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The WBO ordered its middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade to defend against his predecessor, Billy Joe Saunders. Andrade won the vacant title after Saunders tested positive for a banned substance. After time off due to the PED issues, the undefeated Saunders returned in December, fighting at 178 pounds, well above the middleweight limit of 160.  Saunders defeated Chales Adamu, who had alfready lost three straight at low levels of competition. The parties have thirty days to negotiate If an accord is not reached within the next month, the WBO says it will hold a purse bid. -Scott Shaffer

WBO mini-flyweight champion Vic Saludar’s first title defense is set. He will return to Japan to defend his title against Masataka Taniguchi (11-2)  on February 26 at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. This will be the Filipino Saludar’s third overall fight taking place in Japan. The 28-year-old Saludar, 18-3 and undefeated since the summer of 2017, won the title last July when he defeated Ryuya Yamanaka. The fight extended Saludar’s win streak to four. source: wbo

Coming off a loss to Claressa Shields at middleweight, Hanna Gabriels will return to the junior middleweight division to defend her WBA championship against Australia's Sarah Dwyer, who is just 3-4-2 as a pro! Dwyer is coming off a draw and according to Boxrec, all three of her wins came against women who never won a pro boxing match! The Nicaraguan capital of Managua will host this match-up this weekend. Gabriels (18-2-1) has held the WBA 154-pound title since 2016 when she defeated the Uruguayan native Katia Alvarino. source: wba

Press Release: Matchroom Boxing Italy, Opi Since 82 and DAZN announced the second installment of their joint venture in Italy. DAZN will broadcast a night of boxing at the Superstudio in Milan on March 8th. Rozzano’s undefeated super middleweight Daniele Scardina (15-0, 14 KOs) takes on Finnish champion Henri Kekalainen (11-5, 5 KOs) in the main event. In the co-feature, Ukrainian welterweight Maxim Prodan (15-0, 14 KOs) meets former Belgium junior welterweight champion Steve Jamoye (25-6-2, 5 KOs) who moves up to 147 pounds.  In the evening’s third fight, Milan’s Vissia Trovato (12-1, 5 KOs) takes on Mexico’s Erika Cruz Hernandez (9-1, 3 KOs) at featherweight.

Press Release: Saturday’s welterweight oay-per-view bout  between Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner will be shown on Showtime this Saturday, January 26 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (new time from original announcement). In retaining his WBA regular title,  Pacquiao delivered a dominant performance to earn a unanimous decision victory over Broner last Saturday night in Las Vegas. The delayed telecast will be followed later that evening by the premiere of an epilogue of the fight that goes inside the ropes during the fight and reveals the aftermath.

Press Release: The January 26th undercard for Premier Boxing Champions' show at Brroklyn, New York's Barclays Center will include Florida welterweight Miguel Cruz (17-1, 11 KOs) against  Colombia's Luis Florez (24-11, 20 KOs) in a six or eight-round bout and Philadelphia's Stephen Fulton (14-0, 6 KOs) versus Colombia's Marlon Olea (13-3, 12 KOs) in an eight-round super bantamweight showdown. The event is headlined by the return of WBA welterweight super champion Keith Thurman defending against  Josesito Lopez on Fox and Fox Deportes action that begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

What's the latest and greatest? How's everything been going in camp? It's been great, really good. I'm ready to go on February 8th. I know my opponent Victor Ruiz [22-10] is a tough guy. He's a southpaw and he's not bad, he's a good fighter. I've seen a few clips on him. This is you sixth or seventh eight-round fight, when do you plan on graduating to tens? I'm comfortable doing ten rounds right now. I've been sparring ten rounds for a long time, but I'm comfortable either way. Whenever my team wants me to move up I will.

Janelson Figueroa Bocachica TKO2 Victor Abreu... On Saturday, Janelson Figueroa Bocachica ran his record to 13-0 as he notched his ninth stoppage, a three-minute blowout of Victor Abreu (9-5) in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Bocachica, a 20 year-old who resides in Detroit, returned to his native land of Puerto Rico, and started the fight very aggressively. He eventually dropped Abreu at the end of the first round with a right uppercut.  Although Abreu got up at the bell, he decided he didn't want anymore, and retired in the corner. It was the fourth straight time Abreu has been stopped early.

