Demetrius Andrade

Demetrius Andrade to Canelo: “You’re scared”

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By Patrick McHugh: Former 154lb champion Demetrius Andrade is calling out Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to fight him now that he’s the WBO junior middleweight champion after his 9th round knockout win over Liam “Beefy” Smith on September 17. The unbeaten Andrade (23-0, 16 KOs) is the number one challenger for the WBO 154lb belt that Canelo now holds, and he wants to fight him to prove that he’s the better fighter of the two.

Canelo is now talking about moving up in weight to challenge the best fighters in the 160lb division despite the fact that you can argue that he failed to fight the best guys at 154 like Andrade, Julian Williams and the Charlo brothers.

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Is Canelo vacating WBO title to avoid Demetrius Andrade?

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By Patrick McHugh: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez just captured the WBO junior middleweight title last Saturday night in defeating the obscure WBO 154lb belt holder Liam “Beefy” Smith in a fight that believe it or not was televised on HBO pay-per-view. It was an awful fight that few boxing fans wanted to see, and fewer likely wanted to pay for. But now that Canelo has the WBO 154lb title in his possession, he’s in the cross-hairs of the talented 2008 U.S Olympian and former WBO 154lb champion Demetrius (23-0, 16 KOs), who would like nothing better than to get the Golden Boy promoted Canelo inside the ring to pluck him clean in a Mayweather-esque fashion.

What was surprising – or not so surprising – was how Canelo immediately was talking about his fight last Saturday being his last one at 154. In other words, Canelo will be moving up in weight to start campaigning as a middleweight.

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Andrade discusses Canelo’s status as cash-cow of boxing

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By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten #1 WBC 154lb contender Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16 KOs) says he would like to fight boxing’s cash cow Saul “Canelo” Alvarez next if he could get that fight. That’s not likely to happen though, because Andrade doesn’t fit category of the opposition that Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions are matching him against nowadays.

They’re putting him in with smaller guys than himself, and/or fighters with decent talent but not super high quality opposition. Andrade understands why Canelo is being matched so carefully by Golden Boy’s head honcho Oscar De La Hoya. Andrade sees it as a business move by De La Hoya and Golden Boy in putting Canelo in with guys that he can surely beat so that the money can keep rolling in.

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Demetrius Andrade vs. Erislandy Lara possible

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(Photo credit Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Jeff Aranow: Unbeaten Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16 KOs) put himself in position for a world title shot last Saturday night with his 12th round knockout win over contender Willie Nelson (25-3-1, 15 KOs) at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York. Andrade is now the second mandatory challenger to WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo.

However, Andrade’s title shot against the 26-year-old Charlo will not be coming soon, because he has another mandatory to get out of the way first against #2 WBC Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 KOs) first before he can get to Andrade, according to Dan Rafael.

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Demetrius Andrade vs. Willie Nelson results

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(Photo credit Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Jim Dower: Former WBO junior middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16 Kos) gave the badly over-matched #7 WBO, #8 IBF, #10 WBC contender Willie Nelson (25-3-1, 15 KOs) a boxing lesson tonight in knocking him down four times in the process of stopping him in the 12th round in their WBC 154lb title eliminator at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.

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Weights: Provodnikov-Molina, Andrade-Nelson, & Zlaticanin-Mamani

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(Photo credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Patrick McHugh: Former WBO light welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs) successfully made weight on Friday for his 12 round fight against the hard hitting slugger John Molina Jr. (28-6, 23 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York.

Provodnikov weighed in right at the light welterweight limit at 140 pounds. Molina came in at 140lbs as well. This is a decent main event fight. It’s not great but it’ll be entertaining.

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Demetrius Andrade vs. Willie Nelson this Saturday in NY

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(Photo credit Stanley Bois / A Team Promotions) By Patrick McHugh: Former WBO junior middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs) will be making one of his increasingly rare appearances this Saturday night when he faces the hard hitting Willie Nelson (25-2-1, 15 KOs) in a 12 round fight on Showtime Championship Boxing after the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.

Andrade has fought only three times in the last three years of his career. For a fighter with his kind of talent, it’s disappointing to see him not taking advantage of his talent by fighting.

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Ruslan Provodnikov vs. John Molina on June 11

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By Allan Fox: #2 WBO, #3 WBA light welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs) will be back inside the ring this Saturday night against #8 WBO John Molina Jr. (28-6, 23 KOs) on Showtime at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.

This would have been a good fight several years ago when Molina was still fighting at a high level, but he’s 33 now and his career has downhill lately with him losing three out of his last four fights in the last two years since 2014.

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Demetrius Andrade vs. Dario Fabian Pucheta tonight

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andrade5By Allan Fox: Former WBO light middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) will be fighting for the first time tonight in over a year when he faces twice beaten Dario Fabian “El Gallo” Pucheta (20-2, 11 KOs) in a 10 round fight at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The vacant WBO International junior middleweight title will be on the line tonight in the Andrade-Pucheta fight. The fact that the WBO strap is on the line suggests that Andrade could be targeting newly crowned WBO junior middleweight champion Liam Smith, who recently defeated American John Thompson last weekend in beating him by a 7th round knockout.

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Demetrius Andrade vs. Dario Fabian Pucheta on October 17th

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andrade66By Dan Ambrose: 27-year-old former WBO junior middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) will be fighting next month on October 17th against 28-year-old Argentinian Dario Fabian Pucheta (20-2, 11 KOs) in a 10 round fight for the vacant WBO International super welterweight title at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut.

This will be the first fight for Andrade since his win over Brian Rose in June of 2014. The World Boxing Organization recently stripped Andrade for failing to defend his WBO 154lb title for over a year. Andrade wasn’t happy about it, but there wasn’t much he could do other than appeal the decision by the WBO.

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