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Ex-titleholder Andy Ruiz cuts ties with trainer Manuel Robles

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Former WBO, IBO, WBA, IBF heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz has parted ways with head trainer Manny Robles.

Robles led Ruiz to one of the biggest upsets in the history of the heavyweight division, when the Mexican heavyweight stopped heavily favored Anthony Joshua in seven rounds to conquer the unified crown at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

But the December rematch was a complete tragedy.

After winning the first bout, Ruiz partied for two months. He started training camp way too late – and entered the rematch out of shape with a bloated 283.5-pounds on the scale.

He was unable to put his punches together, he was much slower in the ring, and all of that let Joshua to easily reclaim his titles with a lopsided twelve round decision.

Since that defeat, Robles had barely any contact from Ruiz.

So the veteran coach was not surprised when Ruiz’s father reached out on Wednesday night to advise him that his son was going in another direction.

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“I’ve seen it coming, I’ll be honest with you,” Robles said to Steve Kim of ESPN. “I’ve seen it coming during camp. I saw it coming, Andy was just doing whatever the hell he wanted to do. The dad, obviously with him being the manager, he just had no control over his son. None of us had control of him, for that matter.

As per Robles, he was told by Ruiz’s father that Al Haymon made the final decision for a trainer change. Ruiz is advised Haymon and fights under Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions banner.

“They apparently told them that they didn’t want the same thing to repeat itself, again,” Robles said. “It is what it is, I don’t know what to tell you. It’s not the first time it’s happened to me. I’m sure it’s not the first time it’s happened to other coaches. It happens time and time again. We always end up getting the short end of the stick. But it is what it is, you keep moving forward.”

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Rising star Garcia to face Fonseca on Feb. 14

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Golden Boy and DAZN will present a special night of boxing on Valentine’s Day as rising star Ryan Garcia (19-0, 16 KOs) defends his WBC Silver Lightweight Title in a 12-round fight versus rugged contender Francisco Fonseca (25-2-2, 19. KOs). The event takes place Friday, Feb. 14 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN.

“Golden Boy is proud to present the biggest rising talent in the sport of boxing,” said Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy. “Ryan Garcia silenced all the skeptics by knocking out a tough contender in Romero Duno, and he did it in just one spectacular round.

Garcia is a 21-year-old contender who has quickly developed into one of boxing’s most popular young athletes. After a decorated amateur career, Garcia debuted as a professional and later signed with Golden Boy in 2016.

Since then, he’s passed every tough test put in front of him, including victories versus “Ruthless” Romero Duno, Carlos “The Solution” Morales and Jason “La Maravilla” Velez. Now, he’ll look to put himself on the path towards the highest levels of the sport with a win at the same venue where Canelo Alvarez became world champion for a first time in 2011.

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On the other hand, Fonseca represents a recent wave of young talent from Managua, Nicaragua who have recently had much success in the sport.

With fighters such as Felix Alvarado and Rene Alvarado becoming world champions within the past 18 months, Fonseca feels inspired to build off that momentum and upset Garcia. The 25-year-old will return after a tough draw versus Alex Dilmaghani for a vacant title.

“Nicaraguan boxing is a the very top right now because we have two world champions representing us right now,” said Francisco Fonseca.

“That’s why I will not let my country down. When I face Ryan Garcia, I will expose him on his own territory, and I will deliver him his first professional victory. My manager Rosendo Alvarez and I have been waiting for. We’ve dreamed of fighting Ryan Garcia, and we have the antidote to defeat him.”

“From rising stars to crafty veterans, the lightweight division is poised for a huge year in 2020,” said Joseph Markowski, DAZN EVP, North America.

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Wilder- Fury rematch set for MGM Grand in Las Vegas

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The February 22 rematch between World Boxing Council heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, promoters stated on Saturday.

Top Rank and Premier Boxing Champions said tickets for the highly anticipated fight would go on sale on Saturday, now that the venue has been confirmed.

“I’m happy and I’m excited that the rematch is finally happening,” said Wilder, who will make his 11th title defense. The American is coming off a seventh-round knockout of Luis Ortiz on November 23 in Las Vegas, a win that saw him improve to 43-0.

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“I want to give the fans what they want to see. I’ve been doing it with my last three outings — Fury, (Dominic) Breazeale and Ortiz,” he said. “They’ve been spectacular events — from my ring walks, where I gather all the energy of the people, to my uniforms that I wear to help spread that energy. Then I give them what they all come for — the knockouts, and my knockouts have been amazing.”

Wilder and Fury fought to a split decision draw last December in Los Angeles.

Former world champion Fury was leading on the scorecards before he was knocked down by the American in the 12th round. The big Briton beat the count, but a second knockdown helped cost him a victory.

