Joel Julio

Angulo vs. Julio: Alfredo wants to “take his [Joel] head off” on Saturday

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Image: Angulo vs. Julio: Alfredo wants to "take his [Joel] head off" on SaturdayBy Jim Dower: On Saturday night, WBO light middleweight champion Alfredo Angulo (17-1, 14 KO’s) wants to continue with his recent bit of success by hopefully stopping Joel Julio (35-3, 31 KO’s) as quick as possible when they meet at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. Angulo, 27, has won two consecutive fights since being beaten by Kermit Cintron by a 12 round decision loss last year in May.

Angulo reportedly wasn’t feeling at his best before the Cintron fight and looked like it, appearing slow and getting beaten to the punch all night long. Angulo has turned things around since then, winning the World Boxing Organization interim light middleweight title in his last fight, a 3rd round TKO win over Harry Joe Yorgey in November.

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Angulo-Julio to slug it out this Saturday

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Image: Angulo-Julio to slug it out this SaturdayBy Jim Dower: This Saturday night, two big sluggers WBO light middleweight champion Alfredo Angulo (17-1, 14 KO’s) faces Colombian Joel Julio (35-3, 31 KO’s) at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. The fight will be on the undercard of the heavyweight clash between Chris Arreola and Tomasz Adamek. Angulo, 27, is looking to pick up his third consecutive win since his disappointing 12 round decision defeat to Kermit Cintron last year in May. Julio, 25, badly needs this win to stay ranked in the top 15. Julio, once considered a future champion by some boxing experts, has lost two out of his last three fights.

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News: Arnaoutis-Ortiz, Guerrero-Yordan, Kirkland-Julio This Saturday

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HBO Sports serves up a triple header of action when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: JAMES KIRKLAND VS. JOEL JULIO, VICTOR ORTIZ VS. MIKE ARNAOUTIS AND ROBERT GUERRERO VS. DAUD YORDAN is presented SATURDAY, MARCH 7 at 10:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Cal., exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team will be ringside for the event, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.

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Guerrero vs. Yordan, Julio vs. Kirkland On March 7th

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guerrero5353By Dave Lahr: Two-time International Boxing Federation featherweight champion Robert Guerrero (23-1-1, 16 KOs) will face unbeaten Indonesian Daud Cino Yordan (23-0, 17 KOs) in a 10-round bout at The Tank, in San Jose, California. Guerrero, 25, is coming off an impressive 1st round TKO over Edel Ruiz On January 24th on the undercard of the WBA welterweight showdown between then champion Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley.

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Julio vs. Kirkland on March 7th

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kirkland242424246By Jim Dower: Undefeated light middleweight contender James Kirkland (24-0, 21 KOs) faces Joel Julio (34-2, 31 KOs) on March 7th at a still to be determined location in the U.S. Kirkland, 24, is one of the most exciting fighters in the light middleweight division, known for his two-way wars with his opponents. Not inclined to the niceties of the sport, Kirkland doesn’t hesitate to go right after his opponents in the 1st round trying to take them out as fast as possible.

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Dzinziruk Defeats Julio – Latest Boxing News

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dzinziruk332.jpgBy Erik Schmidt: Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) light middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk (36-0, 22 KOs) easily defeated Colombian knockout artist Joel Julio (34-2, 31 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Koenig Pilsener Arena, in Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Dzinziruk, 32, had too much skill for the slower, more limited Julio, whom he jabbed at will open Saturday night making the Colombian look like a rank amateur. Julio, 23, had his moments in the earlier rounds in which he was able an occasional power shot against Dzinziruk, but for the most part, Julio was picked off while coming in by Dzinziruk’s hard jabs to the head.

In many ways, the fight was a repeat of Julio’s 12-round point’s loss to Carlos Quintana in June 2006, a fight from which Quintana easily defeated Julio by literally boxing circles around him and making him eat a lot of jabs and counter punches. Following that bout, Julio reeled off seven straight wins, beating the likes of Ishe Smith and Cornelius Bundrage along the way. It was hoped that Julio would have improved enough with his boxing skills to defeat a polished fighter like WBO champion Dzinziruk. However, as it turned out, Julio was beaten just as easily – if not worse – by Dzinziruk as he was by Quintana in 2006.

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Julio Stops Varela

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By Eric Thomas: Light middleweight contender Joel Julio (34-1, 31 KOs) destroyed the tough Jose Varela (23-4, 16 KOs) in a 6th round TKO on Wednesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. Julio, 23, ranked number #4 in the IBF and WBC, #2 in the WBO and #5 in the WBA, totally dominated Varela, knocking him down an incredible six times in the bout, until finally the fight was stopped after the 6th round by Varela’s corner.

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Boxing News: Mijares-Munoz, Pacquiao-Diaz, Joel Julio

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Styles make fights and the May 17 unification title bout between WBC champion Cristian Mijares and WBA title-holder Alexander “El Explosivio” Munoz has all the makings of an instant classic..

The 12-round Mijares-Munoz main event, marking the first super flyweight unification title bout in more than 10 years, headlines the “Noche de Campeones” pay-per-view event live from the Auditorio Centenario in Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.

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Julio Decisions Smith

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julio5643.jpgBy Eric Thomas: In a close fight, Colombian light middleweight contender Joel Julio (33-1, 30 KOs) pounded out a close 10-round unanimous decision over star from The Contender reality television series Ishe Smith (19-3, 9 KOs) on Wednesday night at the River Rock Casino, in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Julio, 23, was coming off of five consecutive wins after experiencing a shocking 12-round unanimous decision to Carlos Quintana in June 2006, started off strong against Smith, but then seemed to fade in the last five rounds of the fight as the defensive wizard Smith began bringing the fight to Julio.

Though the judges scored it 96-94, 97-93 and 96-93 all for Julio, the fight looked much closer to a draw then having an outright winner between the two. Indeed, Smith, 29, appeared to be the better overall fighter, as he applied a lot of pressure against Julio in the second half of the fight, while making him miss many of his own shots. In Julio’s case, he looked uncomfortable with all the pressure that Smith was putting on him, and seemed to be out of his realm having someone back him up for a change.

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