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Four division world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez will train in Costa Rica for the scheduled mandatory defense against Thai puncher Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (41-4-1, 38 KO's). The fight was officially announced last week, for the 18th of March, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
According to sources in Argentina, former world champion Omar Narvaez is likely heading to New York City in the month of March. Narvaez (46-2-2, 24 KOs) fought in New York City back in October of 2011, when he lost a twelve round decision to then WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire at the Theater in Madison Square Garden.
Dominican boxer Javier "Abejon" Fortuna (31-1-1, 22 KOs) is motivated to return to boxing's highest level at 130 pounds and he is determined to beat anyone who stands in his way for the world title. Last June in China, Fortuna lost his WBA super featherweight title when he suffered an upset knockout loss at the hands of Sosa. He came back in September to blow away undefeated and overmatched Maryln Cabrera, and then in November he got off the floor to win a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Omar Douglas.
World Boxing Association President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza held a conference with the Panamanian press on Friday morning, in which he maintained that his organization was dedicated to a policy of having a single WBA champion in each division.
Former welterweight and junior middleweight world boxing champion Ricardo Mayorga will return to the ring on April 1, at the age of 43, in Managua, which is the capital of Nicaragua. The former World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) champion has been inactive since August 2015, when he was knocked out in the sixth round in his rematch with Shane Mosley in California.
Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (31-9-1, 25KOs) is planning to make a big run in the middleweight division. The comeback will start on February 18th in Managua, Nicaragua, according to former champion Rosendo Alvarez.
Two-time world champion Rosendo Álvarez, who along with his wife Ruth Rodríguez run the company Bufalo Boxing Promotions, announced the return of former world champion Ricardo "Matador" Mayorga, in an undercard to be staged on February 18 in Managua, Nicaragua. It will be against a foreign rival and in the division of the medians, weight in which it tries to burn its last cartridges the veteran and always generator of polemic Ricardo Mayorga.
Featherweight contender Jonathan Barros stated - "long ago I was looking for a tough and compromising challenge and thank God it was given to me" - in reference to the upcoming fight that will take place on Saturday, January 28, against the featherweight champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Welshman Lee Selby, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
Jezreel Corrales of Panama is not ruling out the possibility of a unification with Vasyl Lomachenco of Ukraine, provided there is an interesting monetary offer. Corrales (21-1-8 KOs) is currently the World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight champion, while Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) is the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight world champion.
Former two division champion Ricardo Mayorga (31-9-1, 25 KOs), who last month was attacked at a gas station in Nicaragua, must be feeling a lot better - because he's back with the verbal attack.