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In Cardiff, Gales, WBA bantamweight world champion, Ryan Burnett ( 19-0, 9 Nocáuts ) successfully defended his belt against Venezuelan, Yonfrez Parejo ( 21-3-1, 10 Nocáuts ) por decisión unánime.
Anteriormente, Burnett was the WBA and IBF world champion, but he vacated the IBF because he decided to face WBA ranked Parejo, instead of facing the hightly touted Puerto Rican boxer, Emmanuel "Manny’ Rodríguez ( 17-0, 12 Nocáuts ), who is IBF top ranked.
Now Rodriguez is facing Paul Butler from England for the vacant IBF world title on a date to be announced. Purse bid schedule on April, 3 at the IBF headquarters in New Jersey.
“Congratulations Ryan Burnett on your victory. You’re lucky for not fighting me for the IBF world title but I guess you’re smart by leaving the title vacant. We know you left the title because you know deep in your heart, that the title belongs to me. I’m always willing to fight you in your house, in front of your people, but I understand that your heart of a champion is having some issues” said a confident Rodriguez.
“Burnett saw how I won gold medal at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games in 2010. In that tournament, Burnett also won gold in another category, but I won the ‘Best Fighter Award’”.
“Now my mind is 100% on Paul Butler who was a former world champion and is a veteran, but after that fight, and if Burnett has some honor left, we can unify belts in front of his people. Burnett has a big fan base that I admire a lot, and they deserve to see the best fighters facing each other”, dijo Rodríguez.
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After winning the Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) vacant Las Americas title last December, Wilfredo ‘Bimbito’ Méndez (9-0, 4 Nocáuts) from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, will seek a top ranking spot in the World Boxing Association (AMB ) when he faces Nicaraguan Leyman Benavides (13-6-1, 2 Nocáuts) for the vacant WBA Minimumweight Fedelatin title.
The Méndez-Benavides duel will take place on Sábado, Marzo 17 at the Fiesta Hall of the Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
“The Fedelatin title is of upmost importance because it places the boxer in the top 15 of the WBA rankings and in a matter of two or three additional fights, the opportunity to go for the world title is very possible. We trust in ‘Bimbito’s’ skills so that on Marzo 17, Puerto Rico will have another boxer close to a world title opportunity” said Raúl Pastrana, President of management company ‘Spartan Boxing Club’.
The undefeated Mendez, who was part of the Puerto Rican National Amateur Boxing Team said:
“I have seen boxers that have won the Fedelatin title, and in the blink of an eye, they are already fighting for a world title, and for that great moment is that I have worked all my life since childhood. With Trujillo Alto and Puerto Rico in my heart, I hope to be able to take another step on Marzo 17 to become world champion in the near future”.
In his last fight in Santo Domingo, DR last December, Méndez defeated Dominican Republic’s Juan Guzmán (22-10, 12 KO) by TKO in the second round to capture the UBF belt.
‘Spartan Boxing Club’ has in its squad of professional boxers: WBO/WBC ranked at 122 libras., Yenifel ‘El Rayo’ Vicente (31-3-2, 23 Nocáuts) de la República Dominicana, former members of the Puerto Rican Amateur Boxing Team, Bernard ‘Bimbo’ Lebrón (9-0, 4Nocáuts), John ‘The Beast’ Correa (3-0, 3Nocáuts) and Wilfredo ‘Bimbito’ Méndez, light heavyweight and former Olympian, Lenin Castillo (17-1- 1, 12 Nocáuts) de la República Dominicana, entre otros.
Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Febrero. 9, 2018) - promotor de boxeo Don King ha estado tratando de terminar una pelea con la AMB peso súper pluma Alberto “El Explosivo” Machado durante más de dos meses con su número dos competidor, Rafael Mensah.
“He estado tratando con Robert Díaz, de Golden Boy Promociones y parece ser una persona directa,”Dijo King. “Desde principios de diciembre que me han estado diciendo que tendríamos un acuerdo para luchar de enero 27º después de que se organizó una reunión con Peter Nelson, de HBO. Ha sido una historia tras otra historia “.
rey continuó: “Tenía una llamada con Robert Díaz y él nunca me llamó de vuelta. Hemos mantenido llamándole. Se suponía que ir juntos para cumplir con Peter Nelson y me dijeron que tendríamos una 50-50 acuerdo, y nunca he oído hablar de él. Mensah ha estado esperando tres años para una oportunidad de título.
“Mi luchador se creó para luchar en enero. 27, que es lo que acordamos. Pero nunca he recibido respuesta de cualquier persona. Ellos están jugando el juego de estafa al tratar de evitar esta pelea con Mensah. Ellos están tratando de conseguir bajo las reglas y no luchar contra mi futuro campeón. La realización de la lucha de Machado-Mensah ha vuelto complicada y llena de intriga y maquinación. Todo esto ha sido misteriosa. Estamos dispuestos a luchar!"
Mensah, quien es oriundo de Ghana, es 31-0 con 23 KOs.
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