By Fernando Gaztambide, Photo by Bryan Quiles – Before a euphoric crowd at the Tomás Donés Coliseum of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Abimael ‘Hands of Stone’ Ortíz (6-0-1, 4 KOs) of Cidra, won by way of a sudden 5th round technical knockout over former Olympian Jantony Ortíz (8-1, 4 KOs) of Humacao, in a scheduled eight rounds fight at the super bantamweight division.
By Gav Duthie: Amir Khan’s new promoter Eddie Hearn has done a good job of garnering interest in who Khan might be fighting on his April 21 comeback fight in Liverpool. The Sky Sports and Matchroom promotions will be going head to head with Frampton-Donaire on BT and Eddie Hearn says Amir doesn’t want a tune up.
By Scott Gilfoid: Earlier today in London, England, Amir Khan announced the signing of an important 3-fight deal with British powerhouse promotional company Matchroom Sport. Khan’s first fight of his 3-fight contract with Matchroom will take place on April 21 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK.
By Dan Ambrose: Colombian knockout artist Breidis Prescott is predicting a sixth stoppage victory for WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in his fight against Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) on May 7. Prescott expects the 25-year-old Canelo to be too big and too strong for Khan to handle his power.
Prescott knows Khan well from having destroyed him in one round in their fight eight years ago in 2008. In that fight, Prescott dropped Khan hard with a left-right combination in the 1st round. When Khan got back to his feet, Prescott dropped him again and got a stoppage.
MIAMI (November 4, 2015) – 2008 Olympic Bronze medalist Kanat Islam (19-0, 16 KOs) and Miami’s Breidis Prescott (28-7, 21 KOs) enter the ring in separate undercard bouts on Saturday, November 7 from Miccosukee Resort and Gaming in Miami.
By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten #12 IBF welterweight contender Fredrick Lawson (24-0, 20 KOs) had to really struggle tonight to defeat 32-year-old Breidis Prescott (27-7, 20 KOs) by a 10 round split decision on Thursday night at the Hialeah Park Race Track in Miami, Florida.
By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like Amir Khan can pretty much forget all about getting a fight against WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr next year unless Khan takes care of his unfinished business with his two biggest blemishes on his resume in his knockout losses to Breidis Prescott and Danny Garcia.
Khan never did anything to avenge those losses, and instead he moved on without trying to rectify those glaring defeats. Mayweather is saying that Khan still has problems from the past that he’s not taken care of in those two fights.
Mayweather didn’t come right out and say he won’t fight Khan unless he avenges the defeats but you can pretty much read it as such.
By Dan Ambrose: In a battle of 2nd tier welterweights, Roberto Garcia (36-3, 23 KOs) survived a 9th round knockdown to defeat Breidis Prescott (27-6, 20 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former Amir Khan conqueror Breidis Prescott (27-5, 20 KOs) will be in action tonight against 34-year-old Roberto Garcia (35-3, 23 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Prescott, 31, weighed in on Thursday at 146.5 lbs. Garcia game in at 146.
By Jim Dower: Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KO’s) took a beating on Saturday night in getting out-boxed by Mike Alvarado (34-1, 23 KO’s) in losing by a 12 round unanimous decision at the at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rios hurt Alvarado early in the fight with a jab, but he was unable to finish him off. After that, Alvarado took control of the fight and was able to hurt Rios on several occasions with big right hands to the head in winning the fight by the scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 114-113.
Alvarado ended up with bad swelling around both eyes as well as a cut on the side of his left eye. Rios’ left eye was badly swollen.