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Dropping by on Monday morning at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California, was lightweight contender Ray Beltran. The last time we saw Beltran was on May 1st, 2015 when he blew out Takahiro Ao in two rounds at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
As you see Francisco Vargas now - who is scheduled to face Orlando Salido on June 4th at the StubHub Center as the main event on HBO - there are no signs of the grotesquely swollen right eye he suffered on the night of November 21st when he paid a heavy price in winning the WBC junior lightweight belt from Takashi Miura.
It's almost a guarantee that a good fight will break out at the StubHub Center on June 4th, when Francisco Vargas defends his WBC 130-pound title versus Orlando Salido. Both Mexicans have a history of making memorable fights and their styles seem to mesh incredibly well.
With Nicholas Walters continuing to waffle on a June 11th showdown against Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3KOs), a new name has emerged to face the left-handed stylist from the Ukraine on this date.
On June 11th from the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York, former WBO junior welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov makes his Showtime televised debut against John Molina. Now the rest of the broadcast is starting to come together.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who was celebrating his 50th year in the boxing business in Toronto - where it all began when with Muhammad Ali's bout against George Chuvalo at the Maple Leafs Garden - is still grinding away and looking to secure the summer schedule for his company.
The card featuring the mandatory middleweight showdown between Gennady Golovkin and Dominic Wade is coming together. The last addition to this show that is being staged at the Forum in Inglewood, California is undefeated junior lightweight prospect, Peter Duran (13-0, 10 KO's).
BoxingScene.com has been advised that rising Puerto Rican star, Felix Verdejo, will be facing Daniel Evangelista Jr. on April 16th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan.
Back in October, unbeaten Antonio Orozco moved his record to 23-0 (15 KO's) by out-pointing the respected Humberto Soto over ten rounds at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The fight was his debut on HBO.
Since winning the vacant WBO welterweight title on March 5th by halting Sadam Ali in nine rounds in Washington DC, Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10KOs) is suddenly in the conversation for some big fights.