By Gav Duthie: On the 21st June, 2014 California hosts the comeback fights of ex world champions Devon Alexander 25-2 (14) and forgotten Welterweight Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero 31-2-1 (18). Although these two will share the same ring they won’t be fighting each other as they ease their way back to top level action on the undercard of Gary Russell Jnr 24-0 (14) v Vasyl Lomachenko 1-1 (1).
A fight between the two would have been of decent interest but its fair to say they both have stern challenges in front of them and can’t afford to be complacent. Devon takes on Jesus Soto Karass 28-9-3 (18) whilst The Ghost entertains Yoshihiro Kamegai 24-1-1 (21). Devon is coming off a lost to Shawn Porter at the back end of last year whilst Guerrero has been out for 13 months since his loss to Floyd Mayweather. Its hard to say who has the bigger test here. Obviously statistically Kamegai looks better but Karass has been fighting top level fighters for quite some time now and surprised a few.
By Dan Ambrose: The undercasrd of the June 21st fight between Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Gary Russell Jr. will have two fights that could wind up being far better fights than that one in welterweight Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) fighting slugger Yoshihiro Kamegai (24-1-1, 21 KO’s) and former two division world champion Devon Alexander (25-2, 14 KO’s) fighting Jesus Soto Karass (28-9-3, 18 KO’s) in a 50/50 fight on Showtime at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
By Dan Ambrose: Interim WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (22-0, 20 KO’s) demolished #6 WBA Jesus Soto Karass (28-9-3, 18 KO’s) by a 9th round TKO last night at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. While it was a decent performance from Thurman, it probably wasn’t an impressive enough fight for him to get a title shot against newly crowned WBA champion Marcos Maidana yet.
By Eric Thomas: Keith Thurman (21-0, 19 KO’s) is hoping to put in a good performance tonight to justify him being mentioned among the top names in the sport like Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Thurman, 25, will be defending his interim WBA 147 lb. title against an opponent that he feels isn’t in the same league as him in Jesus Soto Karass (28-8-3, 18 KO’s).
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Sevak Sarkisian: As most fight fans already know, Keith Thurman (21-0-19Ko’s) will be facing tuff Mexican veteran Jesus Sotto Karass (28-8-18Ko’s) this Saturday. The bout will be the co-future for the Broner v Maidana card in San Antonio Texas and will be televised live on Showtime.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman (21-0, 19 KO’s) sees his fight this Saturday night against Jesus Soto Karass (28-8-3, 18 KO’s) as a showcase fight for him to display his skills to fans across the United States in this Showtime televised fight at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Allan Fox: WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner might be on borrowed time as the WBA 147 lb. champion because the interim belt holder Keith Thurman (21-0, 19 KO’s) is focused on going after Broner’s title in 2014. As the interim champion, Thurman is poised to fight for Broner’s belt, and it’s going to make it interesting for Broner and for Golden Boy Promotions in 2014 to see what they do to avoid the fight.
By Dan Ambrose: Interim WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (21-0, 19 KO’s) sees his December 14th clash against #10 WBA Jesus Soto Karass (28-8-3, 18 KO’s) as a building block to get him closer to a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer sees Mayweather-Thurman as the only fight to make for Thurman if he keeps winning.
Golden Boy promotions last grand event “The One” didn’t live up to hype and the action didn’t play as we expected. Although others may have different opinions, that’s what I thought of the event. Golden Boy had yet to release news regarding their future events and they surprised me and I’m sure many hardcore boxing fans with 2 stacked cards for December of this year.
By Allan Fox: Paulie Malignaggi (32-5, 7 KO’s) will be facing Zab Judah (42-8, 29 KO’s) on December 7th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, according to Showtime’s Al Bernstein. On the undercard will be welterweights Keith Thurman vs. Jesus Soto Karass. There’s no word about Amir Khan battling Devon Alexander, so you have to assume that we won’t be seeing that fight any time soon.