Looks like Erik Morales could be facing Lucas Matthysse, and not Jorge Barrios, for the vacant WBC super lightweight championship on September 17 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Word out Argentina is that Golden Boy Promotions and Mario Arano, manager of Lucas Matthysse, reached an agreement today read more ...

With today’s announcement of the WBC’s sanctioning of the Spetember 17th fight between Erik “El Terrible” Morales and Jorge Barrios for the vacant WBC Super Lightweight title, WBC president Jose Sulaiman felt the need to clarify the status of former champion Timothy Bradley. In his direct statement to Fightnews, here is Sulaiman had to say read more ...

Former champion Jorge Barrios returned for the first time in nearly a year, winning an easy twelve round decision over Moises Castro in a lightweight bout on Saturday night at the Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti in Cordoba, Argentina. Barrios refuses to forget about his grudge with WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero read more ...

Fighting words were flying at today's final press conference for Saturday's HBO doubleheader featuring Houston's former unified world champion, Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz against Australian warrior Michael "The Great" Katsidis and Houston native and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Rocky Juarez against former junior lightweight world champion Jorge "La Hiena" Barrios at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas read more ...

Barrios update from today's weigh-in: While the fight between now-former WBO Jr. Lightweight Champion Jorge Barrios and undefeated Joan Guzman will go on, only the undefeated Dominican will have a chance to walk away with the belt. Because he could not make the 130-pound limit today, Barrios has now been stripped of his belt. The two camps have completed negotiations, with Barrios having to settle the matter of extra poundage for an undisclosed read more ...

Jorge 'La Hiena' Barrios made a successful first defence of his WBO super-featherweight title at the Orfeo Superdomo in Cordoba, Argentina on Friday night with a destructive second round win over Victor Santiago. Barrios, 44-2-1-(32), floored the Puerto Rican challenger three times before the bout was stopped after 2.30 of the second round. Barrios improves to 44-2-1-(32). read more ...

Jorge Barrios won the vacant WBO jr lightweight title with an impressive fourth round stoppage of previously undefeated former champ Mike Anchondo Friday night at the Miccosukee Resort in Miami. Barrios was the aggressor from the outset and dropped Anchondo at the end of round three. He went right back to work on Anchondo in round four and put Anchondo... read more ...

Mike Anchondo became the former WBO super featherweight champion Thursday afternoon at the Miccosukee Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida, after weighing in 4 Ѕ pounds over the division limit of 130 pounds for his Friday night showdown with Argentina’s Jorge Rodrigo Barrios. Barrios, who weighed in at a lean and ready 128 pounds, has decided he will fight his larger opponent in the main event of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, and despite the title now being declared vacant, if “La Hiena” defeats Anchondo... read more ...