DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (June 17, 2013) — Two-time, two-division world champion Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman (33-1-1, 20 KOs) faces Vicente “El Loco” Mosquera (32-2-1, 17 KOs) on June 28 for the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) junior welterweight title.

The 12-round Guzman-Mosquera fight, presented by All Star Boxing in association with Acquinity Sports, will air live on Telemundo from Kissimmee, Florida.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. ET, first bell at 8:30 p.m. ET. Tickets are available for sale, starting at a very affordable $20.00, at the Kissimmee Civic Center, 201 Dakin Ave. in downtown Kissimmee, or by calling 407-935-1412.

Guzman has been unfairly criticized for failing to continue fighting in the eighth round of his world title fight last November, after he suffered a leg injury from an unintentional foul, resulting in his first professional loss, by split eight-round decision to (76-75, 75-75-76, 75-76) to Kjabib Allakhverdiev (18-0) for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight championship.

Because of some well-documented weight problems in the past, the 1996 Dominican Republic Olympian has been ripped in the media, peaked with implications that he quit against Allakhverdiev.

Guzman’s promoter, Acquinity Sports vice president of boxing Henry Rivalta, has gone on record here to set the record straight:

What really happened to Guzman in the Allakhverdiev fight?

“It was a pretty even fight all the way through. On video, you can see that Allakhverdiev stepped on Guzman’s toes more than 20 times. In the eighth round, they both stepped forward, and hit their shins. Guzman broke a small bone under his knee that virtually paralyzed him. I don’t care if you’re the strongest man in the world, you can’t put any weight on your knee after an injury like that.

“Guzman also broke his right hand, back in the second round, but he didn’t complain and fought six more rounds like that. He had to stop with a broken tibia bone. He was coming on strong and had a great eighth round. Joan was only down one point and, if he was able to keep fighting, I’m confident that he would have won the fight. I thought Allakhverdiev should have been disqualified because his cornerman stepped on the mat and his promoter pounded the mat.”

Why didn’t you protest the outcome?

“That was a sad day for Guzman and Acquinity Sports but we were okay with the referee’s decision. Our thinking was that Guzman fell short because of injury. He lost because he didn’t follow the game plan to box. He wanted to slug it out. Joan really wants to fight Khabib again to avenge his only pro loss. We think Joan will defeat Mosquera and become the mandatory for Allakhverdiev.”

How do you feel people in the media who’ve implied that Guzman quit?

“I’m tired of hearing and reading that nonsense. Why would a fighter who had never lost in 15 years as a pro, who was in the fight and coming on strong, quit if he could have continued? His critics don’t know, or care, how bad his injury really was in that fight. He went to the hospital and left with casts on his leg and hand. It just doesn’t make sense. Guzman’s not a quitter; he’d die in the ring.

“Guzman is strong again. He was off his leg for nearly 3 ½ months, but he’s back on track and ready for his fight against Mosquera. He’s going to show that Juan Guzman is still here. He may be 37 but how old is Bernard Hopkins?”

How about Guzman’s past problems?

“Joan recently apologized on radio to Golden Boy for not taking his career serious and to Don King for what happened in the (Ali) Funeka fight. He said he was sorry to Showtime and HBO, too. He was living in New York City and he wasn’t mentally ready to train and fight. It took him two hours to get to the gym, so he didn’t go there to work-out very often.

“Joan wasn’t responsible about his weight and training, which cost him a chance for stardom. He deserves another chance and we believe everyone will see the best from him June 28th.”

What’s led to the change in Guzman’s attitude?

“We gave him a chance to shine, making him disciplined, and realizing that he owes boxing. He understands that he needs boxing. In Miami, he runs three miles to the gym and three miles home. In his last five fights, since signing with Acquinity Sports, he’s made weight without a problem. In fact, he said he was going to surprise me in his last fight, and he came in almost two pounds lighter than maximum weight in order to make a statement. People are really going to see a sharp Guzman in his upcoming fight. He’s 37 and getting towards the end of his boxing career, but he’s never been beaten-up, never knocked down other than a flash knockdown in his last fight.”

How do you see the Guzman-Mosquera fight going?

“I respect Mosquera. I met him in Panama and have watched him fight. He’s very skillful but he’s going to be out-classed and out-skilled against Guzman, who will be making a statement to get his third world title.

“When a man is up against the ropes, so to speak, like Joan is right now, he’s trained even harder to beat Mosquera, and position himself for a rematch with Allakhverdiev. That’s the fight Joan really wants.”

Aside from the Allakhverdiev rematch, assuming Guzman defeats Mosquera, who would you like Joan to fight next?

“First, we aren’t looking past Mosquera, but we’d love to see Joan fight Danny Garcia or Luis Matthysse. Maybe they’d like to beat the old man up? Guzman said Amir Khan has an amateur style, but he won’t fight Joan. Matthysse has the power to knockout anybody, but how can he do that to Guzman if he can’t get to him?

