The World Boxing Organization (WBO) rejected a petition filed on behalf of Juan Carlos Burgos for the sanctioning body to order an immediate rematch with Roman ‘Rocky’ Martinez, it was announced Monday morning. Burgos was held to a controversial d...
By Thomas Gerbasi - As soon as the final bell rang on January 19th, Juan Carlos Burgos knew the score. In his second attempt at a world title, he had done his job and beat Rocky Martinez. He was the WBO super featherweight champion of the world. All...
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is investigating the controversial twelve round draw between super featherweight champion Roman 'Rocky' Martinez and mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Burgos. The fight took place on January 19th at New York's Madis...
Super featherweight contender Juan Carlos Burgos went to a controversial twelve round draw with WBO champion Rocky Martinez last Saturday in New York. He joined us on The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene's official audio show to talk about the fight. "I...
Juan Carlos Burgos (30-1-1, 19KOs) plans to petition for a rematch with WBO featherweight champion Roman "Rocky" Martinez (26-1-2, 16KOs). Burgos is very upset with Saturday's decision at Madison Square Garden in New York. The two boxers fought to a...
The Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York - WBO junior lightweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (26-1-2, 16 KOs) and mandatory challenger Juan Carlos “Mini” Burgos (30-1-1, 29 KOs) fought to a twelve round draw. The scores were 117-111 for Burg...
Roman 'Rocky' Martinez and Juan Carlos Burgos fought to a 12-round draw in their HBO-televised opener Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden's The Theatre in New York City. Scores were 117-111 for Burgos, 116-112 for Martinez and 114-114 even t...
The weights are in for HBO's big tripleheader from Madison Square Garden's The Theatre in New York City. In the main event, Orlando Salido (39-11-2, 27KO) defends the WBO featherweight title against Mikey Garcia (30-0, 26KO). Gennady Golovkin (24-0,...
Roman "Rocky" Martinez is not feeling any pressure as he prepares to enter the ring this Saturday night at the Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York. Martinez will defend his junior lightweight (130 pounds) championship of the World Boxing Org...
New York, N.Y. --- (center L-R) Undefeated No. 1 contender Mikey Garcia and WBO World Featherweight champion Orlando Salido pose with all the undercard fighters during the final press conference in New York for their upcoming world title fight, Satur...
As Juan Carlos Burgos walked out of the ring following his 12 round unanimous decision loss to Hozumi Hasegawa on November 26th, 2010, some wondered if he would even get another opportunity at a world featherweight title. Some wondered if he would...
Two-time WBO junior lightweight champion Roman Martinez is putting in work for his scheduled fight against Juan Carlos Burgos on the undercard of Orlando Salido vs Mikey Garcia , Saturday, Jan 19 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York ,...
New York City, NY - WBA/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin arrived in New York City on Tuesday night ahead of his HBO televised showdown with world ranked challenger "KING" Gabriel Rosado this Saturday night, January 19 at The The...
Two-time WBO junior lightweight champion Roman Martinez leaves Puerto Rico for his scheduled fight against Juan Carlos Burgos on the undercard of Orlando Salido vs Mikey Garcia , Saturday, Jan 19 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York ,...