After a day of turmoil and threats of the fight not happening, Adrien Broner scored a fifth round stoppage over Vicente Escobedo in the fifth round of a scheduled twelve round bout in Cincinnati.

The bout was in jeopardy after Broner failed to make the 130-pound weight limit and subsequently giving up his WBO title and then missing the 140-pound next morning weigh in by missing both weights by 3 1/2 lbs.

Escobedo only agreed to the fight just a few hours before the fight after receiving around double his original $150,000 purse.

In the fight itself, Broner was dominant as he focused on the body of Escobedo that slowed down the challenger. Escobedo was tough as he tried to fight back only to be outgunned by the highly skilled native of Cincinnati.

After the fourth round, Escobedo came back to the corner with blood coming from his mouth and nose. Broner smelled blood and came out with full force in round five and began to pound the body of Escobedo and that in turn forced Escobedo back to the ropes and he tried to hold on but Broner was relentless until Escobedo’s corner held up the towel and fight was stopped at 2:37 of round five.

Broner, 133 1/2 lbs of Cincinnati is now 24-0 with twenty knockouts. Escobedo, 130 lbs of Woodland Hills, CA is now 26-4.

Keith Thurman remained perfect by stopping Orlando Lora in round six of a scheduled ten round Welterweight bout.

Thurman dominated the bout and barely last a second of the fight as he rained power shots throughout the contest. In round four, Thurman staggered Lora from a left and he continued to pound Lora. In round six, Thurman landed a huge right that sent Lora to the seat of his pants. Lora got to his feet and just walked to his corner and had enough and the bout was stopped at 1:37 of round six.

Thurman, 147 lbs of Clearwater, FL is now 18-0 with seventeen knockouts. Lora, 147 1/2 lbs of Culican, MX is now 28-3-2.

Pablo Cesar Cano won the WBA Interim Super Lightweight title with a seventh round majority technical decision over previously undefeated Johan Perez on Cancun, Mexico

The bout was stopped after the seventh frame when a cut suffered by Cano over his right eye was streaming blood. The cut was caused by a head butt.

Cano, 140 lbs of Mexico is now 26-1-1. Perez, 139 1/2 lbs of Venezuela is now 15-1-1

Jorge Romero scored a wild fourth round stoppage over Rudy Lopez in a scheduled ten round Lightweight bout.

Romero dropped Lopez from a big right hand in the first round. Later in the round, Lopez was credited with a knockdown but replays showed a headbutt caused Romero to fall to the canvas. In round three, Romero landed a booming left hook that sent Lopez down to the canvas. Lopez fought back and was able to get out of the round. Romero ended things in the next round as he was relentless and the bout was stopped.

Romero, 135.4 lbs of Culican, MX is now 23-5 with twenty knockouts. Lopez, 135.8 lbs of Cancun, MX is now 25-6-2.

Manuel Perez scored a ten round unanimous decision over Jose Miguel Cotto in a Jr. Welterweight bout.

It was a tough competitive bout that had a lot of action.

Perez, 139 lbs of Honolulu, Hawaii is now 18-7-1. Cotto, 140 lbs of Caguas,Puerto Rico is now 33-4-1.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com., former WBO Jr. Lightweight champion Adrien Broner missed weight for a second consecutive day but his fight with Vicente Escobedo will go on after the two sides reached a financial agreement.

“The fight is happening, and we’re on,” Golden Boy spokesperson Monica Sears said. “I don’t have any other information.”

Escobedo’s team demanded a Saturday morning weigh-in, and manager Rolando Arellano insisted that Broner come to the 9:30 a.m. ET weight check no more than 10 pounds above the contract weight, meaning 140 pounds.

However, Broner weighed 143.2 pounds, with his camp insisting he was within the 10-pound limit of the 133.5 pounds he weighed in at Friday.

WBO Jr. Lightweight champion Adrien Broner had to give up title after missing weight by more than three pounds for his Saturday night clash with Vicente Escobedo.

Escobedo can win the vacant title assuming the fight at the U.S. Bank Arena in Broner’s hometown of Cincinnati goes ahead as scheduled.

Rolando Arellano, Escobedo’s manager, said he was negotiating the terms of a Saturday weight check to make sure Broner does not balloon in weight overnight, which woud give himself a significant size advantage against Escobedo.

