11-0. Rivera, 156 lbs of Auguscaliantes, MX is now 20-8.

Michael Perez destroyed Eric Cruz in round two of a scheduled ten round Jr. Welterweight bout in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Perez dropped and bloodied Cruz from a vicious uppercut in round one. In round two, Perez was in control and landed another hard shot to the face of Cruz and Cruz turned his back and the fight was waved off at 2:58 of round two.

Perez, 135 1/2 lbs of Lares, Puerto Rico is now 16-1-1 with ten knockouts. Cruz, 140 lbs of Vega Baja, PR is now 16-10-3.

Jeffrey Fontanez remained perfect by scoring a first round stoppage over Pedro Hernandez in a scheduled six round Lightweight bout.

Fontanez dropped Hernandez twice with right hands to the body and the second resulted in the two count at 2:31 of round one.

Fontanez, 133 lbs of Caguas, PR is now 8-0 with seven knockouts. Hernandez, 128 lbs of Aguada, PR is 6-6-1.

Samuel Figueroa stooped Orlando Falcon in round of their scheduled four round Welterweight bout.

Figueroa dropped Falcon with a left to the chin. Falcon got to his feet but the referee stopped the bout at 2:24 of round one.

Figueroa, 146 lbs of Anasco, PR is now 3-0 with two knockouts. Falcon, 150 lbs of Toa Alta, PR is now 2-3.

Edgardo Lopez scored six round unanimous decision over Jesse Padilla in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

Lopez, 129 lbs is now 5-0. Padilla, 132 lbs of Toa Baja, PR is now 2-15-2.

Former Light Heavyweight & Cruiserweight champion turned Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek will jump right back in the ring on September 8th at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey as he will headline an afternoon Pay Per View to accomadate Polish television according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

No opponent has been announced but it will not a rematch with Eddie Chambers. Chambers lost a close unanimous decision to Adamek on June 16th. Chambers is due to have surgery on his left bicep which hurt in the first round of the June 16th bout.

“At the end of the first round, I felt something rip,” Chambers said Thursday. “I remember thinking, ‘Hey, that didn’t feel right.’ It turns out that I tore a tendon that connects my bicep to the bone. I am having surgery on Monday to repair that.

“Once I have the surgery, I will do physical therapy for about two months. I will keep in shape physically, you know, running, and anything that doesn’t require the upper body, etc., just to stay in shape and to stay ready so that once I get back it’s not going to take as long to get ready for fighting. I want to get back into a fight as soon as I possibly can after that.”

“Tomasz wanted to stay active and we wanted to try out the pay-per-view in Poland again,” said promoter Kathy Duva. “We discussed with Ziggy and Tomasz about trying to do it for the June 16 fight, but that fight was on NBC (Sports Net) in the United States (at night), which is like 4 or 5 in the morning in Poland, so that didn’t work for a pay-per-view over there.

“So we decided it might be worth trying to do one of these shows with Tomasz in Newark in the afternoon. He wants to fight in the U.S. and work at rebuilding his audience here.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former world champion Hasim Rahman has pulled out of his WBA World title challenge with champion Alexander Povetkin on July in Germany due to a wrist injury.

“He was working out and he had excruciating pain in his wrist because of the cyst,” said Rahman’s promoter Greg Cohen said. “His trainer, Eddie Mustafa (Muhammad), stopped the session and had him go to the doctor. He had an MRI. ‘Rock’ wanted to have a cortisone shot, but the doctor said it wouldn’t help. So he had surgery (Thursday) morning. Everything went fine. He’s out for two weeks. Really, it’s a minor thing, but obviously we have to postpone the fight.”

“All of us were looking forward to the event,” Sauerland Event managing director Chris Meyer said, “but it is our responsibility to deliver world-class boxing to the spectators inside the arena and the audience at home in front of their TVs. Therefore, after hearing (about) the injury of Alexander’s opponent, we had to cancel the whole show.”

“Our contract calls for a postponement if there’s an injury,” Cohen said. “From our perspective, the fight will be postponed. We’re the mandatory, and Povetkin has to make his mandatory defense. I expect Rahman and Povetkin will be fighting each other in their next fight. It’s a matter of the German TV date.”

“It was a pretty substantial cyst around the wrist, and he said from time to time he had discomfort, but never a big deal,” Cohen said. “‘Rock’ is not a complainer. He didn’t have it checked out. (Wednesday) he said it was like a sledgehammer hitting his wrist every time he punched. He saw the doctor, had the surgery. He did the right thing. Now we have to reschedule the fight.”

“They were disappointed to hear the news but appreciative that as soon as we knew we informed them,” Cohen said. “We hope to have a new date worked out with them soon.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Former welterweight champion Victor Ortiz had surgery to fix a broken jaw that he suffered in his surprising ninth round loss to Josesito Lopez on Saturday night in Los Angeles.

During a visit with Ortiz on Monday morning, Ortiz manager Rolando Arellano said Ortiz wrote down on a piece of paper “exercise the rematch clause” because he wants to face Lopez (30-4, 18 KOs) again, as is his contractual right, even though Ortiz likely won’t fight for the rest of this year.

“Victor broke the jaw in the fifth round. He felt a weird sensation because he couldn’t close his mouth all the way,” Arellano said. “So he was holding his glove underneath his jaw to keep it closed because it was hanging open. Victor fought four or five rounds with a broken jaw and every time he would throw punches, he would take his glove away from his jaw and it would just drop. He said every time he got hit on it, it felt like someone was slicing open his body it hurt so much. He didn’t know what was going on.”

Arellano said Ortiz eventually began to gag on “thick blood in his mouth. The doctors said it was extremely dangerous because he had internal bleeding, which they said they could tell by the thickness of the blood. This was a lot more serious than anyone anticipated at first when we just thought he had a broken jaw.”

“Of course, we want the rematch, just like Victor wrote down for me, but I just want to make sure this young man is OK,” Arellano said. “It was an exciting fight and we were winning but it was just one of those things that happen in boxing. It’s always unpredictable.

“Victor was down because the injury happened, but this is part of the sport. We know that we live by the sword and die by the sword, and we can’t stand here and cry about it. You lick your wounds and move forward.”

Former world champion Rico Ramos scored an eight round majority decision over previously undefeated Efrain Esquivias in a Super Bantamweight bout at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, California.

It was a highly contested bout and the first fight for Ramos since losing his title to Guillermo Rigondeaux.

Ramos, 122 lbs of Watts, CA won by scores of 78-74, 78-74 and 76-76 and is now 21-1. Esquivias, 123 lbs of Carson, CA is 16-1.

