Former WBC and IBF Welterweight kingpin Vernon Forrest sent a late power surge through opponent Elco Garcia in the tenth and final round of their bout this evening at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California, electrifying the audience at the Goosen - Tutor promoted event. Forrest shocked his less experienced adversary with a high voltage left hook that struck Colorado native Garcia down like a bolt of lightning. The charged up Forrest, 37-2 (28), is due to appear at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas in December and there is speculation that the Atlanta man could once again contend for a world title belt.
As the main co-feature, Ex-NABA Light Welter strapholder Hector Camacho Jr had to climb off the canvas twice in order to narrowly outpoint relative novice Nelson Aaron Estupinan over eight contentious rounds
Click to read more boxing articles by Curtis McCormick
Discuss in Boxing Forum
Related Boxing Articles...
Of the twenty-seven punches Vernon "Viper" Forrest landed in less than two rounds of action in the opening bout of the televised action at the MGM Grand on Saturday night >
"The Viper" Is Running Out Of Patience!
"To have patience is the ability to wait for things that you wish to happen, happen! You sit, you toil and you tarry. You >
The boxing community is in mourning yet again today as reports surface that former two-weight world champion Vernon Forrest was gunned down last night in Atlanta, GA.
Forrest reportedly was involved >
Fresh off DiBella Entertainment’s Paulie Malignaggi taking on Miguel Cotto for the WBO junior welterweight title at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, DBE will bring another promotion to the >
When you think about the name "Sugar" and the word "boxing", various images pop into your head. Mostly, it's the three Sugars of the generations. You have Sugar Ray Robinson, >
"I am deeply, deeply saddened by this senseless horrible tragedy and my heart goes out to his mother and family.
"Vernon was a great fighter but much more importantly, he >
Last night at New York's fabled Madison Square Garden, former welterweight world champions Vernon Forrest and Ike Quartey clashed as light middleweights and when the smoke finally cleared it was >
Sergio Mora of Los Angeles and Vernon Forrest of Atlanta, make their pro basketball allegiances known Thursday during a press conference at Gallagher’s Steak House in New York City. >
Vernon Forrest won a battle of former welterweight champions last night at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington by comprehensively outboxing the determined but outgunned Carlos Baldomir over twelve >
Just three months after Sergio Mora upset the massively favored reigning champion Vernon Forrest to win the IBF Super Welterweight title, the pair will once again don the gloves in >
