Richard Medina: record, next fight and profile →
Stephen Fulton Jr. will face Carlos Castro in a featherweight bout to headline a three-fight preliminary undercard leading into the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga show on Sept. 14.
In the 8-round featherweight main event, Brandon Benitez (21-2, 9 KOs) of Queretaro, MX, defeated Rigoberto Hermosillo (14-5-1, 9 KOs) of Los Angeles, CA by knockout at the 1:41 mark of the sixth round of their scheduled 10-round bout.
The third edition of CBN Promotions’ “New Blood” boxing series is scheduled for December 9, at Infinite Reality Studios in Long Beach, California, formerly known as Thunder Studios.
Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz will no longer fight this weekend. The former IBF junior lightweight titlist was a late scratch from the Alexis Rocha-Giovanni Santillan DAZN undercard, BoxingScene.com has learned. Diaz was due to face Richard Medina but fell ill during training camp due to Covid-like symptoms and is physically unable to move forward with the bout scheduled for this Saturday at Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.
Former World Champion Joseph “JoJo” Diaz (33-4-1, 15 KOs) of South El Monte is scheduled to return in a 10-round fight against the up-and-coming pugilist Richard “El Castigo” Medina (15-1, 8 KOs) of San Antonio, Texas. The lightweight match will be featured as the co-main event on the upcoming Rocha vs. Santillan card taking place at the Kia Forum on Saturday, October 21.
Raymond Ford was far more impressive against an unbeaten Texan than was the case in his previous outing. The unbeaten Camden-bred featherweight delivered perhaps his most complete performance to date in shutting down San Antonio’s Richard Medina over ten rounds. Scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91 in favor of Ford, who came up big on the road Saturday evening at Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, Texas.
Jesse Rodriguez put to rest any claims of being the smaller man in any given matchup at junior bantamweight. The 22-year-old southpaw arrived in peak condition for his hometown headliner versus former two-time WBC 115-pound champ Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Both boxers made weight for their scheduled 12-round main event, which airs live on DAZN this Saturday from Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, Texas.
Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo have arrived at a familiar place – with their fight once again postponed. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Martinez was once again forced to withdraw from a scheduled WBC flyweight title defense versus Arroyo. The Mexico City native has reportedly fallen ill and will not be able to proceed with his scheduled rematch with Arroyo which was due to take place Saturday at Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, Texas.
Prince Ranch Boxing’s undefeated super featherweight prospect, Richard “El Castigo” Medina (13-0, 7 KOs), who is promoted by TMB Entertainment, faces his toughest opponent to date when he squares off against fellow unbeaten foe, Raymond Ford (11-0-1, 6 KOs).
Raymond Ford will face unbeaten local talent Richard Medina at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday June 25 live worldwide on DAZN – with fellow young guns Marc Castro, Nikita Ababiy and Khalil Coe in action on the undercard of the quadruple header of World title action, led by San Antonio’s own Jesse Rodriguez making the first defense of his WBC World Super-Flyweight title against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.