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Yahoo
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Oscar Duarte vs. Kenneth Sims Jr. live results, round-by-round updates, ring walks, start time for Chicago showdown
Uncrowned has Oscar Duarte vs. Kenneth Sims Jr. live results, round-by-round updates, highlights, ring walks and start time for the Duarte vs. Sims Jr. fight card on Saturday night at the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Top-10 contenders Duarte and Sims clash in an eliminator for the WBA super lightweight title currently held by Gary Antuanne Russell. Duarte (29-2-1, 23 KOs) has won three fights in a row since being knocked out by Ryan Garcia in December 2023 after a competitive effort. He defeated two-time title challenger Botirzhon Akhmedov this past November and became the first man to stop Miguel Madueno in February. Sims (22-2-1, 8 KOs) fell short twice on the SHOBox development series but has remained unbeaten since 2018. Sims stopped Jonathan Romero in his Golden Boy debut in August 2024. Duarte and Sims were supposed to clash this past November, but an injury forced Sims out, and Duarte fought Akhmedov instead. The pair shared a card in February before their 50-50 clash this Saturday, with Duarte stopping Madueno and Sims defeating Kendo Castaneda. In the night's co-feature, former world champions Regis Prograis (29-3, 24 KOs) and Joseph Diaz Jr. (34-37-1, 15 KOs) collide in a super lightweight affair. Prograis is coming off back-to-back defeats, while Diaz has lost six out of his past eight bouts. Both men know that another defeat could mark the end of their careers on televised shows. Duarte vs. Sims Jr. begins at 8 p.m. ET on DAZN, with main event ring walks expected around 11 p.m. ET. Follow all of the action with Uncrowned's live results, highlights and play-by-play of the main card below. Main card (8 p.m. ET, DAZN) Super lightweight: Oscar Duarte vs. Kenneth Sims Jr. Super lightweight: Regis Prograis vs. Joseph Diaz Jr. Cruiserweight: Tristan Kalkreuth vs. Devonte Williams Heavyweight: Joshua Edwards vs. Cayman Audie Light heavyweight: Yair Gallardo vs. Quinton Rankin Prelims Super bantamweight: Gael Cabrera def. Richard Reyes Diaz via first-round KO | Watch video Lightweight: Mehki Phillips def. Joseph Ricardo Cruz Brown via second-round TKO | Watch video
Yahoo
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
5 things to watch for on a quiet boxing weekend: Oscar Duarte's moment, Anthony Joshua's latest and more
I know what you're thinking: You should wait for one of the most threadbare weekends of boxing this year to launch a weekly column, focusing on the five biggest things to look forward to. Well, you're in luck! As D:Ream sang in 1993, 'Things Can Only Get Better' — but that's not to say we are writing off this weekend's action. So buckle up, as we take a whistlestop tour across Venezuela, California, Chicago and the mind of Jake Paul. 1. Can Oscar Duarte continue to be a troublemaker at junior welterweight? You get the impression that Oscar Duarte (29-2-1, 23 KOs) is sick of being considered a "fringe contender" at junior welterweight. On Saturday night against Kenneth Sims Jr. (22-2-1, 8 KOs) in Chicago, Illinois — live on DAZN — Duarte gets the opportunity to build upon an impressive three-fight win streak and maneuver himself into the conversation for world titles at 140 pounds. If he does, he'll have to do it the hard way — in the backyard of hometown hero Sims Jr. It's being billed as a classic "boxer vs. brawler" matchup inside the Credit Union 1 Arena, with Duarte playing the aggressive role of the latter, something that bore fruits in April 2024 when the Mexican became the first and only man to stop Joseph "JoJo" Diaz. Duarte went on to take the scalps of Batyr Akhmedov — a fighter Sims also registered a win over — and Miguel Madueno via seventh-round knockout, rebounding well after his loss to Ryan Garcia back in 2023. 2, What's left in the tank of Regis Prograis? Regis Prograis (29-3, 24 KOs) has lost his past two fights and his opponent this Saturday, "JoJo" Diaz (34-7-1, 15 KOs), has lost six of his past eight, so it's not a stretch to suggest that the loser of this co-main event in Chicago should consider retirement. But that's not to suggest that Prograis and Diaz are on similar rungs of boxing's ladder. Prograis' two most recent of his three career defeats have come against top-level operators in Jack Catterall and Devin Haney. If the tricky southpaw is able to put Diaz to the sword in convincing fashion, then you'd easily be able to craft an argument to suggest he's worthy of another roll of the dice at 140 pounds. Shifting his training base from Houston to Las Vegas has seemingly lit a fire under the 36-year-old as he narrows in on a final shot at glory, but just how much of a springboard he will be given into the junior welterweight title picture will depend heavily on how he negates an experienced and durable Diaz. 3. Does a final world title bid loom for Jerwin Ancajas at 122 pounds? In what will be his third fight up at junior featherweight, 'Pretty Boy' Jerwin Ancajas (36-4-2, 24 KOs) takes on Uruguay's Ruben Dario (13-4, 5 KOs) this Saturday night in Long Beach, California, hoping to sow the seeds for a final title run in his storied career. Ancajas held the IBF's junior bantamweight title between 2016-2022 making nine successful defenses. But since losing his belt to Fernando Martinez in 2022, he's gone 2-3 spanning three different weight classes. The 33-year-old Filipino was expected to fight on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao's return against Mario Barrios, but due to opponent concerns from the Nevada commission, Ancajas was forced to wait it out, eventually landing on this opportunity in an eight-rounder. This will be Ancajas' fourth fight in 18 months, and now freed from the restrictions of making unachievable weight limits, Ancajas believes he has another title run in him at 122 pounds. 