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Last month, former welterweight and junior middleweight champion, Ricardo 'El Matador' Mayorga, 44 years old, announced to his fans that it was time to retire from the sport. But that decision has quickly changed and created a lot of controversy in his home country of Nicaragua.
Carlos Blandon, manager of former four division world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, says his boxer's return to the ring is being pushed back to the month of May. Initially the fight was going to land on a date in April, but now it's being pushed back a little and may even land on the undercard to the highly anticipated rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, which takes place on May 5th.
The former world boxing champion Celestino "Pelenchin" Caballero was sentenced to five years in prison for drug related charges. The sentence was carried out in the First Criminal Court, in which Caballero reiterated his guilt and manifested his regret for what happened.
WBA 'regular' welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs), 35 years old, is very motivated to land a very big fight in the near future. Last month, Matthysse finally achieved his dream of getting a world title - when he knocked out undefeated Tewa Kiram in the eight round at The Forum in Los Angeles, California.
Former two division world champion Omar Narvaez stayed busy on Saturdya night in the city of Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, in the headline fight of a an OR Promotions televised card. Narvaez picked up a ten round unanimous decision victory over Venezuelan Jesus Vargas, in a match that was taken as a prelude to his postponed fight with the current bantamweight world champion of the WBO, South African puncher Zolani Tete.
On April 7th, WBA/IBO junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) will take his first step in unifying the division when he faces IBF world champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs). Lara and his handlers are hoping the contest will lead to a showdown with WBC world champion Jermell Charlo.
Former two division world champion Omar Narvaez (47-2-2, 25 KOs) will stay busy, as he booked a fight for this coming Saturday night in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. He will go against Jesus Vargas (16-11-1, 12 KOs) of Venezuela. The two boxers are very familiar with each other. They collided in the bantamweight division back in February of 2016, when Narvaez stopped Vargas in seven rounds.
Newly crowned WBA "regular" welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) arrived home to Argentina with hundreds of fans waiting at the airport, hoping to take photos with boxer and get autographs. On Saturday night at The Forum in Los Angeles, Matthysse knocked out previously undefeated Thai star Tewa Kiram (37-1, 27 KOs) in the eighth round to capture the vacant belt.
IBF cruiserweight world champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) has been issued a warning from his upcoming opponent, WBA world champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs). The two undefeated heavy hitters will collide at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia on February 3, 2018. The contest is a semi-final bout in the cruiserweight edition of the World Boxing Super Series.
Rances Barthelemy was so focused for his rematch against Kiryl Relikh, that when they told him the fight had been postponed until further notice, he could not help but grimace. His mind and body were ready for February 10 and now the fight will take place on March 10. "At first I felt bad, because in my mind I already saw myself as a champion on February 10," said the Cuban to George Ebro. "Then I took it as something that I had to take advantage of in my favor, to polish certain things, review everything. I will arrive in better condition than I would have in February 10."