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Antonio Margarito's co-manager, Francisco Espinoza, spoke with reporter Reymond Colon, and said the "Tijuana Tornado" was delighted with the recent news that WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto was open to a rematch. Margarito knocked Cotto out in eleven rounds two years ago.
Mexican warrior Hugo Cazares (31-6-2, 22KOs) will make the first defense of his WBA super flyweight title against Everardo Morales (34-14-2, 23KOs) on July 3 at the Centro de Convenciones in Tlalnepantla, México. Cazares won the title in May from Nobuo Nashiro of Japan. Morales has experience and a decent punch but he loses every time he steps up the level of competition. He was knocked out by Pongsaklek Wonjongkam and Tomas Rojas, and lost a decision to Koki Kameda.
Marco Antonio Barrera is not returning to the sport to prove anything to the public. He wants to erase the memory of last year's beating that he took from Amir Khan in Manchester, England. During the first round action Barrera sustained a very bad gash on his head that never stopped bleeding and evantually forced the doctors and referee to stop the fight. Khan was awarded a five round technical decision.
At the Forum del Mundo Imperial in Acapulco, Mexico, former champion Edgar Sosa (38-6, 22 KOs) returned to the ring for the first time since last November two round TKO loss to Rodel Mayol, and stopped Roberto Leyva (27-12-1, 21 KOs) in two rounds. After a clash of heads in the fight with Mayol, Sosa's cheekbone was fractured and it required surgery and months of recovery time. A former WBC junior flyweight champion, Sosa is now fighting in the flyweight division. The fight with Leyva took place around the super flyweight limit.
Welterweight prospect Omar "Businessman" Chávez went further in his career by obtaining a significant victory against the experienced Rodrigo Juarez in the main function of - "The Centenary Test of Fire" - held at the Entertainment Centre de León, in Guanajuato, Mexico.
The invasion of Mexico was made with great success for three young prospects from the Virgin Islands. Before we get to the invasion at Malecon Turistico in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, junior welterweight Jorge Pimentel (22-9, 17KOs) overcame a third round knockdown to win a ten round decision over Roberto Tamayo (10-6). The scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 98-95.
Former champion Hozumi Hasegawa held a press conference in Kobe, Japan on Thursday and vowed revenge on WBO/WBC bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel.
The sons of the legendary Julius Jackson will hit Sonora, Mexico on Friday in separate bouts before a packed crowd on a card put together by Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions at Malecon Turistico in Guaymas.
The terror of Thailand may soon be making his debut in the United States. WBA super bantamweight champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (41-1, 29 KOs) returned to action on Thursday in Masaharakahm, Thailand to score an vicious four round knockout of Shoji Kumura (23-4-2, 9 KOs) of Japan.
Saturday night in Los Mochis, Humberto "Zorrita" Soto retained his WBC lightweight title with a unanimous decision over Ricardo Dominguez. Soto has won titles at featherweight, super featherweight and now owns the lightweight titles.