Luis Carlos Abregu

Pacquiao could fight Alvarado or Abregu if Algieri negotiations fail

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alvarado7By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado 34-3, 23 KOs) and #2 WBC, #4 WBO Luis Carlos Abregu (36-1, 29 KO’s) on standby as a backup plan for one of them to fight WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 KO’s) if the negotiations with WBO light welterweight champion Chris Algieri (20-0, 8 KO’s) fail to work out for the 35-year-old Pacquiao’s November 22nd fight in Macao, China, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

Both Abregu and Alvarado are promoted by Arum, and would be easy for him to match up with Pacquiao in the event that things don’t work out with Algieri in trying to put the fight together.

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Koncz cool to the idea of Pacquiao fighting Abregu on 11/22, and Donaire on undercard

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pac156By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s personal adviser Michael Koncz doesn’t see a fight between Pacquiao and #2 WBC Luis Carlos Abregu on November 22nd as an interesting fight for the 35-year-old Pacquiao. Bob Arum of Top Rank is interested in a possible match between Pacquiao and the Argentinian Abregu, but apparently Koncz isn’t all that excited about the idea. Koncz says they have a list of fighters they’re choosing from, and that they’ll make their decision by the end of June.

“[Abregu] is not the top one on our list. We are not too excited about that,” Koncz said to the Manilastandardtoday.com. “We will make the decision at the end of the family vacation of Manny by the last week of June,” Koncz said.

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Luis Carlos Abregu has surgery on hand; off Pacquiao-Rios card

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abregu43By Chris Williams: #1 WBC, #5 WBO, welterweight contender Luis Carlos Abregu (35-1, 28 KO’s) suffered a hand injury while training to fight on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios fight card on November 23rd, in Macao, China. Abregu, 29, has already had surgery performed on his hand, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN, but his hand won’t be healed in time to fight on the November 23rd card.

This is unfortunate for Abregu, because his fight was supposed to be on the televised portion of the Pacquiao-Rios pay-view-card, and now it won’t be. The fight card doesn’t really have much going for it to lure U.S fans to purchase it other than the Pacquiao-Rios fight.

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Luis Carlos Abregu signs with Top Rank

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abregu43By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank has reportedly signed #1 WBC, #8 WBA welterweight contender Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 28 KO’s) to his stable. Adding the 29-year-old Abregu to his stable, Arum now has another fighter to go with his other welterweights in Manny Pacquiao, Tim Bradley, Jessie Vargas and Ruslan Provodnikov.

Arum also has light welterweights Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado that can also fight at 147 to join in with the round table fights.

Abregu has limited experience against quality opposition during his eight-year pro career. His best opponents up to this point in his career are Tim Bradley, who easily beat him, and the highly hyped Thomas Dulorme. Abregu easily beat Dulorme by a 7th round TKO last October.

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Was it too soon for Dulorme to be facing Abregu?

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Image: Was it too soon for Dulorme to be facing Abregu?By Dan Ambrose: #3 WBA welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KO’s) looked lost out there and confused in getting blown out by #10 WBC Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 28 KO’s) by a 7th round TKO defeat at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York. This was supposed to have been a winnable fight for the highly hyped 22-year-old Dulorme.

After all, Abregu had already been beaten soundly by Tim Bradley two years prior and had struggled to beat 2nd tier fighters like Richard Gutierrez and David Estrada. Abregu had been knocked down in a win over Gutierrez, who was past his best years. Dulorme should have been able to take care of the 28-year-old Abregu if he was really all that some boxing fans had thought he was.

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Abregu wants rematch with Tim Bradley

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Image: Abregu wants rematch with Tim BradleyBy Dan Ambrose: After easily dispatching highly hyped previously unbeaten welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KO’s) by a 7th round TKO victory last Saturday night, #10 WBC Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 28 KO’s) said he’d like to fight WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley next to try and avenge his 12 round decision loss to him from July 2010.

Abregu lost by the scores of 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112 in a mostly one-sided fight from start to finish. Abregu’s biggest problem in that fight wasn’t Bradley’s power, because Abregu was clearly the bigger puncher in that fight. What was Abregu’s problem against Bradley was his lack of hand speed compared to Bradley. This hurt Abregu and kept him ultimately from being competitive.

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Abregu stops Dulorme; Vazquez defeats Quintero; Mayfield decisions Herrera

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Image: Abregu stops Dulorme; Vazquez defeats Quintero; Mayfield decisions Herrera(Photo By Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing) By Dan Ambrose: In something of a minor upset, the tough Argentinian Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 30 KO’s) showed that he also good power in stopping Puerto Rican knockout artist Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KO’s) in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.

Abregu found a home for his powerful right hands early and was able to knock Dulorme down in the 3rd round. From there the fight, which was being dominated previous to that by Dulorme, was much different with Abregu putting the pressure on the experienced 22-year-old. In the 7th, Abegu hurt Dulorme with a series of punches and then knocked him down with a hard combination. Although Dulorme beat the count corner wisely threw in the towel.

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Dulorme-Abregu, Vazquez-Quintero & Mayfield-Herrera tonight

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Image: Dulorme-Abregu, Vazquez-Quintero & Mayfield-Herrera tonight(Photo By Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing) By Jim Dower: #3 WBA welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (16-0, 12 KO’s) will be stepping up in class tonight in a scheduled 10 round bout against the hard hitting 28-year-old Argentinian Luis Carlos Abregu (33-1, 27 KO’s) at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.

This is a big test for the knockout artist Dulorme because Abregu is a considerable step up from the types of fighters that he’s been facing during his four year pro career. The best that Dulorme has fought thus far are guys like Charlie Jose Navarro, Aris Ambriz and DeMarcus Corley. Dulorme didn’t look all that great against Corley and was hit hard on a number of occasions in winning a lopsided 10 round decision.

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Bradley not impressive in win over Abregu, says he wants Pacquiao, Maidana, Alexander and Khan

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By Jim Dower: Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) was successful in his first fight at welterweight on Saturday night, defeating the previously unbeaten power-punching welterweight contender Luis Carlos Abregu (29-1, 23 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112. After the fight, Bradley, 26, mentioned wanting to fight Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana and Devon Alexander.

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Timothy Bradley wins unanimous decision over Abregu

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By Sam Gregory: On the July 17th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, Calif. undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley 25-0 with 11 KO’s takes on Luis Carlos Abregu 29-0 with 23 KO’s in a scheduled 12 round none title bout in the welterweight division.

At the opening bell Abregu, who normally fights in the orthodox stance quickly switched to the southpaw stance in this round. Both men threw their jab testing their opponent; Abregu circled to his right which did throw Bradley off somewhat. After the closing bell in this round Bradley suffered “a small cut from an accidental butt”.

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