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There was just one notable card over the weekend, the Salita Promotions show on DAZN on Saturday night, and we recapped it. And, as always, we covered several notable news items of the week. Also, check out and subscribe to the YouTube channel for a variety of content.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Recap of the of the Salita Promotions card on DAZN on Saturday night in Atlanta, where Claressa Shields, the No. 1 female pound-for-pound fighter, returned to the middleweight division and dominated and demolished Kaye Scott in a sixth-round knockout to reclaim her old WBC and WBA titles. But we also had a major problem with the absurd late start time of the main event.
Recap of the co-feature between bad-blood middleweight rivals Troy Isley and Joseph Hicks, which Isley won in a boring fight, and the craziness of junior welterweight up-and-comer Ernesto “Tito” Mercado, who was supposed to fight in the original co-feature, having his fight canceled after two opponents badly missed weight.
The WBO ordering super middleweight titlist Hamzah Sheeraz to next face former unified middleweight titlist Janibek Alimkhanuly, who is still suspended until December for a failed drug test.
The latest on the saga of where the Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury fight will take place, including Saturday night comments from Dana White.
IBF super middleweight titlist Osleys Iglesias’ first defense being set against fellow unbeaten Oliver Zaren on Oct. 8 (DAZN) in Quebec City, Canada.
Terms being agreed to for the Emanuel Navarrete-O’Shaquie Foster junior lightweight unification fight but with the question of whether it will be a two- or three-belt unification fight — depending on what the WBO rules.
Zuffa Boxing’s announcement that former WBC featherweight titlist Mark Magsayo and unbeaten Andres Cortes will meet in a 10-round lightweight bout that will open the Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn main card on Sept. 12.
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Shields-Scott photo: Stephanie Trapp/Salita Promotions
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