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Beltran: I Should No Problem Getting Green Card After That KO

•9 years ago

This past Saturday night at New York's Madison Square Garden, Ray Beltran scored a devastating and scary second-round knockout of Jonathan Maicelo, whose back of the head hit the canvas with a loud thud and was carried from the ring on a board. Beltran (33-7-1, 21 KOs) had been knocked down in the first round after the fighters banged heads and appeared to be losing the second when he suddenly drilled Maicelo with a left hook that knocked him backward.

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Beltran Scores Brutal One-Punch Knockout of Jonathan Maicelo

Keith Idec

•9 years ago

Madison Square Garden, New York City - In a lightweight world title eliminator, Raymundo Beltran (33-7-1, 21 KOs) scored a brutal second round knockout over Jonathan Maicelo (25-3, 12 KOs).

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Photos: Terence Crawford, Felix Diaz - Ready For MSG Battle

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•9 years ago

Crawford-Diaz Weigh-In Photos Gallery - Terence Crawford and Felix Diaz made weight Friday for their super lightweight title fight Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank. The 29-year-old Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, weighed in at 139.2 pounds for their 12-round fight. The official weight for the 33-year-old Diaz (19-1, 9 KOs), a southpaw from the Dominican Republic, was 139.4 pounds.

Ray Beltran Fighting Hard To Move Away From B-Side Label

Thomas Gerbasi

•9 years ago

Lightweight contender Ray Beltran was told at an early age that he needed to be content with where he was in life. But the Los Mochis, Mexico native didn’t buy in to the notion that where you are is where you will end up. “I said, ‘I’ll have whatever I want in life, but I’ll have to go and get it. I have to go hard, I have to make the sacrifice.’”

Beltran: Going to Trump Tower With My Green Card After I Win!

Keith Idec

•9 years ago

NEW YORK – Ray Beltran has participated in three lightweight world title fights, including a loss to Terence Crawford. In many ways, though, the Mexican contender’s fight against Jonathan Maicelo on Saturday night will be the most important of his 19-year pro career. If Beltran beats Peru’s Maicelo, it could help him earn the green card he’ll need to remain in the United States with his wife and three children.

Photos: Ray Beltran, Jonathan Maicelo - Face To Face at Presser

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•9 years ago

Beltran vs. Maicelo Photos Gallery - It will be a hot night of world-class boxing action in the Big Apple when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: TERENCE CRAWFORD VS. FELIX DIAZ AND RAYMUNDO BELTRAN VS JONATHAN MAICELO is seen SATURDAY, May 20 at 10:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from Madison Square Garden in New York, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports broadcasting team will call the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino. Photos by Mikey Williams.

Photos: Beltran, Maicelo, Stevenson, Lopez Open Workouts

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•9 years ago

Beltran, Stevenson, Lopez Workouts - It will be a hot night of world-class boxing action in the Big Apple when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: TERENCE CRAWFORD VS. FELIX DIAZ AND RAYMUNDO BELTRAN VS JONATHAN MAICELO is seen SATURDAY, May 20 at 10:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from Madison Square Garden in New York, exclusively on HBO.

Maicelo Determined to Make Good On Promise to Late Grandmother

Keith Idec

•9 years ago

By Keith Idec - HACKENSACK, N.J. – Jonathan Maicelo couldn’t sleep. The lightweight contender was back home in Peru only a few days, but losing a world title fight to Colombia’s Darleys Perez was eating away at him in January 2015. His trainers back in New Jersey, Butch Sanchez and Angel DeJesus, told Mai...

Beltran-Macielo Winner To Get Crack at Easter-Shafikov Victor

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•9 years ago

NEW YORK -- Two-time world title challenger RAY "Sugar" BELTRAN and heavy-fisted JONATHAN "The Last Inca" MAICELO will go mano a mano in a high-stakes battle of world-rated lightweight contenders. Sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) as a world lightweight title elimination bout, the winner of the 12-round rumble will also lay claim to the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) International and the NABF and NABO lightweight titles, currently held by Beltran.

Ray Beltran Hopes Maicelo Clash Will Lead To World Title Shot

Steve Kim

•9 years ago

Ray Beltran has had problems securing a lightweight title shot, so for the time being he'll do what he can to put himself in position for one. On May 20th from the Madison Square Garden in New York, he'll face Jonathan Maicelo as the co-feature before Terence Crawford takes on Felix Diaz on HBO.

Beltran: I Should No Problem Getting Green Card After That KO

BoxingScene Staff

•9 years ago

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Beltran Scores Brutal One-Punch Knockout of Jonathan Maicelo

Keith Idec

•9 years ago

Madison Square Garden, New York City - In a lightweight world title eliminator, Raymundo Beltran (33-7-1, 21 KOs) scored a brutal second round knockout over Jonathan Maicelo (25-3, 12 KOs).

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