“He was tough, I knew he was going to be tough,” said Ramos. “He came forward at me a lot like I remember from fighting him in amateurs, but we prepared for that and we were ready for him. He went hard to the body, and so I came back with body shots of my own, and I was landing the cleaner shots. It feels great to be back in the win column. I’ll be coming back for my belt soon.”

Matt Villanueva remained undefeated by scrapping out an eight round unanimous decision over Bruno Escalante in a Super Flyweight bout.

Villanueva was cut from the left eye from the second round on but was able to fight through it in the exciting bout.

Villanueva, 114 1/2 lbs of Palmdale, CA is now 8-0-1. Escalante, 115 lbs of San Carlos, CA is now 5-1-1.

“That was the toughest fight I’ve ever had,” said Villanueva of his opponent. “He came to win, and he was much stronger than I thought. The kid can take a punch, he was taking everything but the kitchen sink. I really thought that the ref was going to come in and stop it on a few occasions when I was getting him against the ropes and just tagging him, but he stuck in there and made it exciting.”

HOLLYWOOD,FL–Don King Productions did it again with another action packed night of professional boxing the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood Florida. A night full of excellent knockouts and a star studded crowd left the fans on their feet cheering for more Don King Boxing.

And the new NABF heavyweight champion is Tony “TNT” Grano 20-2-1(16KO) after a big knockout win over DaVarryl Williamson 27-7(23KO). Williamson landed a big right hand early in the fight but Grano did not let it disturb his gameplan. Grano landed a huge right hand and dropped Williamson in the third, however the heavy handed Williamson was able to get through the round. The fourth round started a bit slow and ended with a huge right hand that dropped DaVarryl and he was counted out at 2:27 of the fourth. After the fight Grano said “ “DaVarryl caught me with a good right hand in the second round. I didn’t want to get caught again, so I started moving to my right and resetting before he had a chance to try and tag me with those long arms. “I had him in big trouble and tried to take him out in the third round. To be honest, I expended a lot of energy, so I regained my composure in the fourth and caught him right on the button with a right hand for the knockout. “I think I showed everyone tonight that I have a knockout punch. I’d like a shot at Vitali Klitschko before he retires. Right now I can’t wait to get back to Connecticut to celebrate.”

Junior MIddleweight prospect Omar “Oh” Henry 12-0-1 (9 KOs) looked impressive while beating Tyrone “Solja Black” Selders 8-3(6KO) for 10 rounds and picking up his twelfth win as a pro. Henry hit him with everything, a number of times, and the iron chinned Selders kept coming and throwing punches. Henry showed great control and landed bombs all night on Selders iron chin unable to take the game Bayou Brawler out. This was the first time Henry went past four and he showed great conditioning. Selders, who slipped to 8-3(6KO) was fighting out of Baton Rouge, LA, and fought a very valiant fight having taken the fight on short notice. Omar was quoted at the post fight press conference, “I tried to knock him [Tyrone Selders] down but he was a tough guy. I was full of speed tonight. I was prepared well and felt great. I loved putting on a great performance for the fans. I turned it up at the end of each round because I wanted to finish strong for the judges. “I’d like to fight K9 Bundrage or Cory Spinks after they fight for a world title one week from tonight. I will fight anyone at 154 pounds. “I tweaked my right hand but I’m sure it will be alright.”

Local favorite American born Cuban Joe “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez 22-1-1(12KO) stopped tough Brandon “The Business” Baue at of the fourth round. Hernandez felt out Baue in the first three rounds landing an occasional straight left hand. A late round flurry exchange in round three set up an exciting fourth round in which Hernandez was fueld by some in-ring tactics by the Missouri fighter Baue. This was a nice TKO win for Hernandez officially stopped at 1:11 of the fourth. Don King said after the fight that Hernandez is ready for any junior middleweight out there and mentioned a potential match with the winner for the upcoming Cory Spinks and K9 Fight. “I was a little flat in the beginning but I found my groove quickly. “A lot of people tell me I look a lot like Victor Ortiz but I sure have bigger balls than he does. I heard he quit on his stool tonight in Los Angeles. Now Canelo Alvarez needs an opponent, so if he wants to fight a young lion, I’m here in Miami. I’m calling out all the junior middleweights”

Undefeated and emerging lightweight contender Angelo “La Cobra” Santana (13-0, 10 KOs), a Cuban fighting out of Miami, passed the toughest test of his career tonight when he stopped former WBC Silver featherweight champion Justin “Le Voodoo” Savi (26-2, 18 KOs), from Cotonou, Benin. There were a number of early round headbutts that quickly but and badly swollen the eye of Savi. Santana, a two-time Cuban national champion as an amateur, knocked down Savi in round two, while his own gloved touched the ground in what appeared to be a no call knockdown. Santana pressed early in round three landing a huge straight left hand that rocked the Benin Fighter. Savi went down from the pressure and was able to rise to beat the count however was assaulted by La Cobra immediately at which time Frank Gentile stepped in the call a halt to the fight a 1:51 of round three.

Thomas Snow 16-1, (9KO) won by knockout over Ernie Marquez 9-11-2, (3KO) in round 4 of a super flyweight bout.

Super Lightweight prospect Amir Iman (5-0, 4KO) remained perfect with an excellent knockout win over Kelvin Williams Williams (1-2, 1KO) The end came quickly at 2:59 of the first round.

Trevor Bryan 4-0(3KO) made quick work of Hector Hodge 1-1 with great first round knockout.

In the opening bout, Esaie ‘Slick’ Estimar won by a brutal 1st round knockout of Xavier Lugo in a bout of pro debuters.

The full show was broadcast live on Pursuit Channel, as part of a last minute deal reached between the network and King.

Notable Boxing figures in attendance were Larry Holmes, Francisco Palacios, Evander Holyfield, Guillermo Jones, Francisco Palacios, Andriy Kotelnik, Cory Spinks, BJ Flores, and Randall Bailey

SAN ANTONIO – Hector “Machito” Camacho Jr.’s belly might not have been tight as an average prizefighter’s Saturday, but his belly was not the softest in the Maverick Plaza ring during the main event. But then neither was his punch.

Fighting J.D. Charles (7-5, 1 KO), a Corpus Christi welterweight-cum-middleweight found on one day’s notice, Camacho (54-4-1, 29 KOs) showed the very large distance between a beginner and a seasoned pro – however unprofessionally that pro sometimes comports himself – stopping Charles at 2:05 of the first round in an outdoor arena in the historic downtown neighborhood of La Villita.

