
Euro News: Mike Perez, Dalakian-Concepcion, Billam-Smith, More
Union Boxing Team won the purse bids for Artem Dalakian's defense of the WBA flyweight title against Panama's Luis Concepcion (39-8), the former two time world champion.
Artem Dalakian: record, next fight and profile →

Union Boxing Team won the purse bids for Artem Dalakian's defense of the WBA flyweight title against Panama's Luis Concepcion (39-8), the former two time world champion.

Unbeaten Ukrainian WBA Flyweight World champion Artem Dalakian (20-0, 14 KO’s) can’t wait to climb into the ring for the 5th defense of his black and golden belt against Panamanian slugger former champion Luis “El Nica” Concepcion (39-8, 28 KO’s), a clash set for Saturday, November 20, in Kiev, Ukraine.

Artem Dalakian can thank his promoter for not having to travel for his next title defense. Union Boxing will promote the WBA “World” flyweight title fight between reigning champ Dalakian and mandatory challenger Luis ‘Nica’ Concepcion. Dmitry Eliseev and Yuriy Ruban, co-founders of Union Boxing claimed the rights to the fight after submitting $301,000 during a purse bid hearing held Monday via Zoom conference call.

The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) has ordered a mandatory fight between the organization’s flyweight champion, Artem Dalakian, and the current interim-champion, Luis Concepción.

Julio Cesar Martinez is hunting down all the belts at Flyweight as he defends his WBC title against Joel Cordova in the headline fight of the opening event of Matchroom and DAZN’s new series of fight nights in Mexico with Canelo Promotions and Clase y Talento on Saturday night at the Dome Alcalde – CODE Jalisco in Guadalajara, live worldwide on DAZN.

With a mandatory challenger defined, world champion Julio Cesar Martinez (17-1, 13 KOs) is ready to take his career to the next level. Under the tutelage of his promoter, the Guadalajara trainer Eddy Reynoso, Martinez assured that he hopes to secure the best possible fights, despite the obstacles that other champions have put in order to face him.

WBO #9 & WBA #15 flyweight Andres Campos (9-0) is looking to make a push for championship honours in 2021. The Chilean superstar is targeting Japanese WBO champion Junto Nakatani and WBA champion Artem Dalakian. On November 6th, the 22 year-old Japanese wonder kid, Junto Nakatani (21-0), secured his first world championship by defeating Giemel Magramo (24-2) for vacant WBO flyweight title via an eight round knockout at the world famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Luis “El Nica” Concepcion has spent the holiday season training hard. The WBA's interim-flyweight champion knows that 2021 is going to be a very important year for his career and that is why he's refused to leave the gym, with the intention of being prepared for big challenges.

Julio Cesar Martinez has set his sights on unification battles in 2021 before moving to Super-Flyweight as the WBC World Flyweight king meets Moises Calleros tonight at TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City, Mexico, live on DAZN.

Recent reports of an impending deal for a flyweight title unification fight between Julio Cesar Martinez and Artem Dalakian is news to Team Dalakian. Philippe Fondu, the agent who represents Ukraine’s Dalakian and his promoter, Union Boxing Promotion, told BoxingScene.com on Thursday that word of an Aug. 15 date for the fight is “fake news” and moreover they have no deal for a fight.