“We’re going to try set up a second weigh-in for Saturday,” Arellano told ESPN.com. “We want him limited to 10 pounds over the contract weight, so he could have a maximum of 140 pounds. But if he comes in over that, then we want to start imposing fines. We want $10,000 a pound, but so far (the Broner camp) has not agreed. The ball’s in their court. We’re not considering pulling out, but Broner didn’t live up to his agreement, so we are giving him the flexibility to modify the initial agreement.

“If he is unable to satisfy those terms and conditions we are asking for, that’s on him. We came to his house, to his arena, to his show. We did everything we were supposed to do.”

“I think he should have acted more professionally,” Arellano said. “That’s not cool. That’s a lack of professionalism. We know he made an effort to make the weight because we knew he was in the gym working (Friday) morning. We just wanted him to try it again, but by running off he didn’t respect the game, he didn’t respect us or the people who work hard to put the event together.”

“I’m young. I’m 22. I’m still growing. I just feel like it’s time for me to go up,” Broner said on Wednesday. “After this fight, there really wouldn’t be a reason for me to stay. I’m just going to go up and give the lightweights hell.”

Marco Periban remained perfect as he scored a ninth round stoppage over Lester Gonzalez in scheduled ten round Super Middleweight fight in Humble, Texas

Antonio Capulin scored a second round stoppage over Steven Cox in round two of their scheduled six round Jr. Lightweight bout.

Capulin nailed Cox with several body shots that drove him into the ropes that was followed up by a hard combination and the bout was stopped at 1:50 of round two.

Capulin, 130 lbs of Houston, TX is now 7-0 with four knockouts. Cox, 129 lbs of Kansas City, MO is now 2-8.

Joe Lamas made a successful pro debut with a four round unanimous decision over Gilbert Cancio in a Jr. Lightweight bout

Lamas, 131 lbs of Houston is 1-0. Cancio, 131 lbs of Brownsville, TX is 1-2.

Andrzej Fonfara scored the biggest win of his career when he scored a ten round unanimous decision over former world champion Glen Johnson at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago.

It was a tough fight that saw Fonfara use his height most of the time to unleash combinations from distance. Johnson showed his championship mettle by working hard on the inside but it was clear the wars of the seventy fight career has slowed down the man known as “The Road Warrior”

Fonfara, 173 3/4 lbs of Chicago won by scores of 99-91, 97-93 and 97-93 and is now 22-2. Johnson, 173 3/4 lbs of Miami is now 51-17-2.

After the fight Johnson announced his retirement

Former world Lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo stopped Ivan Popoca after round eight of their scheduled ten round Welterweight bout due to a bad cut that covered the face of Popoca.

Castillo rocked Popoca in round one from big left hard. Castillo landed a huge left in round two that sent Popoca to the canvas. Popoca was cut in round three and the blood worsened throughout the fight. The ringside doctor checked the cut several times but deemed Popoca OK to continue on. Popoca showed a lot of heart as he would get in some shots from time to time but Castillo looked fresher then he has in years. The referee called a halt to the action after the eighth round after he told Popoca that he had little chance to win.

Castillo, 146 lbs of Mexicali, MX is now 64-11-1 with fifty-five knockouts. Popoca, 147 lbs of Chicago is 15-2-1.

Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that Jr.Welterweight beltholder Marcos Maidana will give up his title to face Jesus Soto Karass as part of the Saul Alvarez – Josesito Lopez Super Welterweight title card on September 15th in Las Vegas.

The show will be a quadruple header televised by Showtime.

“Well, Maidana is definitely not making 140 pounds anymore,” said Maidana’s manager Sebastian Contursi. “He is just too big for it now after years of making the 140 limit. That’s why we decided to give it a shot at 147 pounds and thought that Jesus Soto Karass is a very good opponent since he just fights. Could be a war.

“Golden Boy Promotions thought that adding Maidana to the Sept. 15 card would improve it, so they offered us that fight and we took it. This time Maidana would have proper time to adjust and to improve under (new trainer) Robert Garcia.”

“We speculated until now about keeping the title but we will give it up,” Contursi said.

LAS VEGAS – Danny Garcia calls himself Swift. Now we know why. He was swift to emerge from anonymity. He was swift to impose himself on the junior-welterweight ranks. And he was so swift to dispose of heavily-favored Amir Khan Saturday night that it might take Khan awhile to understand what happened.

