World Boxing News 2010-2013

Phil D. Jay  WBN Editor Featherweight champ aims to secure big fights Billy Dib will keep himself hovering around 126-130lbs whilst the Australian looks to secure high-profile contests against the likes of Chris John and Adrien Broner in the near future. The 26 year-old IBF featherweight king moves back up to super-featherweight for the first time officially since 2008 against the hard-hitting Juan Antonio Rodriguez in Campsie, Australia and will be aiming to score his 35th professional win from 36 recorded bouts on July 13. Dib told WBN that he will then contemplate unifying the division or aiming to become a two-weight world champion at the higher weight thereafter. “To be completely honest with you I'm ready and willing to face any of the other champions,” Dib told World Boxing News. “My first dream was to win a world title and now my dream is to be a multiple belt holder. “I'm really comfortable making the weight (126lbs) so I don't actually k...

Phil D. Jay  WBN Editor ‘The Kid’ hoping to set up unification bout IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib is hoping that WBA ‘super’ title holder Chris John lowers his demands as he attempts to seal a massive unification fight at 126lbs against the Indonesian. The 26 year-old, who blasted Italian Alberto Servidei out in one round in his first defence of his title last week, sees a victory over the 47-fight undefeated fighter as a route to the top of the division and wants John to be more realistic in negotiations. ''He is out-pricing himself, he is asking for ridiculous figures,'' Dib told The Canberra Times. ''When you are asking for ridiculous figures, that mean you are scared, you are worried - you are trying to get a payout.'' ''I want to unify the division and I want it to be definitive, I don’t want to just win. ''To win definitive is to knock Chris John out - that would be an amazing achievement. ...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor ‘The Kid’ meets ‘Baby Face’ later this month Australian featherweight Billy Dib will challenge Jorge Lacierva on home soil later this month for the IBF title that was stripped from Yuriorkis Gamboa in April this year. The busy 25 year-old has fought 33 times in just under seven years, with just one defeat and will now host the Mexican on July 29th. Lacierva, 32, earned his right to challenge in April with a one-side points win against Fernando Beltran and is undefeated in four years, since losing a WBA super-bantamweight title fight to Celestino Caballero. The US-based fighter will now travel to New South Wales for the bout, which is on the younger Dib’s doorstep. Former champion Gamboa, 29, had the title taken away from him after failing to meet the IBF regulations regarding weigh-in procedures for his unification bout with Orlando Salido. The undefeated Cuban is now without a title after the WBA also removed his ‘super’ belt as his was no longer a u...