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CARSON, CALIFORNIA – WBO super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue made his U.S. debut in style Saturday, hammering seventh-ranked Antonio Nieves by a sixth-round technical knockout to defend his title for the sixth time. Inoue, 24, controlled the bout from the outset, knocking his 30-year-old American opponent down in the fifth and didn’t let up the following round. After the sixth, having seen enough, Nieves’ corner threw in the towel. All three judges had Inoue comfortably ahead 60-53 through the sixth at StubHub Center. “It wasn’t the sweetest of wins, but I’ll take it and build on this for the next one,” Inoue said. “There wasn’t much I could do when he was running from me the whole time. “I managed to get in shape despite being in a different environment here in America and I felt sharp.” Inoue had a strong second round, when he had Nieves backed into the corner where he threw a flurry of punches to decimate the challenger. But Inoue, so locked into the fight, mistook the 10-second warning with the bell at the end of the round and laid off Nieves. “I was into it — too into it, actually,” Inoue said. “It was kind of a waste, I’ll admit that.” Nieves wasn’t spared much longer, however, when Inoue floored him in the fifth with a hard left to the body. Nieves could only flee as Inoue tried to finish him in the sixth and was saved by the bell, his camp telling the referee that Nieves’ night was over. Inoue took his record to a perfect 14-0 including 12 knockouts, Nieves now 17-2-2. Inoue’s next opponent could be Thailand’s Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, the WBC champion in his division who was on the same card this night. In the main fight, Srisaket knocked out Nicaraguan hero Roman Gonzalez in the fourth round to hold on to his title.

Conor McGregor’s claim that he made Floyd Mayweather ‘fight like a Mexican’ in their Las Vegas super-fight last weekend. Following his tenth round defeat, the Irish UFC star claimed that he took pride in how he had forced Mayweather to go on the offensive in the later rounds, rather than relying on his trademark defensive style. “I turned him into a Mexican tonight; he fought like a Mexican,” McGregor said shortly after the stoppage.

LAS VEGAS -- In the end, the equation we all knew coming in turned out to be true: The best boxer in the world beat one of the best mixed martial artists in a boxing match. How we got there, however, was completely surprising. In his return from a two-year retirement, Floyd Mayweather improved to 50-0 with a 10th-round TKO over an incredibly game Conor McGregor in their pay-per-view superfight at T-Mobile Arena. But the storyline was just as much about McGregor, the UFC lightweight champion, in defeat than it was about the 40-year-old Mayweather in victory. McGregor, 29, who was making his debut as a boxer, never fought reckless or overly aggressive, in contrast to his prediction of a first-round knockout. What he did was present Mayweather with a poised and credible challenge, teasing a bright future in the boxing game should he consider it.

NO ifs, no buts, Miguel Cotto will finish his career this year. The Puerto Rican legend fights Yoshihiro Kamegai on Saturday (August 26) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California for the WBO super-welterweight title.

The betting odds for the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor showdown seem to have shifted a bit after the recent ruling by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) allowing the fighters to use 8-ounce gloves in their junior-middleweight fight. Boxers fighting over the 147-pound welterweight limit are usually required to wear 10-ounce gloves, but the NSAC voted unanimously to grant a one-time exception to allow 8-ounce gloves in the Mayweather-McGregor fight. William Hill US moved McGregor’s odds to plus-425 (bet $100 to win $425) from plus-450 two weeks ago

'He's a guy that's at the end of his career. I get the feeling he feels the boxing game has betrayed him now he's retired — I don't know what he was expecting coming in here after speaking what he was speaking,' McGregor said of the former WBA welterweight world champion.

Lomachenko absolutely toyed with Marriaga, knocking him down twice and winning by one-sided seventh-round knockout before 4,102 on Saturday night in the main event of the Top Rank ESPN card at the Microsoft Theater at LA Live.

Wladimir Klitschko, who dominated the heavyweight ranks for a decade with his cautious style and devastating knockout blows, announced his retirement Thursday at the age of 41.

3:30 pm Doors Open 4:00 pm First Fight 7:00 pm ESPN on air 8:00 pm approximate start of main event

"First, I want to thank God for allowing me to have a wonderful career," Guerrero, 34, said in a statement. "I'm a kid from a small town in Gilroy, California, who made it to the mountaintop of the boxing world. When I was a young kid growing up, I always believed in myself, but never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined a small-town kid like myself would be fighting in front of millions of fans."

