WBF Women’s Welterweight Champion Anne Sophie Mathis decisively defended her title Saturday night in Yutz, France when she beat Puerto Rican-American challenger Cindy Serrano by wide unanimous decision. After ten one-sided rounds, where Mathis controlled almost every second and put on a very impressive display of her boxing skills, judges …
Read More »Showtime Announces Busy Autumn ShoBox Fight Schedule
When last seen on ShoBox: The New Generation, Vincent “Vinsanity” Arroyo scored an exciting upset majority decision over then-unbeaten welterweight prospect Willie Nelson. On Friday, Sept. 9 at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) live on Showtime, Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs), of South Bronx, N.Y., returns as the …
Read More »United Boxers Back With Another Baltimore Fight Card
United Boxers returns with another evening of world-class professional boxing on Friday, August 19th at the DuBurns Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. Included among the area’s finest professional boxers on the August 19th card are heavy handed, undefeated welterweight James Stevenson, The Taylor Brothers, Maxell and Emmanuel, along with undefeated cruiserweight …
Read More »McBride vs. Wach Reaches Zero Hour At Mohegan Sun
The temperature rose immensely Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT, as fighters took the scales to weigh in for Friday night’s scheduled fights. Jimmy Burchfield, Classic Entertainment and Sports, in association with Global Boxing, have put together an extravagant ten bout card featuring top global and domestic …
Read More »Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito 2 – Advantage Cotto
There have been reasons to discredit Miguel Angel Cotto in the past few years, especially after his first encounter with Antonio Margarito. However, the fighter from Puerto Rico is looking for a chance at redemption and revenge against Margarito on December 3rd, 2011. There are many factors that will come …
Read More »Burns vs. Cook For WBO Title In Big British Showdown
Saturday night sees a massive UK fight card at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, headlined by Ricky Burns’ WBO super feather title defense against a former owner of that belt, Nicky Cook. This fight has an interesting genealogy as Cook, 30-2 (16), lost the crown in 2009 to Puerto Rican bomber Roman …
Read More »Bucket List for any Boxing Fan – Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event By now everyone has read and heard about Mike Tyson getting choked up or Sylvester Stallone declaring “Yo, Adrian! I did it!” as they gave their induction speeches this past weekend at the International Boxing Hall of Fame. It was …
Read More »Serrano Stops Scott To Win NABF Crown In New York
Unbeaten, 22-year-old Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano captured the vacant NABF super featherweight title, stopping Jennifer Scott at 1:46 of the opening round, last Saturday night at historic Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Serrano (10-0-1, 6 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico who lives in Brooklyn, was fighting at …
Read More »Two Nights of Action at the Roseland Ballroom
In the second of two consecutive nights of boxing at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, unbeaten Puerto Rican featherweight Luis ‘Orlandito’ Del Valle won the NABA featherweight championship with a ten round unanimous decision over Dat Nguyen, a Vietnamese boxer out of Vero Beach, Florida. Team Puerto Rico …
Read More »Del Valle Dazzles Against Nguyen On Special Saturday ShoBox
On a second consecutive night of fights on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime, featherweight Luis Orlando “Orlandito” Del Valle’s rising star shined in a 10-round unanimous decision over Dat “Be Dat’’ Nguyen with scores of 99-91 three times. In the co-feature, Jonathan Gonzalez scored a convincing 10-round unanimous decision …
Read More »Gonzalez Outpoints Rorie On “Boricua Invasion” Fight Card
Star Boxing’s hard-hitting Puerto Rican prospect, Emanuel Gonzalez, kept his undefeated record in tact, with a dominating performance over Jason Rorie earlier tonight on the undercard of the Boricua Invasion, at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The 23-year-old super featherweight Gonzalez, the 2008 NY Golden Gloves 125 lb. …
Read More »Puerto Rican Quartet Ready For Big ShoBox Opportunity
Only days before an unprecedented weekend of back-to-back, coast-to-coast editions of ShoBox: The New Generation, Saturday’s fighters gathered in front of a media-packed room at The Parlour Restaurant on 30th Street in Manhattan. As their forthcoming bouts will take place on the eve of New York’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, …
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