Robert Helenius stopped Adam Kownacki for the second time in two fights, winning by TKO on the Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder III undercard Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
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Deontay Wilder hired Malik Scott as his trainer after he got knocked out by Tyson Fury — the first loss of his career — and Scott says his heavyweight is a changed fighter.
Here’s a quick rundown of what to expect on the most anticipated fight card of 2021. The pay-per-view undercard starts at 6 p.m. Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Manny Pacquiao, an eight-division champion and future Hall of Famer, officially announced his retirement from boxing Tuesday. His last fight was in Las Vegas on Aug. 21.
When asked whether Saturday’s fight was his last, Manny Pacquiao didn’t answer directly, but his somber tone and reflective demeanor suggested that it probably was.
Mark Magsayo, the protege of Manny Pacquiao, earned the knockout win over Julio Ceja in the 10th round.
“I was just tired of being there in Cuba and losing,” Yordenis Ugas said this week, through a translator. “I went into a depression. I wanted a change, and I wanted to get out.”
About 50 fans crowded around barriers at Toshiba Plaza to see Manny Pacquiao and Yordenis Ugas kick off fight week for Saturday’s title bout at T-Mobile Arena.
Unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. has withdrawn from his planned fight with Manny Pacquiao on Aug. 21 in Las Vegas because of a retinal tear in his left eye, Premier Boxing Champions announced Tuesday.
The former pound-for-pound king outworked, outboxed and thoroughly dominated Masayoshi Nakatani en route to a technical knockout win on Saturday at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
The 5-foot, 7-inch Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs), will take on the 5-11 Masayoshi Nakatani (19-1, 13 KOs), in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card from Virgin Hotels.
Top Rank announced on Thursday that Nico Ali Walsh, a Las Vegas native has signed with the promotional company and will make his professional debut.
The welterweight title fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will be held at T-Mobile Arena on Aug. 21 and will be for Spence’s IBF and WBC world titles.
Naoya Inoue (21-0, 18 KOs) dropped Michael Dasmarinas (30-3-1, 20 KOs) in the second round with a body shot, then followed it up with two more brutal knockdowns in the third.
Oscar De La Hoya, 48, who has not fought since he retired on his stool against Manny Pacquiao at MGM Grand in 2008. Vitor Belfort is a former UFC champion who won his only bout as a professional boxer.
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