David Benavidez and Jose Uzcategui are finalizing a deal for a rescheduled fight in January at super middleweight.
Mike Coppinger is reporting the news of the fight between interim WBC 168-lb champion Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) and former IBF champion Uzcategui (32-4, 27 KOs) for January.
Here’s some more bad news by way of a fight being called off. As per a tweet from Mike Coppinger, Jose Uzcategui has tested positive for banned substance rEPO, this under VADA regulations, and his fight with David Benavidez, which was set for November 13, is now off.
Unbeaten two-time world champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavídez and former champion José Uzcátegui previewed their upcoming WBC Super Middleweight title eliminator during a virtual press conference Tuesday before they meet in the SHOWTIME main event on Saturday, August 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Footprint Center – home of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury.
Unbeaten two-time world champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavídez will square off against former champion José Uzcátegui in a WBC Super Middleweight title eliminator as Benavídez returns to his hometown of Phoenix for the first time in six years in the SHOWTIME main event on Saturday, August 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Footprint Center – home of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury.
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) captured the vacant WBA secondary lightweight title on Saturday night with a 12th round knockout win over Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-3,18 KOs) at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
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WBA Vacant Lightweight World Championship
Gervonta Davis – 134 ¾ lbs.
Boxing’s hottest attraction, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, and former unified champion Yuriorkis Gamboa, went face to face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they battle for the vacant WBA Lightweight Title this Saturday, December 28 live on SHOWTIME from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
The challenger proved to be the aggressor as Caleb Plant became the IBF Super Middleweight World Champion, defeating Jose Uzcategui in the main event of the first Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes event of 2019, which took place at the Microsoft Theater at L.A.
IBF super middleweight champion Jose Uzcategui (28-3, 23 KOs) got off to a poor start on Sunday night and never recovered in losing a 12 round unanimous decision to IBF mandatory challenger Caleb ‘Sweethands’ Plant (18-0, 10 KOs) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Premier Boxing Champions new 4-year deal with Fox Sports kicked-off with a bang on December 22nd with the both Charlo twins in competitive fights.