Brandon Rios: record, next fight and profile →
Home isn’t a bad place to go to start all over again. Home is where Anthony Peterson will be, fighting in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 10 on the undercard to his older brother Lamont’s title fight against Amir Khan.
Talks have been circulating about a possible mega fight between WBA Lightweight champion “Bam Bam” Brandon Rios and Cuban sensation Yuriokis Gamboa for early next year. Rios was on the most recent edition of BoxingScene.com’s official audio show The Boxing Lab and spoke about the possibility of facing the undefeated Cuban featherweight.
Lightweight champion “Bam Bam” Brandon Rios has plenty of fighters calling him out for a fight should he be victorious in his second title defense against John Murray December 3rd at New York's Madison Square Garden.
BoxingScene.com's audio show, Boxing Lab Radio, returns with another packed show. The show is hosted by BoxingScene correspondants Ernest Gabion, Luis Sandoval and Ryan Burton.
Ryan Burton catches up with undefeated featherweight contender Mikey Garcia for the latest on his career, and his stablemates Brandon Rios and Antonio Margarito.
Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin relocated to New York after inking a promotional deal with Lou DiBella in August with high hopes of netting a showdown against consensus 160lb boss Sergio Martinez. DiBella now promotes both boxers, Macklin’s stock is high due to a hotly disputed decision loss to WBA titlist Felix Sturm over in Germany and Martinez has indicated that he could be tempted into a St. Patrick’s Day showdown with the Birmingham-born boxer.
Top Rank president Todd DuBouef has recently spread the word that he would love to match Cuban phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 kos) with hard-hitting WBA lightweight champion Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios (29-0-1, 21 kos) sooner or later.
Highly-respected trainer Emanuel Steward has seen his name in the headlines a lot in recent weeks. Within a month’s span, it was revealed that Steward had amicably parted ways with former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson and then WBA junior middleweight title holder Miguel Cotto for reasons that seemed to be out of his control.
John Murray’s departure from Joe Gallagher’s stable in September raised eyebrows, debates and concerns. Last week’s news that the long term partnership had been reunited was met by many with relief and surprise, especially given the briefness of their break-up.
Manchester was divided other the weekend as City mauled United 1-6 at Old Trafford. However in one section of the town recent difficulties were put to one side when John Murray rejoined trainer Joe Gallagher ahead of a make-or-break clash with WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios at Madison Square Garden on December 3rd after splitting briefly in the wake of Murray’s eighth-round reverse to Kevin Mitchell in July.