“After the Mosquera fight, we’ll see what happens, business-wise, after that fight. I can’t wait to see Joan’s hands raised in victory. My partner Gary Jonas and I believe in Joan. He said he was sorry to let us down after his last fight, but we told him he didn’t let us down, losing controversially only because of his knee injury. Funny, I was told by a friend in the know that Guzman knocked Khalib’s tooth out with an uppercut in the seventh round and he had to be pushed out for the eighth round. It certainly would have been an interesting last four rounds if Guzman had been able to continue.”

Who do you like in the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-“Canelo” Alvarez fight?

“I don’t think any Mexican style can beat Mayweather but ‘Canelo’ has a little different Mexican style. He showed shades of good defense against Austin Trout, but Trout’s no Mayweather, who I admit is my favorite fighter. I think Mayweather is going to give ‘Canelo’ a boxing lesson, unless he lays on the ropes and let’s ‘Canelo’ unload on him, and I don’t see that happening.

“Floyd is one of my favorite fighters of all-time – ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson is my favorite — and someday I hope to meet Floyd in person. Some people don’t like him because of his image, but he’s the best boxer on the planet, and he gets great pay-per-view numbers. Floyd will retire undefeated and be recognized as the greatest boxer of all time. He is the biggest name in boxing right now and has been for years. No offense to ‘Canelo,’ who is a great fighter and a gentleman, but he doesn’t have a chance in this fight, even though he has the best chance of any Mexican to beat Mayweather.

“Floyd’s dedication and sacrifices to be the best are what all young fighters should aspire to be like. I can only hope that someday a few of our fighters even come close to being the fighter Floyd is.”

Go online to www.AcquinitySports.com for additional information about Guzman or any of his Acquinity Sports stable-mates. Follow Acquinity Sports on Twitter @AcquinitySports, or friend is at Facebook.com/AcquinitySports.

ABOUT ACQUINITY SPORTS: Founded in 2011 by CEO Gary Jonas and Henry Rivalta, Vice President of Boxing Operations, Acquinity Sports is a full-service promotional company based in south Florida.

Acquinity Sports is committed to changing traditional boxing promotion as an advocate of its fighters, supporting them to succeed in and out of the ring throughout their professional careers and into retirement. Fully dedicated to providing a structured environment, Acquinity Sports develops each individual fighter to maximize their potential, ensuring maximum exposure to audiences across a diverse range of channels, as well as encouraging team spirit and sense of family so crucial for success in the highly-competitive sport and business of boxing.

Acquinity Sports continues to sign incredible talent in various weight divisions to provide fans the highest level of year-round entertainment in professional boxing. Seasons may change but Acquinity Sports’ commitment remains to bring the heat.

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL (May 31, 2013) — Acquinity Sports CEO Gary Jonas and Henry Rivalta, Vice President of Boxing Operations, have confirmed that Dominican Republic star and two-time, two-division world champion, Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman (33-1-1, 20 KOs), will face Panamanian Vicente “El Loco” Mosquera (32-2-1, 17 KOs) for the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) junior welterweight title on Friday, June 28, in Kissimmee, Florida.

“We are excited about this fight, not only because our fighter Guzman has the opportunity to reach another title for our team, but, because we have the pleasure of working together with one of the companies that has consistently presented boxing in Florida, All Star Boxing, which is owned by my friend, Tutico Zabala, Jr. “Rivalta said.
The 12-round WBA interim world title fight between the Guzman and Mosquera will be broadcast throughout America through TELEMUNDO Network’s series, “Boxeo Telemundo Ford,” as the main event of the night.

“I express my gratitude to Tutico Zabala, Jr. and hope this June 28th event is the beginning of a lasting partnership,” Rivalta added. “We are sure that the real winners of this fight will be Florida boxing fans. In addition, we are pleased to work with his boxing director, Ruben de Jesus, and Ricardo Rizzo, our advisor, who made every effort to make this fight a reality.”

“We are focused on this fight,” Guzman said from his Miami gym, where he is trained by German Caicedo. “We know and respect Panamanian boxers. I understand that they (Team Mosquera) know me and I’m sure they will do everything possible to defeat us. But we are working hard and hope to get this title, which will put us closer to our goals.

“My short term goal is (WBA junior welterweight champion Khabib) Allakhverdiev. He has to win fair and square and that wasn’t the case in our fight last November. We are convinced that, by beating Mosquera on June 28th, we will be closer to fighting a rematch with Khabib to settle our outstanding accounts. First, though, we must beat Mosquera, and that’s exactly what we will do on Friday, June 28 in Kissimmee.”

Also fighting on the June 28th card is Puerto Rican featherweight Orlando “El Fenomeno” Cruz, who is preparing to defend his World Boxing Organization Latino title against an opponent to soon be determined. Five more exciting boxing fights are scheduled and the major fights will be broadcast by TELEMUNDO, starting at 11:30 p.m. ET.

Guzman-Mosquera is being presented in association with Henry Rivalta of Acquinity Sports.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. ET, first bell at 8:30 p.m. ET. Tickets are available for sale, starting at a very affordable $20.00, at the Kissimmee Civic Center, 201 Dakin Ave. in downtown Kissimmee, or by calling 407-935-1412.

Go online to www.AquinitySports.com for additional information about Guzman or any of his Acquinity Sports stable-mates. Follow Acquinity Sports on Twitter @AcquinitySports, or friend is at Facebook.com/AcquinitySports.

