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The president of the PR Best Boxing, Ivan Rivera, did not rule out a rematch between Giovanni Segura, the current 108-pound champion of the WBO, and Ivan Calderon. Segura who snatched the belt and Calderon's undefeated record in August. The rematch could even take place in Mexico.
Unbeaten Cesar "Junito" Seda, the number one ranked fighter under the WBO at 115 pounds, will in all likelihood challenge the champion Omar Narvaez of Argentina, according to his promoter Javier Bustillo. The fight would be held in Panama in late March or early April.
According to Javier Bustillo, president of Universal Promotions, Ishmael Tetteh of Ghana, with a record of 21-6-2 and 10 knockouts, is the frontrunner among the three candidates to face former WBO welterweight champion Carlos 'El Indio' Quintana, who reappears as a junior middleweight in Ponce, Puerto Rico on Feb. 18 on a function held at the coliseum Juan 'Pachin' Vicens.
Unbeaten bantamweight prospect McJoe Arroyo, who beat Eduardo Meléndez by knockout last Saturday on the undercard of an event presented by PR Best Boxing in a Bayamón priosn, suffered a fractured jaw and lost a tooth. Under the rules of the Purto Rican Boxing Commission, he has to rest between 60 to 90 days and then get evaluated by a surgeon.
The former 168-pound champion of the WBA, Manny Siaca III, who has not fought since April of last year when he was battered by Danny Green in a fight for the IBO cruiserweight title, will be back in March but fighting at 154 pounds and his goal is to win the championship now held by Miguel Cotto.
Bob Arum has big plans for Miguel Cotto and if the WBA 154-pound champion defeats Ricardo Mayorga on March 12 in Las Vegas, the next step is a June rematch would a title defense against Antonio Margarito in June in New York. Arum would then consider matching him with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at 160 pounds for the WBC middleweight titles and then close the Puerto Rican's career with a Manny Pacquiao rematch.
Former champion Eric Morel (43-2, 21KOs) is forced to return to court but this time he was recruited as a juror and will miss about a week of training time under his father, Cyril.
Ricardo Mayorga was very well 'prepared' to make so many verbal bombs that he silenced Miguel Cotto, and said the WBA 154-pound champion was not wanted by Puerto Rico and Felix Trinidad was still considered the real boxing idol of the country despite being retired. Mayorga challenges Cotto for the title on March 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Ricardo Mayorga came to Puerto Rico with his mouth blazing. He made some very harsh comments in the direction of Miguel Cotto, including attacks on the Puerto Rican's personal life, as the two exchanged words at the press conference held at the Coliseo José Miguel Agrelat. The two fighters would nearly come to blows at the end of the press conference when Mayorga shoved Cotto.
Bayamon's Francisco "The Wizard" Palacios, who on April 2 will go to Poland to fight WBC cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, has reiterated that he will return to Puerto Rico as the third Puerto Rican boxer to become a champion in that division, emulating Carlos 'Sugar' Leon and Ossie Ocasio.