
Joel Diaz Jr. Ready To Face Joaquim Carneiro
Lightweight Joel Diaz will fight Joaquim Carneiro Saturday night, promoter Steven Bash advised Boxingscene.com Thursday evening.

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Lightweight Joel Diaz will fight Joaquim Carneiro Saturday night, promoter Steven Bash advised Boxingscene.com Thursday evening.
With the break-up between Top Rank and Miguel 'Mikey' Garcia in the rear-view mirror, Garcia is in the early stages of planning his return to the ring. That could come sooner than expected as Garcia, who last fought two and a half years ago, is expected to return to the ring in the next month or two, according to Robert Garcia, Mikey’s trainer and older brother.

StubHub Center, Carson, California - WBC super featherweight champion Francisco Vargas (23-0-2, 17KOs) and Orlando Salido (43-13-4, 30KOs) went to war for twelve rounds, ending in a majority draw. The scores were 115-113 for Vargas, 114-114, 114-114.

Carson, California - In a battle of undefeated featherweights, Abraham Lopez (21-0-1, 15KOs) shocked Julian Ramirez (16-1, 8KOs) with a ten round unanimous decision. The scores were 97-93, 97-93, 98-92.

Carson, California - It wasn't an easy night for Gabriel Rosado, who got off the floor to win a ten round unanimous decision over Antonio Gutierrez (21-2-1, 9 KOs). In the fourth round, Gutierrez had a big knockdown on Rosado and made it a real dog-fight in every round where Rosado had to dig very deep. The scores were 95-94, 96-93, 95-94 for Rosado.

Lightweight Genaro Gamez (2-0, 2 KOs) knocked out Juan Bryand in the first round. A left hook to the body dropped Bryand to one knee. Referee Jack Reiss counted Bryand out at 1:36.

Finally. The day that many boxing fans had circled on their calendars for weeks has arrived. And it comes when the boxing world is in a somber mood. No need to pinch yourself. It is June 4, but people went to sleep the night before having heard of the passing of heavyweight great and icon Muhammad Ali.

Junior featherweight Pablo Rubio (6-0, 3 KOs) won a six round unanimous decision over Jorge Perez, who was deducted a point in the second round for butting Rubio in the head.While Rubio landed the more-telling blows throughout the fight, it was Perez (2-3, 1 KO) who looked the worse for wear, as he was bleeding profusely from the nose since the third round. All three judge scored the bout in favor of Rubio, 59-54, 59-54, 60-53.

Ronny Rios and Efrain Esquivias know each other very well. The two Southern California pugilists have sparred one another countless times at gyms across Southern California over the years.

Shane Mosley looked like a tired and old fighter after being stopped by Anthony Mundine two and a half years ago. Retirement seemed like the only option, along with working with and amateur fighters and pro prospects in the Southern California area.