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Victor Bisbal and Carlos Negron, who co-headline the upcoming "A Puno Limpio" card on March 2 in Salinas, have secured opponents for their respective bouts. The card, promoted by PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) in association with Top Rank, will be broadcast live and exclusively through WAPA 2 in Puerto Rico and WAPA America to the United States.
WBO flyweight champion Omar Narvaez (35-1-2, 19KOs) will defend his title against Jose Cabrera (20-2-2, 8KOs) on March 31 in Argentina. The upcoming defense will be the first ring appearance for Narvaez since suffering the first defeat of his pro career, by decision, when he moved up in weight to challenge Nonito Donaire last October in New York City.
Former champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28KOs) received words of encouragement from two of the biggest stars in Puerto Rico, Felix 'Tito' Trinidad and Miguel Cotto. Lopez is training for his March 10th rematch with WBO featherweight king Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25KOs). Last April, a shocking upset took place when Salido stopped Juanma in eight rounds.
Middleweight king Sergio Martinez believes a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still a possibility in his future. Martinez faces Matthew Macklin on March 17th in New York City, while Mayweather moves up in weight to challenge WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto on May 5th in Las Vegas,
The team behind Olympic gold medal winner Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16KOs) are expecting their fighter to dominate the lightweight division. Gamboa will make the jump, from featherweight to lightweight, on April 14th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas - as he challenges former champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22KOs).
In a shocking bit of news, BoxingScene.com has been advised that heavyweight contender Evans Quinn (20-6-1, 18KOs) shot and killed a family rival in a restaurant in Bluefields, Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan boxer approached Raul Bennet and fired off eight bullets.
Junior flyweight Luis Lazarte says that he had nothing to do with the riot that broke out last Saturday night in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After Filipino contender Johnreil Casimero stopped Lazarte in the tenth round to capture the IBF's interim title - a shower of chairs and bottles were thrown into the ring by a gang of fans. A angry mob rushed inside the ring and attacked Casimero and his handlers. Even some of the officials, including referee Eddie Claudio, suffered injuries in the riot.
WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) considers his upcoming defense against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs) as the biggest fight of his career. Cotto advised Raul Alzaga that he already started training for the May 5th clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Cotto's trainer, Pedro Diaz of Cuba, is already in Puerto Rico and the training has officially begun.
The return of former WBA flyweight champion Luis "El Nica" Concepcion (23-3, 18KOs) has been officially announced in Panama. Concepcion will return on March 15th against Oscar Gallardo (8-3, 3KOs) for the WBO's Latino flyweight title. Concepcion, 26-years-old, looks to regroup his career after suffering two TKO losses in 2011 to Hernan "Tyson Marquez of Mexico. Concepcion wants to move up the ranking ladder until he secures a fight with WBO champion Brian Viloria.
The President of the Argentine Boxing Federation, Osvaldo Bisbal, said "there is no need to punish" anyone for last Saturday's riot at Club Once Unidos in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.