February 11 in San Antonio WBC featherweight champion Ray Vargas (36-0, 22 KOs) will face Miguel Flores (25-4-1, 12 KOs). For Vargas, this will be the first defense of the trophy won in July.
After a four-year break, the former world champion in three weight categories is going to return to the ring Abner Mares (31-3-1, 15 KOs). On September 4, the American boxer will face Miguel Flores (25-4, 12 KOs) at a boxing evening in Los Angeles.
About a day remains before the rematch of Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) and Luis Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs), and on the eve of this event Nevada State Athletic Commission announced the official purses of the main participants in the upcoming boxing evening in Las Vegas. It should be noted that the official purses are not always, and certainly not in this case coincide with reality.
On November 23 in Las Vegas, Leo Santa Cruz (36-1-1, 19 KOs) will fight for the title in his fourth weight category. The Mexican will face Miguel Flores (24-2, 12 KOs), and WBA super featherweight regular belt will be at the stake in this duel. In the main event of the evening Deontay Wilder will face Luis Ortiz.
Super featherweight veteran Dat Nguyen (20-3, 7 KOs) scored a stunning sixth round TKO over previously undefeated prospect Miguel Flores (21-1, 9 KOs) on Tuesday night at Silver Street Studio in Houston, Texas. It was a see-saw battle for the first five rounds, but the 34-year-old Nguyen staggered Flores in round six and battered him to the canvas. Flores beat the count, but Nguyen pounced and brutally punished Flores until referee Lawrence Cole waved it off. Time was 1:02.