Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Inks Emmanuel Robles To Promotional Pact

By Steve Kim, Ryan Burton

Guy Taylor, matchmaker for Roy Jones Jr. Boxing has advised BoxingScene.com that they have signed their newest addition to their stable.

"Emmanuel Robles, he's 14-0-1 (4 KO's), he used to have the WBC Latino (super lightweight) title that he won by beating the Cuban national, Yordenis Ugas, and after that he fought a kid, Johnathan Chicas, he was 13-1 at the time, he was with BKB, he beat him on points in his hometown, dropped him in the seventh round, won a decision," said Taylor on Monday afternoon.

"He recently knocked out Leon Spinks III with one punch back in November. So he's a pretty good up-and-coming kid.

As for when he will make his debut with the company, Taylor says - "He's going to fight on May 20th on the CBS Sports Network series, it's going to be in Tuscon( Arizona) at the Casino del Sol."

BoxingScene has also been advised that Rico Mueller of Germany (19-1-1) has signed a managerial contract with Shane Shapiro. The 27-year-old welterweight who is ranked #4 by the IBF has won 10 fights in a row.

Mueller, who has fight all but one of his professional bouts in Germany, plans on continuing his career in the United States.  Shapiro also manages unbeaten middleweight prospect Cem Kilic and others.