By Eric Baldwin: #1 WBA Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16 KOs) will be facing undefeated WBA junior middleweight champion Jack Culcay (22-1, 11 KOs) on November 5 at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany.
Andrade, 28, is going to be going into foreign territory to fight the German based 31-year-old Culcay, and he may need a knockout in order to leave the Arena with Culcay’s title in his possession. It’s still unclear which television network will show the Andrade vs. Culcay fight if any.
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, U.S.A. – On Saturday night, November 5, 2016, twenty-eight year old professional boxer Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (Providence, Rhode Island/Pro record: 23-0-0, with 16 KOs) plans to win his second world title at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany against WBA World Super Welterweight Champion, Jack “Golden Jack” Culcay (Germany by way of Ecuador/ pro record: 22-1-0, with 11 KOs).
Andrade-Culcay is scheduled for twelve rounds on the fight card promoted by Sauerland Events, A-Team Promotions, Banner Promotions, and Star Boxing, with television to be determined. Andrade is a former WBO world champion in the light middleweight division. He last fought on June 11, 2016, when he defeated Willie Nelson by TKO on SHOWTIME.
In response to the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) September 2016 Quarterly Report, twenty-eight year old professional boxer, Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (Providence, Rhode Island/pro record: 23-0, 16 KOs) has questions about his current status as it relates to his participation in the WBC Super Welterweight Division Tournament. A-Team Promotions understands that the boxers involved in the tournament will be able to interact with the WBC Board of Governors at the WBC’s 54th Annual Convention Meetings, to be held at The Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida, December 11-17, 2016, to ensure their continued participation in this tournament.
Twenty-eight year old professional boxer, Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (Providence, Rhode Island/pro record: 23-0, 16 KOs), is a former WBO Light Middleweight Champion and a 2008 Olympian. He last fought on June 11, 2016, in a Showtime televised appearance against tough title contender, Willie Nelson. In that fight, Andrade dominated Nelson with varied punch combinations, dropped him four times, and won by technical knockout at 1:38 of Round 12. In the past, Andrade’s boxing abilities created difficulties in finding elite opponents to fight him. After dominating Nelson, the question must be asked: Is Andrade now the most feared boxer in the super welterweight division?
By Patrick McHugh: Former 154lb champion Demetrius Andrade is calling out Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to fight him now that he’s the WBO junior middleweight champion after his 9th round knockout win over Liam “Beefy” Smith on September 17. The unbeaten Andrade (23-0, 16 KOs) is the number one challenger for the WBO 154lb belt that Canelo now holds, and he wants to fight him to prove that he’s the better fighter of the two.
Canelo is now talking about moving up in weight to challenge the best fighters in the 160lb division despite the fact that you can argue that he failed to fight the best guys at 154 like Andrade, Julian Williams and the Charlo brothers.
By Patrick McHugh: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez just captured the WBO junior middleweight title last Saturday night in defeating the obscure WBO 154lb belt holder Liam “Beefy” Smith in a fight that believe it or not was televised on HBO pay-per-view. It was an awful fight that few boxing fans wanted to see, and fewer likely wanted to pay for. But now that Canelo has the WBO 154lb title in his possession, he’s in the cross-hairs of the talented 2008 U.S Olympian and former WBO 154lb champion Demetrius (23-0, 16 KOs), who would like nothing better than to get the Golden Boy promoted Canelo inside the ring to pluck him clean in a Mayweather-esque fashion.
What was surprising – or not so surprising – was how Canelo immediately was talking about his fight last Saturday being his last one at 154. In other words, Canelo will be moving up in weight to start campaigning as a middleweight.
By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten #1 WBC 154lb contender Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16 KOs) says he would like to fight boxing’s cash cow Saul “Canelo” Alvarez next if he could get that fight. That’s not likely to happen though, because Andrade doesn’t fit category of the opposition that Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions are matching him against nowadays.
They’re putting him in with smaller guys than himself, and/or fighters with decent talent but not super high quality opposition. Andrade understands why Canelo is being matched so carefully by Golden Boy’s head honcho Oscar De La Hoya. Andrade sees it as a business move by De La Hoya and Golden Boy in putting Canelo in with guys that he can surely beat so that the money can keep rolling in.
(Photo credit Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Jeff Aranow: Unbeaten Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16 KOs) put himself in position for a world title shot last Saturday night with his 12th round knockout win over contender Willie Nelson (25-3-1, 15 KOs) at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York. Andrade is now the second mandatory challenger to WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo.
However, Andrade’s title shot against the 26-year-old Charlo will not be coming soon, because he has another mandatory to get out of the way first against #2 WBC Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 KOs) first before he can get to Andrade, according to Dan Rafael.
(Photo credit Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Jim Dower: Former WBO junior middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16 Kos) gave the badly over-matched #7 WBO, #8 IBF, #10 WBC contender Willie Nelson (25-3-1, 15 KOs) a boxing lesson tonight in knocking him down four times in the process of stopping him in the 12th round in their WBC 154lb title eliminator at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.
(Photo credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Patrick McHugh: Former WBO light welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs) successfully made weight on Friday for his 12 round fight against the hard hitting slugger John Molina Jr. (28-6, 23 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York.
Provodnikov weighed in right at the light welterweight limit at 140 pounds. Molina came in at 140lbs as well. This is a decent main event fight. It’s not great but it’ll be entertaining.