It’s June so no better time than Friday for Graduation Day for three talented ShoBox: The New Generation alums returning for a Friday night tripleheader live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Lateef Kayode (199.5 pounds), Chris Avalos (120 pounds) and Archie Ray Marquez (133 pounds) all hit their contracted…
Facing the toughest opponent of his short professional career, undefeated featherweight prospect and Cuban Olympian Luis Franco eked out a close split-decision victory over the extremely tough and powerful Leonilo Miranda in Friday’s main event of ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez , Calif.
Undefeated featherweight prospect and former Cuban Olympian Luis Franco and knockout artist Leonilo Miranda both weighed in at 126 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. Franco (8-0, 5 KOs) will square off with Miranda (26-2, 25 KOs) in his toughest test to date in the 10-round featherweight main…
Gary Shaw announced today the signing of middleweight prospect and former amateur sensation Kurtiss Colvin to an exclusive promotional contract with Gary Shaw Productions (GSP). Colvin (2-0, 2 KOs), from Austin TX., will make his debut under the GSP banner on Friday, February 4, at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. He will…
The knockout streak lives on for Lateef “Power†Kayode, the Hollywood cruiserweight from Nigeria who registered a sixth-round knockout for the 14th consecutive fight on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime Friday night from Chumash Casino Resort. In the co-feature, former Cuban Olympian Luis “La Estrella†Franco remained undefeated moving his record to 8-0 (5…
Lateef “Power†Kayode figures it’s just a matter of time before he is stopped by a stranger beyond the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Vine near where he lives and is recognized for knocking people out in the ring. The Top-10 world-ranked undefeated cruiserweight and Freddie Roach-trained Kayode (14-0, 13 KOs) is on the verge…
Gary Shaw announced today the signing of undefeated junior middleweight prospect and former U.S. amateur standout Julian Williams. Williams (2-0, 2 KOs), from Philadelphia, Pa., made his debut under the GSP banner on October 1, blasting out Dean Peters, Jr. in the first round at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif.