Was it the ring rust? Or the effects of his war with Arakawa? Or both? Omar Figueroa was busier and landed more punches (including a 42-16 edge in round five), however it was Jerry Belmontes who landed the cleaner, harder punches all fight- landing...
Luis Sandoval catches up with WBC lightweight champion Omar Figueroa, who discuss his Showtime televised decision win over amateur rival Jerry Belmontes, his thoughts on the scorecard which gave Belmontes the victory, the fans who booed the last few...
StubHub Center, Carson, California - In a battle of amateur rivals, WBC lightweight champion Omar Figueroa (23-0- 17KOs) returned after a year off and won a twelve round unanimous decision over Jerry Belmontes (19-4, 5KOs). The scores were 115-113 fo...
Los Angeles, California - Luis Sandoval catches up with undefeated WBC lightweight champion Omar Figueroa, who faces his rival from the amateurs, Jerry Belmontes. Figueroa lost to Belmontes a few times in the amateurs and now wants to pay him back in...
LOS ANGELES --- Keith "One Time" Thurman is tired of hearing about all of Julio Diaz's experience. Thurman, 25, knows Diaz, 34, is a 15-year veteran with 50 fights on his record. Thurman said none of that matters when he steps in the ring to defen...
Keith Thurman makes his first ring appearance of the year following a breakout campaign in 2013. The unbeaten welterweight squares off versus former lightweight titlist Julio Diaz in a scheduled 12-round bout, headlining a Showtime-televised triplehe...
CARSON --- Omar Figueroa of Weslaco, Tex., and Jerry Belmontes of Corpus Christi, Tex., are very familiar with each other. They grew up competing in the same amateur tournaments and Belmontes actually holds an amateur victory over Figueroa. But th...
LOS ANGELES – With Oscar De La Hoya presiding over the festivities, Golden Boy Promotions hosted the final press conference for their exciting, stacked fight card this Saturday, April 26 headlining Keith Thurman vs. Julio Diaz at the StubHub Center i...
LOS ANGELES - Nine of the talented boxers who will fight on a top-notch, action-packed Golden Boys Promotions' fight card this Saturday, April 26, at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., participated in a Media Workout Wednesday at the Westside Boxi...
LOS ANGELES - On Saturday, April 26, Omar "Panterita" Figueroa Jr. defends his WBC Lightweight World Championship against fellow Texan Jerry "The Corpus Christi Kid" Belmontes as part of a Showtime televised tripleheader from the StubHub Center in Ca...
Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Richard Schaefer, had a vision of putting together a tripleheader where all three fights would have very little running and plenty of punching. That was his idea behind the Showtime televised triple for April 26th from the...