Tonight at County Stadium in El Paso, TX, Jhonny Gonzalez puts his WBC featherweight crown at risk against two-time former world title challenger Rogers Mtagwa. WBC Featherweight Championship, 12 rounds Jhonny Gonzalez: 125 lb Rogers Mtagwa: 124 lb
WBC Featherweight Champion Jhonny Gonzalez (49-7, 43 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico puts his title, and his pride on the line as he fights on his country’s Independence Day, Thursday, September 15 at the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas as he takes on the Tanzanian slugger, Rogers Mtagwa (27-14-2, 19 KOs). The 12-round World…
On Saturday, Juan Manuel Lopez or ‘Juanma’ will face off against challenger Orlando Salido in defence of his WBO Featherweight title. Juanma’s record stands at 30-0 with 27 KO’s, whilst Salido’s is 34-11-2 with 22 KO’s. Obviously, on paper, Juanma will blow Salido away, but in reality, it will be a shock if that happens….
Jorge Diaz of New Brunswick, New Jersey, remained undefeated at 15-0 (9) last Saturday night, with an ugly looking ten round decision over veteran Emmanuel Lucero of Mexico City, Mexico, now out of Albany, New York 24-6 (14). The bout promoted by Pound for Pound Promotions featured numerous low blows, head butting, shoves to the…
Perhaps the most exciting boxer in the sport was in action last night at Madison Square Garden’s Wamu Theater as Yuriorkis Gamboa defended his WBA featherweight title in thrilling fashion. The lighting fast Cuban went to work early against sturdy Philadelphia based Tanzanian hard man Rogers Mtagwa, rattling the challenger with blazing left hooks in…
By Per Ake Persson Arena Box Promotion returns to the Kugelbake-Hall in Cuxhaven January 23 with a big show headlined by middleweight Mahir Oral, heavyweight Konstantin Airich and super middle Christian Pawlak.
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Top Rank held a press conference to announce their upcoming world championship doubleheader featuring Juan Manual Lopez, 27-0 (24), who will move up in weight to challenge WBO Featherweight champion, Steven Luevano, 37-1-1 (15). Also featured is WBA…
World champions Juan Manuel Lopez, Steven Luevano and Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Top-10 contender Rogers Mtagwa will kickoff the new decade in separate world featherweight title fights, Saturday, January 23, in the WaMu Theater in the “Mecca of Boxing,†Madison Square Garden.
There’s a big show tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York as WBA feather champ Yuriorkis Gamboa and WBO super bantam titlist Juan Manuel Lopez put their respective crowns on the line. Former Cuban defector Gamboa, 15-0 (13), could be the most impressive professional to come out of the boxing-rich island but it’s too…
Walking through the streets of Manhattan these days you might bump into a Turkish boxing promoter accompanied by two of his Cuban stars who really seem to have a good time in the “Big Apppleâ€. But although they are laughing a lot, Ahmet Öner, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis haven’t come to New York just…
Undefeated world champions Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa defend their titles, in separate fights, headlining “Island Warriors: Latin Fury 12,†Saturday, October 10, from the “Mecca of Boxing,†Madison Square Garden. Lopez will be defending his WBO junior featherweight title against top contender and Tanzania native Rogers Mtagwa while Gamboa will be defending his…
Rogers Mtagwa, coming off a match which was a candidate for Fight of the Year worldwide, and Ricardo Medina, who last year was involved in Philadelphia’s Fight of the Year, will collide in a battle of veteran war horses when they go at it for 10 rounds or less in the super featherweight main event…