Luis Ortiz-Alexander Ustinov set for purse bid
The WBA has announced that on May 19 a purse bid will be held for WBA interim heavyweight champion Luis Ortiz (25-0, 22 KOs) against Alexander Ustinov (33-1, 24 KOs) after neither side could make the bout happen. The fight is one of opening rounds of the WBA heavyweight tournament announced
Fonfara-Smith Jr, Payano-Warren II to be on NBC
Light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara (28-3, 16 KOs) will return to action against Joe Smith Jr. (21-1, 17 KOs) on June 18 in Chicago, Illinois as first reported by Alexey Sukachev of BoxingScene.com. The fight will be broadcast on NBC The co-main event will be Juan Carlos Payano defending his WBA world title
Results from Bounce TV: Islam, Cruz pick up wins
In the main event, super welterweight Kanat Islam (21-0, 18 KOs) stopped Juan De Angel (18-4-1, 17 KOs) in the sixth round of their main event in Florida on Bounce TV. The two exchanged hard punches until De Angel was dropped in the sixth round and unable to get up. In
