
Luis Ortiz Wants To Do a Job on Charles Martin, Send a Big Message
Cuban heavyweight Luis 'King Kong’ Ortiz is getting ready for his scheduled Fox Sports pay-per-view engagement on January 1, when he will face former world champion Charles Martin.

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Cuban heavyweight Luis 'King Kong’ Ortiz is getting ready for his scheduled Fox Sports pay-per-view engagement on January 1, when he will face former world champion Charles Martin.

Frank Sanchez understands the importance of starting 2022 with a bang. The Cuban heavyweight will face Puerto Rican Carlos Negron on January 1 in the co-featured fight to a FOX Sports pay-per-view card that will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

During the last few weeks, WBA "regular" super middleweight champion David Morell has been training hard with veteran coach Ronnie Shields.

Former world champion Gilberto “Zurdo'' Ramirez is ready to face another Cuban veteran, when he takes on Yunieski Gonzalez on December 18 in San Antonio, Texas. DAZN will stream the contest.

Light heavyweight contender Yunieski "The Monster" Gonzalez is a little more than a week away from one of the biggest fights of his career - a showdown with former world champion Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez.

One of the great Argentine and Latin American representatives in the last 20 years, former two division world champion Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez, has already scheduled a date for his next fight.

Earlier this month, IBF featherweight Kiko Martinez increased his merits to be at the top of the Spanish boxing history boxing. After his resounding knockout victory in the sixth round over heavily favored Kid Galahad, he wants to take a long break so his body can rest.

Unbeaten heavyweight contender Frank Sanchez expects his gym stablemate, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, to do very well in the cruiserweight division. Canelo, who earlier this month became the undisputed super middleweight champion by knocking out Caleb Plant, is looking to move up to the cruiserweight limit of 200-pounds.

In one of the biggest shockers of the weekend, 35-year-old veteran Kiko Martinez (43-10-2, 30 KOs) became a two division world champion when he knocked out Kid Galahad in six rounds to capture the IBF featherweight title.

Rances Barthelemy expected more resistance from his opponent, but he solved him in just five minutes. The former world champion added the second victory of the season on the undercard of this past Saturday's big event at the MGM Grand in las Vegas, which saw Saúl “Canelo'' Alvarez stop Caleb Plant to become the undisputed champion at super middleweight.