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Showtime Boxing schedule for remainder of year
During Saturday’s Adrien Broner title win on Showtime Championship Boxing, the rest of the year’s schedule was announced for the network. Oct. 23: Rob Brant vs. Louis Rose (ShoBox) Oct. 24: Kell Brook vs. Diego Chaves Nov. 6: Antoine Douglas vs. Les Sherrington (ShoBox) Nov. 14: Gary Russell Jr.
Weights from San Antonio, Texas
Venue: Cowboys Dancehall, San Antonio, Texas TV: Fox Sports 1 Julius Jackson 168 vs. Jose Uzcategui 165.75 (IBF super middleweight eliminator) Miguel Vazquez 135.75 vs. Argenis Mendez 135.75 Ryan Karl 142 vs. Alfonso Olvera 141 Steve Lovett 177.5 vs. Kevin Engel 178.75 Justin DeLoach 154 vs. Todd Manuel 155
RECAP FROM CINCINNATI: BRONER TKOs ALLAKHVERDIEV WINS FOURTH WEIGHT DIVISION TITLE!
Former Three-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (31-2, 22 KOs) won yet another world title in a fourth weight division, via 12th round TKO over Khabib Allakhverdiev (19-2, 9 KOs). The main event on this Showtime Championship card occurred on Saturday night at the U.S. Bank Arena in Broner’s hometown
Postol stops Matthysse to win WBC super-lightweight title
Viktor “The Iceman” Postol (28-0, 12KO) forced Lucas Matthysse (37-4, 34KO) to quit in order win the vacant WBC super lightweight title via tenth round stoppage on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. In a bout dominated early by Postol saw Matthysse rally back with his power in
Matthysse-Postol Weigh In Results
Venue: StubHub Center, Carson, California TV: HBO Lucas Matthysse 139.4 vs. Viktor Postol 139.4 (WBC super lightweight title) Antonio Orozco 140.6 vs. Humberto Soto 140
Broner-Allakhverdiev Weigh In Results
Venue: U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio TV: Showtime Adrien Broner 138.5 vs. Khabib Allakhverdiev 139 (WBA World super lightweight title) Jose Pedraza 129 vs. Edner Cherry 129 (IBF super featherweight title)
LA Fight Club Weigh In Results
Venue: Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California TV: Estrella TV/RingTVLive.com Patrick Teixeira 156 vs. Don Mouton 156.2 Zachary Ochoa 141.2 vs. Alejandro Rodriguez 141 Antonio Gutierrez 156.8 vs. Victor Fonseca 159.4 Francisco Ochoa 132.6 vs. Isaac Avalos 131.8 Pablo Rubio 121.8 vs. Adrian Rodriguez 119.4 Joshua Franco 114.6 vs. Saul Hernandez
Gamboa wants out of 50 Cent promotional contract
Looks like the final deathblow to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson endeavor into boxing may have been cast when SMS Promotions (50 Cent’s promotional entity) Yuriorkis Gamboa official wants out of his contract. The news first reported by TMZ Sports comes on the heels of SMS Promotions filing for bankruptcy earlier this year.
