A star was officially born in Arizona on Saturday night as Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez became the unified flyweight champion of the world with what can only be described as a quite breathtaking performance against the commendably tough Sunny Edwards.

In boxing, you need to make your own opportunities and once you get them, you need to make them count.

Canelo Alvarez was supposed to be fading, and fight number 64 was to be the verification. Injuries, declining performances, and a shock defeat, boxing had all the proof it needed.

Whilst Las Vegas plays host to boxing royalty, Britain hopes to crown one of its own on a weekend of physically intriguing match-ups.

Terence Crawford carved his name into boxing immortality with a stunning performance against Errol Spence in Las Vegas.

The bright lights of Las Vegas will shine for boxing this weekend as Terence Crawford and Errol Spence do battle for the undisputed welterweight championship of the world.

After an underwhelming couple of days of boxing, it was down to Tim Tszyu and Carlos Ocampo to save the sport from a weekend to forget. Thankfully, Tszyu was in the mood to deliver.

Boxing continues its streak of back-to-back weeks of world title action this weekend as Regis Prograis defends his WBC World Super-Lightweight Title against Danielito Zorrilla in New Orleans, whilst Tim Tszyu looks to assert himself as the number one contender in the light-middleweight division when he takes on Carlos Ocampo in Australia.