After a difficult 2013 in which he lost decisions in both of his fights, former junior middleweight titlist Austin Trout took off almost nine months before returning. That sort of layoff, however, is now a thing of the past for Trout.
Trout, who ended the layoff on Aug. 22 with a 10-round unanimous decision win against Australia's Daniel Dawson at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California, on ESPN2, will return to the same venue and network to face Luis Grajeda on Dec. 11.
The junior middleweight fight, which was signed on Monday, will be one of the bouts on an ESPN boxing special to honor late promoter Dan Goossen, who died Sept. 29 after brief battle with liver cancer. His company, Goossen Promotions, will put on the show.
"Pechanga Resort & Casino had always been one of Dan's favorite places to put on a show," said Goossen Promotions matchmaker Tom Brown, Goossen's brother-in-law, who is now running the company. "(ESPN's) Brian Kweder came to me with the idea, which I thought was great, and when I went to Pechanga. They were so accommodating they actually moved an event to help us make this special night happen."
Although the other bouts are not finalized, former two-time heavyweight title challenger Chris Arreola (35-4, 31 KOs), 33, of Riverside, California, is slated to be on the card in his first bout since Bermane Stiverne stopped him in the sixth round of their rematch to win a vacant world title in May. The leading candidate to face Arreola is Joe Hanks (21-2, 14 KOs), 31, of Newark, New Jersey, who has lost back-to-back fights.
A third fight also is likely to be added to the telecast, the rescheduled bout between heavyweights Johnathon Banks (29-2-1, 19 KOs) and Antonio Tarver (30-6, 21 KOs), the former light heavyweight world champion. They were scheduled fight on Sept. 29 in Hidalgo, Texas, but the bout was postponed after Tarver fractured his thumb training. Tarver, 45, of Tampa, would be returning from a 13-month layoff while Banks, 32, of Detroit, who also serves as the head trainer for heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, would be coming off an 18-month layoff following a decision loss to Seth Mitchell in their rematch.
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at nikkas hating on #GGGoodBoys.
..i dont buy into conspiracies or shyt like that but that shyt was not on the level...the one time banks opened up in that fight in the 3rd or 4th round and seth was in trouble..then afterwards did absolutely nothing but go in the tank while seth struggleworked his way to a decision..i couldnt even call bullshyt or robbery...breathe on seth and he'd start wobbling..thankfully hbo saw the light and told him it was time to sink or swim against arreola....
at the amount of betting disrespect shown seth for that fight
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