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LA Matadors Qualify for Play-Offs After 4-1 Home Win Over Mexico City Guerreros

Monday, 14h March

In a venue befitting of the theatrics that played out between two superb teams Monday night, a packed Avalon Theatre unveiled a show that had all the intensity of some of boxing’s biggest fight nights. With a playoff spot on the line, the evening’s duel had been dubbed “The Brawl to Settle it All”. The brawl was ultimately controlled by the Los Angeles Matadors, who cruised to a 4-1 win over the Mexico City Guerreros.

With the win, the Matadors booked their place in the play-offs, which start on April 1, and extended their record against Mexico City to 3-1 for the regular season. In dispatching the Guerreros Monday night, the Matadors also put an end to the five-game winning streak held by their Southern rivals.

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MemphisForce Rally With 3-2 Win Against Miami Gallos

Sunday, 13^th March

What looked like a dismal season only four weeks ago has suddenly turned positive for the Memphis Force as they continued their strong late season surge with another 3-2 win against the Miami Gallos in Miami Sunday night.

The Gallos were back at home to take on the Force at the Fillmore Miami Beach in the fourth and final meet between the two teams in the inaugural WSB season, with the Gallos looking to even the score after dropping two out of the three matches to Memphis.

Astana Arlans Shut Out Baku Fires 5-0

Saturday, 12^th March

The Astana Arlans handed the visiting international boxers from conference leaders Baku Fires a 5-0 drubbing in front of their home crowd at the Daulet Sports Complex today and not only considerably improved their chances of qualifying for the play-offs but even moved in a position to claim the conference leadership if they beat the Pohang Poseidons away next weekend.

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WSB Report for first weekend of March

Memphis Force Win 3-2 in Close Battle with Miami Gallos

By WSB - March 4

The Miami Gallos traveled to Memphis Thursday night looking to upset the home team Memphis Force in their final away match of the inaugural season of the World Series of Boxing. While the Gallos made a valiant effort, it wouldn’t be enough to overcome a strong Memphis squad.

Bantamweight (54kg/119 lbs) Luis Miguel Diaz (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) started the night off for the Miami Gallos taking on Force Ernesto Garza (Saginaw, Mich.). Diaz entered the ring aiming for his first win of the season after coming up short in his first four attempts. Diaz came out slow, but picked up the pace as the bout went on and used his quick footwork to elude Garza’s punches. On this night Diaz would get the win he’s been searching for, 47-48, 45-50, 49-46.

In a rematch from November 26, 2023 Lightweights (61 kg/134lbs) Roberto Navarro Gonzalez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) and Raynell Williams (Cleveland, Ohio) met again. These 2008 Olympians would battle it out again tonight, however it would be Williams that would get the better of Navarro Gonzalez, 50-44, 49-45, 48-46.

Middleweight (73 kg/160lbs) Felix Rodriguez (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) found himself overwhelmed by Force Terrell Gausha (Cleveland, Ohio) and would ultimately take enough overhand rights by Gausha for the referee to call the bout at 1:48 in the fifth round for the TKO.

In the light heavyweight (85kg / 187 lbs) bout Sijuola Shabazz (Las Cruces, N.M.)and Imre Szello (Cegled, Hungary) met for what was a rematch of their meeting on November 26, 2023 where Szello won a unanimous decision. Both fighters came out swinging, and Shabazz would find himself on the canvas in the first round. Even though Shabazz would battle back throughout the bout, it was Szello who was victorious, 50-45, 49-46, 48-46.

While at this point in the match Memphis had already secured the team win, heavyweight (91+ kg/201+ lbs) Paul Koon (Philadelphia, Pa.) took to the ring in his first bout of the WSB season against Force Cameron Thompson (Uniondale, N.Y.) with only a victory on his mind. The bout was a back and forth brawl, but Koon would remain focused throughout and get the win, 46-48, 45-49, 44-50.

Tonight’s match will air on VERSUS on Saturday, March 19th at 2:00 p.m.

The next match for both teams comes Sunday, March 13th, when the Gallos take on the Memphis Force.

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Latest Boxing News in Brief – Wednesday 2^nd March for: Alex Ariza is Not Going Anywhere, Burns vs. Laryea, Chad Dawson, Chavez Jr. vs. Zbik, Donaire vs. Moreno, Foreman vs. Wolak, Green considers retirement, Juanma confirms fighting at 130, Khurtsidze vs Cendrowski, Kirkland vs. Gibbs, Manny Pacquiao, Murray defends EBU title, Perez vs. Abdoul, Reid for Prizefighter, WSB - The Los Angeles Matadors

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• Reid for Prizefighter - Former WBC super middleweight champion Robin Reid came through his first fight in over three years on Saturday night to continue his preparation for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II at Liverpool’s Olympia on Wednesday 23 March. The 40 year-old claimed a points decision against Jamie Ambler at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, with the ‘Grim Reaper’ tasting action for the first time since losing a British title fight against Carl Froch in November 2007. Reid was heavily linked with a spot in the line-up of the last event – the Light-Heavyweights II in February – and after conversations with Matchroom Sport’s managing director Eddie Hearn, he decided that he wanted to get back into action when the 17th edition of the eight-man, one-night tournaments is staged at the Liverpool Olympia.

• Perez vs. Abdoul - Irish based Cuban heavyweight Mike “The Rebel” Perez will be out to impress UK fight fans this Friday when he takes on two time European title challenger, Ismail Abdoul over 8 rounds at the Doncaster Dome. Perez has racked up a dozen straight wins since turning professional in 2008 with ten of those coming by KO and an incredible 8 of those coming in the first round.

