Andrade (26-0 16KOs) claimed the title in October to become a two-weight World champion, flooring Walter Kautondokwa four times as he comfortably outpointed the tough number African in Boston to land the title. “People might not know much about Akavov, but this is a guy who went overseas and gave Billy Joe Saunders absolute hell. “I’m super excited to be able to make history alongside the biggest and best network out now, DAZN,” said Serrano. “My next goal is to become the first four-division world champion from Venezuela,” said Jorge Linares. Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing, the promoter of both Algieri and Gonzalez stated: “Both Algieri and Gonzalez jumped at the chance of fighting each other at the Theater at MSG.

Source: News 24 December 22, 2018 17:15 UTC