In a video with FightHype.com, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says a fight between WBO Featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs) and former WBA Featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) is a done deal.
The Bryant Jennings vs. Luis Ortiz co-main event saw two Super Featherweights--former WBA Featherweight and Super Featherweight World Champion Nicolas "Axe Man" Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) and Jason Sosa (18-1-4, 14 KOs)--wage a superb battle with both fighters landing tremendous sharp, accurate shots throughout the fight.
On the December 19 co-main event of Jennings-Ortiz, Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) and Jason Sosa (18-1-4, 14 KOs) fought to a controversial majority draw at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.
Nicholas Walters (26-0, 21 KOs) remained undefeated on Saturday night as he defeated the previously unbeaten Miguel Marriaga (20-1, 18 KOs) by a unanimous 12-round decision.
After losing the WBA Featherweight world championship on the scale yesterday, Nicholas Walters (26-0, 21 KOs) remained undefeated by winning a unanimous 12-round decision over Miguel Marriaga (20-1, 18 KOs).
On the eve of New York City's annual Puerto Rican Day, the undefeated Verdejo (18-0, 13 KOs) won a one-sided ten round unanimous decision victory over Ivan Najera (16-1, 8 KOs) to win the WBO Latino lightweight title.
On the untelevised undercard of the Featherweight showdown between Nicholas Walters and Miguel Marriaga, Mike Reed (15-0, 8 KOs) scored a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Luis Joel Gonzalez (11-1-1, 6 KOs) at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.
HBO Boxing After Dark fighters weighed in on Friday, June 12, 2015 before their respective fights take place on Saturday night.
HBO Boxing Insider Kieran Mulvaney goes one on one with Nicholas Walters and Miguel Marriaga.
Thrilling featherweight world champion Nicholas ‘Axe Man’ Walters says he doesn’t recall losing to Columbian hard-hitter Miguel Marriaga as an amateur.
Saturday, June 13 from The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Jamaica native and undefeated power puncher Nicholas Walters(25-0-0, 21 KOs) takes on Colombia’s Miguel Marriaga(20-0-0 18 KOs) as the main event on HBO Boxing After Dark.
Read on for Round By Round Boxing's staff predictions for Nicholas Walters vs. Miguel Marriaga and Felix Verdejo vs. Ivan Najera.
Hailing from Montego Bay, Jamaica Nicholas Walters is the WBA featherweight world champion known as the Axe Man. Check out his greatest hits before he defends his WBA title against Miguel Marriaga on Saturday night.
Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight world champion NICHOLAS "Axe Man" WALTERS of Jamaica, and the boxing gem of Puerto Rico, undefeated No. 3 world-rated lightweight contender FELIX "El Diamante" VERDEJO and their opponents, Top-10 contender MIGUEL "The Scorpion" MARRIAGA and IVÁN "Bam Bam" NAJERA, respectively, hosted a media workout in Manhattan today.
Saturday, June 13, 2015, Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21 KOs) takes on Miguel Marriaga (20-0, 18 KOs) while Felix Verdejo (17-0, 13 KOs) takes on Ivan Najera (16-0, 8 KOs).
