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Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. and Juan Manuel Lopez will square off tonight at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Except for those who support this farce of a fight, many boxing fans ask themselves why this fight is happening.
Heavyweight LaRon Mitchell dropped Scott Alexander once in route to a 10 round unanimous decision late Friday night at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, Calif.
Bantamweight Luis Nery keeps has passed every test of his young career with flying colors. Nery understands the tests will become more difficult with each passing fight and Saturday night will be no exception.
Seven months after losing his world title bout, Hekkie Budler returns to the ring Saturday night. Budler will face Siyabongo Siyo in a 10 round bout at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa.
Fresh off his win Friday night, junior lightweight contender Tevin Farmer will return to action on December 2, Russell Peltz announced Sunday afternoon. Farmer will fight in a 10 round bout at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Unbeaten featherweight Christopher Diaz will face former world title challenger Fernando Vargas on November 18, Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman recently told BoxingScene.com.
Unbeaten featherweight Manuel 'Tino' Avila will face Jose Ramirez on November 4, Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Robert Diaz told Boxingscene.com over the weekend.
Unbeaten welterweight Egidijus Kavaliauskas won a hard-fought eight round unanimous decision over Cameron Krael. Kavaliauskas (15-0, 12 KOs) was the aggressor, connecting repeatedly with rights hands and left hooks to the body. A left-right combo almost dropped Krael in round three, but the Las Vegas-based fighter was able to remain on his feet.
Bernard Hopkins has one more fight left in his illustrious career. He wants that fight to take place on the biggest of stages. The 51-year-old may get that opportunity if he gets his way, he told BoxingScene.com this past weekend.
LOS ANGELES - Lightweight Diego Magdaleno was able to grind his way to a 10 round unanimous decision over Art Hovhannisyan before a sellout crowd at the Belasco Theatre. With the win, Magdaleno improves to 29-2, 12 KOs. Hovhannisyan falls to 17-3-3, 9 KOs.