Sentences with phrase «won flyweight»
I also believe Shevchenko will use winning the flyweight division to go back after Nunes... «Champion vs Champion»!
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The most notable result from the preliminary card was the bantamweight victory for John Dodson over Pedro Munhoz, a split decision win for the two - time flyweight title challenger.
NBC signed a three - fight deal with Carbajal in November, and Arum, who has a two - year promotional contract with Carbajal, thinks he can become the first boxer of his weight class to win a million - dollar purse and only the second American ever to win a world championship in the 15 - year history of the junior, or light, flyweight division.
By winning a unanimous 12 - round decision over Tony (Bazooka) DeLuca on Feb. 18 in Phoenix, Carbajal became the first member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic boxing team to win a professional title — the North American Boxing Federation junior flyweight championship.
Although Carbajal is light enough to drop to 105 pounds and fight for the even more esoteric strawweight (or mini-flyweight) crown, he hopes to become a flyweight (112 pounds), a junior bantamweight (115) and eventually a bantamweight (118), winning four world championships along the way.
Fortunately the team that arrived in Mexico City this week includes a number of boxers who have international experience, most notably Light Welterweight James Wallington Jr. and Light Heavyweight Arthur Redden, both of whom won gold medals in the 1967 Pan-American Games, and Harlan (Baby Cakes) Marbley, who will be competing in a new Olympic division, the 106 - pound, or light flyweight, class.
# 31 Danny Romero ALBUQUERQUE After 127 - 5 amateur career won IBF super flyweight title in 1995; lost belt to fellow New Mexican Johnny Tapia (# 11) in» 97.
Nicola Adams is one win away from at least a silver medal with the women's boxing flyweight semi-final taking place and over in Deodoro Liam Phillips and Kyle Evans get serious in the men's BMX quarter - finals.
«The Magician» has won nine of his last eleven fights and may very well become Flyweight Champion in the future.