Garcia appeared to be outclassed for three rounds by the speed in Khan’s hands and feet when suddenly Khan was down and looking as if he had been trampled. One looping left from Garcia seemed to catch Khan between his jaw and neck dropped him as if he were a pedestrian hit by a speeding truck.

Khan got up, but his eyes looked as hollow as his future.

The inevitable end was there, in those eyes and like that nickname on Garcia’s trunks and robe. It was swift. In the fourth, it was over. Khan was finished, a TKO loser at 2:28 of the round at Mandalay Bay. A wobbling Khan ran into straight a right that put him back on to the canvas early in the fourth. Late in the round, two Garcia rights, a double shot, proved to Khan’s last call. Again, Khan managed to get up. But referee Kenny Bayless looked at him once, looked at him again, asked him a question and said no more.

“Maybe, they made the right decision,’’ Khan (26-3, 18 KOs) said.

No maybes about it.

Khan said his mind was clear and that he was ready to fight on as he had against Marcos Maidana in the in the 2010 Fight of the Year. But his advantage was gone. Garcia (24-0, 15 KOs), bloodied over his right eye in the second round, had proven what Breidis Prescott exposed in a first-round KO of Khan in 2008. It’s called a suspect chin. It’s not suspect anymore. It’s forever stamped as fragile.

“I always knew I was going to win this,’’ said Garcia, who was about a 4-to-1 underdog and an 8-to-1 shot to win by knockout. “I needed a great fighter in front of me to show how great a fighter I was.’’

There were doubts about Garcia’s credentials, which now includes the World Boxing Association’s version of the 140-pound title to go along with the World Boxing Council’s belt. He beat a fading Erick Morales. But the wear-and-tear on the aging Morales left questions about that victory.

“I hit him with the same shot that I hit Morales with,’’ said Gracia, who collected $540,000, $410,000 less than Khan’s $950,000. “That shows how good a fighter Morales still is.’’

And, maybe, how great a fighter Garcia is about to be.

On The Undercard
The Best: Puerto Rican lightweight Abner Cotto (14-0, 6 KOs), Miguel Cotto’s nephew, showed he understands the family business with an eighth-round stoppage of Mexican Juan Manuel Montiel (7-6-3, 2 KOs).

Cotto rocked Montiel with a blinding succession of punches along the ropes. Dazed and already flat-footed, Montiel looked as if were ready to surrender. Referee Jay Nady didn’t give him the chance. Nady ended it 1:03 of the eighth.

The rest: Super-middleweight Fernando Guerrero (24-1, 18 KOs) scored a knockdown in the second round and points through the next eight for a unanimous decision over Jose Medina (17-11-1, 7 KOs) of Tifton, NH; Toronto junior-middleweight Phil Lo Greco (24-0, 13 KOs) needed more time to walk to the ring than he needed to stop Brandon Hoskins (16-2-1, 8 KOs), a Missouri fighter who was knocked down twice and beaten by TKO 86 seconds after the opening bell; super-middleweight J. Leon Love (12-0, 7 KOs) of Dearborn Heights, Mich., scored two knockdowns in the first round and then relied on an accurate jab for a unanimous decision over Joseph De Los Santos (10-1-3, 4 KOs) of Puerto Rico; Orlando junior-middleweight Daquan Arnett (5-0, 3 KOs) had a short night, scoring a second-round KO of Eddie Cordova (3-3-1, 1 KO) of Clearfield, Utah; Jamie Kavanaugh (11-0-1, 5 K0s), an Irish lightweight training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Calif., scored a unanimous decision over Paul Velarde of Orange, Calif.

LAS VEGAS – Amir Khan and Danny Garcia were light on the scale Friday at a weigh-in that included all of the usual poses and promises, yet little of the buzz that puts some drama into the pre-fight ritual.

A crowd of a few hundred watched Khan and Garcia weigh in at 139 pounds, one under the limit for their junior-welterweight bout Saturday at Mandalay Bay. From Garcia’s potential emergence to Khan’s bid to re-assert his claim on stardom after a controversial loss, the ingredients for an interesting fight are there. But there are questions about whether many paying customers will be.