(photo by Rey Sanchez / Acquinity Sports)
ABOUT ACQUINITY SPORTS: Founded in 2011 by CEO Gary Jonas and Henry Rivalta, Vice President of Boxing Operations, Acquinity Sports is a full-service promotional company based in south Florida.

Acquinity Sports is committed to changing traditional boxing promotion as an advocate of its fighters, supporting them to succeed in and out of the ring throughout their professional careers and into retirement. Fully dedicated to providing a structured environment, Acquinity Sports develops each individual fighter to maximize their potential, ensuring maximum exposure to audiences across a diverse range of channels, as well as encouraging team spirit and sense of family so crucial for success in the highly-competitive sport and business of boxing.

Acquinity Sports continues to sign incredible talent in various weight divisions to provide fans the highest level of year-round entertainment in professional boxing. Seasons may change but Acquinity Sports’ commitment remains to bring the heat.

Former world champions Joan Guzman and Vicente Mosquera will fight for a vacant 140 lb title on June 28th in Kissemee, Florida according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“Guzman worked had in his last fight and fell short due to injury,” said Acquinity Sports chief executive Gary Jonas, Guzman’s promoter, who made a deal with Zabala to place the bout on his show. “He is a two-time world champion who knows what to do in the ring very well. This is a very interesting fight. I feel Guzman will win this fight and get another shot at Allakhverdiev and his world title.”

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (February 27, 2013) – Acquinity Sports has announced that an agreement has been reached regarding an Interim World Boxing Association super lightweight title fight, featuring a pair of past world champions, Joan “Little Tyson and Vincente “El Loco” Mosquera, tentatively scheduled for May 31 at a venue to be determined.

Guzman (33-1-1, 20 KOs), a 1996 Dominican Republic Olympian now living in Miami, suffered his first loss as a professional this past November, dropping an eighth-round technical decision to Khabib Allakhverdiev for the WBA championship (Danny Garcia is the WBA Super 140-pound champion). Guzman suffered a knee injury when he was tossed to the canvas, leading to the fight being halted by the referee Luis Pabon. Guzman’s promoter, Acquinity Sports, requested an immediate rematch with Allakhverdiev, based on the mishandling of the event by Pabon. Instead, the WBA granted an Interim title fight between WBA #5 Guzman and WBA #9 Mosquera, and the winner earning a regular WBA title shot with Allakhverdiev.

“Guzman worked had in his last fight and fell short due to injury.” Acquinity Sports CEO Gary Jonas said. “He is a two-time World Champion who knows what to do in the ring very well. This is a very interesting fight. I feel Guzman will win this fight and get another shot at Allakhverdiev and his world title.”

Guzman captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO super bantamweight crown in 2004, stopping Agapito Sanchez in San Diego. Guzman successfully defended that title by way of a 12-round decision over Fernando Beltran.

In 2006, Guzman added the WBO super featherweight title belt to his collection by winning a 12-round decision from Jorge Rodrigo Barrios. Two title defenses against Antonio Davis and Humberto Soto, in which Guzman won by 12-round decisions, before the crafty Dominican moved up in weight class to lightweight and eventually the super lightweight division.

Including the aforementioned fighters, Guzman has beaten a virtual Who’s Who of world-class fighters between 122 and 140 pounds, such as Ali Funeka, Javier Jauregui and Fabio Daniel Oliva.

“I am happy to see Guzman get another shot,” Acquinity Sports Vice President of Operations Henry Rovalta added. “His fight with Allakhverdiev ended in an injury. Khabib won a split decision bit thjere were still four more rounds to go. Guzman won’t be looking past Masquera . We know that he’s tough but Guzman will be ready ready.”

WBA #9 Mosquera (32-2-1, 17 KOs) has won his last eight fights in a row, since being knocked out for the only time in his professional career by the late Edwin Valero in 2006. Panama-native Mosquera won the WBA super featherweight championship in 2005, taking a 12-round decision from defending champion Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai in New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden.

Mosquera made one successful title defense, a year later against Jose Pablo Estrella in Argentina, by way of a 12-round split decision. After losing to Valero in his following fight, Mazquera was inactive for 4 ½ years.

Go online to www.AquinitySports.com for additional information about Guzman and his fight against Mosquera, or any of Guzman’s stable-mates. Follow Acquinity Sports on Twitter @AcquinitySports, or friend is at Facebook.com/AcquinitySports.

Khabib Allakhverdiev captured the WBA title by out punching former two division champion and previously undefeated Joan Guzman 33-1-1(20KO). The very entertaining main event ended with a knee injury to Guzman caused by an accidental foul. The atmosphere at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL. had the feel major world championship fight as Guzman made a crowd pleasing and energetic ring entrance that included an escort and live performance by rapper DMX, all part of a special evening, Beatdown 2012.

