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Junior featherweight Jessie Magdaleno will fight Erik Ruiz on January 10, Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman told BoxingScene.com n Saturday night. The eight round bout will headline a Top Rank card that will take place at the Texas Station Gambling Hall and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. UniMas will air the "Solo Boxeo Tecate" broadcast.
In a bout featuring middleweights making their professional debuts, Cem Kilic won a four round unanimous decision over Jose Mejia. The more-polished Kilic was able to easily counter Mejia's aggression, landing at will to the head and body. All three judges scored the bout 40-36 in favor of Kilic.
It was going so well for Thomas Dulorme over two years ago. He was unbeaten after 16 fights and was considered one of boxing’s highly-touted prospects. Then he ran into the fists of Luis Carlos Abregu. Dulorme suffered the first loss of his pro career at the hands of Abregu on the night of October 27, 2012. Since then, Dulorme has had a different outlook on boxing, which has brought a new-found confidence and success.
In the opening bout of the "Golden Boy Live" telecast, middleweight Elias Espadas won a six round majority decision over Carlos Perez. The taller Lopez (5-2-1, 3 KOs) was able to beat Espadas to the punch in the first couple of rounds. Espadas (7-1, 3 KOs) was able to fight from the outside, landing lead right hands to the head. As the bout progressed, Espadas landed the more-telling blows. Both had their moments in the final round, but Espadas did enough to get the nod on two of the judges' scorecards.
Roy Englebrecht Promotions presents their final fight card of 2014 on Thursday night. In the main event of the "Fight Club OC" card, Joshua Conley will fight Paul Mpendo in a six round bout inside the Hangar at the OC Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa, California. The bout was contracted as a junior middleweight bout, but Conley reportedly weighed four pounds over the contracted limit.
Junior welterweight Frankie Gomez could return to the ring sometime in February, Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Eric Gomez told BoxingScene.com recently. The East Los Angeles, Calif. resident has not fought since winning a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision over Vernon Paris in Indio, California on July 25.
Heavyweight contender Mike Perez has begun working with trainer Robert Garcia, K2 Promotions Managing Director Tom Loeffler confirmed to BoxingScene.com on Sunday afternoon. Perez is promoted by K2 Promotions. Within the last month or so, Perez has begun training with Robert Garcia in Oxnard, Calif. Garcia trains Marcos Maidana, Brandon Rios, Evgeny Gradovich, and Miguel "Mikey" Garcia.
Darleys Perez will defend the interim WBA lightweight title against Jonathan Maicelo on January 9, promoter Gary Shaw told BoxingScene.com on Tuesday afternoon. The bout will take place at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. The bout will headline a Gary Shaw Productions card and will kick off the 2015 "Friday Night Fights" season. Shaw also told BoxingScene.com that junior middleweight Francisco Santana will fight in the co-main event bout.
Pro boxing returns to the Los Angeles on Saturday night as All Star Boxing Promotions presents another "Battle of the Rising Stars" card. Six and four round bouts will take place on the 10-bout card that will take place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. Cruiserweight Israel Duffus will fight Lamont Williams (5-6-1, 2 KOs) in a six round bout. The Panamanian-born Duffus (6-1, 5 KOs) has won his last four bouts in a row, while Williams has lost his last five.
With talk of a Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao bout reigniting optimism amongst boxing fans in the last couple of weeks, one person is willing to do anything he can to see the fight take place. And he is very familiar to both fighters. Oscar De La Hoya took to Twitter on Wednesday night, proclaiming he is willing to do his part to see Mayweather-Pacquiao become reality in 2015.