Summary: Santa Cruz destroys Avalos in eight Three division world champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) of Lincoln Heights by way of Huetamo, Michoacan, Mexico returned with an eighth round stoppage over Chris Avalos (27-6, 20 KOs), of Lancaster, California Saturday night at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, California headlining Premier Boxing Champions on FOX. http://fightnews.com/santa-cruz-destroys-avalos-eight/6759 Mares defeats Gutierrez via technical decision In what was the Battle of Guadalajara, four-time world champion Abner Mares (31-2-1, 15 KOs) of Hawaiian Gardens, California by way of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico was victorious as he won a technical decision over Andres Gutierrez (35-2-1, 25 KOs) who also hails from Guadalajara squared off in the co-feature. Mares returned to the scene of the crime where he suffered his first round knockout loss to Jhonny Gonzalez. http://fightnews.com/mares-defeats-gutierrez-via-technical-decision/6751#more-6751 Charlo steals show…Lara, Hurd retain titles Three 154lb world champions were in action on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It can safely be said that WBC super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo stole the show. Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) annihilated previously unbeaten Erickson Lubin (18-1, 13 KOs) in the first round. A Charlo right hand laid out Lubin at 2:41. WBA super welterweight champion Erislandy Lara (24-2-2, 14 KOs) outclassed previously unbeaten Terrell Gausha (20-1, 9 KOs) over twelve one-sided rounds. Lara dropped Gausha in round four while cruising to a 116-111, 117-110, 117-110 win that was never in doubt. IBF junior middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) scored a hard fought tenth round TKO over Austin Trout (30-4, 17 KOs). The ring doctor halted the bout at the end of round ten. At the time of the stoppage, Hurd was ahead 96-94, 96-94, 97-93. Hurd overcame a cut over his left eye from a headbutt in round seven. WBSS: Groves KOs Cox in four WBA super middleweight world champion George Groves (27-3, 20 KOs) retained his title with a fourth round KO over previously unbeaten Jamie Cox (24-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night in a World Boxing Super Series quarter-final clash at The SSE Arena in London. Cox was the aggressor early, taking the fight to Groves. But Groves showed his class, knocking out Cox with a body shot to the ribs. Cox was down for the count. Time was 1:42. Next up will be Groves vs. Chris Eubank Jr. in January in the WBSS semi-final. News of the week Khan-Brook on the backburner Amir Khan says a grudge showdown with domestic rival Kell Brook won’t come until 2018 at the earliest. With both fighters coming off KO losses and injuries, Khan told Sky Sports he and Brook won’t be fighting next. “If we get a couple of wins, I think it will be a massive fight,” Khan said. “It will be a big fight now, but it will be a massive fight if we wait maybe another fight.” Khan plans to return in December in the UK against someone other than Brook, but stated he still wants Brook “100%.” Floyd Mayweather: I’m Not Scared of GGG By TMZSports.com Floyd Mayweather got into a shouting match with a heckler on the streets of NYC on Monday night — after the fan accused Floyd of running from Gennady Golovkin. The video ends with Floyd’s bodyguard threatening to choke a dude out. It all started after Floyd and his TMT squad left the Knicks game at MSG — when a very loud fan started screaming at Floyd that he’s scared of GGG. Floyd yelled back to explain why he’s not scared … more yelling ensued. Floyd tried to jewelry shame the heckler — asking how many diamonds he has on his watch. As for GGG, he previously told TMZ he wants to fight Floyd BAD — and guaranteed he would knock Mayweather out cold. Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux sold out Tickets to the December 9 Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux WBO jr lightweight title fight in the Madison Square Garden Theater have sold out two months in advance. It’s Lomachenko’s second...
