10/4 – Celestino Caballero (35-5, 24 KO’s) vs. Adrian Estrella (18-0, 7 KO’s) - Cancha de Usos Multiples Praderas de Villa, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico A former world champ in the super bantamweight and featherweight division, the 38 year old Caballero gets a shot at the WBC FECARBOX super featherweight title. Estrella’s made six defenses of the belt, and … [Read more...]
Alexander Edges Kotelnik; Cloud Beats Johnson
St. Louis, MO-- In a bout that was nothing close to the glorious homecoming expected, WBC/IBF Jr. Welterweight Champ, Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs) barely survived a tough-than-expected contest against veteran former champ, Andriy Kotelnik (31-4, 13 KOs). Alexander jumped to an early lead, winning six of the first seven rounds with his movement and athleticism, but Kotelnik … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-In
by Chris Milton On Friday, in his native Argentina, the new “Malignaggi” Cesar Cuenca (37-0) continues his snail pace up the 140lb rankings against Cesar Telechea (8-3-1). With fights like this its not hard to see why Cuenca has 37 wins yet is nowhere near world level. We also see a super featherweight alphabet title fight in South Africa between Mzonke Fana and Cassius … [Read more...]
“Great” Expectations
by Paul Magno Five months ago, Devon Alexander stopped being a 23-year old prospect from the Mid-West. By knocking out the iron-chinned IBF junior welterweight champ, Juan Urango, in a March unification bout that saw him give one of the virtuoso performances of the year, Alexander joined the elite of the already top heavy 140 lb. class. There's no going back now for … [Read more...]