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Doesn't it seem like he just fought yesterday..man he is staying busy. WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (33-1, 30 KOs) and fellow Olympian Eduardo Escobedo (20-2, 14 KOs) were cordial toward each other during an open workout last Friday at the Azteca Gym in Bell, California. Things won't be so friendly when they collide in a pay-per-view bout on Saturday's Mayweather-Hatton undercard in Las Vegas. "I know my opponent is good and I know he will be ready," the champion told Fightnews.com. The rest of the article is there.

Ahhh now you added the rest in....Ponce is one of the few guys out there who fights 3 or more times a year on a regular basis...most guys come out of the gate fighting at least once a month but when they get to the contender status they get drop to once or twice a year.....I remember when champions defended no less then 3 times a year as a rule....

and to this in the 40's and 50's they defended their titles 5 or more times a year.....

I think Robinson defended his title 5 times in 2 weeks once
The problem is that a decent champion realises that all he has to do to set up himself financially for life is fight two or three times a year for five years, and he'll never have to work again. I realise that even back in the day the champions were very prosperous and rich people, but it has grown a bigger problem in the past two or three decades.