After slipping a few shots and throwing a few power leads in the opening minute, Camacho, fighting from his customary southpaw stance, pressed Charles to the ropes and landed a heavy left uppercut to Charles’ body that dropped him, cast his mouthpiece on the red canvas and caused an end to the match quite early.

“We’ve been working on body shots, back home,” Camacho said afterwards, referring to his native Puerto Rico.

Camacho, whose career’s only time spent as a serious contender came at junior lightweight, looked soft at 164 1/2 pounds. He plans to lose weight and go to junior middleweight or pursue a title or two.

“I want Chavez Jr.,” Camacho said. “I want Jesse James ‘Vieja’ if he’s around. People said ‘Camacho’s not ready, he’s not serious.’”

And they’ll probably continue to do so.

JOEL GARCIA VS. JOSEPH RIOS
Saturday’s co-main event, a well-matched super flyweight scrap between two Texans, San Antonio’s Joseph Rios (11-7-2, 4 KOs) and El Paso’s Joel Garcia (5-1, 1 KO), went its full six-round distance and resulted in a majority decision for Rios, one that official judges scored 58-56, 57-57 and 59-55.

Rios, who attained the largest applause of the evening, moved his head and legs like a mini Mike Tyson – though without Tyson’s concussive power on the inside collected a few too many early punches on his way in. What power Rios showed came by way of Garcia’s occasional overeagerness.

“Coming into the fight, I knew he was going to be tough,” Rios said after his career’s 11th victory.

Garcia, whose right hand never quite turns over at the end, explaining his anemic knockout percentage, had power questions of his own and didn’t seek to answer them with much of what overeagerness Rios initially relied on.

In round 5, though, Rios’ relentlessness began to change the fight’s tenor, opening a cut over the outside of Garcia’s left eye, a cut bad enough to cause referee Ellis Johnson to march Garcia to a ringside physician for a mid-round checkup. The sixth and final round saw Rios charge out of his corner in an effort to stop the match within its distance, but Garcia fought him off and made it to the match’s final round.

CHRISTINA RUIZ VS. NOHIME DENNISSON
Fighting before her hometown fans and trained by Austin’s Ann Wolfe, local super bantamweight Christina Ruiz (6-4-2, 4 KOs) tried her best to knock-out Albuquerque’s Nohime Dennisson (4-2-2) but never quite made enough contact to do so, instead settling for a fair, majority-draw decision: 39-37 (Ruiz), 38-38 and 38-38.

In the opening minutes, when Ruiz tried to land fight-altering right hands, she was unable to find her fluid-moving New Mexican foe, causing Ruiz’s trainer Wolfe to shout repeatedly “Fight her, Chris!”

But as the match progressed, Ruiz began to work behind her jab, fight – not plod – her way inside and connect with punches heavy enough to draw a trickle of blood from Dennisson’s nose

“Hopefully, I kept all of you as my fans,” Ruiz said after the fight, before she addressed the late-arriving jab her corner implored her to throw. “I finally listened to my coach, and it worked. I got to listen more.”

Ruiz’s humble and likable postfight presence drew a sustained applause from the La Villita crowd.

KENTON SIPPIO-COOK VS. MARTINEZ PORTER
Austin middleweight Kenton Sippio-Cook (1-0, 1 KO) made a pronounced debut Saturday, as he caught Fort Worth’s Martinez Porter (1-3) leaning forward and cracked him with a photogenic right-cross counter that dropped Porter with such force that Referee Ellis Johnson did not even trouble himself with a full count, stopping the match at 1:49 of round 2.

“I was just keeping calm and cool so I could see it,” Sippio-Cook said after his debut, before promising an active schedule. “Oh, definitely once a month. This is what I love to do.”

Elated with his win, Sippio-Cook even managed to acknowledge and thank a former schoolteacher of his who’d made the 300-mile southwards trip from Denton.

ROLANDO CAMPOS VS. HENRY HERNANDEZ
In an entertaining opening match between two men with offenses disproportionately better than their defenses, lanky hometown slugger Rolando Campos (6-4, 2 KOs) decisioned fellow Texas lightweight Henry Hernandez (1-5, 1 KO) by three unanimous scores of 39-37, despite being wobbled and dropped just after the bell rang to end the second round.

Opening bell sounded on a well filled-in Maverick Plaza at 8:08 PM local time.

In what was on paper a formality before a September 15th Pay Per View showdown with Saul Alvarez, Victor Ortiz was supposed to walk through late replacement and blown up Jr. Welterweight Josesito Lopez.

But one problem, Lopez did not receive the memo as the upstart from Riverside, California pulled off a shocking stoppage victory after round nine of their twelve round Welterweight bout at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Lopez, who fought through a shut right eye, took the bout on short notice after a failed drug test to Andre Berto.

The fight was a terrific back and forth brawl that saw many ebbs and flows and drama throughout the fight.

The action started early for which Lopez through wide and looping shots that crunched off the face of Ortiz. Ortiz landed some hard lefts and drove Lopez back to the ropes and even tried roughhouse tactics. In round five, Ortiz landed a hard left hand to the back of the head of Lopez that was an illegal blow and Lopez took several minutes to get himself together.

The action continued at a furious pace as both landed tremendous shots and the fight seemed to be close heading down the stretch.

Towards the end of round nine, Lopez landed a wide left hand that slammed off the side of the face of Ortiz. Ortiz sat in his stool and announced to referee Jack Reiss that he could not continue due to a possible broken jaw.

With those action, Ortiz loses a potential seven figure pay day with the WBC Super Welterweight champion Alvarez and Lopez great performance announces him as a player in the 140 & 147 pound divisions.

Lopez, 144 1/2 lbs of Riverside, CA is now 30-4 with eighteen knockouts. Ortiz, 146 1/2 lbs of Ventura, CA is now 29-4-2.

All Lucas Matthysse needed was one big right hand and he landed it just before the end of round five and he stopped former world champion Humberto Soto after round five of their scheduled ten round Jr. Welterweight bout.

It was Soto who boxed well over the first two rounds as he used some quick combinations. Matthysse started getting his power shots going, particularly to the body in round three. Soto rebounded to get back to boxing in round three. Matthysse started revving up the heavy artillery at the end of round as started landing power shots to the head and body. Matthysse landed a heavy right hand that sent Soto stumbling back to the ropes. Soto’s momentum off the ropes pushed him right into a huge right and dropped Soto for the first time in his career just seconds before the bell rang to signify the end of the round. When Soto got to his corner, the team waved off the fight at end of round five.

Matthysse of Argentina is now 31-2 with twenty nine knockouts. Soto of Los Mochis, MX is now 58-8-2.

