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Boxing News: Cuban prospects look to shine in Dubai » July 5, 2023 – Fight News
By David Finger
There are seldom sure things in boxing, but perhaps the closest thing to a “can’t miss prospect” you’ll find in the sport might just be the former Cuban amateur standout. Which is why so many boxing fans will be looking to the Persian Gulf this weekend when People’s Fighters Promotion hosts a card in Dubai featuring four young Cuban prospects with legitimate world championship ambitions on March 10th.
In the main event, 20-year old Jadier Herrera (9-0, 7 KOS) of Camaguey, Cuba takes on Filipino Harmonito Dela Torre (22-4, 14 Kos) in the ten round main event. Herrera comes from boxing royalty in Cuba, the grandson of the two time Olympic gold medalist Angel Herrera Vera. However Herrera has shown himself to be a legitimate world class fighter in his own right, scoring impressive wins over Franklin Manzanilla (21-8), Pablo Robles (15-2) and former OPBF bantamweight champion Mark John Yap (30-15) since turning professional in 2021.
His win over the Mexican prospect Robles (which also took place in Dubai) netted him the WBC International super-featherweight belt. However his clash with Dela Torre may or may not answer many questions about the talented Cuban however. Dela Torre kicked off his career in impressive fashion, winning his first nineteen fights. But after a decision loss to then undefeated future world title challenger Tugstsogt Nyambayar, Dela Torre struggled. Having been stopped early in three of his last six fights, there can be no question that Dela Torre’s career trajectory is moving south. But it is still a solid test for a young fighter with only nine professional fights. Just three fights after Nyambayar defeated Dela Torre in 2017 he was fighting Gary Russell Jr. for the WBC world title, and although he has struggled as of late, he still was a fighter who came agonizingly close to his own world title fight. With all of his losses coming to legitimate world class prospects and contenders, Dela Torre could still revitalize his career with a win over the Cuban.
In the co-main event another undefeated Cuban prospect in 22-year old super welterweight Yan Marcos (7-0, 6 KOs) looks to extend his unbeaten streak as he takes on the 27-year old WBC Asia Silver champion Troy “The Hawk” Coleman (10-1, 4 KOs) of Staffordshire, England in an eight round affair. Much like Herrera, Marcos has shown extraordinary power in his brief career, which has also seen him take on much more seasoned professionals early on. His fight against Coleman should be a solid matchup, although Coleman doesn’t appear to be a puncher on paper, his record is somewhat deceiving. Coleman turned pro in 2018 and quickly built up a 6-0 record with no knockouts, against a handful of British fighters like Darryl Sharp (7-100-1) and Kevin McCauley (15-224-12), fighters with comically bad records but who have shown a Marion Wilson like ability to go the distance against pretty much everyone. His next fight against a fellow undefeated prospect River Wilson-Bent saw Coleman suffer an ugly one punch KO loss in three. But the talented Brit seems to have bounced back well from his lone professional loss, winning his next four fights by knockout including a dominant win over Thai prospect Apisit Sangmuang in seven to capture the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental Middleweight championship in October of last year.
In a featured undercard fight undefeated 19-year-old super welterweight Jesus Gamboa (8-0, 2 KOs) looks to extend his unbeaten streak against journeyman Adam Diu Abdulhamid (17-12, 9 KOs) of the Philippines. Unlike Herrera and Marcos, Gamboa is not regarded as a power puncher, but he nonetheless has shown some pop in his last fight: a first round knockout over undefeated Indian prospect Vidya Sagar. However Abdulhamid is a fighter with only three losses coming by way of knockout so many are predicting a return to the slick boxing that defined the Cuban’s first seven fights.
Another undefeated 19-year old Cuban will look to rack up another win as featherweight Dayan Gonzalez (8-0, 6 KOs) takes on Alie Laurel (19-7-1, 11 KOs). Laurel is a former two time WBO Oriental champion who may be best remembered for dropping a split decision to future world title contender Aston Palicte in 2011. However Laurel has struggled in his more recent outings, having lost in three of his last four bouts. Still, he is a seasoned veteran who could test the young Havana born prospect, particularly if he can frustrate Gonzalez with his southpaw stance.
Rounding off the card Elmo Traya (12-4, 8 KOs) of Cebu, Philippines will take on undefeated Ugandan Abdul Azizi Ssebulime (8-0, 6 KOs) in a super lightweight fight.
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Too bad they are boring fighters
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Bar owner among 2 killed after fight leads to shooting outside Sacramento County bar – CBS News
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By Brandon Downs, Cecilio Padilla
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SACRAMENTO COUNTY – Two men died after they were shot outside of a bar in Sacramento County early Sunday morning, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies responded to Sacto By Night at 7121 Governors Circle at about 1:45 a.m.
