On Wednesday at the Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne, Australia, former Heavyweight titlist Joseph Parker needed less than a round to get rid of Faiga Opelu, dropping and ultimately stopping his foe in the opening frame. A powerful flurry of shots forced Opelu to the canvas, forcing the referee to step in and wave the bout off at 1:29.
On Saturday at theManchester Arena in Manchester, England, and live on DAZN, Featherweight titlist Mauricio Lara will defend his gold from the man he took it from in Leigh Wood.
On Saturday at theSSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and live on ESPN, Luis Alberto Lopez will look to defend his Featherweight crown against hometown hero Michael Conlan.
Well, to say we had an eventful past weekend would be an understatement.
On Saturday, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, and live on ESPN pay-per-view, undisputed world Lightweight champion Devin Haney narrowly defeated former titlist Vasyl Lomachenko.
On Saturday at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, and live on DAZN, Chantelle Cameron retained her undisputed Jr. Welterweight championship of the world, handing the legendary Katie Taylor her first defeat in the process.
On Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, and live on ESPN pay-per-view, undisputed world Lightweight champion Devin Haney will take on former world champion Vasyl Lomachenko.
On Saturday, May 20, at the 3Arena in Dublin, and live on DAZN, undefeated Lightweight world champion Katie Taylor will move up and face undefeated Jr. Welterweight world champion Chantelle Cameron.
Fairly busy weekend of boxing on both sides of the pond, though I'm not really covering one of those shows here to be honest.
On Friday at the York Hall in London, England, and live on BT Sport, undefeated Ellis Zorro will take on veteran Hosea Burton.
Zorro, most recently, earned an eight round points decision over Dec Spelman. With the win, the 30-year-old Zorro improved to 15-0 with 6 stoppages.