Good looking Jr. Middleweight prospect Jermell Charlo scored an impressive fifth round stoppage over Denis Douglin in a scheduled ten round bout.

Charlo looked good over the first couple of rounds as he landed right hands by mixing them up between leads and working behind the hab. Douglin had a good round three as he found success working the body. That was short lived as Charlo got back to the right hand in round four and landed a booming right that sent Douglin flat on his back in round five. Douglin got to his feet but stumbled and referee Wayne Hedgepath stopped the bout at 1:12 of round round five.

Charlo, 153 3/4 lbs of Houston, TX is now 18-0 with nine knockouts. Douglin, 154 lbs of Marlboro, NJ is now 14-2.

Good looking Lightweight prospect Omar Figueroa made short work of Alain Hernandez by scoring a first rouns stoppage in a bout scheduled for eight rounds.

Figueroa jumped all over the smaller Hernandez and landed some hard shots. Figueroa then worked the body that pushed Hernandez back to the ropes. An ensuing flurry forced referee Jose Cobian to stop the bout just ninety-four seconds into the contest.

Figueroa, 137 lbs of Weslaco, TX is now 18-0-1 with fifteen knockouts. Hernandez, 137 lbs is now 18-11-1.

Mike Dallas Jr. scored a sixth round stoppage over Javier Castro in a Jr. Welterweight bout Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.

Dallas showed superior hand speed over the first five plus rounds. Both guys were cut as Castro started to bleed in round one and Dallas in round four from numerous head clashes.

In round six, Dallas rocked Castro with a big right hand and Castro was hurt. Dallas jumped on Castro and uncorked twenty shots then referee Lou Moret stopped the bout at 2:06 of round six of the scheduled twelve round bout.

Dallas Jr., 140 lbs of Bakersfield, CA is now 19-2-1 with eight knockouts. Castro, 140 lbs of El Paso, TX is now 26-5.

Brandon Gonzales remained perfect by scoring a eight round unanimous decision over Elie Augustama in a Super Middleweight bout.

Gonzales boxed well and featured a strong uppercut and right hand. Gonzales did have to fight through some adversity as he was cut over his left eye for the second straight fight in the fourth round. With blood streaming for half of the fight, Gonzales gutted it out as Augustama was only looking to connect with right hands.

Gonzales, 164 lbs of Sacramento, CA won by scores of 80-72 on all cards and is now 16-0. Augustama, 164 lbs of Miami, FL is 6-5.

Joshua Conley made it three straight knockouts when he took out an overmatched Donte Stowers in round two of their scheduled four round Jr. Middleweight bout.

Conley dropped Stowers at the end of round one. He was all over Stowers and sent him to the canvas and referee Lou Moret stopped the bout at 1:24 of round two.

Conley, 157 lbs of San Bernadino, CA is 3-0 with all wins coming early. Stowers, 153lbs of Victorville, CA was making his pro debut

SAN ANTONIO – Boxing aficionados who have long suspected Hector Camacho Jr. was a better fit for a stripper’s pole than a prizefighting ring got their chance to see fate show its wares Friday afternoon. Saturday, they’ll get a chance to see “Machito” back in a prizefighting ring, too.

On center stage at Allstar’s Gentlemen’s Sports Club a few miles northwest of the downtown area, Camacho (53-4-1, 28 KOs), without a late-replacement opponent to stand across from, took center stage at the weighin for his Saturday fight. Then the moment took him. Pulling a towel from his soft waist and revealing nary a stitch lay between the audience and his smooth brown skin, Camacho climbed on a stripper pole and slid along it while his name was called.

An iota of decorum returned, the towel was held in front of the weighin’s medical scale, and Camacho made 164 1/2 pounds – his career’s second-highest weight. His substitute opponent, John David Charles (7-4, 1 KO), of Corpus Christi, Texas – a man who has weighed between 137 pounds and 155 1/2 in his last four fights – will be weighed on Saturday morning.

“They called me this morning,” Camacho explained about his weight, “they told me, ‘Your opponent’s scratched-off, so you can eat.’ I said, ‘Huh? That’s a joke!’ I thought it was a joke. ‘Don’t tell me twice,’ I told them, ‘I’m going to eat. I don’t want to hear no sh-t about my weight.’ I warned them, and you know I warned them.”

Camacho, who began his career at junior welterweight and was undefeated for five years before a no-contest against San Antonio’s Jesse James Leija in 2001 began his career’s spiraling away, is now a practicing Muslim, attributes his latest comeback to the good habits Islam has taught him, and believes he still has the talent, and name, to get himself another title shot at a lower weight.

“I weighed fifty-seven (157) this morning,” Camacho said before weighing-in. “Maybe at 54. I could make 47. I’ve got no excuse. I’m small. I ain’t no 68 pounder. I shouldn’t be fighting no motherf–king animals. I shouldn’t have to, man. I should not have to. I must be sick.”

Asked what advice about his comeback his father – Hector “Macho” Camacho – has offered him, Camacho Jr. replied with characteristic candor.

“He told me, ‘It’s rare that somebody get a second chance in boxing. You got it, now, take advantage’,” Camacho said, before continuing in his dad’s voice. “‘You f–ked up your own name, now it’s up to you to get it back.’”

Camacho, who now divides his residency between Panama and his native Puerto Rico, will be making a return of sorts to Alamo City, as Saturday’s match will be his second time fighting in this town. Fourteen years ago next month, Camacho fought on the undercard of Leija’s fourth and final match with Azumah Nelson.

“I call him ‘Jesse James Vieja’ now,” Camacho said, and he laughed. “He’s old. I call him ‘Vieja.’ That’s Spanish for old. Jesse James ‘Vieja’; I’m going to call him out.”

Doors open at 6:00 PM on Saturday’s card at La Villita’s Maverick Plaza, with first bell scheduled to sound at 7:30. 15rounds.com will have full ringside coverage.

Former Light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver was suspended after a drug test following his draw with Lateef Kayode on June 2nd came up positive.

“That is correct. Mr. Tarver tested positive for a banned substance,” George Dodd, the executive officer of the California commission, told ESPN.com.

Dodd said the commission has suspended Tarver — who earned $1 million for the fight — and fined him $2,500.

“We had a brief conversation and he said that the commission had gotten back the drug test results and that Tarver’s was dirty,” said Kayode’s manager Steve Feder. “I didn’t know the substance at the time and they were notifying the people they had to notify, so I felt like I had to give the commission time to do their job and that I wouldn’t say anything until I got the confirmation of the drug.”

