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Leo Santa Cruz (30-0-1, 17 KOs) will fight Abner Mares (29-1-1, 15 KOs) in a featherweight bout on August 29 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The two Mexican, Southern California-based fighters have both been in exciting fights and won world titles in multiple divisions but recently have been in need of better opposition – until now.
Santa Cruz, a former IBF bantamweight champion and a reigning WBC super bantamweight champion, has made several title defences against mediocre challengers…

British super middleweight George Groves (21-2, 16 KOs) will challenge WBC champion Badou Jack (19-1-1, 12 KOs) on August 22 in Las Vegas.
Jack, 31, a native of Sweden who now resides in Las Vegas, will make his first world title defence after dethroning Anthony Dirrell on points in April.
Groves, 27, who will be getting his third shot at a 168-pound world title, has won his last two outings since he was stopped twice by countryman Carl Froch in his previous world title attempts.
Groves’…

Floyd Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) has officially been stripped of the WBO welterweight title.
Mayweather, who also holds the WBC and WBA titles in both the welterweight and light middleweight divisions, claimed the first WBO title of his career when he outpointed Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in a 147-pound unification fight.
The WBO gave Mayweather a deadline to meet its criteria for a champion, including making a payment of $200,000 from his Pacquiao purse and giving up his WBC and WBA…

World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 54 KOs) will fight Britain’s Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) on October 24 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
“We’re very happy to reach an agreement with Hennessy Sports for this great heavyweight title matchup,” said Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, promoter of Klitschko.
WBA, IBF and WBO champion Klitschko, 39, has not lost for 11 years and will make his 19th defence against the unbeaten challenger.
The 26-year-old Fury has looked in dominant form in his…

Mickey Bey (21-1, 10 KOs) has vacated the IBF lightweight title instead of facing mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov (35-1-1, 19 KOs) in Macau, China on July 18.
The American claimed the belt by a controversial split decision against Miguel Vazquez last September on the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana II undercard.
However, Bey has never defended the title. He was scheduled to face Shafikov in April but he turned down the purse offered and the bout was canceled.
Then Shafikov’s promoter Top…

Mickey Bey (21-1, 10 KOs) has vacated the IBF lightweight title instead of facing mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov (35-1-1, 19 KOs) in Macau, China on July 18.
The American claimed the belt by a controversial split decision against Miguel Vazquez last September on the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana II undercard.
However, Bey has never defended the title. He was scheduled to face Shafikov in April but he turned down the purse offered and the bout was canceled.
Then Shafikov’s promoter Top…

IBF flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng (16-0, 5 K0s) outpointed challenger John Riel Casimero (21-3, 13 KOs) of the Philippines on Saturday night at the Indoor Stadium at the National Sport Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
It was a dirty fight with lots of wrestling and takedowns.
Thailand’s Ruenroeng scored knockdowns in second and seventh. Casimero appeared to knock Ruenroeng down in the third but the referee ruled it a slip.
After holding and shoving throughout, Ruenroeng was finally deducted a…

George Groves has suffered a minor head injury in a boating accident during his training camp with the Royal Marines ahead of his world title fight against WBC champion Badou Jack.
Groves was at Plymouth Sound when the incident occurred on Monday afternoon and the Londoner was taken to hospital for treatment before being released.
Groves is preparing for his third world title fight and has won his last two fights against Christopher Rebrasse and Dennis Douglin following back-to-back stoppage…

David Lemieux (34-2 31 KOs) outpointed Hassan N’Dam (31-2 18 KOs) to capture the vacant IBF middleweight title on Saturday night at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Canada’s Lemieux knocked down Frenchman N’Dam four times en route to winning a unanimous decision by scores of 115-109, 115-109, and 114-110.
Lemieux displayed his punching power throughout the bout, and knocked N’Dam down with a hard left hook in the second round. Then he sent his opponent to the canvas twice in the…

World super middleweight champion Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) returned to the ring in dominant fashion with a 9th-round stoppage of Britain’s Paul Smith (35-6, 20 KOs) on Saturday night in his hometown of Oakland at the Oracle Arena.
Ward, who was fighting for the first time in 19 months due to a protracted legal dispute with his former promoter, the late Dan Goosen, dominated from the start before the former British champion’s corner threw in the towel.
The non-title fight was scheduled for a…