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The details are very sketchy, but former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (25-1, 17 KOs) was involved in a brawl inside of a gym in Miami, Florida. An heated argument broke out between Gamboa and an unknown individual, and things quickly got physical.
Former world boxing champion Carlos Baldomir will continue to be detained until the starts of his trial for the allegations of sexual abuse of his minor daughter, who is now 14 years old.
The Cuban Boxing Federation is a tougher organization than most. They issued a six month suspension on Lazaro Alvarez, a Cuban boxer who won a bronze medal in 2016 Olympic games in Rio, because he dyed his hair. He was also removed from the Cuban national team and also removed from the list of the best athletes of the year.
Panamanian Jezreel Corrales (20-1, 8 KOs) is says there is more hunger in his body as he arrives to rematch on December 31 against Japanese hero Takashi Uchiyama (24-1-1, 20 KOs).
When Cuba's Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KO) received the news that his promoter had won the rights to organize his next fight against WBA "regular" champion Beibut Shumenov, the cruiserweight rubbed his hands together and uttered a resounding phrase: "it's about time."
Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KO's) will start the new year in a very different way from the year that is ending in a few days. The two-time Olympic gold medal winner will fight against a top level opponent.
As BoxingScene.com reported last month, the motion picture "El Inca," premiered in Venezuela on November 25. The movie details the tragic story of two division world champion Edwin Valero, who was viewed as a potential superstar and he was being groomed by Top Rank and Teiken for a pay-per-view fight with Manny Pacquiao.
With only a few days left in the year, two-time cruiserweight world champion Victor Emilio Ramirez of Argentina has announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 32. Known as the Tyson of Abasto, the boxer closed out his career with a record of 22 wins (with 17 knockouts), 3 losses and 1 draw
According to sources in Nicaragua, former two-division world champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (31-9-1, 25KOs) was attacked and bloodied. The alleged incident took place at a gas station in Mangua, when Mayorga and an unknown individual got into some type of argument over "waiting at the pump." The unknown assailant then attacked Mayorga with a club and struck him several times, leaving the boxer's face bloodied.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Cuban heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz (27-0, 23 KO) will be in line to fight the winner of the April showdown between Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua - who clash for the IBF, WBA, IBO world titles.