Ticket sales have been slow, according to sources at the box office. Barring a good walk-up during the hours before opening bell, a small crowd would raise familiar questions about Khan’s marketability in the United States. He’s a British fighter of Pakistani descent. Some of his fans were there Friday, dressed in T-shirts that said Khan’s Army. But it was a small army.

In part, there’s been a dilution of interest in his bout with Garcia in the UK because of the heavyweight brawl Saturday between Dereck Chisora and David Haye in London. Much of the UK media stayed home for Chisora-Haye instead of traveling to Las Vegas for Khan’s first fight since his controversial loss to Lamont Peterson in Washington D.C.

Then, there’s Garcia (23-0, 14 KOs), a Philadelphia fighter who is still relatively unknown, even in his own country. His dad and trainer, Angel, has been trash-talking non-stop in an evident attempt to gain some notoriety for his 24-year-old son. But if early ticket sales are an indication, the public hasn’t been paying attention. What’s more, the bookies aren’t impressed with Angel Garcia’s braggadocio. Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) was about a 5-to-1 favorite on Friday. That means he is expected to win the HBO-televised bout easily.

“I will knock Danny Garcia out,’’ Khan said. “ I will take the world titles home. I know Danny didn’t train as hard as me. I promise I will knock him out. That is the only way.’’

Khan said it with the conviction of fighter who knows he must be sensational in his bid to eliminate questions that have lingered since his mixed performance against Peterson, who was forced out of rematch by a positive test for a synthetic testosterone.

Khan also had a message for Garcia’s dad, who has said he has never seen a good fighter of Pakistani descent.

“I cannot wait until after the fight when we stand here and I have knocked your son out,’’ Khan said. “He is going to see what a Pakistani-British fighter can do. I cannot wait to get in there.’’

Angel Garcia couldn’t wait to deliver a rhetorical counter.

“This fight is going to show the world who is the boss,’’ Angel said. “Danny is the boss. Khan has never faced a Latino like Danny. This is Latino blood. A nation. We are going to show the world who is the boss.”

Well, a fraction of the world anyway.

Amir Khan was reinstated as the WBA Super Light champion due to the circumstances around Lamont Peterson and thus, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com sets up a unification bout with WBC champion Danny Garcia this Saturday night in Las Vegas.

“This decision was taken after the positive doping result of the American Lamont Peterson, confirmed by the medical experts,” the WBA said in a statement.

“It’s thrilling to know that because I think they’ve seen there was some wrong and they have made the first move,” Khan said of the WBA. “I’m glad that the title will be on the line now. It just makes the fight even more exciting and also having two world titles makes the fight even bigger.

“Me and Danny are young fighters. He’s 24. I’m 25 and to be in this position fighting a huge fight with so many titles on the line I think is brilliant. We just hope that the IBF may do the same thing, put that title on the line, as well, which will be coming on this unification. I think the WBA made a great choice and I just want to thank them.”

Nonito Donaire defended the WBO and captured the IBF Super Bantamweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Jeffrey Matthebula at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California..

It was a tough fight for the pound for pound entrant, Donaire as Matthebula used his four inch height advantage and pumped out fifty-plus jabs a round early in the contest. Mathebula began to bleed from the nose in round four. Late in that frame, Donaire landed a huge left hand that sent the South African to the canvas. The two traded off some middle rounds with Donaire using angles to land some good power shots.

In round eleven, Donaire landed a big right to the jaw that drew blood from Mathebula’s mouth and the slowed his punch out down for the remainder of the fight.

Donaire, 121 1/2 lbs of General Santos City, Philippines won by scores of 119-108, 118-109 and 117-110 and is now 29-1. Mathebula, 121 1/2 lbs of South Africa is 26-4-2.

Former Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik continued his comeback with a workmanlik ten round unanimous decision over Will Rosinsky in a Super Middleweight bout.

It was a solid scrap that Pavlik score a knockdown in round two from a little right inside. That did not phase Rosinsky continued to press the action. Pavlik landed alot more often and had more pop behind them and he was never really in any danger.

Pavlik, 168 1/4 lbs of Youngstown, OH won by scores of 98-91, 98-91 and 97-92 to up his mark to 40-2. Rosinsky, 168 1/4 lbs of Queens, NY proved he could be competitive with some of the elite Super Middleweights is now 16-2.

Jose Gonzalez remained perfect after Joseph Laryea did not answer the bell for round three of a scheduled ten round Lightweight bout in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Laryea had some sort of injury and could not continue.

