Miguel Roman stops Daniel Ponce De Leon

By Jim Dower: In a surprise upset, former WBO bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon was stopped in the 10th round by Miguel “Mickey” Roman (36-11, 35 KO’s) last Saturday night in their fight for the vacant WBC United States (USNBC) Silver super featherweight title at the Monumental Estadio de Beisbol in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico. Ponce De Leon came into the fight having lost 2 out of his last 3 fights in stoppage losses to Juan Manuel Lopez and Abner Mares.

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Ponce De Leon wants rematch against Juanma Lopez

deleon1By Dan Ambrose: Daniel Ponce De Leon (45-6, 35 KO’s) wants a rematch against Juan Manuel Lopez (34-3, 31 KO’s) because he feels his fight against Lopez last Saturday night was stopped prematurely by referee Luis Pabon at 2:44 of the 2nd round in their fight at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico . The fight was halted with De Leon still on his feet after having been knocked down twice in the 2nd round. Lopez threw a 10-punch flurry, but only 2 of the punches out of the flurry actually landed and neither of them were hard shots.

Pabon jumped in and halted the based on Lopez throwing a lot of shots rather than the effects of the shots. De Leon had a right to be angry about the premature stoppage, because Pabon halted the fight based on Lopez throwing air punches than on shots landed.

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Garcia beats Herrera by controversial decision; Deontay Wilder annihilates Scott

002 Garcia vs Herrera IMG_2184(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KO’s) defeated challenger Mauricio Herrera (20-4, 7 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The final judges scores were 114-114, 116-112, 116-112.

Herrera seemed to be the smarter fighter, and the one who took most of all of the last 6 rounds. Herrera landed more punches, and was the busier fighter by far. Garcia’s nose was bloodied and his eyes swollen up.

Herrera said “I felt like I won the fight. I know it was close, but I felt like I won the fight.”

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Juan Manuel Lopez faces Daniel Ponce De Leon tonight on Showtime

By Allan Fox: Former two division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (33-3, 30 KO’s) faces Daniel Ponce De Leon (45-5, 35 KO’s) tonight in an important fight for both guys on Showtime Extreme from the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, in Puerto Rico. The two fighters aren’t new each other after having battled in the past in 2008 in a fight in which Lopez scored a 1st round knockout. But that was when Lopez was young at 24, and just reaching the peak of his career.

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Weights: Garcia-Herrera and Wilder-Scott

By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KO’s) weighed in today successfully for his title defense on Saturday night against Mauricio Herrera (20-3, 7 KO’s) at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Garcia weighed 139.75 lbs, while Herrera came in at 139.25 lbs. Garcia looked thin like he’d dropped a lot of weight to make 140 lb limit.

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Lopez vs. De Leon II: A rematch four years too late

By Dan Ambrose: On March 15th, Daniel Ponce De Leon (45-5, 35 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Lopez (33-3, 30 KO’s) will square off in a rematch at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The Lopez-De Leon rematch should have taken place in 2010 and or earlier, as Lopez hasn’t been the same fighter he once was since his 8th round TKO loss to Orlando Salido in 2011. Lopez and De Leon fought each other in June of 2008 in a fight where Lopez halted De Leon on the 2nd round to capture his WBO super bantamweight title. The southpaw Lopez was a lot younger, and quicker at that point in his career.

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Garcia-Herrera, Wilder-Scott and Lopez-De Leon on March 15th in Bayamon, Puerto Rico

garcia564By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KO’s) will be making his next title defense against #11 IBF Mauricio Herrera (20-3, 7 KO’s) on March 15th at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. This fight card would have been better off taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The undercard will have unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) facing former contender Malik Scott (36-1-1, 13 KO’s) in a 10 round bout. There’s also former two division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (33-3, 30 KO’s) facing 33-year-old former two division world champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (45-5, 35 KO’s) in a rematch scheduled for 10 rounds.

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Malignaggi: “The Problem’s” problem

broner33455By Donald Crisp: After many weeks of non-stop trash-talk between Paulie Malignaggi and Adrien “The Problem” Broner, the fight that many have been anticipating, if for nothing else just to see the fireworks unfold, ended leaving us with more questions than it answered.  Most of the questions have to do with Adrien Broner’s merits:  How good is he?  Did he prove anything? Did this fight help or hurt him?  And what about Paulie – if Adrien Broner is as good as he (and/or we) thinks, does that mean Paulie is still a legitimate contender?

Both men made promises in their pre-fight bashing:  Broner promised to knock Malignaggi out; Malignaggi promised to expose Broner and defeat him.  Neither of them walked the talk, but who came closer?

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A Look Back on This Weekend’s Boxing – May 4th

mares#12(Photo credit: Casino/Showtime) By Shane Newsome: With another three championship fights last weekend boxing fans have really been spoilt recently, with that said it does make it hard to keep up with and catch everything that happened so here is the return of my weekly column to spoil you just that bit more.

We start our look back in the same place we started our preview the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA with the eagerly anticipated fight between still unbeaten WBC Welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0) and Robert Guerrero (31-2-1) and in this fight Floyd Mayweather really highlighted the two things he does best, sell a fight and not get hit.

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Mares vs. De Leon this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada

deleon11By Onaps: The Bright lights of sin city shine on the squared circle of the MGM Grand tomorrow evening. Everyone is waiting to see if Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero can upset boxing’s bad guy, Floyd “Money” Mayweather. While we are anxiously waiting for them to make the ring walk another fight, possibly, the best fight of the Night will be taking place.

Abner Mares vs. Daniel Ponce De Leon. I, for One, think This will be a barn burner. Mares is one tough kid that possesses a lot of heart and decent boxing ability. De Leon, a hard punching veteran, has the tools to knock Mares off of his perch.

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