Last night at the Grand Mayan in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, Giovanni Segura and Miguel Acosta won WBA title contests by stopping their opponents within the distance. Segura, 21-1-1 (17), retained his WBA light flyweight strap for the first time by finishing off seasoned Filipino southpaw Juanito Rubillar, 46-13-7 (22), in the sixth round. Rubillar, who…
Huge boxing gala tonight at the Grand Mayan in Nuevo Vallarta with the WBA light flyweight and Interim WBA lightweight titles on offer. California’s big punching Giovanni Segura, 20-1-1 (16), won the Interim WBA light fly belt in March by stopping Cesar Canchilla in a rematch and will meet Filipino campaigner and three-time world title…
NABF Welterweight champ Saul Alvarez, 27-0-1 (20), kept busy with a ninth round KO of Jeferson Luis Goncalo, 12-4-3 (5), last night at Parque Xcaret in Cancun, Mexico There was another NABF belt on the line with local flyweight Wilbert Uicab, 25-5-1 (16), seeing off tough Filipino import BJ Dolorosa, 5-2 (0), over ten rounds…
Lots of action south of the border this weekend and we start with a big show at Palacios de los Desportes in Mexico City where Edgar Sosa retained his WBC Light Flyweight title for the fifth time by stopping southpaw Takashi Kunishige in the eighth round on Saturday night. Kunishige, 18-3-1 (2), came into the…