From the opening bell, the Russian Allakhverdiev did not back down and gained respect from Guzman with hard punches that was answered with an aggressive attack from the hard charging Dominican. After splitting the first two rounds Allakhverdiev floored Guzman in round three with a right and left hook. Guzman beat the count and although he was clearly affected by the punches, he went right back to center of the ring brawling with the tough Allakhverdiev. Rounds four and five saw the tough Russian slowly dismantle the Dominicans face with straight left hands, right hooks and uppercuts. The hard nosed Guzman kept coming and kept punching turning a fight into a brawl. Between rounds the ringside physician closely looked in on Guzman as the best cutman in the business, Rafael Garcia went to work on his mangled face. Guzman came out to round seven and let his hands go slowly turning the momentum in his favor, slowly adding to his bloody new handy work of a cut on the Russians face. Guzman won a good round seven but by my scorecard, was still down by two points with five rounds to go. Guzman went down from a clash of knees and was slow to get up. With the unintentional foul he was given time to recover. Once time was called in Allakhverdiev swarmed Guzman and unleashed a barrage of punches until Guzman went to the canvas again in what appeared to be as result of overwhelming punches. Referee Luis Pavon saw it as another result of the knee injury and called an official time out while they sorted it all out. Guzman was unable to continue so they went to the scorecards after 8 rounds. Officially the cards read 76-75 for Guzman and 76-75 twice for Allakhverdiev

The Co Main Event of the evening had the vacant WBA Fedlatin super welterweight title on the line. Tough and tested Colombian RIchard Gutierrez was looking to get his career back in line facing a student of the late and great Emanuel Steward in Domonique D3 Dolton. Dolton punched hard from the outside trying to control the pressure from the Colombian who as looking for his first win in seven bouts. D3 was able to put some nice combinations together in the fourth round and slowly starting to chop away at a game Gutierrez. Gutierrez stood in front of the Detriot product and made for a game opponent to the final bell. Consider this a passed test for D3 and a wake up call to the level of elevated competition that awaits him. The scorecards read 100-90 twice and 99-91.

In the opening bout of the evening Umberto Savigne10-1(7KO) retained his WBA Fedlatin light heavyweight title, but not after tasting the canvas in round three by result of a left hook. Dhafir “No Fear” Smith 26-5-7(22KO) gave a fair challenge to the title however neither boxer engaged and fought very cautiously. Smith often looked slow and was beat to the punch while the Cuban slowly started putting punches together was the fight wore on. Round eight was the most entertaining round in my opinion. Officially scored a unanimous decision win with the score cards reading. 98-91, and 96-93 twice. I had the fight 96-93.

Claudio Marrero 14-0 (11KO)retained his WBA Fedlatin featherwieght title with a dominating stoppage over Panamanian Mauricio “Nanara” Martinez 34-16(KO). It was clear that Marrero was the fast and stronger fighter every second of the fight. Marrero knocked Martinez down twice in the first round, the first a compliment of a great straight left hand and a second from a blistering fast right left from the rising southpaw star. The end came at !:38 of round four went referee Sam Burgos stepped in to stop the fight. I felt the stoppage was a bit premature, but it was obvious Martinez was not going to win the fight. Martinez was just taken the distance by Jorge Arce in September and Marrero was able to take him out in four.

Isiah “Black Mamba” Thomas is the new WBA Fedlatin Cruiserwieght champion after outpointing Richard “The Destroyer” Hall 30-11(28KO). Thomas used his commanding jab and combinations to keep the journeyman Hall at bay winning mostly every round. Thomas was deducted two questionable points for holding in rounds 4 and 5. Hall was given an eight count in round three after being overwhelmed by a host of punches from the Detroit fighter Thomas. There was not a clear knockdown rather Halls glove touched the canvas. The final cards read 98-89, 97-90 and 96-91.

Ed “The Lion” Parades 32-3-1(21KO) had his work cut out for him as he outpointed and outboxed iron chinned Hector “The Hurricane” Munoz 20-9-1(13KO) over ten rounds. Parades was forced to keep the hard charging at bay with a steady diet of straight punches. Where Munoz kept the rounds close with constant pressure pushing Parades to the ropes and trying to smother the Dominican to no avail as The Lion landed the more meaningful punches inside and did everything he could to take Munoz out. Munoz kept it coming until the final bell. Where his effort clearly was not enough to win the fight, his fight was very admirable from a courage and heart standpoint. The final cards read 100-89 and 99-90 twice.

Beatdown 2012 Promoter Aquinity Sports teamed up with bSaving.com and provided a unique event that combined live championship boxing and chart-topping musical talent, and produced a brilliant one-two combination that gave South Florida fans a chance to unite and enjoy a true mash up of talents. What started with competitive world class championship boxing and 18-0(8KO) capturing the WBA light welterweight belt, ending with powerful concerts from the likes of DMX Flo-RIda, Waka Flaka Flame, Fabulous, Travis Porter, Fat Joe.

Argenis Mendez scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Martin Honorio in a IBF Jr. Lightweight Elimination bout at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida

Scores were 117-109, 116-110 and 115-111 for Mendez, 127 lbs and is now 20-2. Honorio,127 lbs of Ciudad, MX is now 32-8-1.

