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Explosive Boxing & MMA Hybrid Show Set for April 17th at Fight Club OC
A solid pro boxing and pro MMA lineup awaits fight fans on Thursday, April 17th as Fight Club OC gears up once again for a night of fight action inside The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, CA.
This show is set to feature Golden Boy Promotions undefeated rising star super bantamweight 7-0 Asa Stevens in a six round bout. Stevens had an incredible 36-4 amateur record and is managed by top agent David McWater. Asa Stevens is set to face 9-4-0 Luis Alvarado Morales.
Sebastian Fundora Defeats Chordale Booker … AND … Saying Goodbye to George Foreman / R.I.P.
By Tom Donelson / Member Boxing Writers Association of America (BWWA)
Sebastian Fundora kept his unified WBC and WBO championship with an easy fourth stoppage of Chordale Booker. Fundora, who carries 154 pounds on a 6 foot five inches presents a challenge for any fighter, and he used his reach and height to be bloodied Booker behind his left-handed jab.
Fundora stunned Booker and with a combination that sent the challenge down. Compubox punch stats says it all as he landed more than double the punches and dominated power shots landing 50 versus only 16 for Booker.
CompuBox Punch Stats
| Punches | Fundora | Booker |
| Total landed | 79 | 37 |
| Total thrown | 361 | 150 |
| Percent | 21.9% | 24.7% |
| Jabs landed | 29 | 21 |
| Jabs thrown | 211 | 90 |
| Percent | 13.7% | 23.3% |
| Power landed | 50 | 16 |
| Power thrown | 150 | 60 |
| Percent | 33.3% | 26.7% |
Fundora noted Booker did a lot of movement, mostly to avoid getting nailed. Originally he was to fight Errol Spence, but that fight has been canceled.
Fundora has some compelling matches coming up including Puerto Rican undefeated fighter Xander Zayas who is a mandatory opponent or a reunification Bakhram Murtazalieve.
George Forman was one of the great heavyweights and did what was consider impossible, he lost a title in 1974 to the great Ali but then 21 years later he came back in a miraculous way to recapture his title against Michael Moorer, a fight he was losing by a wide margin before he stopped Moorer..
After nine rounds, Foreman was down 9 rounds to zero but in the tenth round, he caught Moorer with a left hook and then finished up Moorer with a straight right. This was a redemption 21 years in the making, making up for his loss to Ali in the rumble in the jungle.
Continue reading Sebastian Fundora Defeats Chordale Booker … AND … Saying Goodbye to George Foreman / R.I.P.Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach Jr. / fight result a majority draw
By Tom Donelson / Member Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA)
Lamont Roach Jr. was supposed to be another win for Gervonta “The Tank” Davis on his way to other bigger fights against Lomachenko, Shakur Stevenson, and a rematch with Ryan Garcia but something happened. Roach fought the fight of his life and the fight ended up with a majority draw. One judge had the fight for Davis, the other two a draw. This was a close fight, and it could easily been 115-113 in favor of Roach as opposed to 115-113 for Davis on one judge card.
Here are some stats to consider, Roach landed more punches in 6 of the 12 rounds, Davis only 3 of the 12 rounds with three rounds even. Roach landed 112 punches to Davis 103 punches and Davis was the more accurate puncher and Roach the more active as he threw 120 more punches. On power shots, Davis landed 93 power shots to Roach 87. As you can see, this was an even fight, hard to judge and hard to determine a winner.
Davis is normally a slow starter and in this fight, it was no different but what was different is that Roach did not wilt as the fight progressed. In the last round, Roach landed 16 punches with 13 of them power shots versus Davis 9 punches and only 8 power shots. On many scorecards, this was Roach round.
Continue reading Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach Jr. / fight result a majority drawBivol “Majority Decision” over Beterbiev for “Undisputed” Light Heavyweight Title
By Tom Donelson (BWAA) Member Boxing Writers Association of America
The past year, boxing has been blessed with some great fights, first there was the two Usyk-Fury in which Usyk narrowly beat Tyson and this past weekend, Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol finished their second bout and this time Bivol came out on top. Both Beterbiev and Bivol fights were tight close fights, but this fight saw Bivol winning many of the later rounds, rounds that Beterbiev won in their first fight.
