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Unified junior lightweight champ Marco Antonio Barrera will make the leap to lightweight to challenge for Jesus Chavez's title on March 25 on HBO, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions told ESPN.com.
After several weeks of negotiations, "both fighters have agreed on the terms, so it is just a matter of getting the contracts signed," Schaefer said.
The fight will be at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Schaefer said the rumors that Barrera was insisting on making Chavez defend his belt at a catchweight below the lightweight limit of 135 pounds are not true.
"Barrera is not asking for a catchweight like some people are saying," Schaefer said. "There is no language like that. This is a 135-pound fight."
Schaefer said the HBO undercard would either feature junior lightweight titlist Jorge Barrios (44-2-1, 32 KOs), possibly in a mandatory defense against southpaw Janos Nagy (23-0, 14 KOs) of Hungary, or former junior middleweight titlist Kassim Ouma (22-2-1, 14 KOs). Barrios and Ouma both have interim bouts before March.
Barrera (61-4, 42 KOs) unified 130-pound titles with a lopsided decision against Robbie Peden on Sept. 17. If Barrera defeats Chavez he would become the first Mexican fighter to win titles in four weight classes. He has won titles at 122, 126 and 130 pounds.
Chavez (43-3, 30 KOs), a former junior lightweight champ, won his lightweight belt on the Barrera-Peden undercard. In a tragic outcome, Chavez stopped Leavander Johnson in the 11th round, and Johnson died a few days later from a brain injury suffered in the bout.
the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...dan&id=2262853
Unified junior lightweight champ Marco Antonio Barrera will make the leap to lightweight to challenge for Jesus Chavez's title on March 25 on HBO, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions told ESPN.com.
After several weeks of negotiations, "both fighters have agreed on the terms, so it is just a matter of getting the contracts signed," Schaefer said.
The fight will be at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Schaefer said the rumors that Barrera was insisting on making Chavez defend his belt at a catchweight below the lightweight limit of 135 pounds are not true.
"Barrera is not asking for a catchweight like some people are saying," Schaefer said. "There is no language like that. This is a 135-pound fight."
Schaefer said the HBO undercard would either feature junior lightweight titlist Jorge Barrios (44-2-1, 32 KOs), possibly in a mandatory defense against southpaw Janos Nagy (23-0, 14 KOs) of Hungary, or former junior middleweight titlist Kassim Ouma (22-2-1, 14 KOs). Barrios and Ouma both have interim bouts before March.
Barrera (61-4, 42 KOs) unified 130-pound titles with a lopsided decision against Robbie Peden on Sept. 17. If Barrera defeats Chavez he would become the first Mexican fighter to win titles in four weight classes. He has won titles at 122, 126 and 130 pounds.
Chavez (43-3, 30 KOs), a former junior lightweight champ, won his lightweight belt on the Barrera-Peden undercard. In a tragic outcome, Chavez stopped Leavander Johnson in the 11th round, and Johnson died a few days later from a brain injury suffered in the bout.
the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...dan&id=2262853
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