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Efrain Esquivias will now face Cecilio Santos for the vacant NABF super bantamweight title Aug. 19 at the Omega Products International building in Corona, Calif., per Esquivias’s manager, Eddie Gonzales.
WBA 175-pound champion Beibut Shumenov is targeting some big names at light heavyweight for an October or November date.
Unbeaten heavyweight Seth Mitchell will fight Mike Mollo in San Jose’s HP Pavilion as the co-feature to the Aug. 27 showdown between Marcos Maidana and Robert Guerrero, per several sources including the fighter himself.
San Carlos, California, is a long way from Winter Haven, Florida. Ask Andre Berto, who uprooted himself and his team 2,905 miles west to the San Francisco Bay Area city for his latest training camp.
Don Chargin and Russell Peltz will co-promote the much-maligned junior middleweight Gabriel Rosado’s return to the ring on Sept. 9 in Philadelphia’s Asylum Arena against an opponent to be determined, according to Chargin.
Efrain Esquivias Jr. will meet Raul Hirales for the NABF super bantamweight title Aug. 19 at the Omega Products International Building in Corona, Calif., according to Esquivias’s manager, Eddie Gonzales.
When the percussion from the final bell reached featherweight Roberto Marroquin’s ears, the feeling was no less than numb. After going almost four years without losing, Francisco Leal would officially break the Dallas native’s unblemished streak once the scores were inevitably announced.
The sign outside the city says, “Welcome to Friendly El Monte.” The slogan is sprawled across the Southern California municipality's buses and benches. In fact, the residents are so amiable they politely tip you off to stories.
Sources revealed to me that Andre Berto and his team have been sighted in the Bay Area city of San Carlos, Calif., where the former WBC welterweight champion is reportedly working with Victor Conte in preparation for his next fight.
Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez has fully recovered from a shoulder injury and will return to the ring on Aug. 20 at Mechanics Hall in his hometown of Worcester, Mass., according to Rodriguez’s manager, Larry Army.