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 …
Read More »Agbeko vs. Mares Bantamweight Tourney Undercard Announced
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 …
Read More »Boxing Update: Mosley vs. Mora Undercard Announced
With boxing’s present already well accounted for on Saturday, September 18, thanks to names like Sugar Shane Mosley, Sergio Mora and those of the rest of the pay per view fighters, it will be up to the future stars of the sweet science to make their own statements in undercard …
Read More »Lightweight Boxing Contender Escobedo Fights In Mexico Friday Night
Golden Boy Promotions will once again heat up the Mexico City night on Friday, March 26 when exciting lightweight contender Vicente Escobedo makes his first start of 2010 in the ten round main event of HBO Plus’ “Next Boxing Generation” at Auditorio Plaza La Condesa. Escobedo will face Los Mochis …
Read More »Golden Boy Boxing Announces August 27 “Fight Night Club” Lineup
Southern California’s hottest new boxing series is back with the third installment of Golden Boy Promotions’ “Fight Night Club” as California locals pack an exciting undercard at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 27th. In the main event of “Fight Night Club”, top bantamweight contender and …
Read More »August 27 “Fight Night Club” Boxing Lineup Solidified
The third edition of the hit new monthly live boxing series “Fight Night Club” is rapidly approaching, and headliners Abner Mares and “Dangerous” David Rodela will be in tough in their co-featured bouts when they battle Carlos Fulgencio and Gamalier Rodriguez respectively at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia in Los Angeles …
Read More »Mares, Rodela Headlines “Fight Night Club” Boxing Show August 27
Currently ranked in the top five in the world by the WBO and IBF, bantamweight sensation Abner Mares is on a collision course with the division’s elite. On Thursday, August 27th, Mares touches down at Club Nokia at L.A. Live in Los Angeles to fight in the main event on …
Read More »Golden Boy Boxing Debuts “Fight Night Club” June 11
On Thursday, June 11th, “Fight Night Club” premieres at Club Nokia at LA Live across the street from Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, and to kick off this highly-anticipated new boxing series, Golden Boy Promotions will be featuring the area’s top young boxing talent with Oxnard’s David Rodela headlining …
Read More »Boxing South Of The Border: Weekend Results
There were a few good cards this weekend and we kick this report off at the Auditorio Telmex de UG in Zapopan, Mexico where a few big names were in action. One of the world’s top featherweights, Jorge Solis, won a IBF title eliminator by stopping America’s Monty Meza-Clay in …
Read More »“Next Generation Boxing” Kicks Off 2009 In Mexicali January 31
The 2009 season of “Next Boxing Generation” will get off to an explosive start on Saturday, January 31, when HBO Plus’s hit boxing series returns with a hard-hitting card that will take place at Palenque del Fex de Mexicali in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. In the 12 round main event, …
Read More »Golden Boy Promotions Signs Boxing Prospects Rodela, Huerta
Despite Golden Boy Promotions’ reputation as an international boxing powerhouse, company President Oscar de la Hoya’s roots remain firmly in California, and he is proud to announce the signing of two of the state’s finest prospects – “Dangerous” David Rodela and Charles Huerta – to promotional deals.
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