Summary: Shafikov TKOs Herring in ten By Karl Freitag (Fightnews.com) Two-time world title challenger Denis Shafikov (37-2-1, 20 KOs) scored a tenth round TKO over previously unbeaten lightweight Jamel Herring (15-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania. Taking a big step up in level of competition, 2012 U.S. Olympian Herring tried to work the jab from the outside against the aggressive and much shorter Shafikov. Shafikov dropped Herring with a right hook at the end of round two. Herring stood his ground in round three as both fighters landed good shots. Shafikov took control in round five, battering Herring. Herring was cut over the right eye in round seven, ruled from a headbutt. After Shafikov punished Herring in round nine, Herring's corner threw in the towel in round ten when Herring took another big punch. Time was :36. 1st fight Unbeaten super welterweight Patryk Szymanski (16-0, 9 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a ten round unanimous decision over Wilky Campfort (21-3, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania. Szymanski outboxed and frustrated Campfort the whole way en route to a 98-92, 99-91, 99-91 win. Campfort, coming off an unsuccessful world title challenge against IBF jr middleweight champion Jermall Charlo, dropped his second straight. Joshua KOs Breazeale in seven, retains IBF heavyweight title (Last Saturday) By Karl Freitag (Fightnews.com) IBF heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs) scored a seventh round KO over previously unbeaten Dominic Breazeale (17-1, 15 KOs) to retain his title on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. The 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Joshua staggered Breazeale in round two, but Breazeale survived Joshua's onslaught. Joshua continued to batter Breazeale and finally dropped him twice in round seven to end it. Time was 1:01. Thurman edges Porter, retains WBA welterweight title in one to remember (Last Saturday Night Main Event) In a fight of the year candidate Thurman (27-0, 22 KO's) retained his WBA title with a close unanimous decision win on three identical scores of 115-113. Both men gave an incredible effort and ended the fight bruised, bleeding and exhausted. Essentially the bout was a tale of two styles: Porter's relentless but often ineffective aggression versus Thurman's selective but powerful counterpunches. Thurman had a 203-177 edge in power punches landed but Porter was the busier fighter and averaged 55 thrown per round to 44 for Thurman. Porter had the advantage in jabs. Overall, Thurman connected with 43.6% of his shots; Porter landed 35.6%. (Note: Highest PBC or boxing show this year averaging 3.1 million views. Fight peaked at 4 million) Margarito to fight Canelo's brother Former IBF welterweight world champion Antonio "The Tijuana Tornado" Margarito (39-8, 27 KOs) will be back in action on August 13 against Ramón "Inocente" Álvarez (23-4-2, 15 KOs) at the Centro de Convenciones in Rosarito, Baja California. Margarito returned from nearly a five year layoff in March to outpoint Jorge Paez Jr. over ten rounds. Margarito said it doesn't worry him that Alvarez is the older brother of boxing superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. "It will just Ramon and I fighting in the ring," said Margarito. "Nobody else will help him or me." Alvarez stressed that fights are won by doing excellent preparations before the match and giving everything in the ring, not by last names. The card will be presented by Zanfer Promotions. Canelo opponent named: Liam "Beefy" Smith Canelo Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) will look to win his third title in the junior middleweight division when he challenges undefeated heavy-hitter Liam "Beefy" Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) for the WBO junior middleweight world championship on Saturday, September 17. The event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Information regarding venue (continued)
