Boxing Schedule for Month of April

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Some good fights coming up. Mostly looking forward to Paul Williams vs Winky Wright/Chris The Big Nipple vs McLine. And the JM Lopez. Jermaine Taylor vs Froch should be a banger as well..

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April 2
At Glen Burnie, Md.: Matt Remillard vs. Hassan Wasswa, 8 rounds, featherweights; Mike Paschall vs. Sam Hill, 8 rounds, middleweights; Albert Onolunose vs. Anthony Bartinelli, 8 rounds, middleweights

At Brooklyn, N.Y.: Dmitriy Salita vs. Raul Munoz, 10 rounds, welterweights



April 3
At Memphis (ESPN2): Randall Bailey vs. Frankie Figueroa, 12 rounds, IBF junior welterweight eliminator

At Miami (Telemundo): Diobelys Hurtado vs. Arturo Morua, 12 rounds, welterweights

At Philadelphia (gofightlive.tv): Ran Nakash vs. Dave Brunelli, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Tyric Robinson vs. Julias Edmonds, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Gee Cullmer vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights; Julio Cesar Matthews vs. Kamarah Pasley, 6 rounds, cruiserweights; Joselito Collado vs. Jason Rorie, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Taneal Goyco vs. Davit Davitshvili, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Derrick Bivins vs. Joseph Francisco, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Ronald Cruz vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights; Christian Martinez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights




April 4

At Montreal (Showtime): Timothy Bradley Jr. vs. Kendall Holt, 12 rounds, WBC/WBO junior welterweight unification; Librado Andrade vs. Vitali Tsypko, 12 rounds, IBF super middleweight eliminator

At Austin, Texas (HBO PPV): Edwin Valero vs. Antonio Pitalua, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC lightweight title; Michael Katsidis vs. Jesus Chavez, 10 rounds, lightweights; Carlos Hernandez vs. Vicente Escobedo, 10 rounds, lightweights; Julio Diaz vs. Rolando Reyes, 10 rounds, lightweights; Adrien Broner vs. Angel Rodriguez, 6 rounds, lightweights; Keith Thurman vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Ricardo Castillo vs. Andres Ledesma, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Jermell Charlo vs. Carlos Garcia, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Ricky Lopez vs. Felipe Ramirez, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Malik Bazille vs. Juan De Leon, 4 rounds, junior middleweights

At Dusseldorf, Germany: Alexander Povetkin vs. Jason Estrada, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Aaron Williams vs. Enad Licina, 12 rounds, cruiserweights

At Montreal: Jean Pascal vs. Pablo Nievas, 12 rounds, super middleweights; Olivier Lontchi vs. Cecilio Santos, 12 rounds, junior featherweights; David Lemieux vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middelweights; Patrice L'Heureux vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights

At La Paz, Mexico (Azteca America): Raul Garcia vs. Ronald Barrera, rematch, 12 rounds, for Garcia's IBF strawweight title



April 8
At Irvine, Calif.: Manny Roman vs. Anthony Villareal, 8 rounds, flyweights; Hugo Centeno Jr. vs. Luis Abundes, 4 rounds, welterweights; Israel Navarette vs. Samuel Jude Yniguez, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Alejandro Solorio vs. Angel Magdaleno, 4 rounds, flyweights; Jose Sanchez vs. Shawn Wate, 4 rounds, lightweights



April 10
At Tucson, Ariz. (ESPN2): David Lopez vs. Ossie Duran, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Hector Sanchez vs. DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Carlos Velasquez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Rock Allen vs. Adan Hernandez, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Eric Woods vs. Ethan Cox, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Hylon Williams vs. Julio Chavez, 6 rounds, junior featherweights; Karl Dargan vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

At Donetsk, Ukraine: Yuri Nuzhnenko vs. Vyacheslav Senchenko, 12 rounds, for Nuzhnenko's WBA "regular" welterweight title; Oleg Yefimovich vs. Osman Aktas, 12 rounds, for Yefimovich's European featherweight title

