Guido Vianello: record, next fight and profile →
Kevin Barry has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that he is now training heavyweight prospect Guido Vianello (4-0) and light heavyweight contender Umar Salamov. He will train both fighters in his Henderson, Nevada gym.
LAS VEGAS – Guido Vianello made an impressive Vegas debut Saturday. The unbeaten 2016 Olympian from Italy knocked down Keenan Hickman three times in the second round and won their bout by technical knockout at 2:22 of that period. Referee Tony Weeks stopped their scheduled six-rounder as soon as Hickman hit the canvas a third time on the Tyson Fury-Tom Schwarz undercard at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee call for the purse bid to grant the promotional rights of the cruiserweight division, between the super champion, Denis Lebedev and the regular champion, Arsen Goulamirian.
LOS ANGELES — Rising welterweight Alexander Besputin opened the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Anthony Crolla undercard in front of a near empty Staples Center. After Besputin’s dominant performance Friday, the Russian is a step closer to landing a fight much higher on the bout sheet with a lot more fans in attendance.
Undefeated super lightweight Arnold Barboza Jr. is a young contender closing in on a world title shot. Mike Alvarado wants another taste of world championship glory. Barboza, from South El Monte, California, will take on former 140-pound world champion Alvarado in a 10-round super lightweight bout on Friday, April 12 at Staples Center as part of the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Anthony Crolla undercard.
Ray Beltran’s road back to title contention begins Sunday, Feb. 10. The former lightweight world champion will face the unbeaten Hiroki Okada in a 10-round super lightweight fight as the co-feature to the Jose Ramirez-Jose Zepeda super lightweight championship bout at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.
NEW YORK – The Theater at Madison Square Garden was only about a third full when Mikey Perez and Abdiel Ramirez fought early Saturday night. Those that arrived early for the card headlined by Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza were treated to eight rounds of sustained brutality by those two courageous, defensively flawed lightweights. Ramirez overcame a fourth-round knockdown to drop and stop Perez in the eighth round.
Teofimo Lopez, Menard Weights MSG Photos Gallery - WBA lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and WBO lightweight world champion Jose Pedraza exchanged pleasantries as they weighed-in a day before their title unification tilt, Saturday evening at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET). (photos by Mikey Williams).
Dogboe, Navarrete Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - WBA lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and WBO lightweight world champion Jose Pedraza exchanged pleasantries on a brisk New York afternoon two days before their title unification tilt, Saturday evening at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET). (photos by Mikey Williams).
Teofimo Lopez is determined to take over the lightweight division. Italian heavyweight and former amateur standout Guido Vianello, who recently signed a multi-year professional contract with Top Rank, is hoping to make a statement in his scheduled six-round pro debut against Luke Lyons (5-1-1, 2 KOs).