Pablo Cesar Cano: record, next fight and profile →
Pablo Cano and Joan Guzman both turned out to be at the right place at the right time Saturday evening, even if those respective places were on cards staged in two separate countries. Wins posted by the pair of 140 lb. contenders – coupled by a string of surrounding events – have led to a head-on collision as the WBA has ordered a title fight between the two, Boxingscene.com was informed Monday morning.
Pablo Cesar Cano (25-1-1, 19KOs) is still beaming over Saturday's victory over previously undefeated Johan Perez (15-1-1, 12KOs) in Cancun, Mexico. Cano captured the interim-WBA super lightweight title by majority decision with scores of 68-65, 68-65 and 67-67. The fight was stopped early due to a cut over the right eye of Cano. The boxer has dedicated the victory to his veteran trainer Rudy Perez.
Cancun, Mexico - The main event was a toe to toe battle with Pablo Cesar Cano (25-1-1, 19KOs) defeating previously undefeated Johan Perez (15-1-1, 12KOs) to win the interim-WBA super lightweight title by mayority decision with scores of 68-65, 68-65 and 67-67. The fight was stopped due to a cut over the right eye of Pablo Cesar Cano.
Rolando Arellano is in the middle of an eventful two weeks. Last Saturday in Humble, Tex., unbeaten super middleweight prospect Marco Antonio Periban (18-0, 12 KOs) stopped Lester Gonzalez (12-7-4, 6 KOs) in the eighth round. This Saturday, Vicente Escobedo (26-3, 15 KOs) challenges Adrien Broner (23-0, 19 KOs) for the WBO junior lightweight title in Cincinnati, while Pablo Cesar Cano (24-1-1, 19 KOs) meets Johan Perez (15-0-1, 12 KOs) in Cancun for the WBA interim junior welterweight belt.
BoxingScene.com has been advised that Johan Perez (15-0-1, 12KOs) vs. Pablo Cesar Cano (24-1-1, 19KOs), taking place on July 21st in Mexico, could have the full WBA 140-pound title on the line. The World Boxing Association is going to make a final ruling in the next few days. Perez is the WBA's interim-champion at 140 and Marcos Maidana is the "regular" champion, but Maidana recently moved up to 147-pounds and does not appear to be moving back down in the near future.
Robert Diaz, matchmaker for Golden Boy Promotions, advised BoxingScene.com that he's trying to make a junior welterweight fight between Johan Perez (15-0-1, 12KOs) and Pablo Cesar Cano (24-1-1, 19KOs) for July 21st in Mexico. Perez, who recently signed a promotional agreement with Golden Boy, would risk his WBA interim-title. Televisa will carry the show in Mexico and Fox Deportes will televise in the United States.
Oasis Hotel Complex, Cancun, Quintana Roo - Fresh from his shocking two round TKO win over highly regarded Jorge Linares, the WBC's top rated lightweight Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson (23-2, 21 KOs) took a fight in the super featherweight division against Juan Ramon Solis (17-6, 6 KOs), and won the vacant WBC silver International title after getting a fifth round technical knockout victory. Solis had been down twice in the fight.
LOS ANGELES - Two of Mexico's rising stars will be in the spotlight at The Grand Oasis Cancun in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico on Saturday, May 26 when Tlanepantla's Pablo Cesar Cano faces Colombia's Fidel Monterrosa and Cancun's Sergio Thompson squares off against Argentina's Juan Ramon Solis in co-headlining bouts to be broadcast on Televisa's "Sabados De Corona" in Mexico and on FOX Deportes in the United States.
On May 26th in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, lightweight contender Sergio Thompson (22-2, 20KOs) will return to the ring for the first time since the two round TKO upset of Jorge Linares in March. Thompson faces Sergio Omar Priotti (25-11-1, 8KOs). Top lightweight contender Pablo Cesar Cano (23-1-1, 18KOs) will return in a ten round bout, and heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder (21-0, 21KOs) will see action in an eight round contest. The card will be televised by Fox Deportes.
Grand Oasis Resort in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico - In his first bout since suffering the gutsy TKO loss to WBC champion Erik Morales in 2011, Mexican junior welterweight Pablo Cesar Cano (23-1-1, 18 KOs) dropped Francisco Contreras (16-2, 13 KOs) three times before the five was stopped in the fifth round. Contreras down in the first and the fifth.