With baseball's All-Star Game approaching and boxing in its usual mid-Summer funk, I thought it would be interesting to try my hand at one of these corny little lists so prominently featured on A-1 supreme sources of info like Bleacher Reports and Spitbucketrejects.com. I'm going to go through each of boxing's seventeen weight divisions and list the character that most … [Read more...]
Edgar Sosa Vs. Giovani Segura On May 18th
Mexican boxing promoter Promociones Zanfer has announced that a Flyweight clash between former world champions Edgar Sosa and Giovani Segura which is set to take place Saturday, May 18th at the Plaza De Toros Eloy Cavazos in Michoacan de Ocampo, Mexico. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds for the WBC Silver Flyweight world championship and to be aired on Box Azteca. … [Read more...]
“Siri” Salido, Sosa, and Yori Boy in Action this Weekend: The Mexican Fight Preview
This Saturday in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, WBO featherweight champ, Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26 KOs) returns to action in a non-title 10-round super featherweight contest against Chilean import, Moises Gutierrez (21-4, 8 KOs). Salido, who is mulling over possible bouts with either WBC featherweight champ, Jhonny Gonzalez or top challenger, Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia, should … [Read more...]
Sosa bests Uicab in WBC eliminator, Soto cruises to easy win
Oasis Hotel Complex, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico-- For the first half of Saturday's WBC flyweight title eliminator, it looked as though veteran former junior flyweight champ, Edgar Sosa (45-7, 27 KOs), was going to pass the torch to younger countryman, Wilbert Uicab (33-7-1, 18 KOs). Sosa would suffer a first round knockdown and find himself generally out-hustled by Uicab … [Read more...]
Edgar Sosa and Humberto Soto Favorites To Post Wins in Cancun Saturday Night
By Geoff Poundes A special prize awaits the winner of this weekend’s flyweight encounter between former WBC light-fly champion Edgar Sosa and his fellow Mexican Wilbert Uicab. Ostensibly they are contesting the WBC’s “Silver” title, which in old money translates to an eliminator for Sonny Boy Jaro’s “proper” WBC belt. Confusing? Not really, once you’ve unraveled the … [Read more...]