Three-time world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito will make his 2010 debut during Cinco de Mayo weekend, in a 10-round super welterweight rumble, against Texas toughman Roberto “La Amenaza†Garcia, headlining Latin Fury 14. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Zanfer Promotions and Tecate, the four-bout Latin Fury 14 will be broadcast Live on Pay-Per-View,…
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…
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.
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…