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Argentina's Marcos "Chino" Maidana began the sparring stage of his training camp for the junior welterweight bout against against Erik "Terrible" Morales, to be held on April 9 in Las Vegas. Maidana went four rounds with tough lightweight Daniel "Tremendous" Estrada, at the gym Boxing Gala.
Humberto Soto is already in Tepic for his ten round rematch with Colombian Fidel Monterrosa, which takes place this Saturday at the Palenque de Gallos in the city Nayarit. Soto can not afford to lose, because he's set to defend the lightweight crown of the World Boxing Council against Antillón Urban, who was granted a rematch on May 7 in Las Vegas.
Los Mochis, to undergo thorough medical examination.After his loss, he was taken to the hospital where the injury was diagnosed. Montiel returned to his hometown of Los Mochis to undergo a thorough medical examination.
Erik "El Terrible" Morales started training camp at the Ceremonial Otomi Center with a hard focus on his upcoming fight against Argentine puncher Marcos Maidana, scheduled for April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
WBO/WBC bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel is getting some good sparring by using the undefeated prospect Tomoki "Mexicanito" Kameda (17-0, 12KOs). Montiel is preparing for the big fight with Nonito Donaire on February 19 in Las Vegas. Tomoki is the youngest of the fighting Kameda brothers. He's a big super bantamweight with decent power. Montiel obviously using him to prepare for Donaire's larger frame.
Rigoberto "Español" Alvarez is traineding with a lot more enthusiasm for his official defense of the World Boxing Association's junior middleweight crown against American Austin Trout, which takes place at the Soccer Stadium Sergio León Chavez in Mexico on February 5.
Gilberto Keb Baas (34-20, 21KOs) will make his first ring appearance since winning the WBC junior flyweight title with a huge upset over Omar Nino last November. Baas will face Jose Antonio Aguirre (34-9, 20KOs) on February 5 at Poliforum Zamna of Merida. Baas made noise last year when he dropped Nino twice to earn a twelve round majority decision. It was an ironic twist, since Baas was the same man who knocked out a young, unbeaten 14-0 Omar Nino in 1998.
At the Arena Coliseo in Mexico City, WBC silver bantamweight champion Cristian “El Italiano” Esquivel (21-2, 15 KOs) stopped Eduardo “El Bambino” Garcia (21-6-1, 9 KOs) in the second round of a WBC final eliminator. Esquivel is now in line to face the winner of the February 19 clash between WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel and challenger Nonito Donaire.
According to strong sources in Mexico, Erik "El Terrible" Morales will have the opportunity to win his fourth divisional title when he challenges Juan Manuel Marquez, the WBA and WBO lightweight king, on April 16 at the MGM Grand hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Initially, that date was reserved for Filipino Manny Pacquiao, but his fight with Shane Mosley was moved to May 7.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is still on vacation, but next week he reports to training camp to begin the necessary work for his next fight, which is going to take place on March 5. Co-manager José "Chepo" Reynoso is still going over the details with Golden Boy Promotions. He says nothing has been set but talks are ongoing to close a deal with WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko of Ukraine.