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Orlandito Del Valle (19-2, 14 KOs) registered a big win Saturday evening, knocking out Mexico's Roberto Castañeda (21-9-1, 15 KOs) in the main event of 'Boxeo Al Maximo' in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Del Valle delivered a big win on the heels of recently signing with Roc Nation Sports, through his affiliation with promoter Miguel Cotto.
Reynaldo "El Maestro" Ojeda remained unbeaten after scoring a unanimous decision over Mexico's Sergio Villanueva. The bout headlined the latest installment of 'Noche de Campeones' on DirecTV in Puerto Rico. Ojeda (16-0, 9KOs) fought for the first time since a virtual shutout over Patrick Okine last September.
A few minutes ago WBO mandatory featherweight challenger Gamalier "Gammy" Rodríguez advised BoxingScene.com that had just officially signed his contract to face WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko. The fight will take place on May 2nd on the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30KOs) has press conferences scheduled for Monday and Wednesday in New York and Puerto Rico to announce his December 1st fight versus WBA "regular" junior middleweight champion Austin Trout.
BoxingScene.com has been advised that former three division world champion Miguel Cotto will head for Las Vegas tonight. Cotto will be ringside at the MGM Grand on Saturday to watch Saul "Canelo" Alvarez defend his WBC 154-pound title against Josesito Lopez.
BoxingScene.com has been advised by featherweight contender Orlando Cruz (18-2-1 9 KOs) that he will face Abraham Lopez (17-0 12KOs) of California in a WBO featherweight eliminator on October 19th. The fight will headline the annual WBO Convention that will take place in Florida. The Puerto Rican fighter said that the fight has been agreed to verbally and they are only waiting for the contracts. He is very excited to be a win a way from a title shot, even though he doesn't know anything about his opponent.