4. Panya Pradabsri and Carlos Canizales rematch at junior flyweight Eight months after their first meeting, we have a rematch between light flyweights Panya Pradabsri (44-2, 27 KOs) and Carlos Canizales (27-3-1, 19 KOs) this Friday night, from Caracas, Venezuela. Pradabsri edged an extremely contentious majority decision back in December to bag the vacant WBC title at 108 pounds, but if he is to retain his title, he's going to have to do it the hard way — fighting outside of Asia for the first time in 11 years, in a journey across the globe that took him 40 hours. Pradabsri is a two-division world champion and a 46-fight veteran, but at age 34, it's a big ask to travel for this title defense to the backyard of Canizales, who himself is looking to become a full world champion for the first time in his 11-year career. Blink and you'll miss a flurry of action in this one between two guys with history and a score to settle. 5. Will Anthony Joshua actually fight Jake Paul? We haven't seen Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) inside a ring since September 2024, when he lost in emphatic style to a bludgeoning Daniel Dubois onslaught. At age 35 in the most unforgiving of divisions, Joshua has continued to hint that his time in the sport is running out, opening the door for one, maybe two more fights. Oleksandr Usyk is out of reach; Tyson Fury is, well, Tyson Fury-ing; Joseph Parker is waiting for a title shot; and the crop of heavyweights standing behind them don't feel like obvious "AJ" opponents in what would now be considered a pre-retirement run. So, what about an easy and lucrative night's work in the shape of Jake Paul (12-1, 7 KOs)? Paul's right-hand man, Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian, seems to think it's a viable option this year, telling Sky Sports that 'the fight can actually happen,' and they are 'actively discussing it with Matchroom.' Joshua's clock is ticking and Paul doesn't strike me as a man who is going to wait around for endless negotiations to drag on. Perhaps a decision is closer than we think.
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
$8 million for 30 seconds: Tracking the staggering rise of Super Bowl ad costs
When it comes to television audiences, nothing compares to the Super Bowl. The NFL's championship game accounts for nine of the 10 most-watched broadcasts in American history, according to Neilsen. Last year's game was watched by more than 123 million people — the second-biggest TV audience of all time, behind only the moon landing. So it's no surprise that brands are willing to fork over huge amounts of money for the chance to make their pitch to such a massive collection of potential customers. Some 30-second slots for this year's Super Bowl have reportedly sold for a record $8 million, a full $1 million above the going rate a year ago. Photo illustration: Oscar Duarte for Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images, Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images, Getty Images Even in its relatively humble early days, the Super Bowl was a big deal. In 1967, more than 50 million people watched the first broadcast of what was then known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game between competing broadcasts on CBS and NBC. While ratings for the big game have more than doubled over the past six decades, the going rate for commercials has increased at an exponential rate. Advertisement Newsletter: The Yodel Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. Sign up By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. According to the site a 30-second spot on CBS during the first Super Bowl cost just $42,500. One of the signature ads that year was a commercial for Goodyear Tires that centered around a woman stranded along the side of the road with no man in sight to rescue her. The tagline was, 'When there's no man around, Goodyear should be.' Viewership for the Super Bowl gradually increased over the next few years, as did the prices networks charged for ad time. But the game truly established itself as 'an event for advertisers' in 1973 thanks to a sultry commercial for Noxzema that featured actress Farrah Fawcett preening over New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath. By then, Super Bowl ads went for an average of $88,000. Photo illustration: Oscar Duarte for Yahoo News; photos: Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images,, Getty Images Prices steadily climbed over the following decade. In 1980, the year Coca-Cola aired its iconic 'Hey kid, catch' ad with Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Joe Greene, a 30-second slot cost $222,000. During this period, advertisers were also becoming increasingly conscious of the importance of storytelling when it came to helping their brands stand out from the crowd of other advertisers. The 1984 Super Bowl broadcast featured the debut of Apple's famed ad inspired by George Orwell's dystopian novel, which is still widely viewed as one of the most important commercials of all time. Advertisement By the time McDonald's tapped NBA legends Michael Jordan and Larry Bird for their famous game of H-O-R-S-E in 1993, the going rate for Super Bowl ad slots had gone up to $850,000. Prices broke the million-dollar barrier for the first time two years later, the year Budweiser introduced the public to its trio of soft-spoken frogs. The beermaker's next breakthrough ad, the notably less serene 'Whassup?' spot, came in 2000, when ad slots had jumped to $1.6 million. Photo illustration: Oscar Duarte for Yahoo News; photos:, Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images, Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images By the turn of the millennium, it became the norm for ad costs to leap by several hundred thousand dollars from year to year. In 2009, a 30-second spot was just a hair under $3 million. Just five years later, it was $4 million. There have been occasional dips or brief moments of stagnation, but the trend of ever-increasing Super Bowl commercial prices shows no sign of slowing down, especially if ratings for the game continue to climb as they have over the past few years. Super Bowl audiences have never been bigger, but brands may not be getting as much return on their ad spending as they used to back in the game's early days. In terms of viewers per dollar spent, the most efficient era for Super Bowl commercials was all the way back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when just $100,000 could buy access to an audience of 40 million viewers or more.
