Cruiserweight Steve Herelius (20-1-1, 11 KOs) scored an eleventh round TKO over comebacking former champion Firat Arslan (29-5-1, 18 KOs) to claim the vacant interim version of the WBA world title on Saturday night at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. The lanky Herelius scored from long range with his southpaw jab, but as the bout progressed and he slowed down, Arslan’s pressure paid dividends. Arslan staggered Herelius in round seven and was one punch away from ending it as Herelius wobbled around the ring. Herelius was later deducted a point for a headbutt in round ten by referee Stanley Christodoulou. Arslan appeared to be on the way to a sure win, however after a Herelius uppercut in the eleventh, he suddenly seemed completely exhausted and barely made it back to his stool. The bout was then stopped by trainer Michael Timm between rounds. Arslan was immediately rushed to the hospital.

On a card in celebration of the historic Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries fight 100-years-ago, former IBF light flyweight titlist Ulises "Archie" Solis (31-2-2, 21 KOs) defeated Eric Ortiz (31-11-3, 20 KOs) for the second time at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno, Nevada. The bout had its share of action including two knockdowns by Solis in the ninth and tenth rounds. For the most part, Solis used his reach to keep Ortiz at bay and fired quick left hooks at him as he charged in. All judges scored the bout in favor of Solis 99-88 and 98-89 twice. Solis is the No. 1 rated IBF flyweight challenger.

Former light flyweight and current WBA super flyweight world titlist Hugo Cazares stopped Everardo Morales Saturday to retain his title in his first defense. He knocked Morales down with a left hook in the seventh round and the fight was called to a halt by the referee who deemed Morales unable to continue.

Tlalnepantla Estado de México -- Cara vendió la derrota un valiente Everardo Morales quien demostró deseos sobre el cuadrilátero y complicó el accionar del campeón mundial supermosca AMB Hugo “Increíble” Cazares. Fue una pelea de poder a poder, con domino alterno, ambos peladores sacaron lo mejor de su repertorio para lastimar a su rival, de hecho ambos terminaron con cortes limpios, Hugo en la ceja izquierda y Morales en el párpado derecho, al final ofrecieron una gran pelea que fue del agrado de los asistentes.

In a battle between light welterweights, Demetrius Hopkins (30-1-1, 11 KOs) earned a 10 round decision over Mike Arnaoutis (23-5-2, 10 KOs) on Friday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, CA. The final judges’s scores were 99-91, 99-91, 100-90. Hopkins, 29, picked up his second since being defeated by Kendall Holt in 2008. Hopkins needs to be more active if he wants to get another shot at one of the light welterweight champions in the near future. Arnaoutis, 30, lost for the 4th time in his last five fights.

NEW YORK -- This Friday night at the Doncaster Dome in Yorkshire, England, Jamie McDonnell will make the first defense of his European Bantamweight title in front of his hometown fans when he takes on Rodrigo Bracco of Italy in a bout scheduled for twelve rounds and the bout, along with an eight bout undercard will be streamed on www.gofightlive.tv. The fights will be available on Saturday July 3 at 12:30 a.m. eastern time and will be available FREE of charge just by clicking HERE.

NESportsTV.com is proud to present an online PPV broadcast featuring the return of former Irish heavyweight champion and 1992 Olympian Kevin McBride (34-6-1, 29 KO’s)  taking on Philadelphia veteran Robert Hawkins (23-15, 7 KO’s) , undefeated Puerto Rican prospect Luis Del Valle (9-0, 7 KO’s) taking on Pasqual Rose (20-14, 11 KO’s) and the return of heavyweight upset specialist Nagy Aguilera (15-3, 10 KO’s) taking on tough Texan Roderick Willis (14-6, 8 KO’s). These fights will be available on NESportsTV.com live July 10th as part of an online PPV for $12.

This Saturday in Stuttgart the motto will be “First the World Cup, than the Boxing World Cup.” Saturday’s “Universum Champons Night” event at the Porsche Arena will be a world title twinbill. Former world champion and local favorite Firat Arslan (29-4-1, 18 KOs) takes on Steve Herelius (19-1-1, 11 KOs) for the WBA interim world championship and unbeaten WBC/WIBF/WBO female featherweight champion Ina Menzer (26-0, 10 KOs) meets Jeannine Garside (9-3-1, 4 KOs), who is considered by one ratings group to be better than Menzer, a situation Menzer intends to correct. Here’s what they had to say at today’s press conference at the Cinemaxx.

México, D. F. -- Al medio día de este jueves en un restaurante de Tlalnepantla Estado de México se llevó a cabo la conferencia de prensa previa a la celebración de la función de este sábado 3 de julio de 2010 en el Centro de Convenciones de Tlalnepantla Estado de México y en donde además de seis peleas profesionales se estarán disputando dos campeonatos mundiales de peso supermosca, uno varonil y uno femenil.