
Matthew Griego, Vito Mielnicki Jr. earn wins in Albuquerque
Flyweight Matthew Griego outpointed Gilberto Mendoza, and junior middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. won his Top Rank debut Saturday at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Belmar Preciado: record, next fight and profile →

Flyweight Matthew Griego outpointed Gilberto Mendoza, and junior middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. won his Top Rank debut Saturday at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

David Carmona turned around his career in a big way. All all-out war saw the locally based former title challenger outlast Colombia’s Belmar Preciado en route to a 10-round unanimous decision win. Scores were 97-95, 96-94 and 98-93 in favor of Carmona in their Estrella TV-aired regional junior featherweight title fight Friday evening at Foro Viena in Mexico City.

The night is headlined by WBA world light flyweight champion Carlos Antonio Canizales (22-0 & 7 KO’s) vs. Esteban Bermudez (13-3 & 9 KO’s) in a 12-round title fight. Undefeated, Canizales last fought in 2019 when he beat Sho Kimura by way of unanimous decision. He meets Bermudez, a future star of Mexican boxing.

Belmar Preciado wasn’t about to leave any room for error this time around. Eight weeks after suffering a knockout loss in a shootout, Colombia’s Preciado was quick to the draw in a 1st round knockout of Mexico City’s Rodolfo ‘Fofo’ Hernandez. A series of body shot left Hernandez down and out just 0:19 into their Telemundo-televised headliner Friday evening from Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida.

The fall season finale of Boxeo Telemundo will proceed without a hitch. All participants made weight for the final Telemundo telecast of 2020, which airs live Friday evening from a crowdless Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. Headlining the show, Colombia’s Belmar Preciado and Mexico City’s Rodolfo ‘Fofo’ Hernandez collide in a 10-round junior featherweight contest.

Belmar Preciado is among many around the world eager to put 2020 well in the rearview mirror, though he gets end the year with a shot at redemption. The fringe junior featherweight contender headlines the fall season finale of Boxeo Telemundo, as he faces Mexico City’s Rodolfo ‘Fofo’ Hernandez. Their scheduled 10-round bout airs live this Friday on Telemundo from a crowdless Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, marking the network’s eighth show in the past 11 weeks.

It wasn’t the same as fighting in New York City on St. Patrick’s Day, and certainly not what Belmar Preciado expected for his United States debut. The Colombian featherweight did his best to make the most of the second chance opportunity, but instead found himself on the wrong end of a massive upset. Guadalajara’s Dennis Contreras came to play the role of spoiler, stopping Preciado in the fifth round of their Telemundo-televised main event Friday evening at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida.

For the moment, boxing is the only game in town this Friday night. All boxers made weight for the latest installment of Boxeo Telemundo, which airs live from Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida (Friday, Telemundo, 12:00am ET). Headlining the show, Colombia’s Belmar Preciado faces Guadalajara’s Dennis Contreras in a scheduled 10-round regional featherweight title fight.

More than five months after watching COVID-19 wipe out the biggest opportunity of his career, Belmar Preciado will finally enjoy his U.S. debut and promised headlining act. The 32-year old featherweight contender from Barranquilla, Colombia fights stateside for the first time in his career, as he will top the August 28 edition of Boxeo Telemundo. The occasion comes versus Guadalajara, Mexico’s Dennis ‘El Martillon’ Contreras, airing live from a crowdless Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida.