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Jorge "Golden Boy" Linares is satisfied with his recent win over Jesus "Matador" Chavez, in Tokyo. During a meeting with the Venezuelan media, the boxer said he will insist on a career goal of winning five titles in boxing to bring back to Venezuela, and also plans to begin a stronger support for the development of young talent.
The championship board of the World Boxing Association announced today their decision to appoint Gennady Golovkin as the middleweight champion of the organization, due to the Felix Sturm bein pushed up to the status of "super champion.
The Directors of the World Boxing Association made a decision that prior to the unification between our featherweight champion, Yuriorkis Gamboa, and the IBF champ, Orlando Salido, he learned of the health of Chris John, through medical certification.
Caracas - The lightweight world champion of the WBA, Venezuelan Miguel "Aguacerito" Acosta, will not be able to make the first defense of the black and gold belt in a fight scheduled for September 25 in Mexico.
Venezuelan Charlie Jose Navarro will go for a world title on Monday, August 30, when he takes on the world champion of World Boxing Association (WBA) at welterweight, Vyacheslav Senchenko, in Donetsk, Ukraine. Both came in looking great, with Senchenko weighing 146.3-pounds, and Navarro weighing 145.8 at the official weigh-in on Sunday.
The WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko, and Venezuelan challenger Charlie Navarro, were face to face at the official press conference for their fight that is going to be held next Monday in Donestk, Ukraine.
Caracas - Venezuelan boxer Jorge "Golden Boy" Linares has set his return for October 24 in Tokyo, against Mexican veteran Jesus "Matador" Chavez. It was announced by Teiken Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions, the co-promoters of Linares.
Panama City - The star fight of Saturday's card, the bantamweight rematch between WBA champion Anselmo "Chemita" Moreno and Venezuelan challenger Nehomar Cermeño, were the first to climb on the scale on Friday at the Crown Casino in Panama.
Caracas - The World Boxing Council has officially announced that Venezuelan fighter Mayerlin Rivas will have a rematch of her fight with Mexican Zulima Muñoz. The WBC's review committee decided that Rivas would become the official challenger to Muñoz, the WBC Youth champion, following the controversial majority decision at their June 9 fight in Mexico.
Las Vegas, Nevada - The rematch between lightweight super champion of the World Boxing Association and the champion of the World Boxing Organization, Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico, and the Texan Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz, has brought out some of boxing's biggest stars to Las Vegas, including WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan and the WBA's heavyweight champ David Haye.