Golden Boy Signs Brandon 'The Cannon' Adams

Golden Boy Promotions has signed Brandon "The Cannon" Adams, the Watts, Calif., contender who has twice beaten Serhii Bohachuk and once challenged Jermall Charlo for a world title. The company announced the deal Wednesday on social media and in a release from Los Angeles.

Adams (26-4, 16 KOs) is 37. Golden Boy's release bills him as a "top middleweight contender," although his recent fights have been at 154 pounds. Fightnews reports that he is rated No. 3 by the IBF at junior middleweight, with the top two spots vacant, and No. 2 by the WBC.

Golden Boy did not announce an opponent, a date or the length of the contract.

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What Adams and De La Hoya said

"I'm extremely excited to begin this next chapter with Golden Boy Promotions," Adams said in the release. "At this point in my career, I know exactly what I want to accomplish, and I truly believe Golden Boy has the experience, the relationships and the tools to help me reach my ultimate goal of becoming a world champion." He thanked Oscar De La Hoya and Eric Gomez and said closing out his career with Golden Boy "means a lot to me."

"Brandon Adams is a battle-tested veteran who has proven he can compete with and beat some of the best fighters in the division," said De La Hoya, Golden Boy's chairman and CEO. "He's dangerous, experienced and always comes ready to fight, and we're excited to give 'The Cannon' the platform to make another statement."

The resume

Adams won season 5 of The Contender in 2018, beating Shane Mosley Jr. in the final. In June 2019 he challenged Jermall Charlo for the WBC middleweight title and lost a unanimous decision.

In March 2021 he stopped Bohachuk in the eighth round to win the WBC Continental Americas super welterweight title. He later took the WBA Continental Americas belt from the then-unbeaten Francisco Veron. In November 2024 in Atlanta, he lost a 10-round split decision to Andreas Katzourakis.

His most recent fight was a unanimous-decision win over Bohachuk on Sept. 13, 2025, on the Canelo-Crawford undercard at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The Nevada Athletic Commission scored it 99-91, 98-92 and 98-92.

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Earlier this year, the IBF ordered Adams to face Bakhram Murtazaliev in a final eliminator for a shot at champion Josh Kelly. Fightnews reports that the fight never took place. Outside the ring, Adams is part owner of and a coach at Cannonnation Boxing Gym in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., which he opened in October 2022.

Where he fits

Adams joins a Golden Boy stable that includes Vergil Ortiz Jr. Ortiz faces Keith Thurman in the co-main event of the Dec. 5 card headlined by David Benavidez vs. Michal Cieslak in Glendale, Ariz. Promoters are reshuffling rosters across the sport this month; see our report on Top Rank releasing Keyshawn Davis.

The man Adams beat for The Contender title is busy too. Shane Mosley Jr. faces Denzel Bentley on Nov. 7 at London's Copper Box Arena on Zuffa Boxing 12. That bout has a live Points Bet market on Boxbid. Points Bet uses points only, with no real money involved, and is for entertainment.

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