Summary: Stevenson KOs Williams in four round war (Friday Night on Spike) WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis "Superman" Stevenson (28-1, 23 KOs) scored a sensational fourth round KO over WBC #8 rated challenger Thomas "Top Dog" Williams Jr (20-2, 14 KOs) on Friday night at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada. Stevenson dropped Williams late in round one with a straight left hand. Good action in round two with both fighters landing big shots. More big shots by both in round three. Williams was momentarily rocked, but then came back strong. Furious toe-to-toe action in round four before Stevenson laid out Williams to win by explosive fourth round KO. A short left hand ended it. Time was 2:54. It was the seventh successful defense for Stevenson. Unbeaten WBC #1 contender Eleider "Storm" Alvarez (20-0, 10 KOs) scored a workmanlike ten round unanimous decision over late sub Robert "The Butcher" Berridge (27-5-1, 21 KOs). Alvarez outclassed the rugged Berridge, whose right was busted up at the end, in a forgettable fight. Scores were 99-90, 98-92, 98-92. Berridge replaced former world champion Chad Dawson, who was forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury. Next up for Alvarez could be a world title tilt for Alvarez against stablemate Adonis Stevenson. Frampton dethrones Santa Cruz in classic (Saturday Night Showtime) In a war, former 122lb champion Carl "The Jackal" Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) dethroned WBA featherweight champion Leo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18 KOs) by majority decision on Saturday night in front of 9,062 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Great two-way action from the get-go. Frampton staggered Santa Cruz with a left hook in round two and gave Santa Cruz problems with his defense and movement. But Santa Cruz was relentless and came hard down the stretch. In the end, scores were 117-111, 116-112, 114-114. Returning from a two-and-a-half year layoff, former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia (35-0, 27 KOs) scored an explosive fifth round TKO over former world champion Elio Rojas (24-3, 14 KOs). Garcia dropped Rojas hard twice in round three. Garcia floored Rojas twice more in round five to end it. Time was 2:02. Garcia can really punch. News Of The Week PBC announces upcoming show, August 27 0n spike TV. The Main-event will be Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KO's) vs. David Emanuel Peralta (25-2-1, 14 KO's) Co-Main Event will be undefeated 2012 US Olympian Terrell Gausha (18-0, 9 KO's) vs Steve Martinez (16-2, 13 KO's) Judge denies release for Broner, Possible he returns against the Ghost Adrien Broner was denied early release from jail this week. Will now have to serve full 30-day sentence. Its possible after Broner is released that a fight with Robert Guerrero will be announced shortly after. Manager of Guerrero's, Luis Decubas Jr says they are working to get this fight by end of the year. WBC Welterweight Champion Danny Garcia vs Andre Berto looks like a Go for September 24 All though fight has not been announced officially yet all fingers are pointing that Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KO's) will be defending his title on September 24 against former WBC champion Andre Berto (31-4, 24 KO's). Berto is ranked #2 by WBC. Amir Khan is ranked #1 but after his devastating KO loss to Saul Alvarez, Khan starring to think MMA is the place for him. IBF Jr Middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (24-0, 18 KO's) will defend his title against undefeated #1 ranked IBF Fighter Julian JRock Williams (22-0, 14 KO's) HBO Announces Jesus Soto Karass vs Yoshihiro Kamegia II for September 10 HBO Executive Peter Nelson came out this week and informed boxing fans that the rematch between J.S. Karass (28-10-4, 18 KO's) vs Yoshihiro Kamegia (26-3-2, 23 KOs') will be aired on the network. The first fight was a candidate for FOTY. It will be the co-main event to Roman Gonzalez vs Carlos Cuadras. HBO decided to air fight after fans hit social media upset that the fight(continued)
