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Promoter Vladimir "Krasivyy" Hryunov revealed that his upcoming main event is now going to have a title at stake. BoxingScene.com revealed last month that a deal was finalized for former world champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (32-9-1, 26 KOs) to take on undefeated super middleweight prospect Andrey Sirotkin (13-0, 3 KOs), also known as "El Toro." The fight takes place in Russia on the 3rd of November.
Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (21-1, 14 KO's) will fight before the end of year. Sources close to the boxer have confirmed that he will be appearing on the November 25th HBO televised undercard to Sergey Kovalev vs. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy. The card takes place at the Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Former four division world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez is planning to continue his career and his mind set on capturing another world title at 115-pounds. Earlier this month at the Forum in Los Angeles, Gonzalez suffered a vicious fourth round knockout loss at the hands of WBC champion Srisraket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand.
Former world champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (32-9-1, 26 KOs) is promising to do severe damage to super middleweight prospect Andrey Sirotkin (13-0, 3 KOs), also known as "El Toro," when they collide in Russia on the 3rd of November. Mayorga, 43-years-old and a former world champion at welterweight and junior middleweight, comes in with a record of 32 wins, 26 via knockout, 9 losses and a draw.
Former world champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (32-9-1, 26 KOs) has announced that he reached a deal to face super middleweight prospect Andrey Sirotkin (13-0, 3 KOs), also known as "El Toro," in Russia on the 3rd of November.
Pedro Diaz, trainer of Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs, 1 NC), is laughing at a recent statement made by Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who handles Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs). Following Lomachenko's most recent victory over Miguel Marriaga, Arum compared the Ukrainian boxer to heavyweight legend Muhammad Ali.
Pedro Diaz, trainer of Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs, 1 NC), is confident his boxer would hand Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) his second career defeat. There are ongoing discussions to finalize this contest for a date in December in New York City. Rigondeaux, who is the WBA world champion at 122-pounds, would move up by two weight divisions to face Lomachenko, the WBO super featherweight champion, at 130-pounds.
Sullivan Barrera, one of the best contenders in the light heavyweight division, acknowledged that his team is in serious discussions which are aimed at securing a clash against Sergey Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KOs) before the end of 2017.
Boxing legend Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran is really looking forward to next month's battle between Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs). Golovkin defends his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight titles against Canelo on September 16th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Carlos Adames picked up the biggest victory of his career with a dominant performance over former IBF junior middleweight world champion Carlos Molina, who offered a good performance, but not good enough to overcome the rising slugger. The event was staged at Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo, with Adames retained the World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatín welterweight title for the third time, with scores of 110-98, 109-99 and 110-98.