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After a stint back home in his native Phoenix, unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Jose Benavidez Jr. and his father, Jose Sr., have returned to the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood to work with trainer Freddie Roach.
According to promoter Lou DiBella, the venue for the Sept. 24 IBF welterweight title fight between incumbent champ Jan Zaveck and his client, Andre Berto, has been finalized to take place at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Miss.
Two years and 11 months have elapsed since the U.S. Boxing Team returned home from Beijing Olympics with neither a gold nor silver medal in tow.
Middleweight Derek Hinkey and super featherweight Lonnie Smith will fight on separate bouts Aug. 27 at the Churchill County Fairgrounds in Fallon, Nev.
Fresh off his first-round stoppage of Noe Lopez Jr. on last night’s Amir Khan-Zab Judah show, super featherweight prospect Ronny Rios (15-0, 7 KOs) will return Sept. 17 on the undercard of another high-profile fight, according to manager Frank Espinoza.
At the post-fight press conference following Amir Khan’s impressive fifth-round knockout of Zab Judah, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer laid out the blueprint for his new unified WBA/IBF super lightweight champion’s future.
By Ryan Maquiñana - Gary Russell Jr. (16-0, 10 KOs) is one of the hottest prospects in the sport. 16 consecutive victories have resulted in a co-feature spot against Chicago’s Eric Estrada (9-1, 3 KOs) on this Saturday’s Khan-Judah card. Before that, a decorated amateur career culminated in a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. Prior to this string of success, however, the rising featherweight from Capitol Heights, Maryland, had to first endure the acrid taste of defeat. “I know what it feels like,” the 23-year-old recalled, a tinge of wistfulness in his tone. “I lost my very first fight when I was seven.” After incurring a loss like that, a lot of kids his age would have waffled through their fourth different sport by the end of the week. Not Gary. “Oh my goodness, it struck a chord with me when I lost that first fight,” the 126-pounder said, shaking his head. “I was so motivated from that point on, I didn’t even want to go to the playground. I just wanted to be at the gym and never feel like that again.”
As Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero commenced his Big Bear training camp for the fight of his life August 27 against Marcos Maidana in San Jose, the three-division beltholder took time out to speak to BoxingScene.
If WBA lightweight champ Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios meant to elicit a response from Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta with his words on yesterday’s debut of BoxingScene.com’s radio show, The Boxing Lab, mission accomplished.
Mere moments after 42-year-old Antonio Tarver captured the IBO cruiserweight title by stopping Danny Green in nine rounds, the team for unbeaten WBA No. 1/WBO No. 3/IBF No. 5 Lateef "Power" Kayode let it be known that they want the “Magic Man” from Orlando next.