Bivol won the first three rounds as his jab and boxing skills dominated as it did in the first three rounds in their first fight, but Beterbiev turned on a switch as he forced the action and landing solid shots in the both the fourth and fifth round. Beterbiev landed 37 punches to Bivol 26 punches plus 24 of those punches were power shots and Bivol only landed 7 power shots. The sixth round was close while I gave it to Bivol, Beterbiev landed several right hands and both fighters landed similar numbers
I had 58 to 56 for Bivol but others had the fight even, which was reasonable. Bivol countered Beterbiev in the seventh round and in the eighth round, Bivol dominated with his own body shots and in the ninth round, Bivol slipped Beterbiev and then turned the table as he landed three shots and by this point, Beterbiev was not hurting Bivol. I had the fight 88 to 83 in favor of Bivol.
The tenth round was close and Beterbiev landed more punches and with two rounds left, the fight was 97-93 on my card.
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Continue reading FIGHT CALENDAR for March 2025 / dmboxing.comBenavidez Defeats Morrell … Unanimous Decision
By Tom Donelson / Member Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA)
Benavidez continued his undefeated status as he outworked David Morral to earn a unanimous decision in battle of light heavyweights contenders. Benevidez used power shots and unrelenting body assault to outwork Morrell.
The first three rounds were feeling out process as neither fighter had much advantage but in the fourth round, Benavidez took control as he dominated the round in which he landed 30 punches to Morrell 22 punches.
From this point, he dominated most of the rounds with the exceptions of the eleventh. From fourth to tenth Benevidez landed 151 punches to 104 for Morrell in those rounds. He built up a big lead, but the eleventh gave Morrell’s fan hope. He landed more punches than Benevidez and even knock Benevidez down but instead of 10-8 round, it ended up a 9-8 as Morrell threw a punch after the bell ranged.
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Continue reading FIGHT CALENDAR for February 2025 / dmboxing.comFight Club OC Launches 15th Season with Big Surprises
The 15th season of Fight Club OC shows in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, CA will be like no other year as it launches two great promotions to not only make the shows more profitable for fans, but also provide for the hungry of Orange County.
Starting with Opening Night on Thursday, February 13th all fans will get to participate in the brand new Hustler Casino $1,000 Knockout Promotion. Before the first bout a lucky fan will be chosen and seated at ringside. If a knockout happens that fan wins $100. If no knockout or stopped by strikes, another fan will be chosen and if a KO happens they win $200. This goes on until the last bout and if still no knockouts or stopped by strikes, this lucky fan wins $1,000 CASH!
SOCA Fights and Fight Club OC are aware of the many Orange County families that still struggle to put a decent meal on their table each day. So Fight Club OC has partnered with the OC Food Bank and the David Wilson Family Foundation to launch Knockout OC Hunger at each Fight Club OC show, to not only collect food but also bring awareness to hunger in Orange County. At all shows the OC Food Bank will staff food collection barrels and all fans that bring a food item to a show, that is non-perishable, including canned tuna, chicken and chili, canned fruits and vegetables, breakfast cereal, peanut butter, rice, beans, and pasta will receive a numbered ticket and between each bout one of these numbers will be called and that fan will win $200 cash. Five lucky participating fans will win a total of $1,000 each show, so it makes sense to put a food item in your car and bring it to the show…and win!
Current Champions
Displayed are the “Current Champions” in boxing today with each shown in their respective weight division, world title belt organization, professional ring record in the following format: win-loss-draw-no contest (knockout wins) and the date of winning their title.
As of: January 16, 2025
Heavyweight (+200 lb /+90.7 kg or +224 lb /+101.6 kg)
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring |
| Oleksandr Usyk Super champion 23–0 (14 KO) September 25, 2021 | Oleksandr Usyk 23–0 (14 KO) May 18, 2024 | Daniel Dubois 22–2 (21 KO) June 26, 2024 | Oleksandr Usyk 23–0 (14 KO) September 25, 2021 | Oleksandr Usyk 23–0 (14 KO) August 20, 2022 |
| Kubrat Pulev Regular champion 32–3 (14 KO) December 7, 2024 | Joseph Parker Interim champion 35–3 (23 KO) March 8, 2024 |
Cruiserweight (200 lb / 90.7 kg or 190 lb / 86.2 kg)
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring |
| Gilberto Ramírez Super champion 47–1 (30 KO) March 30, 2024 | Badou Jack 28–3–3 (17 KO) December 11, 2024 | Jai Opetaia 27–0 (21 KO) May 18, 2024 | Gilberto Ramírez 47–1 (30 KO) November 16, 2024 | Jai Opetaia 27–0 (21 KO) July 2, 2022 |