The Future of CUBA in the Pros, by Weightclasses. (List Inside) ***UPDATED/VIDEO***

After Wladimir Klitschko’s “rerun” against mandatory challenger Tony Thompson last Saturday, the IBF today called for a box off to determine the next mandatory challenger of the younger Klitschko brother including European champion Kubrat Pulev (#3 in the IBF ratings), former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (#4), Cuba’s 2004 Olympic gold medalist Odlanier Solis (#5) and Alexander Ustinov from Russia (#6).

In the first round of the box off Pulev is scheduled to fight Solis who just returned to action from a 14 months lay-off due to an injury suffered when challenging WBC champion Vitali Klitschko in March 2011 in Cologne, Germany. In his comeback fight in May in McAllen, Texas, the 32-year-old Cuban defector – who is co-promoted by Ahmet Oner (ARENA Box) and Kathy Duva (Main Events) – scored a lopsided twelve round decision win over Konstantin Airich to claim the IBF intercontinental championship.

 

WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KOs), upon learning that Nonito Donaire plans to move up to the featherweight division after his next fight, has labeled Donaire as a phony. “Donaire is running scared of any super bantamweights with power,” Rigondeaux said from his Miami training camp. “He hasn’t knocked out anybody at 122 pounds. One thing is for sure, though, he will get knocked out if he has the guts to fight me.”

Rigondeaux, who trained at Wild Card Gym with Manny Pacquiao, continued “Manny fought the best fighters around when he was moving up through weight classes but this phony, Donaire, is disappointing fans all over the world, especially Filipino people, by running scared from the best fighter at 122 pounds,” Rigondeaux continued. “I competed against more than 250 amateur boxers from every continent and none of those guys were paid to fight me. ‘The Filipino Phony’ will be paid a king’s ransom to fight me, but he’s scared enough to move up to 126 just to avoid fighting me. The problem he faces, though, is I will also move up to featherweight once I’ve cleaned out the super bantamweight division. What’s he going to do then, move up to super featherweight?”

“It’s beyond belief that the so-called #3 pound-for-pound fighter in the world is scared to fight Rigo,” Rigondeaux’s manager Gary Hyde added. “There can be no doubt in anyone’s mind that this is what’s happening now with Donaire. When a member of our team, Paddy Cronan, approached Donaire at Rigo’s June 9th fight to ask him if he would step-up to the plate and fight Rigondeaux, Donaire clearly indicated that he had no intention of fighting Rigo.”

Rigondeaux’s promotional contract with Top Rank expires July 15 and discussions are ongoing with Hyde and Rigondeaux’s team to determine what path to take from here

 

Nonito praying for Rigo no to resign with TR, at least one excuse for not fighting him.

 

Dan Rafael‏@danrafaelespn

1 of the fights being discussed for either the Martinez-Chavez or Donaire-Arce undercard is Rigondeaux vs Robert Marroquin

 

Abril-Rees gonna fight for the wacant WBA lightweight title

 

Gavin Rees?

 

Dan Rafael‏@danrafaelespn

Announced today : cruiser mandatory between titlist YP Hernandez and Troy Ross. Fight is Sept. 15 in Bamberg, Germany.

 

hw mike perez just posted pic of himself lookin in the best shape i've ever seen him

 

Broners gonna tax Gamboas ass when he moves up :good

 

I remember watching Gamboa first time in TV aagainst Adailton De Jesus.

I was sold immediately on him.

Man time really has passed by since that fight.

Gamboa is now 30 years old and and being so inactive, really shame I think Yuriorkis is in his prime now but the clock is ticking...

 

At a WBC purse bid in Mexico City, Top Rank won the right to promote a super welterweight eliminator between Vanes Martirosyan and Erislandy Lara. Top Rank bid $405,000 while Golden Boy bid $326,500. Contracts are due in the WBC office by August 10

 

Saturday 21 july
Glendy Hernandez 7(3)-0-0
SC Tobias Rice 4(2)-5(2)-0

 

Gamboa just kissed his sorry ass career goodbye : ! He's gonna sign with 50 f**king Cent ! .
Oh well , it was good while it lasted . Lmao . Peace .

 

Glendy Hernandez 226 vs Tobias Rice 215

I am not worried about Gamboa. He had many big fights and could need a break from boxing as long as it dont last to long. He had his last fight in september.

 

Heavyweight Glendy “The Guantanamo Giant” Hernandez (8-0, 4 KOs) notched a clean knockout at 2:50 of the second round against Tobias Rice (4-4).