Former World Champion Rico Ramos (24-4, 12 KOs) takes on hard-hitting Claudio Marrero (18-1, 13 KOs) in a featherweight battle on Saturday, July 25, at the Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The bout is part of a full night action headlined by a 12-round cruiserweight showdown between …
Read More »Super Bantam Quigg Signs On With Trainer Gallagher
Scott Quigg is to be trained by Joe Gallagher, and will start working under his guidance from Monday. The WBA intercontinental super-bantamweight champion had been trained by Pat Barrett after his long time guru Brian Hughes retired earlier this year. Quigg, 22, said: “There were no problems with Pat but …
Read More »Williams Defeats Lara On Controversial Points Decision
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 …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Weights And Quotes: Rico Ramos vs. Alejandro Valdez
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Undefeated and WBA No.1 ranked super bantamweight Rico Ramos and former world title challenger Alejandro Valdez each weighed in at 122.5 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino.
Read More »Boxing Result: Shumenov Retains WBA Title Against Uzelkov
Last night at Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA, light heavyweight Beibut Shumenov retained his WBA title for the first time with a unanimous decision victory over little known opponent Viacheslav Uzelkov. Despite the undefeated record coming into the bout, Uzelkov had never faced world class competition, however the 31 …
Read More »Boxing Result: Honorio Shuts Out Hilario to Retain NABO Title
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 …
Read More »Boxing Result: Honorio Decisions Hilario To Keep NABO Title
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 Anymore”! Neither is the boxer dubbed “Pretty Warrior” Before a packed house and ESPN2 television audience, Mexico City’s Martin “El …
Read More »Boxing Weights: Martin Honorio vs. Wilton Hilario
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
Read More »Goossen-Tutor Boxing: Rico Ramos Added To March 5 Pechanga Fight Card
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 …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Veteran Honorio Schools Prospect Molina On ShoBox
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In the exact type of fight card that typifies what ShoBox: The New Generation has been about since its inception in July 2001, one highly regarded prospect was upset and another was unveiled Saturday in a pair of exciting slugfests on a special edition …
Read More »Boxing Weights And Quotes: John Molina vs. Martin Honorio
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Talented, promising lightweight prospect John Molina Jr. (18-0, 14 KOs) of Covina, Calif., will make his main event debut and face his toughest test when he meets veteran Martin “El Brochas” Honorio (26-4-1, 14 KOs) of Mexico in what will be a solid 10-round …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Molina vs. Honorio Headlines ShoBox This Saturday
Talented, promising lightweight prospect John Molina Jr. (18-0, 14 KOs) of Covina, Calif., will make his main event debut when he puts his unblemished record on the line against veteran Martin “El Brochas” Honorio (26-4-1, 14 KOs) of Mexico in a 10-rounder for the vacant NABF lightweight championship in a …
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