Marco Antonio Periban: record, next fight and profile →
The World Boxing Council has advised BoxingScene.com that Marco Antonio Periban vs. Sakio Bika has been officially approved for the vacant WBC super middleweight title. Golden Boy Promotions had made a request for the sanctioning of the fight and the WBC approved their application. The belt became vacant when the WBC made Andre Ward the "Champion Emeritus" because of his inactivity/recovery time due to shoulder surgery.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has advised BoxingScene.com that Showtime's June 8th card, featuring a welterweight war between Marcos Maidana (33-3, 30KOs) and Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18KOs) in the main event - will become a tripleheader at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. In co-feature, junior middleweight Erislandy Lara (17-1-2, 11KOs) and Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KOs) will trade punches. Rounding out the tripleheader is a super middleweight slugfest between Sakio Bika (31-5-2, 21KOs) and Marco Antonio Periban (20-0, 13KOs).
The weights are in for Saturday big card in Cancun, Mexico. The show will be televised by Fox Deportes/Televisa. The show will be headlined by a battle for the vacant NABF super middleweight title between Marco Antonio Peribán (19-0-0, 12 KO’s) and Samuel Miller (25-6-0, 22 KO’s). Periban was 166.2-pounds and Miller was 167.4. Also on the card, former champion Jorge Linares will make his return against David Rodela. Linares (32-3-0, 20 KO’s) came in at 135.8 and Rodella was 135.4.