Perhaps the greatest boxer to ever come out of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo’s Joan Guzman has already compiled a spectacular resume that includes a 1996 Olympic berth, 29 professional wins without a defeat and world titles in two weight classes. The 33-year-old Guzman, however, is far from done and has now enlisted Golden Boy…
Three months after a disastrous failure to make weight for a challenge to World Lightweight Champion Nate Campbell, Joan Guzman returned to the ring last night at Coliseo Carlos Teo Cruz in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to outbox WBA Fedelatin Lightweight titlist Ameth Diaz over twelve rounds. The bout was also an eliminator for the…
Click for larger image In preparation for their bout tonight at El Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the main event fighters weighed in yesterday. WBA Lightweight Title Eliminator Ameth Diaz: 134.25 lb Joan Guzman: 135 lb
Click for larger image Joan Guzman (28-0, 17 KOs) is in his native Dominican Republic to take on World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin lightweight champion Ameth Diaz (25-7, 19 KOs) of Panama this Saturday, Dec. 20, from El Palacio de los Deportes in Guzman’s hometown of Santo Domingo.
For various reasons, the end of the year is typically a slow period for the boxing industry. Television networks and promotional companies are closing in on their budgets and boxers typically like to enjoy the holiday season away from the ring. Sycuan Ringside Promotions is bucking that trend by placing three of its boxers into…
Click for larger image Joan Guzman, 28-0 (17), continues to leave his sparring partners gassed and looking for the exits. On this occasion, from the Maywood Gym in Los Angeles, undefeated super featherweight Urbano Antillion, 24-0 (17), got a taste of what it’s like to be in the ring with a two division former world…
Former WBO junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman, 28-0 (17), will be back in the ring before the year ends. Guzman will travel to his native Dominican Republic to take on WBA Fedelatin lightweight champion Ameth Diaz, 25-7 (19), on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, from El Palacio de los Deportes in Guzman’s hometown of Santo Domingo.
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I was wrong and I apologize. There is no one else to blame for me not making the lightweight division weight limit of 135 pounds for my WBO, WBA and IBF title bout against Nate Campbell this past weekend. No trainer is to blame. No nutritionist is to blame. No manager is to blame. No…
Citing dehydration, Joan Guzman pulled out of his challenge to triple world lightweight champion Nate Cambell, but the show still went on at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS. Upgraded to the headlining bout, light welter Timothy Bradley, 23-0 (11), didn’t disappoint, pounding out a big win against Edner Cherry, 24-6-2 (12), to retain the…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Ahead of their hotly anticpated showdown tonight at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS, Nate Campbell and Joan Guzman hit the scales yesterday with mixed results. Triple World Champion Campbell was bang on the mark at 135 lb while Guzman failed to do the same, tipping the beam at…
Two world championships will be featured including International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Nate “Galaxxy Warrior†Campbell, 39-5-1 (25), defending his crowns against undefeated former two-time WBO champion Joan “Sycuan Warrior†Guzman, 28-0 (17), and World Boxing Council super lightweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley, 22-0 (11), will make…