Gonzalez, 134 lbs of Toa Baja, PR is now 20-0 with fifteen knockouts. Laryea, 131 lbs of Accra, Ghana is now 9-8.

Glen Tapia scored an explosive one punch knockout over Carlos Garcia in a scheduled eight round Super Welterweight bout.

Tapia pawed with a left hook and landed a right hand flush on the of Garcia and he folded down to the canvas for the ten count at 2:00 of round one

Tapia, 154 lbs of Passaic, NJ is now 14-0 with eight knockouts. Garcia, 155 lbs of Trujillo, Alto, PR is now 6-11-1.

Fauris Capellan scored a first round stoppage over Jose Santiago in a scheduled four round Jr. Lightweight bout.

Capellan dropped Santiago a minute into the fight with a hard right to the top of the head. Santiago was able to continue but Capellan was all over him and the fight was stopped at 1:31 of round one.

Capellan, 131 lbs of Juncos, PR is now 4-1 with three knockouts. Santiago, 132 lbs of Vega Alta, PR is now 2-2.

Jesus Soto-Karass scored an entertaining fifth round stoppage over Euri Gonzalez in a scheduled ten round Super Welterweight bout at the Hanger at OC Fair & Events in Costa Mesa, California.

The two stood toe to toe throughout the fight until Soto-Karass landed a booming right hand in round five that put Gonzalez down. He got to his feet and tried to stand and fight until another right hand rocked Gonzalez back to the corner and the fight was stopped at 1:50 of round five.

Soto-Karass, 151 1/2 lbs of Los Mochis, MX is now 26-7-3 with seventeen knockouts. Gonzalez, 151 1/2 lbs of Santo Domingo, CA is now 20-3-1.

Francisco Vargas remained undefeated as he stopped Irving Torres in the first round of a scheduled eight round Jr. Lightweight bout.

Vargas landed a left to the body that was followed by a right to the head that dropped Torres to a knee for the ten count.

Vargas,131 lbs of East Los Angeles is now 12-0-1 with ten knockouts. Torres, 131 lbs of Albonto, PR is now 9-3.

Santiago Guevarra scored a four round unanimous decision over Ricardo Garcia in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

Guevarra landed a wild right to the head that sent Garcia down in round one. The two shared some wild and entertaining exchanges over the next three rounds until a left sent Garcia down in round four just before the bell signaled the end of the fight.

Guevarra 132 lbs of Montebello, CA won by scores of 40-34, 39-35 and 39-35 and is 3-0.

Javier Torres scored a spectacular one punch knockout over Francisco in the first round of their four round Heavyweight bout.

Torres landed a huge Left hand that sent Diaz down violently and the was stopped immediately.

Torres, 223 3/4 lbs of Long Beach, CA is now 4-6 with two knockouts. Diaz, 228 lbs of Perris, CA is 2-1.

Joet Gonzalez made a successful pro debut with a four round unanimous decision over Jesus Carmona in Super Bantamweight bout.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Gonzalez, 120 3/4 lbs of Los Angeles. Carmina, 120 3/4 lbs of Chula Vista, CA is 0-3.

A fight that will potentially pit top Super Welterweight contenders Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martirosyan has been ordered by the WBC according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

If the two camps cant agree to a deal by July 27th a purse bid will be ordered.

The winner of the proposed fight will be the mandatory challenger for champion Saul Alvarez

In a series of entries on his Twitter account, Martirosyan wrote this on Thursday: “Now [it’s] time to focus on Saturday night, then we focus on this Lara fight. … Guys, there is no ifs. I said yes to the Lara fight. Already 100 percent. I’m [on] board. I just wanna focus on Saturday night, then we get back to Lara.”

Martirosyan is scheduled to face Ryan Davis (24-9-3, 9 KOs) in what should be a walkover on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., in the untelevised portion of the Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula junior featherweight unification bout that headlines an HBO card.

“I’m waiting to see Vanes on Friday so we can talk about it and see what he wants to do,” saids Top Rank’s Carl Moretti. “It came as a surprise to us.”

“We’ll see what’s the best thing to do for Lara’s career, but he is willing to fight anybody,” said Lara’s manager Luis DeCubas Jr.. “We have to see what Al (Haymon) advises. We brought him in as an adviser [last week] and now we’ll see where we go.”

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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