The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has scheduled an Aug. 9 purse bid for a proposed fight between flyweight titleholder Anthony Olascuaga and former titleholder Jonathan “La Bomba” Gonzalez. Olascuaga (7-1, 5 KOs) secured the vacant title in July by defeating Riku Kano in the three rounds in Japan....

WBO orders purse bids for Anthony Olascuaga-Jonathan Gonzalez

Ryan Rozicki is scheduled to finally challenge cruiserweight titleholder Noel Mikaelian on Sept. 28 at Casino Miami. Mikaelian (27-2, 12 KOs), from Yerevan, Armenia, and fighting out of Miami, was originally scheduled to defend his world title against Canada’s Rozicki (20-1, 19 KOs) on June 7, but the fight was postponed due to a cut Mikaelian suffered in training.

Ryan Rozicki 'can't wait' for Sept. 28 to challenge Noel Mikaelian

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Here are your options to watch Serhii Bohachuk vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr., including the live stream and start time for the fight on Saturday in Las Vegas.

How to watch Bohachuk vs. Ortiz Jr.: Fight card details, start time & more for 2024 boxing fight

Ahead of Saturday’s super middleweight fight between Vergil Ortiz and Serheii Bohachuk, both fighters appeared at a final press conference to discuss their impending battle with prospects of an even bigger fight on the horizon. Neither Ortiz nor Bohachuk are known to be big talkers so much of what...

‘I don’t think there’s going to be a feeling out round’: Vergil Ortiz expects early action in fight with Serheii Bohachuk

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Serhii Bohachuk will defend his interim title against the undefeated Vergil Ortiz Jr. in a super welterweight bout this weekend on August 10. The fight, which will take place at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, headlines an event featuring 11 exciting bouts. The undercard is stacked with talented fighters, ensuring an action-packed night for boxing fans.

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LAS VEGAS — There’s been plenty of talk about who Vergil Ortiz could face if he defeats Serhii Bohachuk this Saturday. Ortiz’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, said on Wednesday that he wants Ortiz vs. Terence Crawford in the first quarter of 2025. And on Thursday, De La Hoya raised the idea of Ortiz taking on Tim Tszyu later this year.

Promoter: Serhii Bohachuk is being overlooked by Vergil Ortiz’s side

As Vergil Ortiz Jr. readies to take on Serhii Bohachuk for an interim junior middleweight title in a headline fight Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, it’s impossible not to address the elephant in the room. In this case, that elephant looks a lot...

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LAS VEGAS — Unified super welterweight world champion Sebastian Fundora remains poised to compete in big fight after big fight. The 26-year-old fighter, who is 6-foot-6 and 154 pounds, rebounded from a seventh-round knockout loss to Brian Mendoza by defeating Tim Tszyu by split decision in a bloody barnburner earlier this year.

Sebastian Fundora lines up Crawford, Spence, or Tszyu rematch

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Former child starJohnny Crawford was born on March 26, 1946, in Los Angeles, California, where he died tragically on April 29, 2021, from Alzheimer's disease and after contracting COVID-19. The talented actor was best known for his work on the classic TV family-geared Western, The Rifleman, starring Chuck Conners.

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He was born on April 2, 1949, in New Haven, Connecticut, and died of a heart attack at only 63 on August 14, 2012, in Palm Beach Gardens. His birth name was Ronald Gabriel Paolillo, but his stage name was Ron Palillo who was best known as Arnold Dingfelder Horshack on TV's hit 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter.

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Kate Jackson began her acting career as a silent ghost on TV's classic 1960s gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows but remains alive and well years after two horrific battles with breast cancer. Jackson went on to small screen prime-time stardom on police/detective/crime drama/comedies like The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and more. This is her triumphant story.

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Vergil Ortiz Jr. and WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk weighed 153.8 lbs for their twelve-round headliner on Saturday, August 10, at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) makes his first defense of his interim WBC 154-lb title, which he captured on March 30th,...

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Tim Tszyu is confident he and his team will be able to iron out any perceived differences with powerbroker Turki Alalshikh as he continues in his career. The junior middleweight contender from Australia lost for the first time in his career when beaten by Sebastian Fundora in March in Las Vegas, but he is set to return in an IBF title bout against California-based Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev.

Tim Tszyu still open to working with Turki Alalshikh in his bid to land big fights

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Vergil Ortiz Jr. hopes to transmute a victory over Serhii Bohachuk tonight into a mega-clash against Terence Crawford next at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The unbeaten Vergil Jr. says he wants the Crawford fight “the most,” you can’t blame him because that match could launch him into stardom. It’s the ideal time for Ortiz Jr. to fight Crawford, with him coming off a less-than-stellar win over WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov last Saturday night.

Vergil Ortiz Jr. Wants Crawford Mega-Clash Next After Bohachuk

Wanderlei Silvas was in his prime in 2003, and he showed his feared power by brutally knocking out Kazushi Sakuraba. This was during the Pride Total Elimination 2003, a grand Prix that featured Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Alistair Overeem, and Chuck Liddell, among others. Wanderlei Silva knocks out Kazushi...

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BoxRec, the boxing statistics website, has dropped the World Boxing Association from its record-keeping over plans to back a rival. The WBA partnered with Fight Fax, an old statistics website that disbanded but has re-emerged. Upon the WBA’s planned announcement at the Asia Convention, which kicked off recently, BoxRec removed all traces of the WBA from its records.

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LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz returns to the ring Saturday for an interim WBC super welterweight title fight against Serhii Bohachuk at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Should he win, he could be thrust into big fight after big fight, as Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya told World Boxing News and other reporters this week that he’s planning to box Ortiz against Tim Tszyu, and Terence Crawford in upcoming fights.

Oscar De La Hoya maps out Vergil Ortiz vs Tszyu and Crawford

UFC, the premiere organization where dreams are made and broken in the Octagon, with each striving to become a legend in the sport. Among all of these fighters, one fighter is making waves. Arman Tsarukyan, the rising star of the lightweight division, has thrown down the gauntlet as he declared his next move.

UFC Updates: Arman Tsarukyan Claims Fighting For A Title Next

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21 and Counting: Vergil Ortiz’s five best stoppage victories

WHEN you have won 21 fights in a row by knockout, there is a certain pressure and therefore incentive to keep the run going and avoid...

21 and Counting: Vergil Ortiz’s five best stoppage victories

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