“I proved myself the first time and I’m ready to do it again,” Wilder said. “It was a very controversial fight. I promise my fans that there won’t be any controversy with this one. I’m going to finish it.”

Fury, who survived two severe cuts to defeat Otto Wallin by unanimous decision in September, said he was looking forward to taking care of “unfinished business” versus Wilder.

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Alvarez gives up WBO light heavyweight belt

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Canelo Alvarez knocked out Sergey Kovalev six weeks ago to acquire the WBO light heavyweight belt. Now, he’s vacating the title.

There are no shady dealings or wrongdoing. Alvarez is voluntarily relinquishing the title to comply with the World Boxing Organization’s rules, which prohibit champions like Alvarez from holding titles in multiple weight classes from other boxing organizations.

Since Alvarez currently holds the middleweight and secondary super middleweight titles with the World Boxing Association, he had to give up his light heavyweight belt with the WBO. Alvarez is getting something in return, though. 

According to ESPN, the WBO agreed to allow Alvarez to be the designated mandatory challenger to any WBO titleholder in any division he wants to fight in. So Alvarez doesn’t have any hard feelings about giving up the belt — in fact, he’s looking at it as an opportunity.

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“I know that my accomplishments in the ring have brought pride to my fans and my country,” Alvarez said in a statement, via ESPN. “I have long enjoyed my relationship with the WBO and appreciate all they do to preserve and enhance the sport of boxing. This agreement allows the WBO to have its light heavyweight title contested regularly and allows me to pursue bouts against the best opponents, regardless of weight class.”

Oscar De La Hoya, Alvarez’s promoter and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, was similarly positive about Alvarez’s future.

“We completely support the decision made by Canelo Alvarez and the WBO,” De La Hoya told ESPN. “Canelo made history by stopping Sergey Kovalev in impressive fashion to become a four-division world champion. Not only did he show that he is a real threat at 175 pounds, but he also demonstrated that he is fully capable of moving across several divisions to look for the most exciting fights for the fans.”

Alvarez, who is 29 years old and 53-1-2 with 36 KOs, has acquired belts in four divisions overall and in three different divisions over the past 12 months.

In December 2018 he knocked out Rocky Fielding to claim the super middleweight title while also being the reigning middleweight world champion.

Alvarez is set to fight again in May 2020, but has yet to decide between middleweight or super middleweight.

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Anthony Joshua wins rematch by unanimous decision

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Britain’s Anthony Joshua defeated Andy Ruiz Jr on a unanimous points decision in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to seize back the heavyweight world championship belts he lost to his Mexican-American opponent in a shock upset last June.

The Clash on the Dunes in Diriyah was for the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles and Joshua dictated the pace from the beginning with a measured approach that showed he had learned from the mistakes of the past.

Going into the 12th and final round, Ruiz needed a knockout to pull off another upset but it never came.

The judges scored the fight 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109 to the 30-year-old Briton.

“It was his night, man,” said Ruiz as his six-month reign came to an end, calling also for a third encounter that Joshua seemed to welcome. “If you heard, we’re going to do it a third,” said the taller and more athletic Briton.

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California-based Ruiz had stopped the previously undefeated champion in the seventh round at New York’s Madison Square Garden last June.

Joshua described that shock defeat, to a flabby-looking opponent drafted in as a late replacement, as no more than a ‘minor setback’ and he was happy to make light of it again in victory.

“Man, the first time was so nice, I had to do it twice,” he told the crowd.

“I’m used to knocking guys out but last time I realised ‘hang on a minute, I hurt the man and I got caught coming in’.

“I gave the man his credit. I said to myself I’m going to correct myself and come again.” Another loss in the early hours of Satuday would have sent the 2012 Olympic super-heavyweight champion’s career into freefall, with some saying already after the last fight that the Briton was finished.

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Deontay Wilder KO´s Luis Ortiz in heavywaight rematch

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Undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s power is nothing short of legendary, which Luis Ortiz found out for the second time on Saturday.

Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) broke open a one-sided fight in which he was being outboxed in Round 7 with one straight right hand that finished Ortiz via devastating knockout in their pay-per-view rematch at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The 34-year-old Wilder made the 10th defense of the title he won in 2015 and kept alive plans for a February 2020 rematch versus undefeated lineal champion Tyson Fury by scoring a second stoppage beat over the often avoided Ortiz (31-2, 26 KOs).

A single right cross from Wilder split the guard of Ortiz and dropped him against the ropes.

Ortiz was able to crawl to his knees and rose at the count of 10 as referee Kenny Bayless waved off the fight at 2:51 after looking into Ortiz’s eyes.

