
Leo Santa Cruz Stops Chris Avalos in Round 8
Featherweight world champions Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares were both victorious in their Premier Boxing Champions on FOX.

Featherweight world champions Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares were both victorious in their Premier Boxing Champions on FOX.
Looking to stay busy in a fight that was originally geared to be a rematch with Leo Santa Cruz, Abner Mares faced Andres Gutierrez at the StubHub Center in the co-main event on the Saturday, October 14 edition of PBC on Fox.
Leo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz will defend his Featherweight title against Chris Avalos, while Abner Mares defends his title against Andres Gutierrez.
Six of the top 154-pound fighters in the world will be featured on Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, October 14, 2017.
On Friday, October 6, 2017, Golden Boy Promotions hosted another installment of their popular LA Fight Club series from the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.
John Vera Jr. (18-0, 11 KOs) pleased his hometown crowd by earning a 3rd round stoppage over Nigerian Sunday Ajuwa (13-3, 10 KOs).
The fighting Irish illustrated the meaning behind the famous moniker tonight as Irishman Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan (26-2, 18 KOs) battled Englishman Nick Quigley (15-3, 3 KOs) to a fourth-round technical knockout victory in the televised main event on Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN.
Gabe Flores Jr. (4-0, 3 KOs) made his debut in the lone star state on Friday, September 29, 2017, by adding yet another TKO victory to his blossoming resume. His opponent, Donnie Reeves (1-1, 1 KO), showed up to the bout with the intentions of giving the young prospect his first defeat.
Cletus "The Hebrew Hammer" Seldin (20-0, 16 KOs) tasted victory in his comeback fight, though Renald Garrido (19-16-2, 3 KOs) gave him problems along the way.
Unbeaten featherweights Leduan Barthelemy (13-0-1, 7 KOs) and Eduardo Ramirez (20-0-3, 7 KOs) fought to an exciting split draw in their 10-round brawl that headlined Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes Tuesday night from the Cannery Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Heralded prospects, featherweight Ruben Villa and junior lightweight Michael Dutchover remained perfect with unanimous decision victories this past Friday night in Ontario, California.
The name of last night's "KO Night Boxing: Step Up" event certainly was appropriate as 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez had to overcome a major obstacle to remain undefeated at Hartman Arena in Palm City, Kansas.
Venezuela’s Jorge Linares (43-3, 27 KOs) dropped No. 1 contender Luke Campbell (17-2, 14 KOs) with a hard straight right hand in the second round. Campbell roared back from the knockdown to make it a closer-than-expected fight, but Linares stayed busy throughout the bout.
WBA Cruiserweight World Champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) retained his title and stamped his place in the World Boxing Super Series Cruiserweight Semi-finals Saturday night with a sensational second round knockout of Dmitry Kudryashov (21-2, 21 KOs) in their quarter-final bout from the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Filipino Lightweight sensation Romero Duno (15-1, 13 KOs) scored a unanimous decision victory over Juan Sanchez (29-14, 14 KOs) of Mexico in an eight-round bout to end the non-televised portion of the card.