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The number two contender in the rankings of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) at 122 pounds, Jonathan Oquendo, is tired of waiting for a shot at the title. He says the WBO continues to push him back, while other fighters are getting the opportunity to fight for the title - like last weekend when Nonito Donaire defeated Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title.
Former champion Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez (31-1, 28KOs) is counting down the days until he gets his chance to avenge last April's eight round TKO loss to Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25KOs). They clash for a second time, for the WBO featherweight title, on March 10 at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in Puerto Rico.
Gimnasio Municipal, Trelew, Argentina - Hard-punching junior welterweight Lucas Matthysse (30-2, 28 KOs) stopped Angel Martinez (13-2-1, 9 KOs) after five rounds of action. Martinez was unable to come out for the sixth round. Matthysse will now move forward to a very important fight on May 19th against former champion Humberto Soto at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Matthysse-Soto will be the HBO televised opener for the Amir Khan-Lamont Peterson rematch.
Undefeated McJoe Arroyo will not have to wait long to get back in the ring. Arroyo has been added to this Friday's card at the Community Center in Palm Beach, Florida. Arroyo will face Ecuadorian Rafael Tirado on a card promoted by promoter Tutico Zabala's All Star Boxing.
With a deal falling through for a domestic showdown with Joan Guzman, junior welterweight Victor Cayo (27-2, 19KOs) has reportedly agreed to fight former champion Nate Campbell (33-7-1, 25KOs) on March 24th in Santo Domingo. In 2008, Guzman had actually been scheduled to face Campbell in Missippi for the lightweight titles, but Guzman was unable to make the weight and the fight was cancelled due to health issues on the day of the contest.
On the 25th of this month, Marcos Maidana (31-2-0, 28 KOs) will move up to the welterweight division to face Devon Alexander (22-1-0, 13 KOs), who also makes his first appearance at 147. Maidana is training very hard in Puerto Rico and views Alexander as the toughest task that he's ever faced in the ring, because of the new weight and the speed of his opponent.
Freddie Roach, the trainer of Manny Pacquiao, gave his take on the scheduled junior middleweight fight between WBA champion Miguel Cotto and undefeated five-division beltholder Floyd Mayweather Jr. The battle between Cotto and Mayweather takes place on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao had previously stopped Cotto in 2009, when they fought at a catch-weight of 145-pounds.
There are reports in Venezuela that junior welterweight prospect Juan "El Nino" Ruiz (8-0, 4KOs) signed a promotional contract with Don King. The 25-year-old prospect has been inactive for nearly a year. In his last ring appearance, he stopped Loel Barrantes in six rounds to capture the WBC's FECARBOX championship at 140-pounds. Ruiz has spent his entire career in Germany and Panama. The boxer has not been active. He made his pro debut in 2006, and took a two year layoff between 2008 and 2010.
At the Coliseo Luis Aymat Cardona in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, super flyweight prospect McWilliams Arroyo (10-1, 9 KOs) stopped Gilberto Mendoza (4-2, 1 KO) after three rounds of action. Mendoza injured his right shoulder and couldn't come out for the fourth.
The trainer of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Hall-of-Famer Freddie Roach, expects a big pay-per-view buyrate for the May 5th junior middleweight battle between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBA champion Miguel Cotto.