Ruben Villa
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Salinas Star Ruben Villa Ready To Beat A World Champion This Year
Few American fighters are as decorated as Ruben Villa was in the amateurs. Villa (21-1, 7 KOs) returns April 13 in Corpus Christi, Texas, against Cristian Cruz Chacon (22-6-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round fight. The featherweight Villa, a proud Salin...
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Ruben Villa Hopes Luis Alberto Lopez Wants To Avenge His Loss, Give Villa A Rematch
Ruben Villa is one of only two opponents who has beaten Luis Alberto Lopez in a professional fight. Lopez learned from that defeat and went on to win the IBF featherweight title. The Mexican champion defended that belt for the second time Friday nigh...
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Ruben Villa Beats Brandon Valdes By Unanimous Decision On Lopez-Gonzalez Undercard
Ruben Villa aggressively outboxed Brandon Valdes on Friday night. The left-handed featherweight contender continued his journey toward another 126-pound title shot by beating Valdes unanimously in an entertaining eight-round fight on the Luis Alberto...
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Joet Gonzalez Makes Weight On 2nd Try For Shot At Luis Alberto Lopez’s IBF Featherweight Title
Joet Gonzalez made weight on his second attempt Thursday for his third featherweight title shot in less than four years. Gonzalez got on the scale at 126 pounds even, the featherweight limit, for his fight against Luis Alberto Lopez on Friday night....
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Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Joet Gonzalez Official on September 15: Undercard Information
Luis Alberto “El Venado” Lopez will defend his IBF world title against former two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez on Friday, September 15 at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Lopez returns stateside after back-to-back champions...
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Ruben Villa Drops, Stops Maickel Lopez Villagrana In Fifth Round On Alimkhanuly-Butler Card
Ruben Villa embraced the cheers from the crowd as he entered the ring for the first time in more than a year. The former title challenger rewarded his fans with a second straight victory after a one-sided, fifth-round stoppage of Maickol Lopez Villag...
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Janibek Alimkhanuly Weighs Career-Lightest 159.2 Pounds, Butler Within Limit For WBO Title Fight
Janibek Alimkhanuly was all business throughout fight week and ever the professional at the scale. A well-distributed and career light 159.2 pounds graced the frame of Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly (13-0, 8KOs), who attempts the second defense of his WBO...
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Ruben Villa Inks Promotional With Top Rank, Returns on Alimkhanuly-Butler Card
Featherweight contender Ruben “Drac” Villa, the 25-year-old southpaw dynamo from Salinas, California, has inked a multi-fight promotional contract with Top Rank. Villa will make his ring return in an eight-rounder Saturday, May 13, on the undercard o...
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Ruben Villa Feels Ready For Top Contenders After Stopping Garcia
Last night at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA, Thompson Boxing Promotions former featherweight world title challenger, Ruben “Drac” Villa (19-1, 6 KOs), who is co-promoted with Banner Promotions, scored a ninth-round knockout over Horacio Garcia...
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Horacio Garcia Warns: Ruben Villa Picked The Wrong Guy, Struggles With My Style
Upset minded featherweight, Horacio Garcia (35-5-1, 25 KOs), of Guadalajara, Mexico, will looking derail Thompson Boxing’s featherweight contender Ruben “Drac” Villa (18-1, 5 KOs), who is co-promoted with Banner Promotions. Villa vs. Garcia, a 10-rou...
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Ruben Villa Looks To Get Back in The World Title Picture
Thompson Boxing’s featherweight world title contender, Ruben “Drac” Villa (18-1, 5 KOs), who is co-promoted with Banner Promotions, has wrapped up training camp in Salinas, California for his fight, Friday, April 15, 2022, as he battles tough veteran...
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Ruben Villa vs. Horacio Garcia Set Down For April 15
Returning after his first chance at a world title, Thompson Boxing’s featherweight contender Ruben “Drac” Villa (18-1, 5 KOs), who is co-promoted with Banner Promotions, will make his 2022 debut as he headlines Thompson Boxing’s “Path To Glory” event...
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Xavier Martinez: I Sparred With Villa, Tank For This Fight, Don't See Marrero Being Better Than Them
Whether this weekend turns out to be a dog fight or strictly a boxing match, Xavier Martinez has every angle covered. The unbeaten rising junior lightweight looks to make the leap from prospect to contender as he faces former interim titlist Claudio...