BJ Flores: record, next fight and profile →
BoxingScene.com has been advised that negotiations are underway for cruiserweight contender BJ Flores (27-1) to face the winner of the Silvio Branco-Giacobbe Fragomeni clash that takes place on March 17th in Italy for the WBC silver cruiserweight title.
BJ Flores is coming off a Jan. 28 win over Hugo Pineda, a sixth-round technical knockout that gave him three wins in six months. Those keep busy bouts, he said, have gotten him sharp and ready for a title shot — a title shot he believes could be coming soon, based on the rankings.
Highly-ranked WBO cruiserweight Ola Afolabi (18-2-3, 8 KO’s) has hit out at proposed opponent BJ Flores after the American stated that 25 days’ notice wasn’t enough time to prepare for a shot at the interim title on March 3rd in Germany.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Five-time world champion Cory Spinks won a unanimous decision over Sechew Powell on Saturday at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Mo., in an elimination bout to determine the IBF junior middleweight No. 1 ranking, and hometown cruiserweight B.J. Flores moved closer to a world title match by stopping Colombian veteran Hugo Pineda.
Shrine Mosque, Springfield, Missouri - cruiserweight contender BJ Flores (27-1-1, 16 KOs) stopped Hugo Pineda (39-6-1, 28 KOs) in the sixth round. Pineda hit the floor in the second and took punishment until the fight wa stopped. Flores grabs his second win since losing a twelve round decision to then IBO champion Danny Green in Australia. Flores' promoter Don King was in the arena to support his fighter.
A Jan. 28 fight against Hugo Pineda is just a keep-busy bout for BJ Flores, but while the 32-year-old cruiserweight contender (26-1-1, 16 knockouts) is okay with keeping busy, he wants that activity to lead him to a world title shot.
BoxingScene.com: We’ve seen you in the studio doing analysis for ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights,” but you’ll actually be ringside starting this Saturday calling the fights for the NBC Sports Network shows. What kind of adjustment do you think that’ll be for you?
Cruiserweight contender BJ Flores has informed BoxingScene.com that his opponent for his Jan. 28 fight in Springfield, Mo., will be Hugo Pineda.
New York - January 12, 2012 - The NBC Sports Network today announced that Hall-of-Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach and cruiserweight contender B.J. Flores team up with NBC's veteran broadcaster Kenny Rice to provide commentary for the network's new NBC Sports Network Fight Night Series. The first Fight Night broadcast will be on the new NBC Sports Network on Saturday, January 21st beginning at 9 p.m. ET when heavyweight contenders Eddie Chambers and Sergei Liakhovich face off live from Philadelphia's historic Asylum Arena.
SPRINGFIELD, MO --Tom Morris and FM promotions is glad to team up with Danger boy events/BJ Flores and Don King Productions for two important fights on January 28th. This event will take place at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield Missouri and is starting to turn into a very entertaining night of fighting. Five professional boxing matches will make this a can’t miss event for the people in Springfield, Missouri. #3 WBO world rated Cruiserweight BJ Flores will headline in the main event and Cory Spinks and Sechew Powell face off in an important IBF Jr. Middleweight eliminator fight. Flores is starting to put Springfield, Missouri on the map as far as boxing goes, and he is building an increasingly large fan base in the Springfield area. Flores sold out the last event at the O’Reily Events Center and looks to do the same thing again at the Shrine Mosque on January 28th.