Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia-- Australia's Anthony Mundine (43-4, 25 KOs) defeated Mexico's Rigoberto Alvarez (27-4, 20 KOs) via unanimous points decision to win the WBA interim junior middleweight title Wednesday by scores of 114-113, 117-111, 117-111. Post-fight, Mundine expressed a desire to fight American WBA junior middleweight titlist, … [Read more...]
Mundine – Alvarez in trumped up WBA title bout this Wednesday
Australia's Anthony Mundine (42-4, 25 KOs) will take on Mexico's Rigoberto Alvarez (27-3, 20 KOs) Wednesday in what is being billed as a WBA interim junior middleweight title fight at the Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The 36-year-old Mundine, who has only had two official bouts at the 154 lb. limit in his eleven year career (a TKO 10 win over … [Read more...]
Trout Trumps Alvarez in Jalisco; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Photo by Etzel Espinosa–Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico-- Austin Trout (22-0, 13 KOs), in a competent, professional effort, controlled his jr. middleweight contest with Rigoberto Alvarez (26-3, 19 KOs) and came away with a one-sided unanimous decision for a WBA 154 lb. belt. Alvarez, fighting in his hometown, never managed to get by a basic … [Read more...]