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Back on February 19th Greg Cohen Promotions staged a card at the WinnaVegas Casino Resort in Sloan, Iowa. Now they are coming back with another nationally televised show on November 11th.
While the main event for December 17th at the Forum in Inglewood, California is set with Orlando Salido facing Takashi Miura for the WBC interim super featherweight title, work still has to be done to round out the rest of this HBO telecast.
2016 has been a good one for lightweight contender Mason Menard (32-1, 24KOs), who has scored two nationally televised knockouts this year on ShoBox. Back in April he viciously stopped the previously undefeated Eudy Bernardo in three rounds and then in August he halted Bahodir Mamadjonov in nine.
It was announced last week by Golden Boy Promotions that a bout between Orlando Salido and Takashi Miura for the WBC interim 130-pound title would headline a card at the Forum in Inglewood, California that would be televised by HBO on December 17th.
Former IBF middleweight belt-holder, David Lemieux (35-3, 32KOs) takes on Cristian Rios on October 22nd at the Bell Centre in Montreal. If Lemieux should come out victorious as expected, his braintrust would like to see him get a particular bout in 2017.
Frank Espinoza, best known for managing the likes of Martin Castillo and Israel Vazquez in the past, has added to his stable of boxers by signing 2016 Mexican Olympian Joselito Velazquez to a contract.
This past Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Casino, Petr Petrov (38-4-2, 19KOs) stopped Michael Perez in six rounds in what was a WBA eliminator. With the victory, Petrov is now the mandatory challenger to their lightweight belt-holder, Jorge Linares (41-3, 27KOs).
A fight that has been discussed for a few weeks was made official on Thursday and it figures to be one of the most action packed on the remaining boxing scheduled for 2016.
Last weekend, Jorge Linares (41-3, 27KOs) defeated Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13KOs) to capture the WBA lightweight title at the Manchester Arena in the U.K. In the process he damaged his right hand during that twelve round bout.
On Friday night from the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, lightweights Petr Petrov (37-4-2, 17KOs) and Michael Perez (24-1-2, 11KOs) go at it in a scheduled twelve-rounder.