Former world champion Joan Guzman stopped Jorge Pimentel in the first of a scheduled ten round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Guzman dropped Primentel with a hard right to the body and Primentel could not beat the ten count at 2:04 of round one

Guzman, 140 lbs is 33-0-1 with twenty knockouts. Primentel, 141 1/2 lbs is now 24-16

Lenin Castillo remained perfect by scoring a second round drubbing over Ricardo Campillo in a scheduled four round Light Heavyweight bout.

Castillo staggered Campillo in the the first and dropped him twice in the second round. The end came when Castillo landed a big left hook that hurt Campillo and two follow up punches sent Campillo down and the fight was stopped at 2:59 of round two.

Castillo, 171 lbs of Santa Domingo, DR is now 7-0 with four knockouts. Campillo of Snoroa, Mexico is 7-3-1.

HOLLYWOOD, FLA–ESPN Friday Night Fights was live from the Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, where Henry Rivaltas’ and Shannon Briggs’ Acqinity Sports presented the “D-Day: Dominican Domination” card.

“Acquinity Sports has the best fighter on the planet, Joan Baby Tyson” Guzman, proudly representing The Dominican Republic” is what promoter Henry Rivatla exclaimed about the his contender earlier this week. Joan Guzman 32-0-1, (19 Kos) lived up to some of that hype with a brutal knock out win over Puerto Rico’s Jesus Pabon 17-3, (11 KO’s). Guzman controlled the fight with vicous punches that knocked Jesus Pabon down a total of 4 times. The fight was cleary a mismatch of skill as Pabon had a ton of heart but very little of a challange for the tough Brooklyn based fighter Guzman. Guzman took his time where it seemed at times where he seemed to hold back from attacking.

Guzman dropped Pabon with an brutal left that put Pabon down and out at 1:23 of round eight. Acquinity promoter and former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs was vocal of the hard work Guzman has put in at the Miami gym of Brigg’s former trainer Herman Caicedo.

Previsouly Guzman has dealt with adversity, despite capturing belts in the junior-lightweight and lightweight divisions. The label was placed on Guzman after he failed to make weight for title fights against Nate Campbell and Ali Funeka. Moreover, the Nevada Athletic Commission suspended Guzman for eight months after he tested positive for a banned substance before another bout in December 2010. Guzman, 32, now feels rejuvenated. Free of his suspension he has begun his run for a third world title and to repair his reputation.

The opening on air bout showcased local Miami contender Welterweight Ed “The Lion” Paredes (30-3-1, 11 KOs) in impressive fashion over late replacement Manuel Leyva (21-5, 12 KOs). Paredes successfully defended his WBO an WBC Latino titles while representing the Dominican Republic. Paredes started the fight with sharp punches while his southpaw counterpart retreated trying to stay away from Paredes’ sharp hard right hands. Paredes found an early home for his right hands and hurt his Mexican oponent in the third round with blistering straight rights and uppercuts. Paredes had Leyva hurt in the third and applied steady pressure but seemed to let Leyva recover and survive the round. Paredes continued with the pressure and dropped the Mexican twice in the fifth both times with an excellent left hook right uppercut combination and again Leyva survived the round while punching on his feet quit admirabley. The brave Mexicans’ survival came to an end came at 1:29 of round seven when Paredes dug a deep left hook to the body and a right uppercut that crumbled Leyva ending the bout with Sam Burgos wisely calling a halt to the beating.

In a middleweight chess match of a bout Taureano Johnson 7-0(5KO) remained perfect while outpointing tough Brazilian Edvan Dos Santos Barros 13-13. Johnson commanded the fight with pressure while Barros fought cautiously seldom offering exchanges. Johnson swept all cards 60-54.

The opening bout of the night was an exciting brawl that left Anthony Castellon 0-0-1 and Tommy Bryant 2-4-1 to a majority draw. The two welterweights slugged however both seemed to have lost steam in just the four round bout. The final round saw both fighters slow and tired but punching. The cards read 39-37 for Bryant and two deadlocked at 38.

Light heavyweights Abdulah Dobey and Jerrod Caldwell had an opportunity of a lifetime when their bout was shown as the final bout of the live ESPN show. The bout was a rock’em sock’em robot affair that ended in a draw. The fight was ugly but entertaining while the two kept very busy. The cards read 39-37 40-36 and 38 38.

Super Middleweight Umberto Savigne improved to 8-1 with a crushing knockout win over Franck Paines 11-3.

Featherweight Claudio Marrero 11-0(9KO) captured the WBC FECARBOX title with a dominating unanimous decision win over Gerardo Zayas 18-19(11).

Former three-time former world champion Joan Guzman scored a one punch first round knockout over Florencio Castellano in a scheduled twelve round Welterweight bout in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Guzman landed a devastating uppercut that sent Castellano down for the count and the fight was over.

Guzman is now 31-0-1 with eighteen knockouts. Castellano is now 16-6

In his first fight since losing a hotly disputed world title fight, Argenis Mendez stopped late replacement Alex Perez in round two of a scheduled eight round Jr. Lightweight bout.

Mendez dropped Perez with a hard left hook in round two. Perez got to his feet only to take a pounding over the next minute and the fight was stopped.

Mendez is 19-2 with ten knockouts. Perez is now 23-43-4.

