With a nearly perfect and utterly dominating performance on Friday night, NABO Lightweight champion Martin Honorio, 28-4-1 (14 ), retained his title by outclassing the previously unbeaten Wilton Hilario, 12-1-1 (9), at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. From the first round on Honorio utilized a strong jab and his far superior boxing…
As a ringside observer in the Academy Award-winning biopic “Raging Bull†quipped after Jake LaMotta bloodied and battered an opponent named Tony Janiro for ten painful rounds, “He Ain’t Pretty Anymoreâ€! Neither is the boxer dubbed “Pretty Warrior†Before a packed house and ESPN2 television audience, Mexico City’s Martin “El Brochas†Honorio (28-4-1, 14 KOs)…
Goosen-Tutor promotes a fight card tonight at Pechanga Casino in Temecula, CA. NABO Lightweight Championship, 12 rounds Martin Honorio: 129 lb Wilton Hilario: 128.5 lb NABO Youth Super Bantam Championship, 8 rounds Rico Ramos: 123.5 lb Cecilio Santos: 122.25 lb
A trio of Goossen Tutor Promotions’ hot young prospects will be in action on the super-charged undercard of promoter Dan Goossen’s seven-bout pro boxing event in the Grand Ballroom of the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California on March 5. The scheduled eight-round, co-featured bout – to be televised on “ESPN Friday Night Fights 
Last night at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV lightweight contender Breidis Prescott picked up his first pro loss at the hands of Mexican veteran Miguel Vazquez, who pounded out a split decision victory. Colombian bomb thrower Prescott, 21-1 (18), came into the bout best known for crushing Britain’s heavily hyped Amir Khan last year…
It was a good weekend at the fights north of the border and we start with the undercard of the Timothy Bradley vs. Kendall Holt bill last night at Montreal’s Bell Centre. Iron-chinned former Canadian light heavy and super middle title challenger David Whittom, 10-8-1 (6), gave Interim WBC Light Heavyweight titlist Adrian Diaconu, 26-0…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Fists were flying in Montreal as Timothy Bradley and Kendall Holt exchanged fierce blows for 12 electrifying rounds to unify the 140 pound WBC and WBO titles on Saturday evening’s Showtime Championship Boxing. In the end, Bradley won a close unanimous decision with two judges scoring the bout 115-111…
The Great White North sees a good evening of boxing with two shows tonight in Montreal, with the primary focus on the light welterweight unification clash between WBC Champion Timothy Bradley and WBO Champion Kendall Holt at the Bell Centre. Bradley, 23-0 (11), is the favorite in this one but given the mercurial nature of…
Mdantsane Indoor Center in East London had the distinction of hosting fight cards on both Friday and Saturday night and each evening saw explosive finishes in this Eastern Cape venue. Saturday was the larger of the two fight cards, with four title belts on tap. Headlining the bill was the IBO Minimumweight Championship that saw…