• Burns vs. Laryea - World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super-Featherweight Champion Ricky Burns has promised to give Scottish sport a massive boost on March 12 with victory over challenger Joseph Laryea. And he hopes the win will inspire Scotland’s rugby team to halt England’s grand slam ambitions at Twickenham the following day. “I know the rugby lads will be watching my fight as they prepare up for the game,” said Burns. - “They’ve not had much luck recently, and I was gutted they couldn’t get over the line against Ireland on Sunday. - “But I know a game against England will bring out the best in them, especially as it gives them the chance to stop them winning the grand slam.

• WSB - The Los Angeles Matadors were back in action Monday night at the Avalon Hotel in Hollywood, where they took on the Memphis Force, the team that had upset them in week nine of the World Series of Boxing (WSB). The sellout crowd got their money’s worth as all five bouts entertained, three of them ending within the distance. Results: Bout 1: bantamweights - Joseph Diaz (Los Angles) UD Ronny Beblik (Memphis) - Bout 2: lightweights - Eric Fowler (Los Angeles) TKO2 Elian Dimitrov (Memphis) - Bout 3 : middleweights - Chris Pearson (Los Angeles) TKO4 Chris Jones (Memphis) - Bout 4 :light heavyweights - Vyacheslav Shabranskij (Los Angeles) TKO4 Anthony Mack (Memphis) - Bout 5: heavyweights - David Imoesiri (Los Angeles) UD Jovonta Charles (Memphis).

• Murray defends EBU title against Ouazghari - European lightweight Champion John Murray heads to the capital and now headlines the York Hall on Saturday 2nd April.The unbeaten Manchester star makes the second defence of his title against the reigning Spanish champion Karim El Ouazghari from Barcelona.

• Green considers retirement - Current IBO Cruiserweight championship holder Danny Green, 37, is pondering retirement after he underwent emergency surgery in early January. Green, who holds a profesional record of 37(27)-3-0, has reportedly had difficulty returning to full fitness after a large abscess was removed from his abdomen. ”The doctors have left it up to me. They’ve advised me to just see how I feel and really the ball’s in my court. - ”I’m not going to make any stupid decisions. If I can go on I’d like to, if I can’t, well then I’m a realist. I realize that it wouldn’t be easy to just walk away from it but I’ll have to do what my body’s telling me to do.

• Juanma confirms fighting at 130 - Undefeated WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KOs), confirmed that 2011 will be his last year at 126 pounds and he will be headed up to the junior lightweight division in 2012. “We have two fights at 126, Orlando Salido and a rematch with Rafael Marquez,” stated Juanma. “I hope to go to 130 pounds for 2012.” He added that he expects to make stops in the 135lb and 140lb divisions, as well. A bout with Yuriorkis Gamboa could come late this year or in 2012, but Gamboa must first face the dangerous Chris John.

• If Manny Pacquiao can get by his next opponent Shane Mosley on May 7th, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum plans on matching his fighter Pacquiao against Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) in his next fight if Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t available to fight Pacquiao. Arum realizes that Marquez, 37, is the best option available for Pacquiao if Mayweather isn’t available to fight. Speaking with Scoop Malinowski at boxinginsider.com, Arum said “After each fight we take a good look to see if Mayweather’s going to be available. If he is, that’s the fight we want. If he isn’t, we go to the next option.

• Chavez Jr. vs. Zbik - Number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be facing undefeated WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) on June 4th without a tune-up bout to get ready for the fight. Chavez Jr., the son of former boxing world champion Julio Cesar Chavez, was supposed to be taking a tune-up fight against David Medina. It looks like they decided that fight was either too risky or wouldn’t given Chavez Jr. enough time to get ready for the title shot against Zbik.

• Foreman vs. Wolak - WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) will be taking on Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) on Saturday night 3 / 5 at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Foreman-Wolak fight will be taking place on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga fight.

• Alex Ariza is Not Going Anywhere - Trainer Freddie Roach has said that strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza will remain with Team Pacquiao despite rumors that the Colombian was on his way out. Roach, speaking to BoxingScene.com/Inquirer from his Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles squelched the rumors of the past few weeks. - The multi-titled trainer said “everything is great, real fine” even as he indicated that Ariza would leave for the Philippines this week to begin working with Pacquiao. - Ariza and Pacquiao spoke last night and Ariza said the pound-for-pound king wanted him to fly to General Santos City where he begins early training for the showdown against three-time champion Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 7.

• Khurtsidze vs Cendrowski For The Vacant IBO Title - An opponent was named for world-ranked Georgian middleweight Avtandil Khurtsidze (22-2-2, 13 KOs), who headlines a local fight card in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 13. WBA #1 ranked 160-pounder will take on experienced Polish battler Mariusz Cendrowski (21-2-2, 8 KOs) for the vacant IBO middleweight title, vacated by Peter Mandfredo Jr.

• Donaire vs. Moreno in unification bout - WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) will likely be fighting a unification bout on May 28th against WBA World bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (30-1-1, 10 KO’s), according to boxing news from the ringtv.

• Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) will be fighting on May 21st on the undercard of the rematch between WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins at a still to be determined venue. The fight will be shown on HBO, and Dawson, if he wins his fight on the undercard, he’ll be fighting the winner of the Pascal vs. Hopkins bout.

• Kirkland vs. Gibbs on Alvarez-Hatton undercard this Saturday - Unbeaten former junior middleweight contender James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KO’s) will be fighting this Saturday night 3 / 5 against 32-year-old Ahsanti Gibbs (10-2, 4 KO’s) in a scheduled eight round bout on the undercard of the Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton bout at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California.

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