Rafael Mensah: record, next fight and profile →
Puerto Rico's Alberto 'Explosivo' Machado is living a dream during this period in his career. He wants it to continue for as long as possible, which is why he has dedicated himself with more motivation at the gym with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach - for the sole purpose of building a better future for his family.
After going through a complicated negotiation process for his next fight, Alberto 'El Explosivo' Machado is already training quietly in Los Angeles, California. The Puerto Rican boxer has on the agenda to risk the super featherweight title of the World Boxing Association (WBA) on July 21 against Rafael Mensah. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs), the newly-crowned WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, will make the first defense of his title against former world champion Liam "Beefy" Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) in a 12-round main event Saturday, July 21 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. The fight will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
There is a lot of confusion going on when it comes to the super featherweight title of the World Boxing Association. Jezreel Corrales was the WBA 'super' champion at 130-pounds. Last October, he was knocked out in the eight round by Alberto Machado to capture that world title at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Deerfield Beach, FLA, March 19, 2018 -- World Boxing Association (WBA) Mandatory challenger Isaac Ekpo (32-3, 25 KOs) from Abuja, Nigeria, and Rafael "Sweet Pea" Mensah (31-0, 23 KOs) from Accra Ghana both recently arrived to the U.S. with a new manager, new direction and first full training camps with trainer Stacy McKinley, to prepare for their upcoming world title fights.
The purse bid is scheduled for February 29, 2018, between champion Alberto Machado and mandatory challenger Rafael Mensah for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight title was postponed until March 2.
Boxing promoter Don King has been trying to finalize a fight with WBA super featherweight champion Alberto “El Explosivo” Machado for more than two months with his number two contender, Rafael Mensah.
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.
WBA super featherweight champion Alberto "El Explosivo" Machado could very well make his fist world title defense on May 5th, as part of the HBO Pay-Per-View undercard to the middleweight rematch between Gennady Golovkin and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee ordered this week three big fights, and the respective teams behind the boxers involved must start to negotiate. In the Super Lightweight division, the Cuban Rances Barthelemy (26-0, 13KOs), number one in the ranking, and the Belorussian Kiryl Relikh (21-2, 19KOs), second best, must fight for the title at 140 pounds, which is currently vacant. Both teams have 30 days to negotiate, starting from November 6; if they fail to reach an agreement, the fight will be called to a purse bid.