Tag Archives: Featherweights

Fatherweight contenders went toe-to-toe as Luis Núñez (19-0, 13 KOs) outslugged Christian Olivo (20-1-1, 7 KOs) on his way to a 10-round unanimous decision triumph by scores of 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93. The Dominican Republic’s Núñez and Mexico’s Olivo fought most of the bout in close quarters, with Olivo pushing …

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee denied the special permit request to unify sent by the team of the organization’s Featherweight Super Champion, Leo Santa Cruz, and ratified that he must face the champion of the category, Leigh Wood, to define the sole 126-pound monarch. The Mexican had submitted …