Articles by author: Miguel Rivera(3492 results)
Diego Magdaleno Grabs Win in Mexico, Hopes For Title Shot
After being inactive for more than a year and a half, Diego Magdaleno (30-2, 13 KOs) finally returned to the ring in Playa del Carmen in Mexico to secure a fifth round stoppage win over Emanuel Herrer...Read More
Miguel Berchelt vs. Jonathan Victor Barros in Play For June 23
Miguel Berchelt will make the third defense of the super featherweight championship of the World Boxing Council on June 23 in venue to be determined in Mexico, against former world featherweight champ...Read More
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: I Want 2-3 Fights, Then Gennady Golovkin
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-3-1, 32 KOs) is putting together a new plan of attack for the future. The Mexican boxer has been inactive since May of 2017, when he lost a ...Read More
David Benavidez vs. Matt Korobov in Play For Garcia-Easter
According to multiple sources in Mexico, WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez (20-0, 17 KOs) will make the next defense of his title against Matt Korobov (28-1, 14 KOs) of Russia in July 28...Read More
Chavez Jr. Reflects on Loss To Canelo, Vows To Bounce Back
Former world middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-3-1, 32 KOs) has been out of the ring since May 2017, when he suffered a one-sided twelve round decision loss to Mexican rival Canelo Alva...Read More
Orlando Salido Arrested, Alleged To Have Stolen 16 Cans of Beer
According to multiple reports in Mexico, former world champion Orlando "El Siri" Salido was arrested earlier today in his native Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. Salido, who is candidate for local deputy for D...Read More
Luis Nery vs. Jetro Pabustan Set Down For June 9 in Tijuana
The return of former world champion Luis 'Pantera' Nery is approaching, and it will not be in San Diego, California as expected, but in the Municipal Auditorium of his native Tijuana, Baja California....Read More
Canelo Vows To Erase Doubts: This Will Make Me Much Stronger!
As reported on Tuesday on BoxingScene.com, former world chamion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has signed up for year-round testing with the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) after losing his WBC rankin...Read More
Munguia: I'm Willing To Face Jermell Charlo - I Want That Belt
WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) wants more world titles around his waist. Munguia, who is the new hero of Tijuana, wants to get his hands on the WBC world title, which is...Read More
Jaime Munguia vs. Liam Smith Has To Happen, Says WBO Prez
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, newly crowned WBO super welterweight champion Jaime Munguia of Mexico, and his promoter Fernando Beltran, are waiting for the opportunity to make a defense i...Read More
Beltran on Facing Lomachenko: At My Age - I Need The Big Fights
WBO lightweight world champion Ray Beltran (35-7-1, 21 KOs) has been out of the ring since capturing the title, but he's a very strong candidate to face newly crowned WBA champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (...Read More
WBC Prez: Canelo Dropped After Not Enrolling in Testing Program
According to the president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Mauricio Sulaiman, his organization was forced to remove Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez from their middleweight rankings due his failure to enroll ...Read More
Munguia: Next Year I'll Go To 160 - I Want Canelo or Golovkin!
Newly crowned WBO junior middleweight world champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) is planning to make a move to the middleweight division in 2019 - and he wants the two biggest names at the weight. ...Read More
Christopher Diaz Aims To Fight For Loma's WBO Title
The 130-pound NABO champion, Christopher "Pitufo" Diaz, could fight for his first world title as early as the middle or end of July. With no time to lose, the undefeated contender with a record of 23-...Read More
Chavez Sr. Gives Ultimatum To Sons Julio Jr, Omar on Careers
The legendary Mexican Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. has faith that son Omar Chavez will put forth a solid performance on May 19 in Durango, and that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be able to retur...Read More
Linares: Lomachenko is an Elite Amateur - But He's Still Learning
Jorge Linares recognizes that Vasyl Lomachenko as a great amateur fighter, but as a professional he believes the two-time Olympic champion is continuing to learn. And precisely because of that, his fi...Read More
Sor Rungvisai Wants Estrada Rematch Next - Not a Voluntary
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has revealed that despite having the opportunity to make a voluntary defense against any of the top 15 ranked contenders in the division, WBC super fly...Read More
Mayweather-De La Hoya - WBC Prez Hopes To End The Bad Blood
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has revealed that he, and promoter Pepe Gomez of Mexico, are planning to stage a tribute to former six division world champion Oscar De La Hoya. The ev...Read More
Garcia-Porter is Close, Broner-Vargas Rematch on Tap, Says WBC
On May 25, the purse bid for the welterweight fight between Shawn Porter and Danny García, for the vacant title of the World Boxing Council, is scheduled to take place. According to the president of t...Read More
Lomachenko, Win or Lose, Has 10 Days To Decide on WBO Belt
This Saturday night, Vasyl Lomachenko will enter the ring of New York's Madison Square Garden as the super featherweight champion of the World Boxing Organization, and the sanctioning body will give h...Read More