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By Gerardo Granados: Brandon Rios was unable to make the 135 pounds lightweight limit, got stripped from his belt and then got a gift from the fight judges. But this is not new in pro boxing; can the reader recall any recent bad fight judge´s decisions?

By Jim Dower: Undefeated super featherweight Ronny Rios (18-0, 8 KO’s) defeated Guillermo Sanchez (13-6-1, 5 KO’s) by an eight round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Phoenix Club, in Anaheim, California, United States. The final judges’ scores were 80-72, 80-72 and 80-72.

By Jim Dower: 33-year-old EBU light middleweight champion Lukas Konecny (48-3, 23 KO’s) defeated Frances’ Salim Larbi (17-2-1, 4 KO’s) by a 7th round TKO on Thursday night to capture the interim WBO light middleweight title at the Vodova Arena, Brno, Czech Republic. Konecny flattened Larbi in the 7th. The fight was then halted by referee Andre Van Grootenbruel.

By Sean McDaniel: Barry McQuigan has been after British super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (24-0, 17 KO’s) trying to get a fight between him and his fighter Commonwealth super bantanweight champion Carl Frampton (13-0, 9 KO’s). However, instead of agreeing to fight Frampton for his next fight, Quigg will be facing Rendall Monroe (24-2, 10 KO’s) on June 16th at the Velodrome, in Manchester, UK.

By Jim Dower: NABF lightweight champion Hank Lundy (22-1-1, 11 KO’s) got by Dannie Williams (21-2, 17 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Foxwoods Resort, in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The final judges’ scores were 97-92, 97-92, 98-91. Lundy was knocked down in the 1st from a flash knockdown with his glove making contact.

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten super middleweight contender Tommy Oosthuizen (18-0, 13 KO’s) will be facing Marcus Johnson (21-1, 15 KO’s) on April 27th at the Buffalo Run Casino, in Miami, Oklahoma. Oosthuizen, 23, will be defending his International Boxing Organization title in the fight against the 26-year-old Johnson.

By Gerardo Granados: Love it or hate it but it is what it is, isn’t it? A friend of mine thinks that a paper title champion can avoid the mandatory challenger forever. He told me that there is one legit contender who has been avoided for a year now, that the contender is currently the number one ranked by two major boxing organizations and by one he is been the mandatory challenger for almost a full year now.

By William Mackay: Having just finished putting unbeaten welterweight contender in with fringe contender Matthew Hatton for yet another easy win for Brook, Eddie Hearn, the promoter for Brook, says he’s ready to find another “Top name” to put in with Brook in his next fight on July 7th in at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.

By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (45-2, 28 KO’s) badly bruised his left hand in his 10 round unanimous decision victory over 2nd tier heavyweight Nagy Aguilera (17-7, 12 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York. Adamek said he landed a shot with his left early in the fight that immediately caused him a lot of pain.

By Eric Thomas: Making his fourth fight of his still developing career unbeaten Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson (4-0, 3 KO’s) scored a 4th round knockout on Saturday night over Brian Green (0-1) at the O’Reilly Center, in Springfield, Missouri.