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BoxingScene.com has learned that Yory Boy Campas (92-12, 74KOs) has dropped out from next Saturday's bout against Julio "Baby Face" Garcia (41-3, 35KOs), scheduled for the undercard to Juan Manuel Marquez-Joel Casamayor at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The late replacement is said to be Danny Perez (32-5, 17KOs).
It's being reported that unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Vanes Martirosyan will take another small step to a possible 2009 title run by taking on another fellow undefeated junior middleweight prospect, Michael Medina.
Ronnie Shields, trainer of Rocky Juarez (27-4, 19KOs), has informed MaxBoxing/BoxingScene.com that a deal has been reached for his fighter to face WBA featherweight champion Chris John (41-0, 22KOs) on September 13 in Las Vegas. The fight will be the co-feature to the HBO pay-per-view main event between Joel Casamayor and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Trainer of WBA/WBO/IBF world lightweight champion Juan Diaz, Ronnie Shields is recovering from a broken leg suffered in Cancun and will not be in his corner on Saturday night when Diaz defends his titles against mandatory challenger Nate Campbell.
Unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Vanes Martirosyan will be in possibly his toughest test to date on March 28th when he faces former title challenger Angel Hernandez.
Texas - Current WBA/IBF/WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz helped lead a Hillary Clinton support rally with several hundred people today in downtown Houston that was supported by congress woman Sheila Jackson Lee with many local political figures and dignitaries present.
According to manager Willie Savannah, the proposed bout between WBO/WBA/IBF lightweight champion Juan Diaz (33-0, 17KOs) and mandatory Michael Katsidis (23-0, 20KOs) is still moving forward on February 9.
Dominick Guinn (28-5-1, 19KOs) is having a tough time securing an opponent for the inaugural return of ESPN's "Fight Night Fights" series on December 28. After several opponents coming in, and then dropping out for one reason or another, the latest replacement could very well become veteran Robert Hawkins (22-10, 7KOs).