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The World Boxing Association's Championship Committee has ordered a bout in the super flyweight division between Britain's Khalid Yafai, who is the champion at the weight, and Japan's Sho Ishida, who is ranked number one at 115 pounds.
Four division world champion Román "Chocolatito" Gonzalez traveled to Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, to meet with his promoter Akihiko Honda, director of the promotional company Teiken Promotions, in order to finalize the details a planned return - for the tentative date of September 9th at the Inglewood Forum in Los Angeles, California.
According to sources in Argentina, there are discussions taking place to stage Jorge Sebastian Heiland (28-4-2, 15 KOs) vs. former IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (25-0, 19 KOs) in a final WBC middleweight eliminator. BoxingScene.com was advised that the fight is reportedly being targeted for July 29th, as part of the Mikey Garcia vs. Adrien Broner undercard.
Former world champion Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno of Panama, officially announced on Thursday in Panama, during the television broadcast of "The Best of Boxing" program, that he is definitely walking away from professional boxing. Moreno reported his retirement, after a medical evaluation, after suffering a knockout loss in the third round last weekend, at the hands of former world champion Julio "Pollito" Ceja of Mexico, in a fight in where they disputed for the silver super bantamweight championship of the World Boxing Council (WBC), last Saturday in Panama City.
This past Saturday night, 31-year old former WBA bantamweight titlist Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno (36-6-1, 12 KO) looked like a broken fighter, after suffering a third round knockout loss to former WBC super bantamweight titlist Julio Ceja (31-2, 28 KO) in a final world title eliminator in Panama. Ceja is now lined up for a world title opportunity against champion Rey "King" Vargas.
Guillermo Rigondeaux, the WBA's 122-pound champion, wants to put on a show next month. The boxer will make a mandatory defense of his title against Mexico's Moises Flores, as part of the undercard to the HBO Pay-Per-View event that is headlined by the light heavyweight rematch between Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward. The card takes place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Former world champion Omar Narvaez said he was given the number one ranking under the World Boxing Organization, at bantamweight. And in August of this year he will face Russian boxer Nikolay Potapov for the interim-title, as South African Zolani Tete was recently declared as the full champion of the sanctioning body.
Diego Chaves, the former World Boxing Association (WBA) interim welterweight champion, will reappear against Venezuelan Jean Carlos Prada at Hurlingham, Buenos Aires in Argentina. The event will take place on Saturday, June 17th. Also on the card will be undefeated prospect Fabian Maidana, who is the younger brother of former world champion Marcos 'El Chino' Maidana. Fabian has an undefeated record of twelve victories and nine by knockout.
Former two division world champion Marcos Maidana is very pleased that a deal was reached between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. Maidana was ringside in Las Vegas on May 6th, watching Canelo dominate Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. over twelve rounds at the T-Mobile Arena. Canelo (49-1-1, 34 KOs) will challenge Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight titles on September 16th. There has been no date venue finalized for the fight, as of yet, and several locations are competing to secure the HBO Pay-Per-View.
Olympic gold medal winner Felix Diaz feels "ready" for what he defined as a "war of fists" for this coming Saturday night against unbeaten Terence Crawford, the current world champion at super lightweight. Diaz, a gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, will have the opportunity, for the first time in his professional career, to become a world champion in the paid ranks.