Crawford-Postol set for PPV July 23rd in Las Vegas
In a battle of undefeated world champions Terence Crawford will face Viktor Postol on July 23rd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as first reported by Mike Coppinger of BoxingJunkie. The bout will be announced officially via a press conference on May 10th in Los Angeles, CA and will be
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez becomes first Mexican super middleweight world champion
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (34-0 24KOs) became the first Mexican super middleweight champion as he defeated “King” Arthur Abraham (44-5) for the WBO super middleweight title which served as the co-main event for Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley from Las Vegas, NV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ramirez who dominated from
Pacquiao-Bradley III fight purses announced
Per Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports, Manny Pacquiao will make 7,000,000 for his bout on Saturday night at the MGM Grand whereas Tim Bradley will make a whopping 4,000,000 dollars. The number is dramatically lower than previous Pacquiao fights of the past, but still a very high number. The
Pacquiao-Bradley III #NoTrump undercard press conference
WBO super middleweight world champion Arthur Abraham, undefeated contenders Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, Óscar Valdez and Jose Ramírez, former world champion Evgeny Gradovich and rugged veteran Manny Perez hosted their final press conference on Thursday for Saturday’s Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley pay-per-view undercard as well as Floyd Mayweather Sr. trained fighter, Devin
Pacquiao-Bradley III pay-per-view undercard announced
As many might know by now Manny Pacquiao will face Timothy Bradley for the third time on April 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. The televised undercard portion of the pay-per-view will feature a co-main event between WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham defending his belt against
Sauerland wins purse bid for Abraham-Ramirez title fight
Team Sauerland won the WBO purse bid to stage the fight between WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) and undefeated mandatory challenger Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs). The winning bid was $1,563,057, edging out Top Rank’s bid of $1.5 million. The proposed date of WBO championship fight
Arthur Abraham-Gilberto Ramirez purse bid set for Friday
Although Team Sauerland, promoter of super middleweight titlist Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs), who has only lost once since getting beat all around in the Super Six tournament and Top Rank the promoter of mandatory challenger Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) are negotiating the fight it looks more and more like
Ramirez, Rodriguez win on TruTV
Super middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) made it look easy with a ten-round unanimous decision victory over Gevorg Khatchikian, (23-2, 11 KOs) in the main event of truTV’s MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout series at the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Ramirez won every second of the
Weights from Las Vegas, NV (Top Rank Promotions)
Venue: The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas TV: truTV Gilberto Ramirez 167.5 vs. Gevorg Khatchikian (WBO International super middleweight title) Saul Rodriguez 131 vs. Ivan Najera 134.6 Casey Ramos 132 vs. Adones Aguelo 132 Konstantin Ponomarev 150 vs. Ramses Agaton 147.8 Oleksandr Gvozdyk 174.5 vs. Cleiton Conceicao 176.5 Toka Kahn Clary
Notes from the weekend
This weekend was a weird one with a lot of boxing going on, but not a lot of the fights making their way to U.S. airwaves. Former heavyweight title challenger Derek Chisora (22-5, 14 KOs) scored a one-sided ten round decision, but that’s about it as the former heavyweight contender