IBF Jr. Lightweight champion, Amanda Serrano remained perfect by stopping Grecia Nova after round three of a scheduled ten round bout.

Serrano dropped Nova with a combination in round one and battered her over the next two rounds before the fight was stopped.

Serrano is now 13-0-1 with nine knockouts

Julio De jesus remained perfect by stopping Ramon Duran in round two of a scheduled eight round Jr. Welterweight bout.

De Jesus landed a hard right that dropped Duran in round two and then finished him off with a flurry on the ropes that had the referee stop the fight.

De Jesus is now 13-0 with twelve knockouts. Duran is now 21-5.

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NEW YORK (November 15, 2011)— Friday night, one of the most talented fighters in the world will return to his homeland as undefeated and former three-time world champion Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman returns to the ring after an eleven month absence when he takes on the tough Florencio Castellano in a twelve round bout in the Dominican Republic.

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Guzman of the Dominican Republic has a record of 30-0-1 with seventeen knockouts is one of the most gifted fighters in the world. He is a three division world champions as he has won belts at Super Bantamweight, Super Featherweight and Lightweight and his beaten the likes of Agapito Sanchez, Fernando Beltran Jr., Javier Juaragui, Jorge Barrios and Humberto Soto.

He has been out of the ring for eleven months but with a win over Castellano he could be in line for a world title shot.

Castellano of Colombia has a very respectable record of 17-4 with thirteen knockouts. He has tremendous knockout prowess so if Guzman is not on the top of his game, he could be in for a long night.

A tremendous undercard will take place that will feature Dominican Super Feather Argenis Mendez taking on will take on Jose Palma in a bout scheduled for ten rounds.

Mendez , 18-2 with nine knockouts is coming off an attempt to at the world title where he lost a disputed decision to Juan Carlos Salgado. Mendez had Salgado hurt and knocked him down in the final round but ran put of time and lost by just two points on the scorecards.

Palma of Colombia has a record of 14-4-2 with nine knockouts and will be looking for his fourth consecutive victory.

Woman’s IBF Super Featherweight champion Amanda Serrano (12-0-1, 8 KO’s) will be making the first defense of her crown when she takes on Diana Ayala (10-5-3, 6 KO’s)

Julio De Jesus (12-0, 11 KO’s) will step up the competition when he takes on Ramon Duran (21-4-1, 13 KO’s)

Undefeated fighters Carlos Valdez (5-0, 3 KO’s); Josue Valdez (4-0, 2 KO’s) & Argenis Lopez (12-0, 3 KO’s) will see action in separate bouts as well as Swedish woman’s sensation Mikaela Lauren (12-1, 3 KO’s)

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Undefeated Jr. Welterweight Joan Guzman announced his comeback that will take place November 18th against Florencio Castellano (17-4-1 13 KO’s). 15rounds.com Claudia Bocanegra was at Lucky Seven Tapas Bar in New York to capture all the photos

“The most consistent launching pad for future champions for a full decade” ShoBox: The New Generation celebrates it’s 10 year anniversary with a live match between top prospects Diego Magdaleno and Alejandro Perez. Watch highlights from today’s boxing stars who made their bones on ShoBox including Chad Dawson, Ricky Hatton, Robert Guerrero, Kelly Pavlik, Kermit Cintron, Joan Guzman, Victor Ortiz, Paul Williams, Timothy Bradley, Carl Froch, Nonito Donaire, Andre Ward, and more.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former world champion Joan Guzman has been suspended by the Nevada commission and released by Golden Boy Promotions for a failed urinalysis after his fight with Jason Davis on December 11.

The bout has been ruled a no-contest.

“As you are aware, before your boxing bout in Nevada on December 11, 2010, you voluntarily submitted to a urinalysis and provided a urine sample to Nevada State Athletic Commission representatives,” Wrote Keith Kizer, head of the Nevada Commission. “The results of the urinalysis reflected the presence of Furosemide, which is not approved by the Commission.

“Consequently, please be advised I am filing a disciplinary complaint against you alleging that you violated section 467.850 of the Commission’s regulations, which prohibit the use of any non-approved drug or stimulant before or during a contest of unarmed combat. It is my recommendation that your license be suspended pending formal disciplinary action.”

Upon the ruling, Guzman was released by his promoter Golden Boy Promotions

LAS VEGAS – LAS VEGAS – Amir Khan’s date with stardom is still there. But for one night it had to wait. Survival got in the way and perhaps forged a stronger possibility that Khan will indeed be the next big thing in boxing.

First, however, he had to prove he could endure.

Khan (24-1, 17 KOs) did so Saturday night in front of an announced Mandalay Bay crowd of 4,600 against volatile Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KOs), the son of an Argentine gaucho who was as wild and dangerous as an angry stallion.

Maidana suffered a first-round knockdown from a body punch, a Khan left that he never saw. He was penalized a point by referee Joe Cortez in the fifth for throwing an elbow. In every round, he threw punches that sometimes left Khan looking dazed and often left at the perilous edge of defeat.
Khan danced away, ducked, countered and desperately held on to victory. He won a decision that was unanimous in name only and narrow in fact.

