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Subriel Matías makes a homecoming return to Puerto Rico when he defends his IBF World Jr. Welterweight title against Liam Paro at the Coliseo Juan Aubín Cruz Abreu in Manatí on Saturday June 15
Eduardo ‘Rocky’ Hernandez makes his return to the ring against Daniel Lugo at Palenque de la Féria National de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Saturday May 11.
UK Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control have reportedly won an appeal against the verdict to lift Conor Benn’s temporary suspension. Both UKAD and the BBBC confirmed in August that they intended on challenging the ruling from the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) that he could resume his career in the UK.
Fighters are experts at hiding their true feelings. The best manage to keep a poker face during the most stressful and painful of times, and you would be hard-pressed to find a boxer who can make it through fight week without happily lying to everyone around them about how perfect their training camp was. Still, when Boxing Scene spoke to Mikael Lawal (17-1, 11 KOs) about his upcoming English cruiserweight title fight with Viddal Riley (10-0, 6 KOs), there was no disguising the satisfaction in his voice. “I’m looking forward to this one,” Lawal said. “I can’t wait. I can’t lie – when I got the call, I was a bit surprised. At the same time, it was a pleasant surprise.”
WBA Continental Americas middleweight titleholder Ian Green is set to face Roy Barringer in the headliner of an April 27 card at the Casino Miami Jai-Alai in Miami.
Junior middleweight prospect Jordan “The Patriot” Panthen (7-0, 6 KOs) is set to return against Ravshan Hudaynazarov (19-5, 14 KOs) in an eight-round feature fight at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California, on April 4.
Former featherweight titleholder Nicholas Walters (28-1-1, 22 KOs) will take on Joseph Adorno (18-3-2, 15 KOs) for the WBA Continental-Americas belt on this week's installment of ProBox TV's “Wednesday Night Fights.”
Avious “Tha Underdog” Griffin, gearing up for the most significant bout of his career, is poised to face another undefeated welterweight in Jose Vargas Quintana on April 19 in Atlanta.
Thomas LaManna will face Johan Gonzalez for the WBA Gold middleweight world title on June 8 at Bally’s in Atlantic City, N.J.
Joseph Adorno-Nicholas Walters Weigh-In Results