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“You can see why no other heavyweight wants to fight Ortiz,” Wilder said. “He’s very crafty in the ring and he moves strategically. I had to play around with him and measure him in certain places. I had to go back and go forward. My intellect is very high although I don’t get credit for it. I finally found my measurement and I took the shot and I hurt him.”

Wilder, 34, was thought to have taken an unnecessary opportunity by accepting a rematch against such a dangerous contender when he didn’t need to, especially with the Fury fight signed and only three months away.

The 40-year-old Ortiz nearly finished Wilder in Round 7 of their first fight in March 2018 before Wilder rallied to finish him.

“Ortiz is one of the best in the world and that’s why I gave him this opportunity,” Wilder said. Wilder found more success in the two rounds leading up to the stoppage and picked his spots for landing the perfect blow. He’s also the sixth heavyweight champion to make at least 10 title defenses.

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Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz ready for the weekend

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World heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder defends his WBC title in a rematch versus Luis Ortiz in Las Vegas this weekend. 

The undefeated American came within seconds of being stopped by the Cuban veteran in the pair’s first bout before rallying to win via TKO.

Wilder has since knocked out Dominic Breazeale and then retained his belt in a controversial draw versus Tyson Fury. 

If Wilder defeats Ortiz, he’s expected to rematch Fury in February. 

If the Cuban known as King Kong goes one mighty blow better than in their first fight, Wilder will have thrown away at least one, possibly two, massively enriching rematches versus Tyson Fury, as well as the prospect of a one hundred million dollar mega-fight versus Anthony Joshua.

‘Some people think I got a lucky escape and I want to prove that wrong. But also because Luis has spent his career being denied opportunities by the other top heavyweights. And still is. So I want to give him, at 40, this present of a last opportunity of a big pay-night.’ says Wilder.

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Now Wilder has to avoid anything resembling the seventh round of his first fight against Ortiz, in which he was stunned by a monstrous left hook and somehow staggered through a storm of punches long enough to be saved by the bell.

It will calm a lot of frayed nerves in this business if Wilder connects first and early with his freakish KO power. That would clinch his deal for a February 22 rematch with Fury.

Next, on December 7 in Saudi Arabia, the tension will be even greater as Joshua strives to regain the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring magazine belts ripped from him by Andy Ruiz Jnr in that New York upset of this century… so far.

Wilder is a firm 1-7 on for a second victory over Ortiz, who is offered at 9-2. Fury has his own typically different evaluation of the odds: ‘Ruiz to win again, one million per cent.’

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Manny Pacquiao planning to return to ring in 2020

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Welterweight world titlist Manny Pacquiao plans to be back in the ring in the first third of 2020.

Pacquiao, who serves as a senator his native Philippines, will next fight in “in late March or April” in the United States, said Sean Gibbons, the president of MP Promotions and a longtime close adviser to the eight-division world champion.

Gibbons also said that the two rivals on the short list for Pacquiao to face are former welterweight and junior welterweight world titlist Danny Garcia and the unrelated Mikey Garcia, who has acquired world titles in four weight classes. All three of them fight under the Premier Boxing Champions umbrella.

Danny Garcia (35-2, 21 KOs), 31, of Philadelphia, rebounded from a closely contested decision defeat to Shawn Porter for a vacant welterweight title in September 2018 to win his last fight, a seventh-round knockout of Adrian Granados on April 20 in Carson, California.

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Mikey Garcia (39-1, 30 KOs), who has won belts from featherweight to junior welterweight, moved up in weight to challenge welterweight world titlist Errol Spence Jr. on March 16 in a major pay-per-view fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in an attempt to win a belt in a fifth weight division but suffered a shutout decision defeat and has not boxed since.

Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs), 40, is coming off a remarkable decision victory over Keith Thurma.

A man 10 years his junior, whom he knocked down in the first round en route to taking his title July 20 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao has won three fights in a row, all between July 2018 and the Thurman fight, since returning from a year layoff following a highly controversial decision defeat to Jeff Horn that cost him a welterweight title in Horn’s hometown of Brisbane, Australia in July 2017.

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Canelo stops Kovalev to win historic title

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Canelo stops Kovalev to win historic title

Canelo Alvarez used a big punch to defeat a big fighter. Alvarez landed a left-right late in the 11th round Saturday night, dropping Sergey Kovalev to the canvas and finishing their light heavyweight title fight. Kovalev was left on his knees, his arms draped over the middle ring rope as the fight was stopped at 2:15 of the round.

It was a dramatic end for a fight that had little drama up to the knockdown. Kovalev was more than holding his own late in the fight and hadn’t been hurt when Alvarez landed the left followed by a right.