Judges Jerry Roth and C.J. Ross scored it for Britain’s 140-pound champion, 114-111 each. On Glenn Trowbridge’s card, it was even closer — Khan by a mere point, 113-112.

Immediate emotion after the final bell was evident in some frustration expressed by Maidana’s corner, which to a man was convinced that they had been robbed of victory.

“I thought I did enough in the later rounds to win,’’ Maidana said.

An unidentified member of Maidana’s corner rushed into the ring and appeared to go after Cortez.
He couldn’t get to him, unlike Maidana, who repeatedly got to Khan.

For Kahn, however, part the victory as in a newfound ability to withstand the most powerful puncher in the division. His ability to take a punch has been an apparent weakness since he was stopped within a minute by by Breidis Prescott.

“I’ve got a chin,’’ Khan said. “I was hurt, but I came back stronger.’’

Strong enough perhaps to become the star that everybody believes he can be.

The assumption was that Victor Ortiz was fighting for a chance at a rematch with Marcos Maidana.

Think again.

First, Ortiz might have to settle for a rematch with Lamont Peterson.

Ortiz’ priorities and perhaps career were shuffled with a majority draw Saturday night with Peterson at Mandalay Bay in a junior-welterweight steppingstone before Maidana’s bid at an upset of Amir Khan.

Two judges scored, Dave Moretti and Patricia Morse Jarman, scored it 94-94. On judge Robert Hoyle’s card, it was 95-93 for Peterson.

Ortiz (28-2-2, 22 KOs) was left with the tie, an ambivalent mark on his resume, after scoring two knockdowns in the third round. Slowly, Peterson (28-1-1, 14 KOs) came back with series of punches that lacked power, yet were on target.

“I fell like crap,’’ said Ortiz, whose career was stalled when he was knocked out in 2009 by Maidana. “I thought I pulled it off. He doesn’t hit that hard. But, you know, bleep happens.’’

But there was more than just bleep. There were precise Peterson punches from the seventh round through the 10th. He repeatedly sent sweat flying off Ortiz’ face and head with lefts, rights and just about anything else he threw. Peterson landed 111 punches to 95 by Ortiz, according to PunchStats.

It said Mr. Nice Guy on the green waistband of Jacob Thornton’s trunks.

No argument there.

Thornton (2-2), a super-lightweight from St. Louis, was nice enough to go to his knees in the opening seconds of a first-round loss to Jamie Kavanaugh (4-0, 2 KOs) of Los Angeles.

Forty-four seconds after opening bell for the third fight Saturday on the card featuring Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana at Mandalay Bay, Kavanaugh’s opening assault left Thornton kneeling. It looked as if he were begging for a stoppage.

Junior-welterweight Sharif Bogere (18-0, 11 KOs), an African living in Las Vegas, had the look of a lion. The face of one adorned the front and back of his black trunks. A woman in lion’s costume accompanied him into the ring in the fifth fight on the Khan-Maidana card. Chris Fernandez ( 19-11-1, 11 KOs) of Salt Lake City was prey. Boegere, blood streaming from cuts near both eyes, mauled him for eight rounds, winning a unanimous decision.

Referee Jay Nady granted Thornton’s apparent wish, stopping the fight as though it had been scheduled to last only within the span of two NBA shot clocks.

In the card’s second bout, super-bantamweight Randy Caballero (6-0, 4 KOs) of Coachella, Calif., got a predictable victory and some necessary work in a four-round unanimous decision over Robert Guillen (5-9-3, 1 KO), a tough Phoenix fighter who was knocked down in the opening round.

The show opened in front of few fans and fewer chances for Arizona middleweight Gustavo Medina (1-3-1), who had no defense and even less offense in a third-round loss by TKO to rangy Venezuelan Alfonso Blanco (2-0, 1 KO).

The fourth bout on the Khan-Maidana card was a cross-town battle, two junior-welterweights from Las Vegas. Unbeaten Jessie Vargas (13-0, 7 KOs) prevailed. With Floyd Mayweather Jr. advisor Leonard Ellerbe in his corner, Vargas scored an eight-round, unanimous decision over Ramon Montano (17-9-2, 2 KOs).

Junior-welterweight Sharif Bogere (18-0, 11 KOs), an African living in Las Vegas, had the look of a lion. The face of one adorned the front and back of his black trunks. A woman in lion’s costume accompanied him into the ring in the fifth fight on the Khan-Maidana card. Chris Fernandez ( 19-11-1, 11 KOs) of Salt Lake City was prey. Boegere, blood streaming from cuts near both eyes, mauled him for eight rounds, winning a unanimous decision.

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell (20-0-1, 14 KOs) won the card’s sixth bout. But he didn’t celebrate. At least, not immediately. The ex-Michigan State linebacker was disappointed that Taurus Sykes (25-7-1, 7 KOs) of Brooklyn quit. Not long after a Mitchell left dropped him early in the fifth, Sykes went down again from what appeared to be a grazing punch. Mitchell urged him to get up. Sykes wouldn’t. He stayed down, a KO loser, at 1:42 of the fifth. Mitchell waved his gloves at him in disgust. Then, he celebrated.