Former WBC World lightweight champion Omar Figueroa Jr. (27-0-1, 19 KOs) completely destroyed former 2 division world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-6-1, 18 KOs) in stopping the 34-year-old in the 3rd round on Saturday night on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Kicking off a series of four events set to take place this week in Los Angeles, Toronto, New York and London, Mayweather stalked the Staples Center stage and spit venom at his future foe.

1. Pacquiao vs Horn Aftermath: -Pacquiao feels he was, "Set Up" -Bob Arum and Freddie Roach says fight was close -WBO will put together a Board to watch and score fight over. -Video shows Manny giving away money less fortunate in Philippines - 4.4 Million views on ESPN, biggest since 1995 (H.W. Danell Nicholson and Darren Hayden fought on Dec. 21, 1995 on ESPN) -Arum has invited Jeff Horn to ESPY awards, Steven A Smith confrontation coming soon - JM Marquez interested in Horn showdown 2. Mayweather vs McGregor-Four City Tour Information http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-mcgregor-four-city-media-tour-information--118270 -Bob Arum predicts May by way of KO -Gervonta Davis vs Orlando Salido as co-mainevent http://www.boxingscene.com/gervonta-davis-pumped-co-main-mayweather-mcgregor--118313 Mayweather owes taxes, asks IRS to wait for McGregor bout http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-owes-taxes-asks-irs-wait-mcgregor-fight--118300 Ward vs Kovalev 2, Great Matchup/Fight That Nobody Cared About http://www.boxingscene.com/ward-kovalev-rematch-paid-attendance-only-6366--118214 Billy Joe Sanders finds Good Replacement in Willie Monroe Jr for Sep.16 Title Defense http://www.boxingscene.com/billy-joe-saunders-fight-willie-monroe-jr-on-9-16-london--118241 BJS also could be in trouble over tweet http://www.boxingscene.com/billy-joe-saunders-hot-water-with-british-board--118204 Canelo vs GGG sold out!!!! http://www.boxingscene.com/canelo-vs-golovkin-sold-out--118269 http://www.boxingscene.com/us-tv-world-boxing-super-series-play-says-schaefer--118158 PPV (2:30PM ET/11:30AM PT) Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Arthur Abraham (IBO super middleweight title) Lee Selby vs. Jonathan Barros (IBF featherweight title) Saturday, July 15 Fox (8PM ET/5PM PT) Omar Figueroa vs. Robert Guerrero (welterweight) Marcus Browne vs. Seanie Monaghan (light heavyweight) Artur Szpilka vs. Adam Kownacki (heavyweight) Saturday, July 15 HBO (9:50PM ET/PT) Miguel Berchelt vs. Takashi Miura (WBC super featherweight title) Jezreel Corrales vs. Robinson Castellanos (WBA super featherweight title) Joe Smith Jr. vs. Sullivan Barrera (light heavyweight)

Pacquiao-Horn Generates Monster TV Ratings For ESPN ESPN’s live telecast of the Saturday, July 1, “Battle of Brisbane” (10 p.m. ET to 1 a.m. ET) delivered a 1.8 metered market rating according to Nielsen, making it the highest-rated fight on record for a cable network this decade.* The WBO World Welterweight Championship main event between Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs), the Filipino legend and boxing’s only eight-division world champion, against undefeated No. 1 contender and Brisbane’s favorite son Jeff “The Hornet” Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) (12 a.m. ET to 1 a.m. ET) delivered a 2.4 overnight rating. Horn defeated Pacquiao by a controversial unanimous decision. Based on overnight Nielsen results, the “Battle of Brisbane” is likely to be the highest-rated fight on ESPN’s networks since the mid 1990’s.

Manny Pacquiao will be fighting next Saturday night against Jeff Horn on ESPN on July 1 at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. This fight is not on pay-per-view. The fight will be in front of 55,000 mostly Australians in a sold out stadium. Pacquiao is the visitor against a welterweight contender that is still unproven. Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs) will make himself known against the 38-year-old Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs). This will be Horn’s coming out party. The July 1 start time for the Pacquiao-Horn fight on ESPN and ESPN Deportes is at 10:00 p.m. ET. It’s been a while since Pacquiao was televised on regular non-PPV television. The last time he fought on regular TV was in 2005.