“Mr. Tarver has the right to appeal the suspension and view the opening of the ‘B’ sample and the analyzing of the ‘B’ sample,” Dodd said.

Also, Andre Berto tested positive for the steroid norandrosterone last month, forcing his rematch against fellow former welterweight titlist Victor Ortiz, which was scheduled for Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, to be canceled. The card is going ahead with Ortiz facing substitute opponent Josesito Lopez.

Ironically, Tarver is scheduled to work the card as a Showtime analyst. The network has not yet decided whether he will remain on the telecast.

“We have no comment at this point,” Showtime spokesman Chris DeBlasio told ESPN.com.

“We were taking pictures together and having a good time and then I get this news. It’s crazy,” Feder said. “Why would a guy do this? Why would he tarnish a stellar career? I’ve been a fan of his. And he has this great job with Showtime (as an analyst). I have to say I shake my head and say, ‘Why would he jeopardize this?’

“I want to believe somebody influenced Tarver to do this and that he would know better because I don’t want to believe he would initiate this. It’s still his fault though and he has to take the blame for it, but I actually feel bad for him. I feel bad for my fighter as well.”

“I told Lateef and he said, ‘Oh, man, I can’t believe it.’ He was shocked and then he started thinking, ‘I wonder if that’s how he came on late like he did? Maybe that’s what the drug was and he was able to come on late.’ Lateef said maybe it started to kick in because he said he didn’t really feel anything on Tarver’s punches earlier in the fight and then he really started to come on. He had this energy or something. Maybe that was the steroid?”

CARLTON, MINNESOTA – Two of the most talked about prospects the State of Minnesota has to offer will square off against one another with more than just local bragging rights on the line as Cerreso Fort meets Dave Peterson this Saturday night at the Black Bear Casino Resort. GFL.tv has secured the rights to the broadcast, which will be shown via internet pay-per-view on a delayed basis.

Fort (12-0-1, 10 KOs) of Saint Paul, Minnesota has been one of the most regarded young fighters in the area since he turned pro back in June 2008. In his last outing, Fort rebounded from his lone blemish (a split decision draw) with a second-round stoppage of Cheyenne Ziegler this past February in Saint Paul.

Peterson (13-0, 8 KOs) of Mounds View, Minnesota is a 6’1” southpaw known as the “The Prodigy.” Outside of two wins at the famed Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Peterson has remained a local treasure as he has defended his home turf on numerous occasions. Now with the world watching, Peterson looks to make a statement against the equally undefeated Fort in Saturday’s eight-round main event for the Minnesota State Light Middleweight title.

In the six-round special feature, cruiserweight sensation Al Sands (3-1, 3 KOs) of Duluth, Minnesota takes on the well traveled Voshon Daniels (6-6, 4 KOs) of Louisville, Kentucky.

In a six-round rematch that promises action, Hector Orozco (5-11, 5 KOs) of Hopkins, Minnesota takes on undefeated Jamal James (5-0, 4 KOs) of Minneapolis, Minnesota for the second time, this time the vacant Minnesota State Welterweight title on the line. In their last encounter this past May, James eked out a six-round nod.

In another six-round special attraction, light middleweight Michael Faulk (2-1) of Saint Paul aims defend his home turf against fellow former national level amateur standout Richard Hargraves (2-0-1, 2 KOs) of San Francisco, California. Both fighters are ending long layoffs and plan on getting back in the game with a victory.

In a four-round bout between debuting light heavyweights, Jerome LaBarge takes on Matthew Karaja of Bark River, Michigan.

Cory Thompson of Duluth begins his professional journey against Stanley Lewis (0-5) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a four-round super middleweight bout.

Charles Goodwin (1-0, 1 KO) takes on debuting Cory Briggs of Duluth in a four-round heavyweight bout.

In the scheduled opener, Davalance DePoe of Bismarck, North Dakota meets John Kingbird in a four-round heavyweight encounter.

Middleweight contender Caleb Truax will handle the guest analyst duties for the broadcast.

The world class event is promoted by Draw Events. Tickets for Saturday’s live event in Carlton are available online at Ticketfly.com.

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Top Rank signed undefeated Welterweight Jesse Vargas on Wednesday.

Vargas was with Mayweather Promotions and appeared on Floyd Mayweather Pay Per View undercards before signing with famed manager Cameron Dunkin and going to Top Rank.

“I wanted to be with the Top Rank team, and here I am,” said Vargas, who became a promotional free agent recently when his agreement with Mayweather Promotions expired.

“Jessie Vargas is a top-10 welterweight who not only wants to win a world championship but is looking to be a star in the sport,” Dunkin said. “I talked to several people about signing him, but when it was all said and done, these guys [Top Rank] gave him a really good deal — financially and with the opportunities.”

“I think Jessie is still in the learning process, but he showed me a lot of willpower in a really tough fight with Lopez where I thought he pulled out the fight in the last two rounds,” Goodman said. “What impressed me the most was when he fought on ‘ShoBox’ and he easily beat a really rough, tough guy like Lanardo Tyner. He was a young kid fighting a man.

“Slowly and gradually, we’ll groom him until we think he’s ready to fight for a title. He’s just going to get better.”

“Everyone at Top Rank is very excited about Jessie,” Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said

“I am planning to be very busy, fighting three, four times a year,” Vargas said.

Quotes taken from espn.com

Carlos Molina remained undefeated by scoring a ten round unanimous decision over Marcos Jimenez in a Lightweight bout out at the Mcallen Convention Center in Mcallen, Texas.

Molina was very workmanlike in pounding out the victory to the tune of 99-91 on all cards.

Molina, 135 lbs of Norwalk, CA is 17-0-1. Jimenez, 135 lbs of San Juan, PR is 18-4.

Victor Sanchez survived a first round knockdown to comeback and upset previously undefeated Jerry Guevara in a six round Jr. Featherweight bout.

Guevara dropped Sanchez in round one and it looked like he would be on his way to his eighth straight victory. Sanchez turned the tide and battered Sanchez at the end of round four and dropped him in round’s five and six.

Sanchez, 121 3/4 lbs of Houston, TX won by scores of 57-53, 56-54 and 56-54 and is now 3-3-1. Guevara, 121 3/4 lbs of Brownsville, TX is now 7-1.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. retained the WBC Middleweight title with a grueling seventh round stoppage over Irishman Andy Lee at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

Lee boxed well as he featured a solid right hook that Chavez tried to match with his patented body assault. It took Chavez a few rounds to figure Lee out but when he did he started the thudding body assault. The action was fought at an intense level with body giving their all.

