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Former world champion Juan Carlos Reveco bounced back with a ten round unanimous decision over Dominican contender Diego Pichardo Liriano to capture the vacant flyweight Latino title of the International Boxing Federation (IBF).
Former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa is looking to avoid a full year of inactivity, and the Cuban Olympic gold medal winner will return to the ring on December 17. One of the most talented boxers of his generation, Gamboa will face an opponent to be determined in Saint Denis, France, to give continuity to a career that saw no action since December 19, 2015.
WBA 'regular' featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar believes that he will send Mexican Olympian Abner Mares to the brink of retirement next month. Cuellar (28-1, 21KOs) will defend against Mares (29-2-1, 15KOs) on December 10th at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles. The fight will be televised by Showtime in the United States and Televisa Deportes in Mexico.
World Boxing Council [WBC] super flyweight world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (46-0, 38 KOs) is heading to Japan on Wednesday to meet with his promoter, Mr. Honda of Teiken Promotions, as they map out his future for 2017.
According to multiple sources in Argentina, former welterweight world champion Carlos Baldomir has been arrested over allegations that he sexually abused a minor. He was arrested by authorities in Buenos Aires, which was confirmed by the local prosecutor.
Tough contender Lucas Matthysse (37-4, 32KOs) of Argentina is hungry to capture world title in the welterweight division. Matthysse has been out of the ring since getting knocked out by Viktor Postol last October in Los Angeles, California. Matthysse was hit with a good shot directly on his eye, went down and stayed down for the full count. Afterwards, he said his eye was injured from the punch and he didn't want to risk the possibility of suffering a long-term injury that would cause him to go blind.
WBA/IBO junior welterweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13KOs) is looking to fight at least three times in 2017. Lara has seen action once this year, when he won a twelve round decision over Vanes Martirosyan in their May rematch in Las Vegas.
WBA/IBO junior welterweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13KOs) is wondering what he needs to do to get WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) in the ring.
BoxingScene.com reported last week that Nicaraguan coach Arnulfo Obando suffered a bad stroke last Monday in Terrabona, Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Last Wednesday he had surgery at the Vivian Pellas Hospital in Managua. Obando, 54-years-old, is the coach of four-division world champion Roman "Chocolatito" González. He helped build Gonzalez up to being the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the mandatory fight between Adonis Stevenson and Eleider Alvarez is heading to a date in early 2017. Their mutual promoter, Yvon Michel of GYM, felt it was best to push it back to early 2017 when more money would be available on the table. The two fighters also share the same adviser in Al Haymon.