By LITO DELOS REYES JAPANESE challenger Daigo Higa knocked out Ardin “The Jackal” Diale of the Philippines to become the new Orient Pacifiic Boxing Federation (OPBF) flyweight champion on Saturday night at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The undefeated Higa stopped Diale in 2:39 of the fourth round to […]
Ruiz and Diaz battle to a draw
BOXING NEWS-By Fightnews.com Photos: Pablo Lozano/Prensa All Star Boxing Inc & Producciones Deportivas WBO #11 rated super featherweight Carlos “Fino” Ruiz (15-2-1, 5 KOs) and Sebastian Diaz (12-2-1, 10 KOs) battled to a controversial ten round draw on Friday at the Plaza Condesa Auditorium in Mexico City. Diaz seemed […]
WBA Championships Committee Mandatories
WBAnews By Robert Ecksel If the fighters cannot reach an agreement within the next 30 days, the WBA will issue a call for a purse bid. This week the WBA Championships Committee ordered has mandatory title fights in the bantamweight, super featherweight and super lightweight divisions. On June 28, […]
LAST CHANCE FOR CHRIS ARREOLA
By WBCnews Mexican-American Chris Arreola (36-4-1, 31 KOs) will have a third chance to become world champion when on July 16th he fights World Boxing Council heavyweight supremo Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs). Arreola has lost two previous title fights, both clearly. ‘Nightmare’ was first defeated by Vitali Klitschko in […]
UFC fighter tests positive for meldonium, but remains on card
Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images Daniel Omielanczuk was flagged by USADA for Meldonium just two weeks out from his heavyweight bout against Oleksiy Oliynyk, but the UFC won’t be scrapping the fight. By Zane Simon @TheZaneSimon Sometimes guidelines have to change. That seems to be that line USADA is […]