In round seven, Chavez landed a huge right hook that spun the face of Lee and visibly hurt the Challenger. Chavez jumped on his prey and landed a four more huge shots that put Lee in a defenseless mode and referee Laurence Cole stopped the bout at 2:21 of round seven.

Chavez, 159 lbs of Culican, Mexican will now look for a fall date with lineal champion Sergio Martinez with a record of 46-0-1 with thirty-two knockouts. Lee, 159 1/4 lbs is now 28-2.

UNDERCARD REPORT WRITTEN BY BART BARRY

EL PASO, Texas – For its residents, this is “America’s Safest City” – as a promotional note read on the canvas – but it was something considerably less than that for the unfortunate man situated across from Oklahoma City welterweight Alex Saucedo in Saturday’s final off-television match from UTEP’s Sun Bowl Stadium.

That unfortunate man’s name was James Harrison (1-1-1, 1 KO), and after landing a few seeing-eye overhand rights in the fight’s opening, he was systematically brutalized by Saucedo (4-0, 3 KOs), who appears to posses power in both hands but, somewhat uncharacteristically for a Mexican fighter – Saucedo is from Chihuahua, originally – is particularly fond of throwing right crosses. Saucedo prevailed by three unanimous scores of 40-36.

Despite being overmatched in both power and class, though, Harrison fought back gamely and made Saucedo’s fourth career victory his hardest-fought yet, whacking the young prospect with more right hands than expected.

MIGUEL ANGEL VAZQUEZ VS. DANIEL ATTAH
It was another aesthetically tepid but otherwise successful outing for Mexican lightweight Miguel Angel Vazquez (31-3, 13 KOs) in the penultimate off-television match of Saturday’s nine-fight card. Keeping light-hitting but well-chinned Nigerian Daniel Attah (26-11-1-1, 9 KOs) on the end of his jab, measuring him then blasting him with right jabs, Vazquez won an all three scorecards by the wide margins of 100-90.

ADAM LOPEZ VS. RAUL CARILLO
Trying to meet the hype that preceded him into the pros, by way of an impressive amateur career, San Antonio bantamweight Adam Lopez (3-0, 1 KO) made his way through another hard four-round affair, Saturday, ultimately prevailing over local opponent Raul Carillo (1-6, 1 KO) by unanimous-decision scores of 40-36, 40-36 and 39-37.

Lopez, who was knocked down in his last fight, continues to collect more punishment, from designated-opponent types, than a highly touted prospect should. Lopez is loading-up on both left hooks and right-cross leads and expecting to blow through the overmatched men in front of him, but he is getting tagged often by men who, after tasting his power, appear to forget they were brought in to lose.

UNDERCARD

Casey Ramos (16-0, 5 KOs) of Austin stopped Fort Worth super featherweight Arthur Trevino (7-8-3, 4 KOs) at 1:14 of round 5.

Local middleweight favorite Abie “El Koreano Mexicano (Mexican Korean)” Han (17-0, 11 KOs) brought the Sun Bowl Stadium crowd to its feet with a fourth-round knockout of New Mexico’ Joseph Gomez (18-6-1, 8 KOs).

Guadalajara’s Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. (12-0-2, 7 KOs) went directly through fellow Mexican super flyweight Leopoldo Gonzalez (12-7-1, 7 KOs), stopping him in one round.

In the evening’s opening match, Connecticut super bantamweight Tremaine Williams (2-0, 2 KOs) blitzed and stopped San Antonian Theo Johnson (0-2) in three rounds.

Opening bell rang on a hot and sunny Sun Bowl Stadium at 5:33 PM local time.

Photos by Chris Farina / Top Rank

Former Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will be back in action on July 7th against New Yorker Will Rosinsky in about that will be televised on HBO according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

The bout became feasible after Brandon Rios had to pullout of his Jr. Welterweight bout with Mauricio Herrera due to an arm injury.

The card will be headlined by Nonito Donaire’s Super Bantamweight unification bout with Jeffrey Mathebula.

“We talked about various fights, and it just occurred to me,” said Rosinsky’s promoter Lou DiBella. “(Top Rank’s) Carl (Moretti) knew Rosinsky and said, ‘Helluva fight, let’s do it.’ I think we have a great chance to win. Rosinsky is hungry and fresh and a tremendous action fighter. What I like about the fight is they are both action fighters.”

“He’s been aching for an opportunity and now he has this and he is thrilled,” DiBella said of Rosinsky. “He believes he will go out there and win. And if he doesn’t he will have given it everything he has trying.”

“I think because of Pavlik’s performance on ESPN, the rating that was generated, the interest in the super middleweight division and Kelly’s willingness to come right back combined with Rosinsky winning his second in a row since the decision to Edwin Rodriguez, it was just a natural step for everybody,” Moretti said. “I think Kelly gets tested.”

“We’re ready to go,” said Pavlik’s manager Cameron Dunkin, who also manages Rios. “Rosinsky is a tough guy, was great amateur and he’s a big guy who makes good fights. He and Kelly just fought, so they’re both in shape. I feel bad for Brandon, but I feel good for Kelly.

“It’s a fight we didn’t plan on but this gives us a bigger fight now instead of waiting for another fight until September. Kelly was very excited about it and jumped all over it. He said, ‘I’m ready to go.’

“Kelly said he would get a flight and go right back. Love the attitude,” Dunkin said. “Kelly and Mike [his father] were like, ‘Let’s go.’ I like that Kelly got home and was willing to go right back to Robert in Oxnard. This whole thing is very positive.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, WBO Featherweight champion Orlando Salido will move up to Super Featherweight to take on Oscar Bravo on July 28th in Ciudad, Mexico

NEWARK, NJ–Tomasz Adamek scored a closer then the scores unanimous decision over Eddie Chambers in a a twelve round Heavyweight bout the featured recent world title challengers at the Prudential center.

It was a close fight that saw Chambers handicapped in the first round when he injured his left bicep. Chambers was forced to become a one handed fighter as he would pivot on his feet in order to throw jabs from a modified southpaw stance. Despite the disadvantage Chambers was able to get through with overhand rights as Adamek did not react well to the speed of Chambers.

Adamek got things rolling in the middle rounds as it was his pressure and volume to the tune of 919 to 462 punches thrown that caught the judges eyes yet Chambers out landed his foe 152-134.

A lot of the rounds were close but the judges chose the activity of Adamek over the accuracy of Chambers.

Adamek, 225 lbs of Gilowice, Poland won by scores of 116-112 on two card while a third card read an outlandish 119-109 tally. Adamek is now 46-2. Chambers, 202 lbs of Philadelphia is now 36-3.

