Fres Oquendo: record, next fight and profile →
Fres Oquendo (37-8, 24 KOs), 45-years-old and inactive since July f 2014, is still eager to fight in the heavyweight division. Oquendo is still slated to challenge WBA "regular" heavyweight champion Manuel Charr on September 29th in Germany.
Representatives of Manuel Charr and Fres Oquendo have informed representatives of Don King Productions that “there is no litigation” and they will fight for the WBA Heavyweight Championship. Pat English and John Wirt, representing both fighters have stated that there is no litigation and the WBA title fight is on.
WBA "regular" heavyweight champion Manuel Charr will defend the title against Fres Oquendo on September 29 in Cologne, Germany, writes BILD. The fight was first set for May 4 in Chicago after Team Oquendo won purse bids for the right to promote the fight.
A day after a lackluster fight of 20 somethings, another top heavyweight and 3 time title challenger, "Fast" Fres Oquendo turns 45 years old today. Oquendo has been dormant nearly four years since losing a controversial decision to Ruslan Chagaev back in July of 2014.
On November 25, 2017 Manuel Charr beat Russia's Alexander Ustinov in Oberhausen, Germany, to claim the vacant WBA World Heavyweight Championship. For his first title defense, "Diamond Boy" Charr will most probably come to the United States to face mandatory challenger Fres Oquendo. With 600,000 US-dollars, Oquendo's team won the purse bid held earlier today in Toronto, Canada. The fight will most probably take place in Chicago on May 4th.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee called the fight between Manuel Charr and Fres Oquendo for the Heavyweight Title, which is currently held by Charr. The purse bid took place earlier today and BoxingScene.com was notified that Oquendo's handlers walked away with the victory. They bid $600,000 to secure the rights to the fight - while Charr's team bid $101,000.
The WBA announced Thursday that a purse bid has been scheduled for its heavyweight championship bout between title-holder Manuel Charr and mandatory challenger Fres Oquendo. The bidding will take place Friday in Toronto, Canada. According to a press release issued by the WBA, Charr and Oquendo will receive 50 percent apiece of the winning purse bid.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has officially ordered the teams behind Germany's Manuel Charr, who holds the WBA "regular" heavyweight championship, and Puerto Rican contender Fres Oquendo, who is number three in the WBA rankings at more than 200 pounds, to start negotiations for their fight.
According to Bobby Hitz, the President of Hitz Boxing, he is in talks to possibly bring the first WBA Heavyweight Championship fight in over 35 years to Chicago. “Yes, I can confirm that my co-promoter, Roy Jones, Jr.’s Square Ring Promotions, and I have spoken to Kubrat Pulev’s promoter, Sauerland Event in Germany, about promoting [Fres] Oquendo and Pulev for the WBA Heavyweight Championship here in Chicago sometime early next year,” Hitz said.
Bobby Hitz, the President of Hitz Boxing and co-promoter of Fres Oquendo, together with Roy Jones, Jr.’s Square Ring Promotions, came out swinging this morning after reading reports that the Manuel Charr vs. Alexander Ustinov bout that is being announced for November 25, 2017 in Germany will be for the WBA Heavyweight Title.