Jose Pedraza: record, next fight and profile →
Jose Pedraza training camp photos gallery - Jose "Sniper" Pedraza already knows how it feels to have a world title in his hands. Now, the former world champion guarantees he will experience that sensation again on Aug. 25 at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. (photos by Pete Amador).
Puerto Rican lightweight contender Jose "Sniper" Pedraza will end his training camp in Puerto Rico this Saturday and then leave for Las Vegas, Nevada, for the final phase of his preparations. Pedraza is getting prepared for his world title showdown against Raymundo Beltran.
Ray Beltran Photos Gallery - Ray Beltran scratched and clawed and spent nearly 19 years as a pro boxer before earning his first world title. He outpointed Paulus Moses on Feb. 16 in Reno, Nevada, to win the vacant WBO lightweight title, a lifelong dream finally fulfilled. A native of Los Mochis, Mexico, Beltran is now a proud resident of Phoenix, a short drive from where he will make his first title defense.
Vasyl Lomachenko's manager Egis Klimas has confirmed that plans are underway for the three-weight World Champion to return on December 1st in a Lightweight unification. He looks likely to face the winner of Ray Beltran v Jose Pedraza on August 25th in Arizona, where Beltran makes the first defence of his WBO crown live on BoxNation.
Ray Beltran and Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe will head to the desert on Aug. 25 for their first title defenses. In the main event at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, Beltran, who resides in nearby Phoenix, will defend the WBO lightweight title against Jose “Sniper” Pedraza, a former junior lightweight world champion looking to bring another world title home to Puerto Rico. And, in the all-action co-feature, Dogboe will defend the WBO junior featherweight title against Hidenori Otake.
According to Puerto Rico's Jose "Sniper" Pedraza (24-1, 12 KOs), he's currently waiting to sign the contract for a planned fight with the lightweight world champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), Ray Beltran. Earlier this week, their mutual promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, said the contest would take place on August 25 at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Pedraza was Beltran’s anticipated opponent for Beltran’s first defense of the WBO lightweight title until the WBO ordered Beltran to instead make a mandatory defense against No. 1-ranked Roman Andreev. Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc., Beltran’s promoter, won a purse bid July 3 for the right to promote Beltran-Andreev and scheduled it for August 25 in the Phoenix area, where the Mexican-born Beltran resides.
Puerto Rican lightweight contender Jose Pedraza was confident that his next fight would come against WBO world champion Ray Beltran - but now that scenario is being jeopardized. Top Rank, who promote both both Beltran and Pedraza, had planned to stage that contest in the coming months.
Puerto Rico's Jose 'Sniper' Pedraza knows what the options are in his future, now that he is the Latin champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) at 135 pounds. The first objective is to finalize an agreement for a title fight with Mexican slugger Rey Beltran, who is the WBO world champion in the lightweight division.
Christopher Diaz photos gallery - Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz wants to add his name to the storied list of Puerto Rican world champions. He will get that chance July 28 at the Kissimmee Civic Center, when he squares off against Masayuki Ito for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight title.