Golden Boy Promotions presents its first “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” event of 2012 with co-headlining fights featuring Ronny Rios (16-0, 7KOs) vs. Jeremy McLaurin (9-2, 5KOs) in the super featherweight division and Alejandro Perez (15-3-1, 10KOs) vs. Derrick Wilson (9-2-2, 3KOs) in the featherweight division. Both eight-round bouts will be aired on the TeleFutura broadcast at 11pm … [Read more...]
Olusegun wins WBC eliminator, beats Chebah; The rest of Friday’s action
Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California-- Nigeria's Ajose Olusegun (30-0, 14 KOs) won a unanimous 12-round decision over French-Canadian, Ali Chebah (35-2, 28 KOs) in a WBC 140 lb. eliminator for a shot at Erik Morales' belt. The judges scorecards read: 119-107, 119-107, and 120-106, all in favor of Olusegun. Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, California-- … [Read more...]
Khan stops Judah in Five; Undercard Results from Las Vegas
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada-- In a jr. welterweight title unification bout, the UK's Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KOs) retained his own WBA title and added veteran Zab Judah's (41-7, 28 KOs) IBF strap via fifth round knockout. The 24-year-old Khan was in command throughout the bout-- too big, too strong, and even too quick for the 33-year-old Judah. By the third … [Read more...]
Kirkland, Quillin, Russell round out Khan-Judah undercard
Three interesting fighters in three uninteresting bouts will be featured on the undercard of the Amir Khan-Zab Judah WBA/IBF jr. welterweight unification bout Saturday night in Las Vegas. Peter Quillin (24-0, 18 KOs) will face journeyman, Jason LeHoullier (21-5-1, 8 KOs) in a scheduled 10-rounder. LeHoullier is 0-5-1 in his last six and hasn't won a bout since March, … [Read more...]