By Eric Thomas: Welterweight Marcos Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) made weight today in coming in at 147 pounds for his big fight with Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Lopez, a former light welterweight, came in at 145 lbs.
Alfredo Angulo
Maidana/Lopez, Dawson/Stevenson, Lara/Angulo, Gamboa/Perez – this weekend
By Sotoman: Throughout the past few months we have been spoiled with great boxing thrillers, this weekend seems like one of those weekends of boxing that need more talking about. Lets see!
It looks like Yuriorkis Gamboa will be making his return to the ring under 50 Cents promotional label and looking to help his promoter, after one of 50 cents big name fighters fell in Billy Dib. Yuriorkis Gamboa looks to score and impressive victory against Darley Perez. Again, it will be the speed and power of Gamboa that fans will line up to see. With a win, Gamboa may set himself up for a high profile fight later in the year.
Angulo-Lara on June 8th at Home Depot Center in Carson, California
By Eric Thomas: #1 WBA Erislandy Lara (17-1-2, 11 KO’s) puts his high ranking on the line against #3 WBA Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s) on June 8th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Lara, 30, has been waiting for well over a year to get a title shot against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
Now, Lara is ranked at #1 by the World Boxing Association and looking to get a title shot against either Canelo or Floyd Mayweather Jr. One of those two fighters will be weeded out from the top spot by the WBA by virtue of their fight on September 14th. All Lara has to do to put himself in line for the title shot is to beat Angulo on June 8th and he’ll be ready for a shot finally.
Angulo vs. Lara: Alfredo will need a knockout to win on June 8th
By Dan Ambrose: Junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s) might have made a big, big mistake in choosing to face boxer/puncher Erislandy Lara (17-1-2, 11 KO’s) on June 8th because he does not have the style that will give the 30-year-old Lara any problems.
Angulo says he thinks he likes the fight and he wants to take on the top fighters like Lara, but I think it’s a really match-up for the slow as molasses Angulo.
Lara is beatable, but it takes a fighter with really good inside fighting skills and a high pressure offense to smother what he can do. Carlos Molina was able to stay on top of Lara and force him into an inside war when they fought two years ago in their 10 round draw in 2011. Angulo isn’t as good at cutting off the ring and smothering his opponents the way that Molina.
Angulo vs. Lara finalized for June 8th in Carson, California
By Allan Fox: The June 8th fight between junior middleweight contenders Erislandy Lara (17-1-2, 11 KO’s) and #9 WBC Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s) is finalized for June 8th, according to Steve Kim. The fight will be televised by Showtime and will take place at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, USA.
This is actually a very good card because not only date it have Angulo vs. Lara, but it also has welterweights Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez in the main event and super middleweight contender Sakio Bika taking on unbeaten Marco Antonio Periban on the undercard.
Alfredo Angulo vs. Erislandy Lara on Maidana-Lopez undercard on June 8th
By Eric Thomas: Junior middleweight contenders Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s) and Erislandy Lara (17-1-2, 11 KO’s) will be facing each other in the co-feature on the Josesito Lopez vs. Marcos Maidana card on June 8th at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, USA, according to Gabriel Montoya.
This is a good fight. Lara, #1 WBC, #3 WBO, #5 IBF is coming off of a 9th round technical draw against Vanes Martirosyan last November in a fight that Lara appeared to win.
If the fight had gone the full 12 there’s no question that Lara would have won because he was really starting to dominate at the time of the stoppage in the 9th. The fight was halted due to Martirosyan suffering a cut over his left eye in the 9th round from an accidental head-butt.
Canelo wants Cotto, Sergio Martinez or Angulo in September if he beats Trout
By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) already has several opponents in mind that he’d like to face on September 14th provided that he gets past WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s). Canelo his next fight will be his first pay-per-view bout that he headlines, and he doesn’t care that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has already picked out September 14th well ahead of time. Canelo says he’s still going to fight that day.
Canelo said to RingTV “I can fight Miguel Cotto, I can fight Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez…Maybe even [Alfredo] Angulo.”
Cotto and Angulo are obvious choices for Canelo, but if he picks out Sergio Martinez then he’s going to take a beating and likely end up looking much worse than former WBC junior middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. did in getting beaten by Martinez last September.
Angulo vs. Rosado 2 possible for Mayweather-Guerrero undercard on May 4th
By Dan Ambrose: Junior middleweight contenders Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s) and Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KO’s) could be end up on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero pay-per-view card on May 4th on Showtime/CBS, according to fighthype.com.
The Angulo-Rosado fight, which would be a rematch of their 2009 fight that saw Angulo easily stop Rosado in the 2nd round, would be make it on the televised portion of the card. The card already has WBC featherweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon vs. Abner Mare penciled in as the co-main event.
Former IBF bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz could also end up on the card. Golden Boy wants to stack the card in order to maximize PPV sales, and it looks like they want to add as many Mexican fighters as possibly in order to take advantage of the Mexican Cinco de Mayo holiday that takes place during the weekend of the May 4th fight.
Canelo may be replaced by Santa Cruz or Angulo on May 4th card
By Allan Fox: The co-main event on the May 4th fightcard took a hit today with the news that WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez pulling out of the card after failing to get an agreement from WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight him on September 14th.
In place of Canelo in the main event, Golden Boy is reportedly thinking of adding either super bantamweight Leo Santa Cruz (23-0-1, 13 KO’s) or junior middleweight Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s). Both are Mexican, and it would interest the Mexican fans celebrating the Cinco de Mayo holiday during the weekend of the Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero pay-per-view fight card.
Schaefer wants Angulo vs. Kirkland rematch
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is hoping to put together a rematch between #9 WBC junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s) and James Kirkland (31-1, 27 KO’s). Kirkland stopped Angulo in the 6th round two years ago in November 2011 in a fight that saw both guys hit the deck in the 1st round.
Angulo gassed out badly after trying to score a quick knockout and he never got his second wind and ended up taking a bad beating before the fight was halted in the 6th.