By Dan Ambrose: WBC interim junior middleweight champion Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora takes a … read more
By Tim Royner: World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman says WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis ‘Superman’ Stevenson will be defending his title against interim WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk on December 1. This will be the first mandatory defense for the 40-year-old Stevenson in five years since his defense against Tony Bellew in 2013.
By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.’s first round knockout win last Saturday night against IBF mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo (22-1, 13 KOs) pulled in 683,000 viewers with a peak of 726,000 viwers on Showtime from the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. This was the third best boxing event on Showtime in 2018, behind WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder’s last fight against Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz last March and the Jessie Vargas vs. Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner.
By Eric Thomas: Errol Spence Jr. (24-0, 21 KOs) says he wanted to give the 12,600 fans that came to see him last Saturday night a real show by beating challenger Carlos Ocampo (22-1, 13 KOs) in an exciting show at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. However, the fight turned out to be a gross mismatch with Spence knocking out the 22-year-old Ocampo in the 1st round after hitting him with a hard body shot.
By Jeff Aranow: IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. already has his sights set on a title defense against Jessie Vargas for his next fight after stopping his IBF mandatory Carlos Ocampo in the 1st round last night at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Spence believes he’ll have a shot at facing the winner of the Danny Garcia vs. Shawn Porter fight in the first quarter of 2019. But in the meantime, he would like to defend against #4 IBF Jessie Vargas next.
By Allan Fox: Errol Spence Jr. (24-0, 21 KOs) took care of his IBF mandatory Carlos Ocampo (22-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night in stopping him in the 1st round, and he then immediately called out the winner of the Danny Garcia vs. Shawn Porter fight. This is obviously a fight that Spence has wanted for an awfully long time.
By Trevor McIntyre: IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. (25-0, 21 KOs) made the International Boxing Federation look bad tonight in stopping their IBF mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo (22-1, 13 KO) in the 1st round on Saturday night in a huge mismatch at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
By Jim Dower: IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs) sees it as no point in trying to impress anyone tonight when he defends his title against the unbeaten Carlos Ocampo (22-0, 13 KOs) when they face each other at The Ford in Frisco, Texas. Spence already sees himself as the best fighter in the welterweight division, and if anything, it’s the other fighters (Keith Thurman, Danny Garcia, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford and Lucas Matthysse – in the 147 lb. weight class that need to prove themselves as being in the same class as him.
By Chris Williams: Errol Spence Jr. will be fighting his IBF mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo tonight, and he says after that he wants to add two more titles to his collection before he looks to face WBO welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford in the final unification fight. What Spence (23-0, 20 KOs) might not be aware of is how difficult it’ll be for him to win the WBA and WBC titles, as getting fights against Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman, Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter could take many years.
By Dan Ambrose: IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs) weighed in at one-quarter pound under the welterweight limit at 146.75 pounds on Friday for his title defense against IBF mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo (22-0, 13 KOs) at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.