Hosono vs. Barros Title Eliminator Set For October 3 In Tokyo
Satoshi Hosono and Jonathan Victor Barros have both enjoyed lengthy win streaks since falling short at the major title level.
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Barros Eyes Hunter For IBF Eliminator To Get Lee Selby
Former WBA world featherweight champion Jonathan "Yoni" Barros (39-4-1, 22 KOs) is looking to get a fight against Eric Hunter (21- 3, 11 KOs), in order to crown a mandatory challenger to the current featherweight champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Lee Selby. Barros is ranked at number 5, while Hunter is 4th. The number three position is held by Abner Mares who faces Leo Santa Cruz in September. The number one and two positions are both vacant.
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Jonathan Barros Decisions Escobar To Win WBC Interim
Club Atlético Talleres, Villa Gobernador Galvez, Santa Fe, Argentina - Former WBA world featherweight champion Jonathan "Yoni" Barros won a ten round unanimous decision over Sergio Escobar to capture the WBC interim-Latino super featherweight crown. Barros, ranked at ten by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and their current Latino champion at featherweight, dominated Escobar in the contest. He outworked and punished Escobar with hooks to the head and body. The judges scored it 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91.
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Jonathan Barros-Sergio Escobar For WBC Latino Title
Former world champion Jonathan "Yoni" Barros (37-4-1, 21 KOs) will collide with Sergio "Loco Lima" Escobar (26-23- 3, 11 KO), the Argentine champion, on October 25th at Club Atlético Talleres in Villa Gobernador Galvez, Santa Fe, Argentina. The card, promoted by OR Promotions, will be televised live on TyC Sports. The vacant interim-WBC Latino super featherweight championship will be at stake. Barros has now won three in a row, all by knockout, after losing back to back fights in 2012 to Mikey Garcia and Juan Carlos Salgado.
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Jonathan Barros Crushes Cid Bispo Ribeiro in One
The former World Boxing Association featherweight champion Jonathan "Yoni" Barros crushed Cid Bispo Ribeiro in the first round of their fight for the Latino featherweight title of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) in the main event of a card being held at Estadio F.A.B. in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ribeiro hit the deck twice in the round. Barros' record moves up to 37-4-1 with 21 knockouts and gets his third victory in a row since getting knocked out by Mikey Garcia. Ribeiro drops down to 13-4, 9KOs.
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Barros Hopes To Get His Hands on Evgeny Gradovich
Former champion Jonathan Victor Barros (36-4-1, 20KOs) is going to push for a shot at IBF featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich (18-0, 9KOs). Barros, who previously held the WBA's title at 126, is now the IBF's Latino champion at the weight. He defends that title against Sergio Javier Escobar on January 31 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gradovich's stablemate, Mikey Garcia, knocked out Barros in 2012. Since the loss, Barros picked up two victories in 2013 by knockout.
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Jonathan Victor Barros Back in Action in Buenos Aires
Former WBA featherweight champion Jonathan Victor Barros (36-4-1, 20KOs) will return to action on January 31st at Piso de los Deportes in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He will defend his IBF Latino featherweight title against Sergio Javier Esobar (25-20-3, 10KOs). Barros has a very rocky 2012, when he stated the year with a victory but then lost fights to Juan Carlos Salgado and Mikey Garcia. He came back this year to knock out Diego Alberto Chaves in five rounds in May and then stopped Isaias Sampaio in two rounds in September.
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Jonathan Victor Barros Continues To Climb Back
Former champion Jonathan Victor Barros continues to climb backing in the rankings, as he knocked out Santos Sampiro in the second round in San Martin, Argentina. Barros won the vacant IBF Latino featherweight title and improved his professional record to 35-4-1, including 19 wins inside the distance. Sampiro has won 12 of his 18 fights, all inside the distance. Barros now makes it two wins in a row since suffering an eight round TKO defeat to Mikey Garcia last November in Las Vegas.
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CompuBox Stats: Mikey Garcia Was Calm and Focused
The cautious Mikey Garcia finally caught up with Jonathan Barros in round eight.
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Mikey Garcia Stops Barros In Eight, Guns For Salido
By Jake Donovan - Miguel Angel 'Mikey' Garcia expected a title fight when first agreeing to appear on this HBO-televised date. When that opportunity failed to present itself, he took his frustrations out on Jonathan Victor Barros, stopping him in eight rounds Saturday evening at Wynn Resort in Las Vegas. The official time was 2:24 of round eight.
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