On July 31, 2009, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida was the site for ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” boxing series that was headlined by Julio “The Kidd” Diaz taking on the impressive looking young prospect Victor Cayo.

The event was promoted by Seminole Warriors Boxing and proved to be another great night of super boxing action. The undercard was loaded with enlivened young boxers that could very well be the future of the sport. More...

On July 31, 2009, Seminole Warriors Boxing Promotions will host an ESPN Friday Night Fights boxing event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

The main event will feature undefeated Dominican banger, Victor Manuel Cayo taking on veteran Julio "The Kidd" Diaz. The co-main event features Costa Rican heavyweight, Carl Davis Drumand taking on Puerto Ricon Derric Rossy in a ten round bout.

The excellent undercard showcases Cestus Management's hard hitting Chicago super middleweight Don George; George faces rugged Puerto Rican, Emmanuel Gonzalez, in a six round bout. It is sure to be an exciting night of action. More...

Edwin Valero continued the most impressive KO streak in boxing last night at the Frank Erwin Centre in Austin, Texas, moving to to lightweight and stopping heavy-handed Colombian danger man Antonio Pitalua to win the vacant WBC title.

The Venezuelan southpaw had made four defenses of the WBA Super Feather crown and was going up in weight against tough customer Pitalua but any questions as to whether Valero's power would follow were soon dispelled as Pitalua was finished off in the second frame.

In the first round, Valero established his control over the bout's pace, using a busy offense to force Pitalua onto the defensive and using good footwork to avoid trouble when Pitalua did thow anything.

Valero and Pitalua traded big shots as the first came to a close, the only exchange thus far into the bout. More...

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The American debut of boxing's top slugger at any weight, Edwin "El Inca" Valero, headlines a big show tonight at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

Venezuelan southpaw Valero, 24-0 (24), knocked out his first 18 opponents in the very first round and won the WBA Super Feather title in August, 2008, climbing off the canvas to stop Vicente Mosquera in the tenth frame.

After four title defenses, all by stoppage, 27 year old Valero now comes to the US to contend for the vacant WBC Lightweight title against Mexico City based Colombian Antonio Pitalua, 46-3 (40). More...

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12 rounds, vacant WBC Lightweight title
Edwin Valero: 134.5 lb
Antonio Pitalua: 135 lb More...

Former world champion Julio Diaz will now square off against Oxnard, California's Rolando Reyes, who agreed to fight Diaz on the April 4 "Lightweight Lightning" card at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas after Joel Casamayor was forced to withdraw from the bout last week due to an acute lumbar spine sprain that will keep him out of action for six weeks. More...

Newly crowned WBC USNBC light welterweight champion, Don Juan Futrell, 22-3-2 (10), is issuing a challenge to former two-time world champion Julio "The Kidd" Diaz.

Futrell, who's unbeaten in his last nine fights, is coming off an impressive win against Hector Alatorre. "I feel I'm ready to challenge the best fighters at the lightweight and Jr. welterweight divisions," stated Futrell. More...

Former two time IBF Lightweight Champion Julio Diaz kept on track for a return title bout by outpointing Texas veteran Fernando Trejo over ten rounds last night at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Diaz avoided getting into the trenches with his seasoned opponent and largely kept on the outside, working off the jab and punishing the steel-chinned Trejo with counters whenever "El Pillo" tried to open up his offense.

The 28 year old Diaz, from the desert town of Coachella, California, kept the bout under control through the tenth and final round, taking the cards 100-90 and 99-91 twice.

Diaz wins his second bout since being stopped by Juan Diaz in a lightweight title unification bout a year ago and improves to 36-4 (26) while 34 year old Trejo drops his third in a row to fall to 30-15-4 (18).

On the undercard, Migel Angel Garcia, 14-0 (11), younger brother of former IBF Super Featherweight Champion Roberto Garcia, got up off the floor to win a firefight with Colombian southpaw Walter Estrada, 34-7 (23), after eight rounds 77-74 and 76-75 twice.

Former lightweight champion Julio Diaz, 35-4 (26), will spend Halloween night inside a ring as he takes on the grizzled veteran Fernando Trejo, 30-14-4 (18), on Friday, October 31, from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, televised on TeleFutura at 5 p.m. PT.

One year removed from his lightweight unification loss to Juan Diaz, Julio plans on making a statement on All Hallows’ Eve. “I think I belong with the best in the lightweight division,” said Diaz, who lives and trains out of Palm Springs, CA. “My fight against Juan [Diaz] wasn’t the real Julio. You’ll see the real Julio on Halloween night.” More...

Floyd Mayweather, Sr, Joan Guzman and Julio Diaz will be celebrity judges in what will surely be an entertaining and exciting Ring Card Girl competition at Sycuan Resort, in El Cajon, CA on Monday, July 28, at 5:00 pm PT. More...

Julio Diaz and David Torres completed Tuesday’s weigh in at the Sportsmen’s Lodge Hotel in Studio City, CA The main event fighters square off Wednesday at the world famous Playboy Mansion on ESPN2 at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT. More...

Former lightweight world champion Julio “Kidd” Diaz, 34-4 (25) will face unbeaten David “El Torrito” Torres, 20-0 (13) in a 10 round bout on Wednesday, June 25, from the world famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA, televised on ESPN2 at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT. More...

Former lightweight champion Julio “Kidd” Diaz (34-4, 25 KOs) makes his highly anticipated return to the ring on Wednesday, June 25, from the world famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. (ESPN2 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT).

Sycuan Ringside Promotions (SRP) of San Diego, Calif. will promote the evening of boxing aptly titled, “Tribal Pride at the Playboy Mansion.” More...

There wasn't much action in the States this weekend but there were two good cards on Friday, with ex-IBF Lightweight and WBC Super Feather Champ Jesus Chavez leading the way at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, CA.

The 35 year old "El Matador" made his return to the ring after losing to his IBF belt by injury to Julio Diaz 14 months ago and turned back the clock with a characteristic busy performance to post a unanimous decision over Puerto Rican prospect Daniel Jimenez after ten rounds at lightweight.

Chavez improves to 43-4 (29) and will likely get a title eliminator or title opportunity in the near future while Jimenez loses for the second time in a row to fall to 17-3-1 (10). More...