Dib defeats Oliver

dib1By Jim Dower: Billy Dib (36-2, 21 KO’s) grinded out a 10 round majority decision on Friday night over hometown fighter Mike Oliver (25-4, 8 KO’s) at the Connecticut Convention Center, in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

The Dib-Oliver fight was pushed to the main event after light heavyweight Allan Green pulled out of his fight against undefeated Eleider Alvarez today complaining of food poisoning. Alvarez’s promoter didn’t have time to find a replacement for him, so he was off the card too.

Aside from Dib losing a point in the 2nd and 3rd rounds from low blows, the fight was mostly a one-sided affair with Dib having his way with Oliver on the inside against the ropes. The judges scored the fight 94-94, 96-92, 96-92.

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Billy Dib v Mike Oliver: Friday Night Fights Preview

dib543By Sevak Sarkisian: On July 5th fight fans will be treated to an exciting fight card from Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford Connecticut. This will be the first fight card that 50 Cents promotional company (SMS Promotions) will be putting on by themselves without other co-promoters.

It will be aired live on ESPN 2 9pm ET. The main event will feature former world featherweight titlist Billy “The Kid” Dib (35-2-21KO’s) against the experienced Mike Oliver (25-3-8KO’s).

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Juan Manuel Lopez feels he’s ready for Salido, Gonzalez or Gamboa next

Image: Juan Manuel Lopez feels he's ready for Salido, Gonzalez or Gamboa nextBy Dan Ambrose: With his 2nd round knockout victory over the B level fighter Mike Oliver (25-3, 8 KO’s) last Saturday night, former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) now reportedly feels that he’s ready to fight a rematch against Orlando Salido, who destroyed Lopez easily in an 8th round TKO win last April. If not Salido, then Lopez feels he’s ready to fight Yuriorkis Gamboa or Jhonny Gonzalez.

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Juanma beats Oliver, wants Salido next

Image: Juanma beats Oliver, wants Salido nextBy Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) feels he’s now ready to take on WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (36-11-2, 24 KO’s) after Lopez defeated his tune-up opponent, the over-matched Mike Oliver (25-3, 8 KO’s), last Saturday night in a 2nd round TKO win at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

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Juan Manuel Lopez stops Oliver, looks horrible

Image: Juan Manuel Lopez stops Oliver, looks horribleBy Dan Ambrose: Fighting for the first time since being wiped out by Orlando Salido last April in an 8th round TKO loss, former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) stopped his 2nd tier tune-up opponent Mike “Machine” Oliver (25-3, 8 KO’s) in the 2nd round on Saturday night at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

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Juan Manuel Lopez to fight Mike Oliver in tune-up bout on October 1st

Image: Juan Manuel Lopez to fight Mike Oliver in tune-up bout on October 1stBy Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) has decided to take an easy tune-up fight on October 1st against 2nd tier fighter Mike Oliver (25-2, 8 KO’s) before a hoped for rematch against World Boxing Organization featherweight champion Orlando Salido early next year if possible. Lopez, 28, was trounced by Salido in an 8th round TKO in April.

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Lopez Stops Oliver

oliver43323.jpgBy Nate Anderson: Previously unbeaten super bantamweight contender Mike Oliver (21-1, 7 KOs) was shockingly stopped in the 3rd round by Colombian Reynaldo Lopez (29-5-2, 20 KOs) on Wednesday night at The Roxy, in Boston, Massachusetts. Oliver, 28, ranked # 2 in the IBF super bantamweight division, was cruising along in the third round having won the first two rounds when he attempted to throw a right hand from too far away and was subsequently nailed with a big right hand from Lopez, 34, knocking Oliver down flat on the canvas.

Referee Dick Flaherty then almost immediately stopped the fight at 1:22 of the third round with Oliver flat on his face on the canvas. It was a huge upset because Lopez, a fighter not even ranked in the top 10, was thought not to be nearly in the same class as Oliver in terms of boxing skills. The loss wipes out basically any chance for Oliver to land a bout with IBF super bantamweight champion Steve Molitor, who Oliver had been seeking to land a fight with for some time.

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Boxing News: Oliver-Lopez, Froch-Williams

Connecticut super-bantamweight contender Mike “Machine” Oliver (21-0, 7 KO’s) will now take on 14-year, Colombian veteran Reynaldo Lopez (28-5-2, 19 KO’s) on this week’s installment of ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights, to be held at The Roxy in Boston, Massachusetts.

Oliver’s originally slated bout was to be against Julio Zarate, in an IBF Title Eliminator, but that fight fell through during the negotiation process.

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