A group of people who were leaving the bar got into a fight outside, leading to a shooting, deputies said.
The victims, who were two men, died at the scene, deputies said. One of them was the owner of the bar.
Investigators with the sheriff’s office believe a group of gang members who initially refused to leave the nightclub at closing is at the center of the incident. Those gang members apparently got involved in a fight in the parking lot, investigators said, with the suspected shooter being one of those gang members.
Witnesses described a white vehicle that took off from the scene. Deputies said the CHP located a vehicle matching the description and detained four people from that vehicle.
The people detained have since been identified as being allegedly involved in the shooting. Several guns have been recovered.
According to the sheriff’s office, the names of the suspects will be released once homicide and related charges are filed.
Brandon comes to CBS13 from Action News Now (KHSL/KNVN) in Chico where he spent two years as the Digital Content Manager.
First published on November 26, 2023 / 3:05 PM PST
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Rankings Shakeup: Is Tom Aspinall MMA’s No. 1 heavyweight? Plus Alex Pereira rattles the rankings… again – MMA Fighting
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UFC 295 promised two new champions and two men stepped up and delivered.
By the end of Saturday night, Alex Pereira laid claim to the light heavyweight title that has been tossed around like a hot potato over the past two years and Tom Aspinall became the interim champion of a heavyweight division that won’t see its undisputed titleholder compete anytime soon.
So the question has to be asked: Are these two truly the best in the world in their respective weight classes?
First off, let’s look at where Aspinall landed in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings after his momentous win over Sergei Pavlovich.
Aspinall received five first-place votes to Jon Jones’ three, edging Jones out by the narrowest of possible margins. That makes sense given that our aforementioned question looms larger for Aspinall than it does for Pereira.
Interim implies that Aspinall’s time at the top is designed to be finite while the undisputed champ recovers from a pectoral injury. Jones looked nothing short of dominant when he bulldozed Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 and was worthy of the No. 1 spot even without having defeated lineal champion Francis Ngannou (who was only recently removed from our rankings due to MMA inactivity). However, with that being Jones’ lone win in the division and the likelihood that it will be over a year between fights for him by the time he returns, Aspinall marches past him in our rankings.
Call it disrespectful to the GOAT if you will, call it recency bias, but it’s easy to make a case that Aspinall deserves to be called the best heavyweight in the world right now. He’s 7-1 in the UFC now with all of his wins coming by way of knockout or submission and that lone loss being due to a freak injury. Unlike Jones, he’s actually been active in the division knocking off ranked opponents including Pavlovich, Marcin Tybura, Alexander Volkov, and Serghei Spivac. Just as importantly, he’ll probably remain active in early 2024.
You can credit Jones for his sterling work at light heavyweight, but at the end of the day it is a different division and, respectfully, the last time he had a dominant win at 205 pounds was well over four years ago.
Full disclosure, I am one of the panelists who voted for Aspinall and after reviewing the facts, Aspinall sounds like a proper No. 1-ranked fighter to me. Sorry, “Bones.”
Alex Pereira’s case to be No. 1 is more clear-cut and while he tops our light heavyweight rankings more comfortably, he still falls short of undisputed status.
Six of our panelists crowned Pereira as MMA’s best at 205 pounds after his second-round knockout of our incumbent No. 1 Jiri Prochazka, which is as insane as it sounds given that the Glory Kickboxing Hall of Famer is barely a year removed from beating Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title in just his eighth pro MMA fight. Saturday’s fight with Prochazka was his 11th.
These things just… aren’t supposed to happen? Getting fast-tracked to one title and delivering? Fine, we’ve seen plenty of fighters do that under varying circumstances. But romping to two UFC titles in under a dozen fights in the modern era? What are we even doing anymore?
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Those conundrums may explain why Pereira’s bid for No. 1 wasn’t backed by a pair of voters, who instead went with Jamahal Hill—who vacated the UFC light heavyweight title due to injury—and Bellator’s Vadim Nemkov instead. Like Aspinall, Hill and Nemkov have a case based on their activity in the division. Should Pereira’s wins over Prochazka and Jan Blachowicz outweigh Hill’s recent hot streak (including a one-sided drubbing of then-champion Glover Teixeira) or Nemkov’s sensational Bellator championship run (the man hasn’t lost a fight in seven years!)?
Admittedly, part of the hesitance to rank Pereira No. 1 has to come from our rational minds struggling to come to grips with what he’s accomplished in his brief cagefighting career. It just doesn’t make sense. That said, until Hill returns or Nemkov jumps ship or Magomed Ankalaev fights his way out of limbo, Pereira is as deserving of the top spot as anyone.
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