Figueroa Belmontes: page 2

Photos: Thurman, Matthysse, Figueroa, Diaz Workouts

•Apr 23, 2014

LOS ANGELES - Nine of the talented boxers who will fight on a top-notch, action-packed Golden Boys Promotions' fight card this Saturday, April 26, at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., participated in a Media Workout Wednesday at the Westside Boxing Gym. In Saturday's main event live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, following the premiere of ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Maidana Episode 20, undefeated, hard-hitting Keith "One Time" Thurman (22-0, 20 KOs), of Clearwater, Fla., will defend his WBA Interim Welterweight Championship against former world champion Julio "The Kidd" Diaz (40-9-1, 29 KOs), of Coachella, Calif.

Belmontes: I Beat Omar Figueroa 5 Times in Amateurs

Golden Boy

•Mar 27, 2014

LOS ANGELES - On Saturday, April 26, Omar "Panterita" Figueroa Jr. defends his WBC Lightweight World Championship against fellow Texan Jerry "The Corpus Christi Kid" Belmontes as part of a Showtime televised tripleheader from the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. "I am especially excited about this fight because I have wanted to get payback against Belmontes for longer than a decade," said Figueroa. "I fought him in the amateurs and he always beat me because I was always shorter than him. Now I am taller, stronger and bigger than him and I am looking to beat him the way he beat me in the amateurs."

Schaefer: Thurman, Matthysse, Figueroa Must Be Ready

Rick Reeno

•Mar 25, 2014

Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Richard Schaefer, had a vision of putting together a tripleheader where all three fights would have very little running and plenty of punching. That was his idea behind the Showtime televised triple for April 26th from the StubHub Center in Carson, California. In the main event, WBA interim-welterweight champion Keith Thurman (22-0, 20 KOs) is going to face veteran Julio Diaz (40-9-1, 29 KOs). In 2013, Diaz came close to derailing Amir Khan but came up short after twelve rounds. He was then decisioned by current IBF champion Shawn Porter, who previously fought Diaz to a draw in 2012.