At Tampa, Fla.: Jeff Lacy vs. Otis Griffin, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Lenroy Thomas vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Adam Jaco vs. Roberto Failey, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Kermit Gonzalez vs. Derrick Wilson, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Adawirky Lopez vs. Caitlin Dance, 4 rounds, featherweights; Dwayne Larry Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Said El Harrack vs. Darnell Jones, 4 rounds, welterweights; Henry Mitchell vs. Daniel Van Staden, 4 rounds, junior welterweights



April 11
At Las Vegas (HBO): Paul Williams vs. Winky Wright, 12 rounds, middleweights; Cristobal Arreola vs. Jameel McCline, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Danny Garcia vs. Edwin Algarin, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Shawn Estrada vs. Thomas Rittenbaugh, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Jose Rodriguez vs. Pablo Montes De Oca, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Craig McEwan vs. Emmanuel Gonzalez, 8 rounds, middleweights; Mike Dallas vs. Terrance Jett, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Juan Dominguez vs. Ramon Flores, 4 rounds, featherweights

At Osaka, Japan: Nobuo Nashiro vs. Konosuke Tomiyama, 12 rounds, for Nashiro's WBA "regular" junior bantamweight title

At Guadalajara, Mexico: Raul Garcia vs. Ronald Barrera, rematch, 12 rounds, for Garcia's IBF strawweight title



April 14
At Bangkok: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs. Julio Cesar Miranda, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim flyweight



April 16
At Highland, Calif: Mike Anchondo vs. Hector Alatorre, 6 rounds, junior welterweights



April 17
At Primm, Nev. (Showtime): Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jose "Cheo" Rojas, 12 rounds, for vacant "regular" WBA featherweight title; Selcuk Aydin vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, welterweights; Erislandy Lara vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, junior middleweights



April 18
At Manila (Top Rank PPV): Nonito Donaire vs. Raul Martinez, 12 rounds, for Donaire's IBF flyweight title; Ulises Solis vs. Brian Viloria, 12 rounds, for Solis' IBF junior flyweight title

At Johannesburg, South Africa: Silence Mabuza vs. Yonnhy Perez, 12 rounds, IBF bantamweight eliminator

At Rome: Adrian Diaconu vs. Silvio Branco, 12 rounds, for Diaconu's WBC light heavyweight title



April 24
At Chicago (ESPN2): Antonio Escalante vs. Gary Stark Jr., 12 rounds, junior featherweights

At St. Louis: Deandre Latimore vs. Cory Spinks, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF junior middleweight title

At Newark, N.J.: John Duddy vs. Billy Lyell 10 rounds, middleweights; Kassim Ouma vs. Russell Jordan, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; James Lubash vs. Przemyslaw Majewski, 8 rounds, middleweights; Jason Cintron vs. Henry Lundy, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Victor Valenzuela vs. Esteban Rodriguez, 6 rounds, featherweights; Patrick Farrell vs. Doug Bowling, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Sung-Dae Gang vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights

At Panama City: Celestino Caballero vs. Jeffery Mathebula, 12 rounds, for Caballero's IBF/WBA junior featherweight title



April 25
At Bayamon, Puerto Rico (HBO): Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Gerry Penalosa, 12 rounds, for Lopez's WBO junior featherweight title; Lamont Peterson vs. Willy Blain, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO interim junior welterweight title

At Mashantucket, Conn. (Showtime): Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor, 12 rounds, for Froch's WBC super middleweight title; Allan Green vs. Carlos De Leon Jr., 10 or 12 rounds, super middleweights; Vernon Forrest vs. Jason LeHoullier, 10 rounds, middleweights

At Tunica, Miss.: Adam "The Swamp Donkey" Richards vs. Gustavo Enrriquez, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Fernando Guerrero vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights

At Krefeld, Germany: Felix Sturm vs. Koji Sato, 12 rounds, for Sturm's WBA middleweight title; Karoly Balzsay vs. Maselino Masoe, 12 rounds, for Balzsay's WBO super middleweight title; Gennady Golovkin vs. Tarvis Simms, 10 rounds, middleweights



April 26
At Perth, Australia: Danny Green vs. Anthony van Niekerk, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
 
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I think Gerry Penalosa can outbox Juanma. But the fight is in PR, so unless he knocks him out, I don't see him getting a decision.

