It was a good night for Russian super lightweight Sergey Lipinets (10-0, 7 KOs) who fought through a deep cut over his eye to score a rousing TKO over Nicaraguan brawler Walter Castillo (26-4-1, 19 KOs) in a Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN & ESPN Deportes main event that further solidified Lipinets as a force to be reckoned with in the 140-pound weight class.
Welterweight contender Levan Ghvamichava (17-2-1, 13 KOs) scored two knockdowns before stopping Breidis Prescott (29-8, 21 KOs) in the seventh round of the main event Tuesday night on Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes from Robinson Rancheria Resort & Casino in Nice, California.
The interim title defense was a homecoming of sorts for the IBf/WBO/WBA Light Heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) as he worked over the tough and very durable Isaac Chilemba (24-4-2, 10 KOs) in front a hometown crowd.
On July 9, 2016, Mario Barrios scored a 12-round unanimous decision victory against Devis Boschiero at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey.
On Saturday, July 2, 2016, Denis Shafikov (37-2-1, 20 KOs) scored a tenth-round stoppage victory against Jamel Herring (15-1, 8 KOs) at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania.
On Saturday, July 2, 2016, Patryk Szymanski (16-0, 9 KOs) scored a ten-round unanimous decision victory against Wilky Campfort (21-3, 12 KOs) in a Junior Middleweight fight at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania.
On Friday, July 1, 2016, Oscar Negrete will take on Jose Bustos in a 10-round Bantamweight fight at the Belasco Theater in Downtown, Los Angeles.
In the sloppiest title fight of the year, Knockout CP Freshmart decisions Byron Rojas for the WBA strawweight belt
Former title challenger Edner Cherry (35-7-2, 19 KOs) defeated contender Lydell Rhodes (23-2-1, 11 KOs) by unanimous decision (98-92, 97-93 X 2) in a 10-round super featherweight main event of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, Pa.
Fast rising super welterweight prospect Justin DeLoach (15-1, 8 KOs) dominated Junior Castillo rolling to an eight round decision by scores of 79-71, 78-72 and 78-72 in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN.
Headlining the UniMas fight card on Saturday, June 25, “Mile High” Mike Alvarado (36-4, 24 KOs) took on Josh Torres (15-5-2, 7 KOs) in an eight-round bout in front of a lively crowd at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas.
It was the fight that Al Haymon’s PBC series so desperately needed, and it sure as hell delivered. After a grueling 12 rounds of hard leather being traded, Keith “One Time” Thurman came out on top to a chorus of boos at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
Jarrett Hurd has been making noise as he rises through the ranks of one of boxing’s most talented divisions.
On Saturday, June 25, 2016, Anthony Joshua scored a seventh-round knockout victory against Dominic Breazeale to defend his IBF Heavyweight title at the 02 Arena in London, United Kingdom.
On June 25, 2016, Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) utterly destroyed Middleweight contender Tom Doran (17-1, 7 KOs) in the fourth round of a scheduled 12-round fight at the 02 Arena in London, United Kingdom. In his post-fight interview, Eubank called out the Middleweight champion himself, Gennady Golovkin.
