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 offered ‘The Borinqua Invasion’ of…
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 by the scores of 99-91…
Showtime presents a rare Saturday night ShoBox broadcast tonight at Roseland Ballroom in New York, airing live on the network at 10:35 ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. The quartet of participants made weight yesterday. Featherweights, 10 rounds Luis Orlando Del Valle: 124 lb Dat Nguyen: 124 lb
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, Boricua prospects Luis Orlando “Orlandito 
On a second consecutive night of fights on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime, two Puerto Rican fighters will climb in the ring against their toughest opponents to date on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. All the action takes place on a special Saturday edition of ShoBox on…
Back-to-back three-fight telecasts. On opposite coasts. Twelve top-flight boxers with a combined record of 181-11-2 and 111 KOs in six exciting fights. All on the one and only ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime. Weeks before it celebrates its 10th anniversary, there will be an unprecedented double airing of ShoBox — with three-fight telecasts on…
In the main event at the Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, New York, last Thursday, Puerto Rico’s Edgar ‘El Chamaco’ Santana, fighting out of New York City, made a successful comeback at welterweight after three years out of the ring with a second round stoppage of Robert ‘The Wolf’ Jones of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The…
Four of Puerto Rico’s most promising young fighters were victorious on Friday night in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez, Thomas Dulorme, Jose Pedraza and Luis Orlando del Valle all kept their unbeaten records intact with intimidating displays of power.
Yesterday at the Morris Park Boxing Club in the Bronx, Joe DeGuardia hosted the gym’s grand re-opening and first annual Holiday Party before a standing room only contingent of gym members (both past and present), press, and members from the surrounding community.
Last December, Paul ‘The Punisher’ Williams won a majority decision over Sergio Gabriel Martinez in a non-title middleweight bout that many felt Martinez was the victor. This past Saturday the two fighters returned to Atlantic City for what the Spanish call ‘venganza’ (revenge) and what Paul Williams aimed to show was ‘payback’ by matching Martinez…
Three-time world title challenger “Sucra†Ray Oliveira steps into the ring Saturday night (Oct. 2) for the first time in five years against WBA No. 6 rated light heavyweight contender Joey “K.O. Kid†Spina in the 10-round main event headlining the “Last Man Standing†card in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn….
WBA No. 6 rated light heavyweight contender Joey “K.O. Kid†Spina must get past his respectful friendship with his next opponent, former multi-world title challenger “Sucra†Ray Oliveira, as well as fight at a lighter weight than normal in order to win the pivotal Oct. 2 match-up, which headlines the “Last Man Standing†card in…