The middleweight champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., is being pushed to defend his title against the mandatory challenger Sergio Martinez - or in the alternative he must vacate the belt. A few months ago, WBC president Jose Sulaiman gave Chavez permission to make a voluntary defense against Peter Manfredo Jr read more ...

In his first title defense, «Son of the Legend» and WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (44-0-1, 31 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over former Contender winner Peter Manfredo Jr (37-7, 20 KOs) on Saturday night at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas. In one of his best performances, Chavez was in command the whole way and got the stoppage from referee Laurence Cole in round five after rocking Manfredo read more ...

The weights are in for Saturday’s HBO televised middleweight showdown. Undefeated WBC champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30KOs) will make the first defense of his title against Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20KOs) at Reliant Arena in Houston. Chavez came in at 159.8-pounds, while Manfredo half a pound under at 159.5. The card is promoted by Top Rank read more ...

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IBF #9, WBC #11 middleweight Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Daniel Edouard (23-4-2, 14 KOs) on Friday night outdoors on a clear 64° January night at Mallory Square in Key West, Florida read more ...

With the knockout streak out of the way and a Canadian championship safely in hand, unbeaten David Lemieux (21-0, 20 KOs) defends his super-middleweight belt versus rugged Walid Smichet (20-6-3, 14 KOs) on April 3 in what will be the final Casino de Montreal show for quite some time. Lemieux was able to reel off twenty straight knockouts before being forced to go the distance in winning the Canadian crown versus Jason Naugler read more ...

Former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (23-1, 17 KOs) outworked The Contender's Peter Manfredo Jr. (28-5, 13 KOs) over ten rounds to claim a unanimous decision. Lacy dropped Manfredo with a right hand in round four, and went on to win by scores of 95-94, 96-93, 97-92 read more ...

Moments ago, Boxingtalk was informed by Peter Manfredo Sr. that his son, Peter Manfredo Jr., less than two weeks removed from his loss to super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe, will be returning to the ring in an off-TV bout on May 11. The chosen opponent for Manfredo, 26-4 with 12 KO’s, will be journeyman Ted Muller read more ...

Joe Calzaghe dismantled Peter Manfredo Jr to make the 20th successful defence of his WBO super middleweight title at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Welshman Calzaghe, 35, thrilled the 35,000 spectators with a third-round stoppage of the American, a former reality TV star. read more ...

Joe Calzaghe weighed in at 168 lbs and Peter Manfredo weighed in at 166 lbs for their HBO-televised showdown tomorrow in front of 35,000+ at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Three-time world champion Diego "Chico" Corrales and world-ranked welterweight contender Joshua Clottey each weighed in officially Friday at 149 pounds for their 10-round read more ...