Mexican star Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete and Australian contender Liam Wilson will fight for the vacant WBO junior lightweight world title Friday, Feb. 3, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Navarrete, the reigning WBO featherweight world c...
Xavier Martinez is back in the win column. Once a promising prospect on the rise, Sacramento’s Martinez bounced back from his lone career defeat with a fifth-round stoppage over Alejandro ‘Pork Chop’ Guerrero. A flurry of power punches left Guerrero...
Emanuel Navarrete insists there is still work to be done at featherweight before chasing other opportunities. The scale initially indicated otherwise, as the two-division titlist from San Juan Zitlaltepec, Mexico was forced to strip down to his bi...
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A fighting cowboy, a hometown hero, and the grandson of “The Greatest” are set for a summer night to remember in San Diego. Mexican star Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will defend his WBO featherweight world title in the main event against countryman Ed...
Robson Conceicao did not experience a world title defeat hangover. Less than five months removed from a close decision loss to WBC super featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez, Conceicao earned a one-sided decision over the previously undefeated X...
Robson Conceicao responded to his first professional defeat by beating an undefeated contender Saturday night. In his first fight since unbeaten WBC super featherweight champ Oscar Valdez defeated him, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist out-pointed Xavie...
Super lightweight contender Arnold Barboza (26-0) will be an interested observer of tonight’s super featherweight showdown pitting former title challenger Robson Conceicao (16-1) against unbeaten prospect Xavier Martinez (17-0). The bout will top an...
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Conceicao, Martinez Weights Photos Gallery - The main event features a 130-pound title eliminator with Robson Conceicao facing Xavier Martinez, preceded by a co-main junior welterweight battle between Rene Tellez Giron and Giovanni Cabrera. Both bou...
Robson Conceicao aims for a second title run, while Xavier Martinez looks to make a splash in his Top Rank debut. Both boxers made weight ahead of their scheduled ten-round junior lightweight contest, which airs live from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in...
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Xavier Martinez believes Robson Conceicao benefited from facing a distracted Oscar Valdez on September 10. Martinez credited Conceicao for fighting well against an unbeaten world champion that night. Conceicao’s opponent Saturday night just doesn’t t...
By Keith Idec - Robson Conceicao tested Oscar Valdez in the Brazilian boxer’s first world title fight four months ago. The 2016 Olympian’s performance versus Valdez validated that he is a credible contender in the 130-pound division and moved him int...
The 130-pound title picture will crystallize Saturday evening at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, as the unbeaten Xavier Martinez (17-0, 11 KOs) battles recent world title challenger Robson Conceicao (16-1, 8 KOs) in a 10-round WBC title eliminator. (...
The 2022 junior lightweight world title picture will get a bit clearer Saturday, Jan. 29 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 10-round main event — a WBC title eliminator — will see recent title challenger Robson "O Brabo" Conceicao attempt to turn back hard-char...
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Martinez (17-0, 11KOs) landed in a great fight of his own, outlasting Tijuana’s Juan Carlos Burgos in a 10-round firefight. The wide scorecards—99-91 across the board—in favor of the unbeaten Sacramento native weren’t quite indicative of the action t...
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