‘Carlos Molina’

Anthony Crolla will achieve a lifetime ambition when he boxes at the MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas, on Saturday night (Sept 17).

Manchester’s British lightweight champion boxes a non-title eight rounder against Mexican - Juan Montiel, on the Victor Ortiz-Floyd Mayweather Jr undercard. More...

Last night at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV, Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko waged a thrilling battle for the IBF bantamweight title in a bout that will unfortunately be remembered as a foul-fest.

Challenger Mares spent the first two rounds attacking the champion in an effective two-handed assault that put Agbeko back on his heels.

The scintillating performance was marred, however, by the first instances of what was to be numerous low blows from Mares that, aside from a few motions to keep the blows up, went largely un-addressed by referee Russell Mora.

Another refereeing mis-step occurred in the first frame when Agbeko hit the canvas after wheeling out of control from missing a wild hook but was counted for a knockdown. More...

Undefeated rising star and WBC Silver 118-pound titleholder Abner Mares participated in a Los Angeles media workout on Thursday, just nine days before he will take on IBF bantamweight champ Joseph King Kong Agbeko in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All on Saturday, August 13, live on Showtime (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. More...

Boxing promoters Don King Productions and Golden Boy Promotions will include a World Boxing Council United States heavyweight national championship, a World Boxing Association Fedecaribe regional junior lightweight championship and a handful of boxing’s top undefeated rising stars on the non-televised undercard of the Showtime Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All that pits International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko against undefeated WBC silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares on Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. More...

Light middleweight Paul Williams posted a debatable majority decision last night over highly touted prospect Erislandy Lara last night in the main event of a big show at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall.

Williams was coming off a crushing second round KO in a rematch with WBC middleweight champ Sergio Martinez while Lara was stepping up in class after being held to a draw by upset specialist Carlos Molina.

The first frame illustrated Lara's edge in quickness and balance as the prospect had no problem landing left hands on Williams, who came forward, throwing more punches with less accuracy.

Williams used the jab more in the second, making his pressure more effective against Lara, who was still landing at a high percentage but wasn't active enough to take advantage of this.

Lara started clinching anytime Williams got in close, making for an ugly, tangled third round. Williams let loose in the fourth, throwing everything but not connecting with much while Lara began to land bracing left power hands between bouts of wrestling in the clinches.

In a change of tactics, Lara tried to fight Williams on the inside rather than clinching in the fifth and got hit with a lot of body shots and hooks for his trouble. Lara still accurate when he did throw but was outworked by a much busier opponent.

After a few unintentional head clashes, Williams was cut on the left eyelid while Lara developed an ever growing knot of swelling to his left temple. More...

Not all fights predicted to be barnburners actually live up to that billing but last night at Home Depot Center in Carson, California, WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios and challenger Urbano Antillon produced a short but thrilling war of non-stop action.

Both combatants had made their careers on forcing opponents to fight backing up and each had vowed going into last evening's clash that they would not take a backward step.

The first round saw those promises kept as Rios and Antillon continued the animosity displayed during the pre-fight media buildup, immediately going head to head and crashing in big shots from the first bell.

Antillon looked to have the faster hands but the more compact style of Rios seemed to leave the champion less open to the numerous punches that were flying all over the place.

By the midway point of the first, Rios seemed the stronger man and was landing the more telling shots, setting up the challenger with a hard jab before whipping in a rain of hurtful right hands and uppercuts that rattled Antillon. More...

Former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KOs), of Carolina, Puerto Rico, will mark his return to the Showtime airwaves while Carlos Molina of Chicago will make his network debut when they meet this Saturday, July 9, in the co-feature on Showtime at10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.,

Just one week before the 10th anniversary of ShoBox: The New Generation, Cintron, who fought three times on ShoBox from 2001 to 2002 including the series’ third telecast, will take on Molina in a 10-round junior middleweight tilt. More...

Aside from some one-on-one, in-your-face jawing during a face-off for photographers, both Brandon “Bam Bam’’ Rios and Urbano Antillon were well-behaved and civil to each other during Wednesday’s final press conference for their highly anticipated world title fight this Saturday, July 9, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.

Rios and Antillon had spent weeks jawing, and at one point the heated verbal exchanges nearly caused them to come to blows, but Wednesday at Wilshire Grand Los Angeles their focus solo was on Saturday when Rios (27-0-1, 19 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., defends his WBA lightweight championship against Antillon (28-2, 20 KOs), of Maywood, Calif., in the main event on Showtime Championship Boxing. More...

Due to a minor injuries sustained in a recent car accident, Oxnard's "Dangerous" David Rodela has been forced to withdraw from his Thursday, November 18 bout against Norwalk's Carlos Molina at L.A. Live's Club Nokia. Stepping in for Rodela to face the unbeaten Molina will be Puerto Rico's John Figueroa. More...

The second season of "Fight Night Club" will come to a close on Thursday, November 18, and Golden Boy Promotions and AEG have saved the best for last with an All-Los Angeles showdown between unbeaten Carlos Molina and fellow prospect "Dangerous" David Rodela that will have local fans on their feet from start to finish at L.A. Live's Club Nokia. More...

Unbeaten Nevada prospects Anthony Martinez and Michael Finney have been added to Friday night's stellar "Sólo Boxeo Tecate" event at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera, California, where they will join fellow standouts Eloy Perez and Carlos Molina. More...

TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo" returns to sunny Southern California on Friday, August 13 and its packing the young guns, as promising up and comers Eloy Perez and Carlos Molina take on stern tests in featured bouts at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera, California. More...

IBF light middle champ Cory Spinks returns to the ring this Saturday as the slick southpaw squares off with challenger Carlos Molina at Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas, NV on the undercard of the Joseph Agbeko vs. Yhonny Perez IBF bantam title clash.

Spinks, 37-5 (11), a former unified welterweight champion, recaptured the IBF 154 pound crown in April by winning a tough split decision against younger crosstown rival Deandre Lattimore.

At 31, Spinks may have lost a step but should still have it together enough to get past the challenge posed by Molina.

However, Molina is fresher at age 26 and has been much more active than the champion, with this being the sixth bout he's performed in since December of last year. More...

Golden Boy Promotions presents the return of ex-super bantam world champion Israel Vazquez, who meets Angel Priolo at featherweight tonight at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Featherweights, 10 rounds
Israel Vazquez: 125.75 lb
Angel Priolo: 124.75 lb More...

Golden Boy Promotions puts on a fight card tonight at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA.

Super middleweights, 6 rounds
Enrique Ornelas: 167.4 lb
Roberto Baro: 167.2 lb More...