Images from Wednesday’s media day at the Fabela Chavez Boxing Center in Carson, California ahead of Saturday night’s clash between former champion Marcos Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) and Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KO’s).
Also on the card is a junior middleweight attraction between contenders Erislandy Lara (17-1-2, 11 KO’s) and Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s), as well as a match between junior middleweight prospect Jermell Charlo (20-0, 10 KO’s) and Philadelphia’s Demetrius Hopkins (33-2-1, 13 KO’s).
Marcos Maidana training in Oxnard, California (Photo – Chris Robinson / www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
The next opponent for former WBA junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana appears to be set, as an intriguing match with Riverside’s Josesito Lopez looks to be a go for June 8th in Carson, California at the Home Depot Center.
During a recent swing through the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, I caught up with Maidana on the eve of a light training session and he spoke on the danger of his next assignment.
“Difficult opponent,” Maidana said with respect of Lopez. “Throws a lot of punches, but I am training to come out as a winner.”
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Chris Robinson steps inside the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, California, as former WBA junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) put in work with his trainer Robert Garcia ahead of his now scheduled June 8th match with the very tough Josesito Lopez at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California…
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Chris Robinson catches up with fan favorite and former WBA junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana inisde of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, CA. Maidana speaks on a proposed April 20th match with Josesito Lopez, his thoughts on Danny Garcia and Lucas Matthysse, getting better while training under Robert Garcia, his prediciton of the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero fight, and more…
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By Chris Robinson
The next fight for former WBA junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana looks to be a dandy.
It looks like a near lock that the Argentinean power puncher will be facing off with the very capable Josesito Lopez on April 20th inside of the Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, California.
Photo credits: Chris Robinson – HustleBoss.com
By Chris Robinson
In the 140-pound division, there is no fighter with as much momentum at the moment as interim WBC champion Lucas Matthysse.
Facing off with Mike Dallas Jr. inside of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night, Matthysse came through with a crushing first round knockout that seemed to send shockwaves throughout the boxing community.
Catching up the Argentinean’s countryman and fellow prizefighter Marcos Maidana recently, I asked for his feelings on Matthysse’s destructive performance.
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By Chris Robinson
With WBA/WBC junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia pulling out of his Feb. 9 date with Zab Judah at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the entire junior welterweight division is feeling the effect of the fight being rescheduled.
And while Garcia now sets his sights towards an April 27th clash with Judah, one man who had been eyeing the Philadelphia native, interim WBC champion Lucas Matthysse, now seems to be without an even more unclear forecast of what his 2013 calendar year will encompass.
Matthysse impressed this past weekend with a chilling fist round knockout over Mike Dallas Jr. inside of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Chris Robinson catches up with Showtime analyst Steve Farhood following Lucas Matthysse’s 1st round knockout over Mike Dallas Jr. inside of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Farhood believes that a fight between Matthysse and Maidana is the biggest possible fight in Argentina’s history
Chris Robinson catches up with Marcos Maidana as he prepares for his September 15th bout with Jesus Soto Karass by sparring some rounds with welterweight prospect Andrew Ruiz at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, CA.
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