Sergio Thompson: record, next fight and profile →
World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman disputes recent reports that WBC super featherweight champion Takashi Miura is hospitalized with numerous injuries. On Saturday night in Cancun, Miura dropped Sergio Thompson two times to win a twelve round unanimous decision. Miura survived his own knockdown in the eight round. After the match, Miura was vomiting and taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure.
Plaza De Toros, Cancun, Mexico - WBC super feathreweight champion Takashi Miura (26-2-2, 19 KO’s) was in hostile territory but he still turned back the challenge of hard puncher Sergio "Yeyo" Thompson (31-3, 29 KO’s), with two knockdowns to win a twelve round unanimous decision. The scores were 113-112, 114-110 and 114-111. Mirua himself was down in the fight as well, when Thompson caught him in the eight. The first was a feeling out round with both trading jabs. But in the second, during a furious exchange on the ropes, Yeyo went down hard from a big right from Miura, and he was under fire for most of the rest of the round, bravely rallying. In the third both traded bombs with a still hurt Yeyo going for the head while Takashi landed some sinking body shots. Yeyo was beginning to find a rhythm and recovered in the fourth. Both picked their shots and landed.
The weights are in for Saturday's card, where WBC super featherweight champion Takashi Miura (25-2-2, 19 KO’s), who weighed 129.5-pounds, will defend his title against mandatory challenger Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson (31-2-0, 29 KO’s), who came in at 130-pounds. The fight will take place at the Oasis Arena in Cancún, Mexico - and promoted by Cancun Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions.
Sergio "Yeyo" Thompson used his powers of persuasion to convince WBC Super Featherweight Takashi Miura to loosen his iron grip on the green and gold belt, so he could get his hands of it for a moment or so, before handing it back. Thompson plans to capture that belt on an appreciably more permanent basis, when he and the icy calm Japanese southpaw lock horns at the Plaza de Toros in downtown Cancun on Saturday night. Almost on cue last night and this morning, the heavens opened over Cancun, not sparing it with rods of rain, lashing it with almost hurricane, or typhoon intensity, as an overture of the ring finale to come.
Mandatory challenger Sergio ‘Yeyo’ Thompson (27-2, 25KOs) went face to face at the final press conference with WBC super featherweight champion Takashi Miura (25-2-2, 19KOs). Their fight takes place on August 17th in Cancun. Thompson gets the homefield advantage as promoter Pepe Gomez of Cancun Boxing stages the highly anticipated fight. Thompson has been waiting for this moment since he started boxing in 2006. After a good winning streak, including a TKO of Jorge Linares, Thompson is focused to make his big moment count. Photos by Alma Montiel.
Opportunity knocks when Sergio ‘Yeyo’ Thompson (27-2, 25KOs) fights WBC champion super featherweight champion Takashi Miura (25-2-2, 19KOs), on August 17th in Cancun. All too aware of this key chance, Yeyo said: “This fight is my shot. After I became champion, many doors will be open for me to keep growing as fighter and become one of the best boxers in history. That’s my ambition.” It has been a long and winding road for Sergio since he began in boxing in 2006, and it's time for payback for all the sacrifices he's made.
Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson has accelerated his preparation in California for his championship fight against WBC super featherweight champion Takashi Miura, on August 17th in Cancun. Less than two weeks away of the fight between “Yeyo” (27-2, 25 KOs) and Miura (25-2-2, 19 KOs) are hardening their bodies and their hearts. Yeyo predicts he'll have a very tough battle against the Japanese fighter but he WILL conquer the WBC super featherweight championship. “I've been training for weeks and I'm verging on my peak. I’ve learned a lot from my friend Abener Mares. I’m preparing for the fight of my life!”
Sergio ‘Yeyo’ Thompson is hard at work in Los Angeles as he prepares for his WBC super-featherweight world title clash against Takashi Miura on August 17. The Mexican is spending his second camp in the United States and is training under the watchful eye of the experienced Clemente Medina as well as engaging in top sparring with Julián ‘El Camarón’ Ramírez and Emmanuel Medina, his trainer’s son. Thompson caught the attention of the boxing public in March 2012 when he upset Jorge Linares in two rounds, a fight which opened many doors for the Quintana Roo native. Now the biggest moment of his career has arrived at a time in which he feels he is in the best form of his life.
Mexico's Sergio "Yeyo" Thompson (27-2, 25KOs) is training hard for his upcoming fight for the the super featherweight world title of the World Boxing Council (WBC). Thompson is training in California for his upcoming fight with Japanese WBC super featherweight champion Takashi Miura (25-2-2, 19KOs) on the 17th of August at the Plaza de Toros in Cancun in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Promoter Pepe Gómez of Cancun Boxing has confirmed that Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson inked his signature for the WBC super featherweight title against current champion Takashi Miura on August 17th in Cancun. Yeyo (27-2, 25 KO), who defeated a former world champion Jorge Linares, has signed the contract for the fight against Miura (25-2-2, 19 KO), who recently conquered the WBC title over Gamaliel Díaz. "We already have signed the contract and the fight against Miura is set for August 17 in Cancun” Pepe Gomez said.