WBA lightweight champion Juan Diaz added the WBO belt to his collection Saturday night when Acelino Freitas' corner stopped their title unification fight at the end of the eighth round. Diaz improved to 32-0, winning his second world title at the age of 23 with the dominating performance against Freitas (38-2), a four-time world champion. David Diaz (WBC) and Julio Diaz (IBF) also hold lightweight titles. read more ...

Acelino Freitas snd Juan Diaz, the WBO and WBA lightweight champions, respectively, addressed the media and each other at Thursday's final news conference for their title unification fight at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT, before meeting each other in the ring to unify their titles. Freitas (38-1, 32 KOs) and Diaz (31-0, 15 KOs) headline the 100th professional boxing card hosted by Foxwoods. read more ...

WBO Lightweight Champion Acelino "Popó" Freitas surprised everyone here in Brazil today when he announced that he doesn't plan to keep fighting as a professional. The Brazilian, who compiled a record of 38-1, 32 KOs, has been one of the world's top fighters since the beginning of his career, in 1995. He defeated, amog others, Anatoly Alexandrov, Joel Casamayor, Arthur Grigorian. read more ...

Former world champion Acelino Freitas (38-1, 32 KOs) won back his former WBO lightweight belt with a twelve round split decision over Zahir Raheem (27-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Freitas got off to a good start, but Raheem was able to turn the tables in the middle rounds as the pace slowed. Both fighters had their moments down the stretch with the fight ending in a heated exchange. Scores read more ...

Brazilian boxing star Acelino "Popó" Freitas (37-1, 32 KOs) told the Brazilian Boxing Confederation that he will fight Zahir Raheem (27-1, 16 KOs) on April 29 in the United States. According to HBO, the bout is slated to be televised on a "Boxing After Dark" show taking place at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, CT. Freitas fought only one round last year, stopping overmatched Fabian Salazar in July in the first round in his read more ...

Looks like WBC/WBO lightweight champion Diego Corrales will next face Aeclino Freitas in a rematch of their August 2004 bout won by Corrales. Freitas promoter Art Pelullo is excercising the second of two options he held on Corrales to force the Freitas rematch happen according to ESPN. There is no guarantee that Corrales would still have both belts under that scenario, as the WBC is pushing for an immediate rematch between Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo. read more ...