Ismael Barroso: record, next fight and profile →
Ismael Barroso may be pushing 40 years of age, but he believes he can compete and defeat any fighter at 140 pounds. The hard-hitting Barroso will face Nelson Paniagua in a stay-busy fight Saturday night at the Four Ambassadors Hotel in his adopted hometown of Miami, Florida. The 10-round bout will stream live on the M&R Boxing Promotions Facebook page (7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT).
A night designed to establish the next steps in the career of Yves Ulysse Jr. instead became a resurrection in the fledging career of Ismael Barroso. Nonstop aggression paved the way for Venezuela’s Barrosso to pull off a considerable upset in soundly outpotnting Canada’s Ulysse Jr. over 12 rounds Thursday evening at The OC Hangar in Costa Mesa, California.
Yves Ulysse Jr. and Ismael Barroso meet at the crossroads to determine who will go on to fight for a major title at some point in 2020. Their scheduled 12-round junior welterweight bout tops a seven-fight card streaming live from The OC Hangar in Costa Mesa, California (Thursday, DAZN, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT).
Yves Ulysse Jr. and Ismael Barroso are prepared to take the next step towards challenging for a 140-pound title. Both boxers made the junior welterweight limit ahead of Thursday’s main event at The OC Hangar in Costa Mesa, California. Canada’s Ulysse Jr. (18-1, 9KOs) weighed in right at the 140-pound mark, while Venezuela’s Barroso (21-3-2, 20KOs) came in at a trim and fit 138.4 pounds. Their scheduled 12-round bout comes with a fringe title at stake, its significance declaring the winner as a viable challenger to a major 140-pound belt in the upcoming year.
Canadian 140-pound contender Yves Ulysse Jr. (18-1, 9 KOs) will return to the ring against tough Venezuelan puncher Ismael Barroso (21-3-2, 20 KOs) to fight defend his WBA Gold Super Lightweight Title in the 12-round main event of Thursday Night Fights on Dec. 5 at the Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif. The fights will be streamed live DAZN, and on Facebook Watch via the Golden Boy Fight Night Page beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT. The series will also be available on regional sports networks around the nation.
Bantamweight contender Melvin Lopez outboxed Jesus Martinez over 10 rounds, winning by unanimous decision late Friday night at the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida. Lopez relied on his quickness to connect with several combinations to the head of Martinez, who was aggressive, but mostly missed with wide hooks and crosses to the head.
Unbeaten bantamweight contender Melvin Lopez will face Jesus Martinez tonight, matchmaker Melvin Rivas confirmed to BoxingScene Thursday evening. The 10-round bout will take place at the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida. Lopez (18-0, 10 knockouts), who is originally from Managua, Nicaragua and now resides in Miami, Florida, is currently ranked number five by the WBA.
After fighting as a lightweight for most of his pro career, Ismael Barroso is likely one fight away from fighting for a world title belt at 140 pounds. Barroso will have to go through contender Batyr Akhmedov Saturday night at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The 12 round bout is a WBA elimination bout and a regional title belt will be on the line between two hard-hitting fighters that could produce multiple knockdowns.
While the epicenter of local attention will undeniably be at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Arena in Moscow, Russia, where World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final takes place on July 21st, one of the top Russian promoters continues what can humorously be described as the “Russian Invasion” to the United States during the same month. Or it’s better to be described as the “Russian/Uzbek Invasion”.
In the main event of a big night of boxing at the Aren Riga in Riga, Latvia, WBO #5 and IBF #11 rated Russian Isa Chaniev (13-1, 6 KOs) took an important step up in class and further re-affirmed his high positing in ratings with a solid win over dangerous Venezuelan kayo artist and former WBA interim lightweight champion Ismael Barroso (20-2-2, 19 KOs), outboxing him unanimously over twelve heated rounds.