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Two unbeaten Southern California prospects return to the ring this month, as featherweight Abraham Lopez faces Gerardo Espinoza on Oct. 14, and junior welterweight Carlos Molina meets Manuel Leyva on Oct. 28.
WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward had seven stitches removed from above his right eye today, reporting the following via Twitter:
On November 11, a double feature will hit Las Vegas, as lightweight Mercito Gesta faces Ricardo Dominguez while junior lightweight Diego Magdaleno meets Emmanuel Lucero.
Junior lightweight Roger “Speedy” Gonzalez will fight emerging prospect Ronny Rios at a contracted maximum weight of 128 pounds in this Friday’s TeleFutura Solo Boxeo co-feature, according to Gonzalez’s advisor, Steven Feder.
Unbeaten middleweight Brandon Gonzales has signed a multiyear promotional pact with Goossen Tutor and Antonio Leonard.
After a rocky first round where he trailed Jason Lavigilante of Mauritius 5-4, American light flyweight Eros Correa regrouped and scored two standing eight counts en route to a 14-11 decision victory in his opening bout at the 2011 AIBA World Championships.
Rising middleweight Peter Quillin will face former two-time world title challenger Sam Soliman in the second half of a four-man tournament to determine the mandatory challenger for IBF champ Daniel Geale of Australia.
A month has elapsed since WBA/WBO interim lightweight champion Robert Guerrero tore the rotator cuff in his left shoulder, causing the cancellation of his August fight against WBA junior welterweight “regular” titlist Marcos Maidana in San Jose.
Karim Mayfield has undoubtedly enjoyed a spike in success regarding his boxing career the past few months. After almost a year of inactivity, he received a call in April inquiring if he’d be interested in traveling from his home in San Francisco down to Hollywood to spar Manny Pacquiao in preparation for his fight with Shane Mosley.
Unbeaten middleweight prospect Brandon Gonzales went through his account of sparring with Andre Ward when the latter incurred a cut on his right eye, causing a postponement of his Oct. 29 Super Six final with Carl Froch.