Vikas Krishnan TKO2 Steven Andrade... Two-Time Indian Olympian Vikas Krishan made a successful pro debut with a second-round stoppage of Steven Andrade (3-3) in a junior middleweight bout on Friday at The Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.  In round two, the high-volume punching Krishan broke down Andrade with fast combinations that causeed the referee to stop the bout at 2:31 of the 2nd stanza. Krishan is promoted by Top Rank. It was the third straight time Andrade has been stopped early. source for both results: split-t management

Press Release: British middleweight Felix Cash (10-0) hopes that defeating Nigeria’s Rasheed Abolaji (11-4-1) for the vacant Commonwealth belt at The O2 on February 2nd  will earn him a shot at the more prestigious British championhip currently held by Welshman Liam Williams.

Press Release: Norway's Hadi Srour (2-0, KOs) returns to the professional ring on March 2nd at the SØR Amfi in Arendal, Norway to face Hungarian junior welterweight  Zoltan Szabo (25-15, 11 KOs) on the undercard of Kai Robin Havnaa’s cruiserweight showdown with Rad Rashid. [It is a bit of a step-up fight for Srour, as his two opponents both had losing records].

Press Release: British super featherweight champion Sam Bowen (14-0) makes the first defense of his title against Ronnie Clark (21-4-2)  at Leicester, England's Morningside Arena on Saturday February 23rd, live on BT Sport. But Bowen seems more concerned with local rival Leon Woodstock (11-1) who fights on the same bill. Woodstock is coming off his first pro loss, against Archie Sharp in October.

Press Release: In Las Vegas last night, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao cruised to a comfortable unanimous decision over Adrien Broner by scores of 117-111 and 116-112 (twice). Afterwards, the 40 year-old Pacquaio said his illustrious career would continue: “I proved in my last fight against [Lucas] Matthysse and now I proved it again. The Manny Pacquiao journey will still continue,” Pacquiao said. Asked if he would like a rematch agsainst Floyd Mayweather (to whom he lost in a 2015 super fight), Pacquiao said he’d do it if Mayweather unretired. “Tell him to come back to the ring and we will fight,” Pacquaio said. “I’m willing to fight Floyd Mayweather again if he’s willing to come back to boxing.”

 

Press Release:  In Las Vegas, Staten Island, New York native Marcus Browne (23-0, 16 KOs) defeated a bloodied Badou Jack (22-2-3, 13 KOs) by unanimous decisio. Official scores were 119-108, 117-110, 116-111. Jack suffered a gruesome five-inch cut to his forehead after an accidental clash of heads in the seventh round of the fight.  The former Olympian Browne (pictured) said the butt did not affect the outcome of the fight. “He couldn’t find me before that [head butt],” said the 28-year-old Browne, who won the WBA interim light heavyweight title. “He couldn’t find me. I was just too sharp, too slick, too anything.  He was coming with his head all night.  He kept coming with his head.”

Dina Thorslund W10 Alesia Graf... Dina Thorslund (13-0, 6 KOs) defended her 122-pound title with a unanimous points decision against Alesia Graf (29-8, 13 KOs) last night at the Struer Energi Park in Denmark. Thorslund prevailed despite suffering a cut above her left eye following an accidental clash of heads in the seventh round. Official scores were 100-90 (twice) and 99-91.

Jesus Sanchez TKO5 Dennis Ceylan... On the same show, Spanish featherweight Jesus Sanchez (10-1) likely ended the career of Denmark's Dennis Ceylan by stopping him for for the second time in a year. Ceylan (19-3-2) said earlier in the week he would retire if he lost. source for all events: sauerland event

Nordine Oubaali UD12 Rau'Shee Warren: World class bantamweights and multiple time Olympians Rau'Shee Warren, 16-3 (4KO), and Nordine Oubaali, 15-0 (11KO), fought a high level boxing match for the vacant WBC title. Warren got off to a solid start and was able to work his jab well in the first half of the fight, but Oubaali made the necessary adjustments to ultimately prevail by unanimous decision. Many of the rounds were close, but Oubaali was clearly the stronger fighter down the stretch. Neither fighter was down, though Warren was visibly shaken in the closing moments of round seven. Boxingtalk scored it 116-112 for Oubaali.   Official scores were 115-113, 116-112, 117-111. Source: Showtime PPV

Hugo Ruiz UD10 Alberto Guevara: Hugo Ruiz improved to 39-4 (33KO) with a one sided victory over late replacement Alberto Guevara. Ruiz was able to knock Guevara, 27-4 (12KO), down once, but never really came close to finishing him off.  Official scores were 100-89 and 99-90 twice. Source: Showtime PPV.