The Mexican great, who moved up two weight classes, acquired his fourth title in as many weights.

He celebrated by kissing the glove on his right hand as Kovalev’s handlers jumped into the ring to see if their fighter was OK.

Both fighters fought cautiously for the most part, with Kovalev content to use his jab from long distance and Alvarez looking to land hooks to the body. The fans at the MGM Grand booed on several occasions, unhappy with the lack of action.

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Both fighters fought cautiously for the most part, with Kovalev content to use his jab from long distance and Alvarez looking to land hooks to the body. The fans at the MGM Grand booed on several occasions, unhappy with the lack of action.

Alvarez was a 4-1 favorite despite moving up two weight classes to fight for a piece of Kovalev’s 175-pound title. He took the fight versus Kovalev rather than a third fight with Gennadiy Golovkin as part of a $365 million deal he signed with the streaming service DAZN.

Both fighters took naps in their dressing rooms as they waited some 90 minutes from the last undercard bout before entering the ring. The delay was for DAZN, which wanted to wait until the UFC card in New York was over before the fight began. Fans at the MGM Grand arena watched the UFC main event on big screens in the arena while the fighters waited.

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Antoine Douglas vs. Les Sherrington

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When: Friday, November 6 at 10 p.m. ET

Where: The D Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Antoine Douglas (18-0-1. 8 KOs), a world-ranked rising middleweight prospect, will put his undefeated record on the line against veteran Les Sherrington (35-7, 20 KOs) in a 10-round bout for the WBA and WBO International titles, on Friday, Nov. 6, at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC), across from the D Las Vegas in iconic Downtown Las Vegas.

Antoine’s fifth ShoBox appearance will tie him with eight other fighters for second place on the all-time list (the ShoBox appearance record is held by Chris Avalos with six appearances). All of the fighters with five or more ShoBox appearances went on to challenge for a world title, five triumphed –Andre Ward, Ishe Smith, Robert Guerrero, Kendall Holt and Badou Jack—and three fell short –Avalos, Mike Arnaoutis and Sechew Powell. A sixth five-time Shobox participant, Lateef Kayode, is scheduled to challenge WBA Cruiserweight World Champion Denis Lebedec on Nov. 4.

Douglas, of Burke, Va., is the WBA’s ninth-ranked contender. He will enter the 10-round bout for the WBA and WBO International 160-pound titles with a record of 18-0-1, 12 KOs. Australia’s Sherrington, the WBA’s No. 12th-rated contender, is 35-7, 30 KOs.

Douglas, 23, has been impressive in four consecutive victories since he boxed a draw with former world title challenger Michel Soro in an eight-rounder that was part of the 200th ShoBox telecast on July 25, 2014. Douglas has won his last two starts by knockout: on July 17, a third-round TKO over Istvan Szili and on March 13, a sixth-round TKO over Thomas LaManna.

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Sherrington of Burleigh, Gold Coast, Australia, will be fighting outside of his native land for the first time in this, his U.S. and 2015 debuts. He’s won two in a row and is 8-1 in his last nine fights, the loss coming to former IBF World Middleweight Champion Soliman in December 2013.

Since the bitter defeat to Soliman that knocked him out of the world rankings, Sherrington has been looking to redeem himself in a major matchup in a major stage. This is his opportunity.

The well-conditioned 6-foot, 33-year-old Sherrington turned his career around after losing his pro debut in April 2002 and going 4-3 in his first seven starts. Since March 2006, he’s 25-3 while winning several minor titles. In his last start on Dec. 2014 he captured the WBA Oceania Middleweight Title with a shutout 10-round decision over Samir Santos Barbosa.

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Douglas

In an exemplary performance, Douglas walked through Istvan Szili in three rounds. The 23-year-old’s speed, power and punching accuracy proved to be too much as he dropped Szili three times before securing the victory. The win was Douglas’ fourth straight since his majority draw with Michel Soro in July 2014.

The KO was his second straight and third in the last four fights.

 

Sherrington

Sherrington has been around the block a few times. The 33-year-old from Australia has bee a pro since 2002. In his last fight, he won a lopsided unanimous decision over Samir Santos Barbosa. Sherringtondominated the fight, but then again, he should have considering Barbosa has a record of just 36-13-3.

Sherrington hasn’t faced top-notch competition throughout much of his career. The most recognizable name on his resume is Sam Soliman, but Sherrington lost that fight via ninth-round TKO. He might be battling some ring rust since his last bout took place almost a year ago.

Aside from that, Douglas is the most skilled young fighter Sherringtonhas ever faced. To a degree, simply going the distance would be an accomplishment for the Aussie.

 

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