Randy Caballero To Return on Feb. 5, Fantasy Springs
Randy Caballero, who lost his IBF bantamweight title on the scales on the eve of his November 21st defense against Lee Haskins, has his next fight scheduled to begin his 2016 campaign.
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Nelson Says HBO Will Have Open Door To All Promoters
One of the big challenges facing Peter Nelson, who was officially announced as the new Executive Vice President of HBO Sports on Tuesday, is how to navigate what has become a very fractured boxing business. As of now, there are two seperate universes that exist, those who are under Al Haymon's umbrella with Premier Boxing Champions and the rest who are with HBO.
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Golovkin, Gonzalez To Be Paired at Least Once More
The last two times that middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and flyweight king Roman Gonzalez have performed, they were paired as co-headliners. On May 17th at the Forum, in Inglewood, California, Golovkin stopped Willie Monroe Jr. in six rounds, while Gonzalez blew out Edgar Sosa in two. Then on the night of October 17th at the Madison Square Garden in New York, Golovkin halted David Lemieux in eight and Gonzalez took care of Brian Viloria in nine.
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Arum Denies Bradley-Brook Talks: No Interest in That
Despite multiple reports in the UK of a possible welterweight unification bout between Tim Bradley and Kell Brook - it's news to Bradley's promoter, Bob Arum. When asked if there was any truth to such talk, the head of Top Rank told BoxingScene.com,"No, not at all. Nobody has talked to us about it."
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HBO/K2 Discuss the Possibility of Chocolatito-Estrada 2
Back in November of 2012 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, Roman Gonzalez - then the WBA 108-pound titlist - held off the game challenge of the previously unknown Juan Francisco Estrada. Since that defeat, the Mexican has become the unified flyweight champion (with the WBO and IBF belts in his possession) and built his own fearsome reputation. A rematch between the two in 2016 would be one of the most anticipated fights for the hardcore fans.
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Mike Alvarado Training Hard For Planned Comeback
The last we saw of Mike Alvarado was on the night of January 24th when he was beaten down in three rounds by Brandon Rios. It was an ignominious defeat that saw Alvarado get booed lustily afterwards by his hometown crowd at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. At the beginning of the year, just a few weeks before this rubber match with Rios, he was picked up on a weapons charge in what far from his first brush with the law.
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Dusty Harrison in Need of New Foe For 12/5 HBOL Card
BoxingScene.com has been advised that Dusty Harrison is in need of a new dance partner for December 5th. The undefeated (28-0, 15 KO's) young welterweight prospect from Washington D.C. was scheduled to face Steve Claggett in Kissimmee, Florida on a Roc Nation Sports card that will be televised by HBO Latino. Word is that Claggett has been ruled out of this fight
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Golden Boy VP: No Rematch Clause For Cotto-Canelo
While it has been widely speculated that there is a rematch clause between Miguel Cotto and Saul Alvarez, who fought this past weekend at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. But that's not the case according to Eric Gomez, the vice president of Golden Boy Promotions, which represents Alvarez. After twelve rounds of action, Canelo won a wide decision over Cotto top capture the vacant WBC middleweight title.
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Arum Working To Bring Abraham-Ramirez To The U.S.
With their respective victories last week, WBO super middleweight belt-holder, Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29KOs) and mandatory challenger Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24KOs) are now scheduled to meet in the first quarter of 2016.
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Arum Sounds Off on Lomachenko-Rigondeaux Possibility!
Coming into last weekend there was some talk of rekindling a match-up between WBO featherweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko and former 122-pound belt-holder Guillermo Rigondeaux. This pairing would be one between two of the most highly decorated amateur boxers who have found professional success. But Rigondeaux, who just recently made his Roc Nation Sports debut this past weekend against Drian Francisco on the Miguel Cotto-Saul Alvarez pay-per-view undercard, was less-than-scintillating in winning a clear cut ten round decision. The boo-birds and catcalls could be heard early on at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas as he performed.
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