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Nery vs. Villanueva Photos Gallery - Airing on beIN SPORTS en Español on Saturday, November 4th at 11:00 PM is the highly-anticipated bout featuring the reigning WBC Bantamweight Champion Luis “Pantera” Nery, facing off against the Philippine’s Arthur “King” Villanueva.
Luis Nery vs Arthur Villanueva Presser Photos Gallery - Airing on beIN SPORTS en Español on Saturday, November 4th at 11:00 PM is the highly-anticipated bout featuring the reigning WBC Bantamweight Champion Luis “Pantera” Nery, facing off against the Philippine’s Arthur “King” Villanueva.
Luis "Pantera" Nery has set his next ring return. The WBC bantamweight world champion will reappear on Saturday, November 4, at the Gasmart Stadium in Tijuana (home of the Bulls), to fight in a ten round "non-title" bout against dangerous Filipino "King" Arthur Villanueva in a main event that will be broadcast by Azteca 7, and internationally by Bein Sports.
A bloodied Milan Melindo did not have an easy night in making his first defense of the IBF junior flyweight title. He was able to secure a twelve round split decision win over former world champion Hekkie Budler of South Africa in the main event of "Pinoy Pride 42" at Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu Saturday.
Leicester Arena, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom - In a WBO middleweight eliminator, with the interim-WBO title at stake, Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2, 22 KOs) stopped previously undefeated Tommy Langford (18-1, 6 KOs) in the fifth round to earn a crack at WBO full champion Billy Joe Saunders.
Initially set to take place tomorrow, April 8th, the WBO bantamweight final eliminator between current WBO #1 and Asia Pacific bantamweight champion Arthur Villanueva and former IBF super flyweight world champion Zolani Tete has been moved to April 22nd.
Zolani Tete is set to return to the ring later this month as he looks to claim another world title. The former IBF super-flyweight world champion, who beat Ellesmere Port’s former bantamweight king Paul Butler in March, 2015 before relinquishing due to be offered a paltry purse for a mandatory defence against McJoe Arroyo, has been out of the