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Highly-touted featherweight Oscar Valdez will face contender Chris Avalos on September 11, Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman informed BoxingScene.com. The 10 round bout will take place at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas and will be televised live on TruTV. Frank Espinoza, who manages the unbeaten Valdez, also confirmed this to Boxingscene.com on Thursday afternoon.
Abraham Lopez has had quite a few crossroads in his life. One was whether to be content and continue working in the medical field. The other was to follow the dream of becoming a world champion. While helping people is a great calling, the reality of one day having a world title belt strapped around his waist was too much for Lopez to ignore. Lopez continues towards that goal after a three-year hiatus on Thursday night, when he faces Jorge Diaz at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif.
Flyweight contender Giovani Segura will fight Juan Palacios on August 15, it was advised to BoxingScene.com. The eight round bout will take place at the We Ko Pa Casino in Scottsdale, Ariz., just outside of Phoenix. Segura was scheduled to fight on July 25 at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, but a suitable opponent for the Mexican-American could not be located.
Junior lightweight Tevin Farmer will now face Daulis Prescott on August 8, Lou DiBella told BoxingScene.com. DiBella promotes Farmer. The 10 round bout, which will be part of a Golden Boy Promotions card, will take place at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. Farmer-Prescott will be the opening bout of an HBO Latino broadcast, beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/ PT.
Lightweight John Delpersang was successful in his professional debut, stopping Francisco Solis in the second round. Delpersang dropped Solis (0-7) twice in the second round before Solis' corner threw in the towel, prompting referee Raul Caiz, Jr. to wave the fight over at 1:13. Lightweight James Stewart improves to 1-2 with a four round majority decision over Minju Shin (1-2). One judge scored the bout even at 38-38, while the other two judges scored the bout 39-37 in favor of Stewart.
The anticipated rematch between Roman 'Rocky' Martinez and Orlando Salido is a done deal, Salido's manager Sean Gibbons confirmed to BoxingScene.com. Now the question is, when and where will the fight take place? In their first fight on April 11 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Martinez won a hard-fought 12 round unanimous decision over Salido.
While significant fight cards take place in Las Vegas over the weekend, pro boxing makes its return to the 'Valley of the Sun.' Lightweight Victor Castro will fight Angel Martinez on Saturday night at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz. The eight round bout will headline an "Iron Boy 23" card, presented by Iron Boy Promotions.
By Francisco Salazar - (LAS VEGAS, NEV.) - That was easy. Or at least, Sergey Kovalev made it look easy. Kovalev made short work of Nadjib Mohammedi, stopping him in the third round at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Kovalev successfully defended his multiple world title belts in the process. The outcome was expected as Kovalev demonstrated again why some consider him to be the top light heavyweight in boxing today. Unfortunately, Mohammedi bore the brunt of that, overmatched despite having won 13 bouts in a row prior to the Kovalev fight. Mohammedi was Kovalev's mandatory for the IBF title, stopping Anatoliy Dudchenko in June of last year. Kovalev, who stopped Jean Pascal on March 14 in Montreal, was also defending his WBO and WBA world title belts. After an opening round, Mohammedi, who resides in Marseilles, France and is of Algerian descent, attempted to use his awkward style to his advantage. But Kovalev's pedigree began to become evident in the second round, where the tide turned dramatically in Kovalev's favor. Kovalev dropped Mohammedi midway through the second round, courtesy of a barrage of punches that began with an overhand right. To his credit, Mohammedi fought back, but it looked as though the inevitable would come should Mohammedi stay within Kovalev's range.
In the build up to Saturday's bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., the resignation amongst media and boxing fans is Sergey Kovalev will stop Nadjib Mohammedi and retain his multiple world title belts. That could be the case as Kovalev has mostly dominated or destroyed his opposition as a pro. Mohammedi has been looked at as an afterthought in this fight, while there has been talk of Kovalev possibly facing Andre Ward or Jean Pascal in a rematch of their March 14 bout.
It has been quite a year for Jason Quigley. The Irish-born fighter made his pro debut on July 12 of last year, stopping Howard Reece in the first round. A day short of a year later, Quigley has fought six more times, winning all of them by knockout. Those may be great accomplishments thus far for any fighter. But Quigley wants more and is eager to prove he could get better.