Jose Pedraza: record, next fight and profile →
Stephen Ormond is determined to complete a fairytale and win the lightweight world title after climbing off the canvas to outpoint world-ranked George Ashie in Glasgow. Ormond was felled by the powerful Ghanaian but recovered to return the favour on his way to narrow win on the scorecards – prompting wild scenes of celebration in the ring and in the crowd.
Jose 'Sniper' Pedraza hit the lottery on Saturday night, when he dropped and outboxed Raymundo Beltran to capture the lightweight (135 pounds) title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The victory allowed Pedraza to become a two-division world champion.
Beltran, Pedraza Fight Photos Gallery - Jose "Sniper" Pedraza is now a two-weight world champion. Pedraza scored an 11th round knockdown and won a unanimous decision to dethrone WBO lightweight world champion Ray Beltran on Saturday evening at the GIla River Arena.
In July, two of the four major titles at lightweight were unified when Mikey Garcia dominated Robert Easter Jr. It looks like the other half of the division is about to be married. Just three fights after a battering loss to Gervonta Davis at 130 lbs., Jose Pedraza can call himself a two-division titlist with the biggest date of his career at hand.
Jose "Sniper" Pedraza is now a two-weight world champion. Pedraza scored an 11th round knockdown and won a unanimous decision to dethrone WBO lightweight world champion Ray Beltran on Saturday evening at the GIla River Arena.
Ray Beltran, Jose Pedraza Scorecards - Jose "Sniper" Pedraza is now a two-weight world champion. Pedraza scored an 11th round knockdown and won a unanimous decision to dethrone WBO lightweight world champion Ray Beltran on Saturday evening at the GIla River Arena.
Jose Pedraza finished strong, outlanding Raymundo Beltran 21-14 in power shots over last 2 rounds, dropping the defending champ in round 11. Pedraza had a 62-18 edge in jabs landed and will next fight Vasyl Lomachenko in a lightweight unification fight.
Gila River Arena, Glendale - Jose Pedraza (25-1, 12 KOs) became a two division world champion with a twelve round unanimous decision over Ray Beltran (35-8-1, 21 KOs), to capture the WBO lightweight title. The scores were 117-110, 117-110 and 115-112 - and now Pedraza moves forward to a December 1 unifi...
Beltran, Pedraza Scorecard Live BoxingScene - WBO lightweight world champion Ray Beltran and challenger Jose "Sniper" Pedraza, with the winner expected to fight WBA lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko later this year. (photos by Mikey Williams).
Raymundo Beltran (last 6 fights) threw 13 fewer per round than wgt. class avg., but landed 40.7% of his power shots. He's not hard to find, as opponents landed 36.8% of their power punches.