By Scott Gilfoid: #10 WBC lightweight contender Luke Campbell (14-1, 11 KOs) defeated former IBF super featherweight champion Argenis Mendez (23-5-1, 12 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, UK. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 117-110, 115-112.
By Scott Gilfoid: #11 WBC lightweight contender Luke Campbell (13-1, 11 KOs) will be fighting next month against 29-year-old former IBF super featherweight champion Argenis Mendez (23-4-1, 12 KOs) in a scheduled 12 round fight on July 30 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
The Campbell-Mendez fight will be taking place on the Josh Warrington vs. Patrick Hyland fight card. Heavyweight Dillian Whyte is also on the card fighting an opponent still to be determined. There is also former welterweight title challenger Frankie Gavin fighting TBA.
This will the 28-year-old Campebll’s second fight since losing to Yvan Mendy by a 12 round split decision last year in December. Campbell was supposed to win that fight, but Mendy kept nailing him round after round with big right hands to the head.
By Tim Fletcher: Unbeaten #5 IBF, #7 WBA super middleweight contender Julius Jackson (19-0, 15 KOs) will be in action against #7 IBF Jose Uzcategu (23-1, 19 KOs) tonight in the main event on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox Sports 1 in a scheduled 12 round fight at the Cowboys Dance Hall, in San Antonio, Texas.
Start time for Jackson vs Uzcategui : @ 9:00 p.m. ET/ 6:00 p.m. PT.
Where to watch? Fox Sports 1
This should be a winnable fight for the 28-year-old Jackson, who is the son of former two division world champion Julian Jackson.
SAN ANTONIO (October 1, 2015) – Former world champions Miguel “Titere” Vazquez (35-4, 13 KOs) and Argenis Mendez (22-3-1, 12 KOs) will meet in a 10-round lightweight clash on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes on Tuesday, October 6 from The Dancehall in San Antonio, Texas with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
By Sevak Sarkisian: As most fight fans already know, Mike Tyson has now become a boxing promoter. His company (Iron Mike Productions) will be putting on an exciting card that will be aired live on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights on August 23rd at 9pm from the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona New York.
By Reynaldo Sanchez: Lee Beard Argenis Mendez’s current trainer, spoke with us regarding Argenis’s next fight against IBF’s super featherweight title holder Mexican Juan Carlos Salgado. The 12 rounds bout scheduled for March 9th at The Hangar in Costa Mesa. California. This is a rematch; Salgado won a controversial UD last September 10th 2011 in Jalisco, Mexico.
RS: In your opinion, what is the Mendez advantage in this rematch against Salgado?
LB: Salgado fought a good fight. Salgado said before the last fight that he would have the power and ability to hurt and knock Mendez out. That was not the case, Mendez knock Salgado down 2 times. So Mendez knows he can hurt and stop Salgado.
RS: How many weeks will Mendez be in this Training Camp?
LB: Mendez will have 8 weeks of training for this fight