Nery Saguilan: record, next fight and profile →
Junior lightweight contender Miguel ‘Mickey’ Roman notched a victory in his return to the ring Saturday night, defeating Nicaragua’s Ramiro Blanco by decision Saturday night at the Gimnasio Municipal ‘Jose Neri Santos’ in his hometown of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Miguel 'Mikey' Roman battered Nery Saguilan for 11-plus rounds, eventually getting the stoppage victory in round 12 late Saturday night at the Gimnasio Municipal 'Jose Neri Santos' in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Roman improves to 59-12, with 44 KOs, while Saguilan drops to 38-9-1, with 13 KOs.
Unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), who is visiting Kazakhstan, will support the construction of a children's playground in his hometown in Karaganda. After a meeting with the Governor of the Karaganda region Yerlan Koshanov, Gennady commented that the new park will be built in the 13th district as part of a social program.
Lightweight contender Dante Jardon scored two knockdowns and went on to stop Nery Saguilan in the tenth round to retain his WBC International lightweight championship. The 12 round bout took place at the famed Arena Coliseo in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. Televisa broadcasted the fight live throughout Mexico, and Promociones del Pueblo promoted the event.
Lightweight contender Dante Jardon will face Nery Saguilan this Saturday night. Both lightweights weighed in at 134.9-pounds. The 12 round bout will take place at the famed Arena Coliseo in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. Televisa will broadcast the fight live throughout Mexico.
Cesar Barrionuevo stormed to the next stage of the World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight tournament after tearing through Azael Cosio in five lopsided rounds Saturday evening in Guererro, Mexico.
Miguel Barrionuevo and Azael Cosio both made weight for their welterweight eliminator bout Saturday evening in Ixtapa, Mexico. Barrionuevo came in right at the 147 lb. welterweight limit, while Cosio checked in slightly lighter at 146.6 lbs.
Adrian Estrella bounced back from his first career defeat, dispatching Alex Monterrosa inside of four rounds. Estrella (23-1, 21KOs) battered the visiting Colombian before forcing him into submission at 1:41 of round four, coming up big in his first fight since an upset loss to Eden Sonsona in their super featherweight clash earlier this year.
Nery Saguilan looks to pick up his eight straight win as he takes on veteran DeMarcus Corley in a scheduled 12-round regional title fight Saturday evening in Juarez, Mexico. Both fighters easily made weight for the super lightweight crossroads clash. Saguilan tipped the scales at 137.1 lbs., his lightest weight in nearly a year. The always supremely conditioned Corley came in at 137.8 lbs.
Nery "Pantera" Saguilan is promising to fight like a mythical winged creature of the night called a Chonchon when he encounters ex-super lightweight Champion DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley On August 22nd at the Josue Nery Santos Municipal Gym in Cuidad Juarez. Nery - along with that famous mask - was accompanied by his trainer Lorenzo Lopez, as well as Prof. Leonardo Fonseca who's the director of that city's Institute of Sport. Juarez is planning to make a spectacular comeback on that night after a three year drought of boxing. Big hitters Adrian Estrella and Micky Roman who are also on the card, promise fireworks.