Some pretty good fights though.

I think P-Will is going to outwork Winky and get the decision.
 
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I got Lopez outworking Gerry for a decision. Gerry laid back for a long time against Gonzalez before taking him out. He's extremely slick, but he's old, especially for his weight class. I'd be impressed if Gerry pulls it out.
 
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man lopez Ko's everyone. I'm picking him by KO.

oh yeah naner, I just finished watching the Bernard Dunne fight. Man, that was the shit! What an electric atmosphere it was, place was going nuts. Definitely FOTY worthy. I think I'd still go with Diaz/Marquez as of now, just because the skill level is so much higher.
 
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I can't see him KOing Gerry. Gerry's as slick as they come. Lopez is going some rounds this go around.

I also really didn't know Hurtado was fighting again. Shame he never made a big splash .. had Whitaker not been able to pull it out of the fire against him who knows ..
 
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Good fights tomorrow, looks like I'll be downloading all of them!




Edwin Valero's chance to impress on U.S. soil comes on Saturday against Antonio Pitalua, right.

Lightweights look to make statements

The lightweight division has a clear-cut champion in Juan Manuel Marquez, who owns two alphabet belts and the title lineage based on an impressive knockout of then-champion Joel Casamayor in the fall.

Marquez further cemented his status as the 135-pound kingpin Feb. 28 with a tremendous ninth-round knockout of Juan Diaz in a fight-of-the-year candidate.

Other top lightweights have left the division. Manny Pacquiao, the pound-for-pound king, gave up his belt to jump two weight divisions to welterweight, where he smashed Oscar De La Hoya in a December blockbuster. Instead of returning to lightweight, Pacquiao is instead dropping to junior welterweight to challenge champion Ricky Hatton on May 2.

Other would-be lightweight kings have also been weeded out. Diaz, a former unified titleholder, got knocked out by Marquez for his second loss in three fights and has work to do to get back on top. Nate Campbell lost his belts on the scale when he couldn't make weight for a Feb. 14 defense and is headed to junior welterweight.

Even Marquez might head north to 140 pounds, or even to 147, if he can land a big fight such as the showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. he is calling for or a third meeting with Pacquiao.

The movement leaves the lightweight division looking for either a notable challenger for Marquez or for someone to succeed him if he moves up.


Jesus Chavez, left, or Michael Katsidis can become a major player in the lightweight division with a win Saturday.

That storyline is the backdrop to "Lightweight Lightning," an ambitious four-fight all-lightweight Golden Boy card Saturday night (HBO PPV, 9 ET) in Austin, Texas.

The eight fighters on the pay-per-view are all looking to make the statement that they deserve a shot at Marquez, or at least some other notable bout in the division, perhaps against one of the other winners on a card that was originally conceived of as the start of a tournament. However, because main-event fighter Edwin Valero is promoted by Top Rank and not Golden Boy Promotions, which is promoting the show, he didn't commit to a tournament format.

"I think that yes, it's an opportunity for these fighters to become No. 1. But you have to understand Juan Manuel Marquez still has not moved up. He still remains the champion and he still remains the target," said Austin's Jesus Chavez (44-4, 30 KOs), a former lightweight and junior lightweight titlist, who will have the hometown crowd on his side when he faces all-action slugger Michael Katsidis (24-2, 20 KOs) in a 10-round undercard fight.

Valero (24-0, 24 KOs), who gave up a junior lightweight title to move up, headlines against Antonio Pitalua (46-3, 40 KOs) in a fight for the belt Pacquiao vacated when he moved up. It will be Valero's first bout in the United States since being granted a license last year in Texas, a controversial move because he had been denied a license in New York on medical grounds a few years earlier because of a non-boxing-related head injury he suffered years ago.

Also on the show, ex-junior lightweight beltholder Carlos Hernandez (43-7-1, 24 KOs) meets 2004 U.S. Olympian Vicente Escobedo (19-1, 12 KOs), a prospect looking to take advantage of the opportunity to be on the card after former junior lightweight titlist Jorge Barrios withdrew because of a jaw injury; and former titlist Julio Diaz (36-4, 26 KOs) faces Rolando Reyes, (30-4-2, 19 KOs), a fringe contender who got the call after former champion Joel Casamayor withdrew two weeks ago because of a back injury.

