Paulus Moses: record, next fight and profile →
Paulus Moses is making the finishing touches on his long and hard training camp before his arguably biggest challenge so far that comes this Friday in Reno, Nevada and on ESPN. The Namibian fighter, who is about to make his American debut, will face off hard-hitting Mexican-American contender Raymundo Beltran for the vacant WBO lightweight championship.
Beltran, Moses Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - World championship boxing returns the "Biggest Little City in the World," Reno Nevada! No. 1 world-rated lightweight contender RAY "Sugar" BELTRAN, fighting for his first world championship belt and his green card to stay in the U.S. with his family, will headline an all-action card on Friday, February 16, in the Grand Sierra Resort's Grand Theatre. Photos by Mikey Williams.
There will be a lot on the line this Friday, February 16th, when Mexican world title contender Ray Beltran faces former world champ Paulus Moses at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Beltran and Moses will battle for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight title, but for Beltran, this fight means way more than that. He will also be fighting for his dream of becoming a permanent resident of the United States.
On this coming Friday, in Reno, Nevada Raymundo Beltran and Paulus Moses will face off in a 12-round matchup for the vacant WBO lightweight title. The winner, however, would not only secure a world championship belt but also sign up for potential super-fights against the likes of WBC titlist Mikey Garcia, WBA/Ring belt holder Jorge Linares, or even P4P shortlisted and soon-to-be 135-pound participant Vasyl Lomachenko.
Beltran, Moses Workouts Photos Gallery - World championship boxing returns the "Biggest Little City in the World," Reno Nevada! No. 1 world-rated lightweight contender RAY "Sugar" BELTRAN, fighting for his first world championship belt and his green card to stay in the U.S. with his family, will headline an all-action card on Friday, February 16, in the Grand Sierra Resort's Grand Theatre. Photos by Mikey Williams.
Former lightweight world champion Paulus Moses is preparing for one of the most important bouts of his fifteen-year career. The Namibian pugilist, who previously held the WBA regular title at 135 pounds between 2009 and 2010, will face dangerous Mexican-American Raymundo Beltran for the vacant WBO belt on an event promoted by Top Rank on February 16 in Reno, Nevada.
World championship boxing returns the "Biggest Little City in the World," Reno Nevada! No. 1 world-rated lightweight contender RAY "Sugar" BELTRAN, fighting for his first world championship belt and his green card to stay in the U.S. with his family, will headline an all-action card on Friday, February 16, in the Grand Sierra Resort's Grand Theatre. Beltran (34-7-1, 21 KOs), from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, will be battling former world champion and current No. 2 world-rated contender PAULUS MOSES (39-3, 24 KOs), from Windhoek, Namibia, for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight world title.
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The journey continues to former WBA champion Paulus Moses en route to a second world title at lightweight. The 39-year-old Namibian headlined a top card in the capital of his home country, Windhoek last Saturday, and stopped Saidi Mundi in overwhelming fashion in the fifth round. Moses (40-3-0-1, 25 KOs) looked sharp and hungry and dominated Mundi with the jab until round three when he dropped the Tanzanian twice. The Windhoek-native former belt holder kept controlling the action and halted Mundi (19-4-1, 11 KOs) in round five after some beautiful and accurate combinations.
Life of a boxing promoter does not slow down even after a painful defeat. Namibian Nestor Tobias traveled to the USA to put his WBA/IBF unified titlist, then unbeaten Julius Indongo into a historic undisputed championship bout with WBC/WBO/Ring champion Terence Crawford this past August. Crawford happened to figure Indongo out early and stopped him with a vicious body punch in the third. Three weeks later, however, Tobias’s MTC Nestor Sunshine Promotions schedules to run its fourth boxing card of this year to help raise up the next possible world champion protégé. The event is called ‘No Mercy Part 7’ and takes place at the Windhoek Country Club on Saturday, September 9.