Bryant Jennings remained undefeated and captured the USBA Heavyweight Title with a ten round unanimous decision over Steve Collins.

Jennings took a couple of rounds before opening up in round three. Jennings dropped Collins in round four from a combination that was started by an uppercut that ultimately pushed Collins into the ropes and the eight count was rendered. Over the next couple of rounds, Jennings landed some hard combinations and Collins showed a sturdy chin. Jennings continued to work the body and head with sots with both hands. Jennings rocked Collins at the end of round nine and cruised home with victory via 100-89 scores on each card.

Jennings,225 lbs of Philadelphia is 14-0. Collins, 244 lbs of Houston, TX is 25-2.

Jamaal Davis boxed his way to a eight round unanimous decision over hard punching Doel Carrasquillo in a Jr, Middleweight bout.

Davis, 154 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 79-73, 78-74 & 78-74and is now 14-8-1. Carrasquillo, 155 1/2 lbs of Lancaster,PA is now 16-20-1.

John Thompson remained perfect by boxing his way to a six round unanimous decision over John Mackey in a Middleweight bout.

Thompson used his decisive speed to pound out the decision by scores of 59-55, 59-55 and 58-56.

Thompson, 155 1/2 lbs of Newark is now 9-0. Mackey, 155 1/2 lbs of Washington, DC is 13-7-1.

Patrick Farrell dropped David Williams in round two and cruised home to afour round unanimous decision in a Heavyweight bout.

Farrell won by scores of 40-35, 40-35 and 39-36 and is now 7-1-1. Williams is 6-6-1.

Jose Mangu Peralta stopped Dontre King at 2:28 of round four of their scheduled six round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Peralta dropped King in round’s three and four. Peralts, 140 lbs of Jersey City, NJ is 9-1 with five knockouts. King, 142 lbs of Cambridge, MD is now 6-11-2.

Former Olympian Taureano Johnson scored a six round unanimous decision over Roberto Yong in a Middleweight bout.

Johnson landed the harder blows which included several clipping over hand rights. Yong was game as he tried to fight back and did OK in spurts but it was the volume shots of Johnson that was the difference.

Johnson, 161 1/2 lbs of Nassau, Bahamas won by scores of 58-56 on all cards and is now 9-0. Yong, 162 lbs of Sacramento, CA is now 5-5-1.

EL PASO, Texas – In what may well prove to be the weekend’s largest upset, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. weighed a quarter pound less than Andy Lee, Friday, and did so on-time and looking good.

Inside the historic Plaza Theatre – originally opened in 1930 – made available for the early afternoon weigh-in because of overwhelming local interest and temperatures, Lee preceded Chavez to center stage and marked 159 1/4 pounds on a medical scale featured prominently. Then came Chavez, bearded and smiling, who strolled towards the scale with none of the apprehension he showed a similar arrangement in February.

Before a successful defense of his WBC middleweight title at Alamodome in San Antonio, Chavez was nearly 30 minutes late to the weighin and arrived with a drawn face and soaked in perspiration. He then required that a sheet be held beneath the scale, for decency’s sake, removed all his clothing and came in a half pound under the limit, before slumping on a chair and taking a prolonged pull of sportsdrink.

Friday brought no such suspense. Chavez took the scale at 1:05 PM and made 159, with his best physique yet. His skin was papery, and his musculature was improved too. Chavez is favored both to beat and outweigh Lee, Saturday, at Sun Bowl Stadium on the campus of UTEP.

15rounds.com will have full undercard coverage from ringside.

Photo by Chris Farina / Top Rank

Former Lightweight champion Brandon Rios had to withdraw from his July 7 Jr. Welterweight fight with Mauricio Herrera according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“He was sparring and he threw a right hand and it got blocked and he heard something pop in his elbow area,” said Rios’ manager Cameron Dunkin.

Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. will take on Rafael Marquez in a battle of former world champions on August 4th in Puerto Rico according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“It’s all set,” PR Best Boxing Promotions’ Peter Rivera said Thursday. “[They will meet] in another war between Puerto Rico and Mexico. Next week, we will have Marquez in Puerto Rico for a press conference and officially present the fight with the boxers.”

“I think that the winner opens himself up for a significant fight at 122 pounds,” said Carl Moretti of Top Rank, which is involved with both fighters

Pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather’s request for an early release from prison was denied by judge Melissa Saragosa.

“While the physical training areas and times provided to (Mayweather) may not be consistent with his prior regimen, he is indeed provided sufficient space and time for physical activity if he so chooses,” Saragosa wrote.

A mere 10 days after Mayweather turned himself in to begin his three-month sentence, his legal team filed an emergency motion Monday asking the court to put him under house arrest or move him into the general jail population — something that jail officials had avoided to protect the celebrity fighter. The motion claimed the undefeated champion might never fight again because he was getting out of shape in solitary confinement.

Mayweather’s legal team told the court this week that his personal physician, Dr. Robert Voy, visited the jail Friday and determined the fighter had lost muscle tone. Voy estimated Mayweather was consuming fewer than 800 calories a day instead of his usual 3,000 or 4,000 calories. Mayweather also wasn’t drinking enough because he wasn’t allowed bottled water and doesn’t enjoy tap water.

Prosecutor Lisa Luzaich scoffed at the complaints during a court hearing Tuesday.

“It’s jail,” Luzaich told the court. “Where did he think he was going? The Four Seasons?”

Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that last Saturday night’s controversial WBO Welterweight title bout that saw Timothy Bradley wrestle the title from Manny Pacquiao did 8.96 million dollars at the gate.

13,229 tickets sold.

Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, released the figures on Wednesday.

There were 2,070 unsold tickets for Pacquiao-Bradley and 925 complimentary tickets given away, according to the commission report. Also, the fight generated an additional $249,000 from 4,980 closed circuit tickets sold in Las Vegas.

Photo by Chris Farina / Top Rank

New York, NY (6/14/12) – Earlier tonight before a near capacity crowd at the Roseland Ballroom, DiBella Entertainment presented the latest installment of the Broadway Boxing series.

In the main event bout of the evening, before his army of fans, Long Island’s favorite son “Irish” Seanie Monaghan improved his record to a perfect 14-0, 9KO’s, winning the WBC Continental Americas Light Heavyweight title in the process with an eighth-round TKO over Romero Johnson.

The crowd went into an uproar as soon as the bagpipes sounded to signal Monaghan’s walk into the ring, and they didn’t let up for the entire contest. Monaghan jumped on Johnson from the opening bell, scoring with hard combinations to both the body and head. Johnson showed that he came to fight though, choosing to stand toe-to-toe with the heavy-handed Monaghan.