In the end, only a white towel was defense against New York welterweight Joan Guzman (31-0-1, 18 KOs). Jason Davis’ corner threw it in surrender at 29 seconds of the second after the intimidated Canadian (11-8-1, 3 KOs) was unable to cope with the powerful Guzman, who dropped him in the opening round with a low blow in the card’s seventh fight and the last one before junior welterweight Victor Ortiz and Lamont Peterson clashed in the co-main event.

New York, NY (September 25) – Two time world champion Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman makes his triumphant return to the squared circle Friday, November 5 against rugged Christopher “Kid Kayo” Fernandez in the ten round main event of “Uptown Showdown” from the Armory Track in New York, NY.

The card will be aired all throughout the US, Mexico and Puerto Rico on TeleFutura, as well as in Guzman’s native Dominican Republic.

Guzman, who lives and fights out of Brooklyn, NY, is 30-0-1 with 17 KO’s, and will make his debut at junior welterweight. With tremendous defensive abilities, world class boxing skills and outstanding quickness, the former super bantamweight and junior lightweight titleholder is recognized amongst the most gifted pugilists on the planet. In his most recent bout, Guzman outpointed well regarded Ali Funeka over twelve rounds to avenge a previous draw.

Having shared the squared circle with elite fighters in Devon Alexander and Paulie Malignaggi, the Salt Lake City, UT based Fernandez is an experienced veteran who never backs down from a challenge. At 18-10-1 (11 KO’s), Fernandez is a respected power puncher with a never say die attitude.

“I know Chris is going to be a tough opponent but I feel very comfortable fighting at 140 lbs,” said Guzman, who has victories over world champions Humberto Soto, Jorge Barrios and Javier Jauregui among others. “There are a lot of great fighters in this weight class and I am ready to prove that I am still one of the best out there!”

In the televised co-feature, featherweight Salvador Sanchez II, 19-4-2 (9 KO’s), of Tianguistenco, Mexico will battle an opponent to be announced in a six round bout.

The nephew of the boxing great whom he shares a name with, Sanchez is quickly building a strong reputation amongst fight fans worldwide.

Slated to appear on the undercard in separate bouts are USBA Junior Lightweight titleholder Argenis Mendez, four time US Amateur champion Roberto Benitez and Shamir Reyes of Brooklyn, Queens, NY’s Jose Guzman, former women’s titlist Eileen Olszewski and debuting Armin Mrkanovic.

Tickets start at an economic friendly $25 and exclusive VIP tables are also available by calling 212-679-2461.

The Armory Track is located at 216 Ft. Washington Ave New York, NY 10032 and Doors open at 6:30 pm. The opening bell is slated for 7:00.

The card is being promoted by Golden Boy Promotions.

15rounds’ Matt Yanofsky exclusively goes 1 on 1 with unbeaten 140 lb contender Joan Guzman. Guzman, a former two division world champion, also informed us of his upcoming bout July 31 against Joel Casamayor. Here is what he had to say.
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Marcos Maidana retained the WBA “Interim” Super Lightweight title with a sixth round stoppage over previously undefeated Victor Cayo at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The bout was competitive over the first four rounds as each guy accomplished what they set out to do. In Cayo’s case it was to move in and out and mix it up when need be while Maidana was looking and at times imposed his will on Cayo.

At the end of round two, Maidana landed a left to the top of the head just as the bell sounded that put Cayo on the canvas. Replays showed that the punch may have come a split second afher the round finished but was still was ruled a knockdown by referee Joe Cortez.

Round five saw the most action with fighters having success with Cayo landing the flurries and Maidana landing the hard shots.

In round six, Maidna landed a good right hand that was followed up by a right to the body that sent Cayo down to the canvas for Cortez ten count at the 1:38 mark of thr round.

Maidana, 140 lbs of Santa Fe, Argentina is now 28-1 with twenty-seven knockouts. Cayo, 140 lbs of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic loses for the first time and is 24-1.

Joan Guzman made amends (sort of) for his poor performance last November when he was bludgeoned by Ali Funeka only to get a gift draw. This time Guzman showed the skills that many boxing insider praised throughout the last half decade as Guzman defeated Funeka by split decision in a fight that was tainted by Guzman’s in ability to make the weight for the bout which originally to be contested for the IBF Lightweight title.

Guzman showed his elusiveness early by showing lightning handspeed and reflexes as he would make Funeka miss and then make him pay. Funeka came forward to throw more then 250 more punches then did Guzman and had some success as he pressed the action but Guzman was efficient was his countering and body punching.

In round six, Guzman landed a huge right to the top of the head that sent Funeka to the canvas. Funeka had some moments going down the stretch but they werent enough as Guzman was very consitant with his combinations and movement.

Guzman won by scores of 116-111 and 114-113 while Funeka took a card by a 114-113 tally.

Guzman was unable to compter for the IBF crown as he weighed in a staggering NINE pounds overweight at Fridays weigh-in. After a financial deal with Funeka’s camp, the fight went on. Guzman, 144 lbs of Brooklyn, NY remains undefeated at 30-0-1. Funeka, 135 lbs of East London, South Africa is now 30-3-3.