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By Thomas Gerbasi - Andrew Cancio finally took a day off. No boxing, no Southern California Gas Company, just a day to celebrate what may have already taking the unofficial award as feel-good story of 2019. “It’s a long day today,” Cancio said Tuesday. “I’m getting the key to the city and getting my belt.” Born and rai...
Andrew "El Chango" Cancio (24-4-2, 15 KOs) received the Key to the City today at the Joe Wine Recreation Center in his home city of Blythe, Calif. The champion was honored for his world title victory against Puerto Rican knockout artist Alberto "Explosivo" Machado (21-1, 17 KOs) this past February. At the same time, Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy, presented Cancio with his new WBA Super Featherweight World Title. The event was attended by hundreds of Blythe residents, including the Mayor of the city, Dale Reynolds. (photos by Brandon Magpantay/HoganPhotos).
Rising Australian Super Featherweight star Billel Dib is ready to make 2019 his breakout year, as he gets his year underway against Rey Juntilla at the Seagulls Rugby League Club, Tweets Head, on March 30.
Former WBA super featherweight world champion Alberto "El Explosivo" Machado will go straight to a rematch against Andrew Cancio of California. Héctor Soto, vice-president of the company Miguel Cotto Promotions, confirmed to Carlos Gonzalez that the negotiations for a rematch with Cancio are very advanced.
Rene "El Gemelo" Alvarado was a few meters away from the ring when Puerto Rican Alberto Machado was knocked out hard and lost his WBA "regular" 130-pound world title. The unexpected win by Andrew Cancio was a result that completely changed the plans of Machado.
Alberto 'Explosivo' Machado is leaning in the direction of exercising a rematch clause for a second clash with Andrew Cancio. Last Saturday, Machado dropped Cancio in the first round, but then he was battered and dropped three times before losing his World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight (130 pounds) title in the fourth round.
Andrew Cancio won a world title near his hometown Saturday night. As great as that felt, Cancio would have no problem whatsoever traveling to Gervonta Davis’ hometown to clear up the WBA’s 130-pound championship mess. Davis is tentatively scheduled to defend his WBA super world super featherweight title at some point in July in his native Baltimore.
Last Saturday night, undefeated Alberto Machado was viewed as a massive favorite who was easily going to retain his WBA "regular" super featherweight title and move forward to much bigger bouts. Instead, he was battered and knocked out in four rounds by heavy underdog Andrew Cancio at the Fantasy Spring Resort Casino in Indio, California.
World rated Super Featherweight Billel “Baby Face” Dib (22 wins – 3 loss) will return to the ring on March 30 at the Seagulls Stadium in Tweeds Heads, NSW Australia. Dib is the current WBA Oceania Super Featherweight Champion and World number 10.
By Corey Erdman - On Saturday night, Andrew Cancio finally found his gold in the desert, two years after resigning to the idea that boxing wasn’t for him anymore. More than anything, he found the version of himself he always wished he could become. Cancio knocked out WBA super featherweight titlist Alberto Mac...