Monaghan, who is known for his aggressive nonstop action style, switched things midway through the fight, showing another dimension to his arsenal by boxing nicely from the outside behind a stiff jab.

Just when it looked as though Monaghan would cruise to an easy unanimous decision, a huge right hand rocked Johnson badly. Sensing his opponent was in trouble, Monaghan went in for the kill, jumping all over Johnson, landing heavy shots with both hands. Johnson showed a granite chin, refusing to go to the canvas, but there was just no stop in Monaghan as he continued to let his hands go.

With their fighter taking heavy punishment, Johnson’s corner summoned the ringside physician to call a halt to the contest. Official time of the stoppage was 2:30 of round number eight.

Super Prospect Thomas Dulorme remained perfect as he battered by scoring a stoppage after round seven of a scheduled ten round Welterweight bout over Alberto Herrera.

Dulorme was at least a few classes better then Herrera in every aspect and the fight was stopped on the advice of the ringside doctor in between round’s seven and out.

Dulorme, 146 lbs of Carolina, Puerto Rico and is now 15-0 with twelve knockouts. Herrera, 144 1/2 lbs of Riverside, CA is now 8-7-1.

Will Rosinsky was methodical in scoring an easy eight round unanimous decision over Aaron PryorJr. in a Super Middleweight bout.

Rosinsky boxed well and landed some solid right hands on the tall son of the Legend who was never able to mount any offense.

Rosinsky, 168 lbs of Ozone Park, NY won by scores of 79-73, 79-73 and 78-74 and is now 16-1. Pryor,168 lbs of Cincinnati, OH is 16-6

In what was a bloody contest, Gabriel Bracero was able to withstand the fists and head of Jermaine White to win a eight round unanimous decision in a Jr. Welterweight clash

The hadbutts started out from the first roundon as Bracero began to bleed from above his right eye from a clash of heads just moments into the bout. In between bouts with White’s head, Bracero was able to land hard shots as he featured some solid counter right hands over the first four rounds.

Bracero received six visits from the ringside physician and it with each appearance it seemed that the doctor gave Bracero a longer look as the blood continued to stream from under the left eye.

White was finally deducted a point in round four for the repeated headbutts.

Bracero was being cheered from ringside from not only he throngs of supporters but the only man to put a loss on his resume in DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley.

White was rugged and tried to press the action down the stretch but it was Bracero’s boxing ability that settled the sometimes sloppy fight down and come home with the victory

Bracero, 141 lbs of Brooklyn, NY won by scores of 80-71, 79-72 and 77-74 and is now 19-1. White, 141 lbs of Las Vegas is 17-5.

Sonya Lomanakis and Tiffany Woodward battled to an entertaining six round draw in a female Heavyweight bout in what the third bout between the two ladies.

Lomanakis had success early with the left hook. Woodward started to come on in round four as she drove Lomanakis back with a flurry. The fifth and six saw toe to warfare with each getting in good shots that thrilled the fans at the Roseland Ballroom.

Each won a card at 58-56 with a third card read 57-57.

Lomanakis, 234 lbs of New York is 6-0-2. Woodward, 198 lbs of Wilson, NC is now 4-6-3

Floriano Pagliara scored a six round unanimous decision over Rynell Griffin in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

Griffin came out firing straight lefts from the southpaw stance. Pagliara got going at the end of the round and landed a nice combination. Pagliara continued to put his punches together until he really opened up in round five here his shots bloodied the nose of Griffin. In round six, Pagliara trapped Griffin in the corner and landed a big combination that had referee Harvey Dock standing close for a possible stoppage. Griffin survived that and even tried a late rally but it was too little as Pagliara got the decision by scores of 59-55 on all cards.

Pagliara, 132 lbs of Brooklyn via Italy is now 13-4-1. Griffin, 132 lbs of Las Vegas is 6-102.

Ivan Redkach destroyed Dedrick Bell in round one of their scheduled six round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Redkach dropped bell from a flurry in the corner then dropped him a second time with a crunching left hand and referee Steve Willis stopped the bout at 1:55 of round one.

Redkach, 140 lbs of Los Angeles is now 11-0 with ten knockouts. Bell 137 lbs of Memphis is now 7-15.

Photo by Claudia Bocanegra

The World Boxing Orginization has decided to look into the controversial fight saw Timothy Bradley be awarded a split decision over Manny Pacquiao according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

WBO president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, who was ringside for the fight, said his organization’s championship committee will review the fight. He said that the committee “will meet soon” and “will examine [the fight] with five recognized international judges to evaluate the video of the match and agree to what emerges.

“I want to clarify that in no way does this say we are doubting the capacity of these judges, which we consider as honest and competent judges,” Valcarcel said.

Photo by Chris Farina / Top Rank

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com , Newly crowned WBO Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley will be in a cast after injuring his left his left foot in his controversial title winning effort against Manny Pacquiao.

“Timmy was told to keep it elevated, put ice on it and heat on it and stay off it,” said Bradley’s manager Cameron Dunkin said. “He thinks he [twisted it by stepping] on the referee’s foot.”

“The left foot was the one we were really concerned about because it had like a dip on the top of the foot and had really bad swelling. The whole foot was bad. So we didn’t know what was wrong,” Dunkin said. “When he went to the hospital in Las Vegas after the fight, they said it’s possible he had a fracture but they didn’t see anything on the X-ray. They said, ‘There’s definitely something wrong. You need an MRI.’ ”

Dunkin said the left foot was diagnosed with “pulled ligaments in it, but nothing was snapped or too bad. But they were strained and the ligaments were badly damaged. They said he needs to be off his feet for eight weeks. He’ll be in a wheelchair and eventually he’ll get crutches and his right foot will be OK, and he can hobble around while his left foot is in a cast.”

“He said the mat sunk about 3 inches, that it was really soft and hard to move around,” Dunkin said. “He thought maybe that was part of the problem he had with his feet. He’ll be in the cast for eight weeks and then have his [left] foot re-examined. He’s on anti-inflammatories. For him not to get knocked down by Pacquiao when he has no feet, that shows you the kind of fighter he is. Now we just want him to rest and heal properly.”

“I would like to thank all my friends, family, and supporters,” he said. “I finally had a chance to watch the fight [Monday] night and after watching it I felt just like I did the night of the fight. I won the fight! Pacquiao is a great man and great fighter. He will have a chance to get his title back. I will be able to get a more definitive win.”

Photo by Chris Farina / Top Rank