Tournament or not, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer believes each fighter has a chance to make a statement.

"We have with Jesus Chavez, Carlos Hernandez and Julio Diaz three stars of the sport fighting against opponents who want to make names for themselves, who want to really move up in the rankings and stake a claim eventually for a world title fight," Schaefer said. "And then, of course, in the main event with Edwin Valero and Antonio Pitalua, we have a great showdown with a very, very tough Mexican fighter, Antonio Pitalua, and Edwin Valero, sort of like a cult fighter who has a tremendous following within the boxing community. And I think it's going to be a great night of boxing with these four lightweight battles."

Chavez, who already owns a win against Hernandez and lost to Julio Diaz, hopes to look impressive enough to earn a shot at Marquez. The same goes for Valero.

"Yes, I think that's a fight that I am interested in," Chavez said. "Any fighter in the lightweight division would hate to see him move up, but that is his choice, his prerogative, and if he wants to leave everything on the table for everybody else to fight each other, I'm up for whatever comes up. But I think that Juan Manuel Marquez is the man at 135 right now."

Said Valero, "I'd like to fight the best in this division, so I'd like for Marquez to stay in the lightweight division. If he goes up to 140 it would really not be to fight the best. I'd like him to fight me, and once he fights me he can move on to fight at a different division and go up in weight, but at this point I'd like to fight the best fighters out there."

For Escobedo, the fight with Hernandez, who is 38 and looking for one more shot, isn't so much to show he should get a title fight, but to show that he's crossed from prospect status to contendership.

"I'm a young fighter and it's really a huge opportunity for me," said Escobedo, 27. "This is my moment and I'm going to go in there and step in that ring and give it all I got, give it 100 percent, leave it in the ring. I know I got a tough, tough fight against Carlos Hernandez, so we're prepared. We're ready and hungry."

For Hernandez, the fight is about more than him having a chance to re-establish himself. He needs to win to keep his career alive after going 3-4 in his past seven fights.

"It's not like I'm Escobedo's age," he said. "So to me, I'm pretty much backed into a corner and have to fight my way out of it. But Escobedo still has a future in boxing. For me, it's do or die."

One of the reasons Escobedo believes he is ready for this step up is because he has sparred with Marquez; they share trainer Nacho Beristain.

"I had the opportunity to spar with Marquez for his fight with Diaz. I helped him a couple times, and I've got to say it's amazing. You go in a sparring session with the world champion, you definitely notice the difference, his style, the way he is, his rhythm and everything is just on point. I learned a lot from him. I got to know what it's like to be in there with the world champion."

Someday he'd like to do it when it counts, as would the other seven men on the card.
 
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Valero is tight for getting the Chavez tat, but uh, damn horrible location. Should have gone on his back or made smaller on his shoulder/arm or some shit. Oh well, at least he's KO'ing people. Looking forward to seeing him live for the first time tonight...

 
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2-0-Sixx said:
Just remembered Gamboa is fighting Friday. I don't recall seeing his opponent fight, but I predict 1st or 2nd round KO, lol. that Erislandy Lara is a beast in the making too
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Rojas pasted Caballero. I got Rojas' rematch with Chris John if you want to peep it. It's a little over a gig .. don't mind uploading it if someone would actually download it heh.

I've never been able to catch his fight with Caballero but I heard he put him out with one punch.
 
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Taylor-Froch make weight




Carl Froch (left) and Jermain Taylor face off after the weigh-in. The four world-class boxers who will fight tomorrow /Saturday, April 25, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) made weight Friday at Mashantucket, Conn.


Green-De Leon make weight

Allan Green (left), of Tulsa, Okla., who is 27-1 with 19 KOs, will be opposed by Las Vegas-based Puerto Rican Carlos De Leon (21-2-2, 14 KOs) in an important 10-round super middleweight bout in the co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING from the MGM Grand Theater at MGM Grand at Foxwoods.


Gerry penalosa 121.8 vs Juanma Lopez 121.5





Lamont Peterson and Willy Blain make weight
 
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