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Former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi is enjoying himself at the WBC's 54th annual convention, which is currently ongoing in Florida. Malignaggi expressed his appreciation to the WBC and their President Mauricio Sulaiman.
On Friday November 11th from the Miami Airport Convention Center in Miami, Florida - Yunieski Gonzalez (17-2, 13KOs) faces former Olympian Maxwell Amponsah (11-2, 10KOs) from Ghana in the main event of a card being presented by Boxing Storm.
At the WBC's official purse bid for Alexander Povetkin-Bermane Stiverne - which was held on Friday at the agency's offices in New York City - there was another purse bid which took place for the WBC Silver heavyweight title held by Johann Duhaupas - and mandatory challenger Carlos Takam.
As reported earlier on BoxingScene.com, WBA interim-heavyweight champion Luis Ortiz and Golden Boy Promotions have officially parted ways. However, Ortiz makes it clear that this situation does not affect his continued work in the gym with his trainer Herman Caicedo, as they await a finalized date for the mandatory fight with Alexander Ustinov. Ortiz has been out of the ring since his HBO televised knockout of Tony Thompson back in March.
Light heavyweight contender Yunieski Gonzalez (17-2, 13KO) relaunched his career at the Double Tree Hotel at the Miami Airport Convention Center. Gonzalez demolished Jackson Junior (21-7, 19 KO) in the round. He dropped Jackson three times before the referee stopped the fight. Junior fought another Cuban light heavyweight in Umberto Savigne back in 2013. Savigne stopped Junior in four rounds, but the fight was later changed to a no-contest when Savigne tested positive for a banned substance.
Ricky Marquez, manager and trainer of Puerto Rican prospect Felix "El Diamante" Verdejo (22-0, 15KOs), spoke with BoxingScene/Ringsidefightingnews and confirms that a showdown with WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (31-0, 12KOs) is in their plans, and right now they are negotiating the terms to make this fight happen in November of 2016.
Yuriorkis Gamboa 25-1-0 (17 KOs) recently returned to training with former coach Ismael Salas. Yuriorkis and Salas came together in Las Vegas more around three weeks ago to start the workouts, after a period of 6 months of inactivity.
Henry Rivalta, co-manager of Mexican fighter Moises "Chucky" Flores, is convinced that his fighter has a great chance at beating two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux, when fighters collide in a mandatory title fight in the coming months.
Former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi, is almost ready to travel out for his big fight. He travels on Sunday July 24 to New York City, where he'll close his training camp for the upcoming bout against Gabriel Bracero on July 30th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Former two-division world champion Paul Malignaggi is training every day at the 5th St. Gym in Miami, Florida, as he prepares for his upcoming fight against Gabriel Bracero on July 30th at the Barclays Center in New York. The main event of that card will feature WBA world champion Leo Santa Cruz defending his belt against Carl Frampton.