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Over a span of 28 days Showtime Sports will feature a frenzied fight schedule, with late March and April filled with championship fights and meaningful matchups. With two highly anticipated Showtime Championship Boxing telecasts and two installments of ShoBox: The New Generation almost every weekend features a can’t-miss event. It …

Yuriorkis Gamboa did it again. Arena’s fast rising featherweight superstar scored another impressive KO win, stopping veteran Walter Estrada in only 35 seconds. “El Ciclon” lived up to his name, simply blowing away his opponent with one of his overwhelming combinations. Gamboa went to the body with his left and …

Click for larger image © JC Rodriguez Arena’s fast rising featherweight superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa, 13-0 (11), will be back in action again on February 20 at the University Center Arena in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Only six weeks after stopping Roger “Speedy” Gonzalez in round 10 at his last ESPN appearance, …

Arena CEO Ahmet Öner was very pleased with the spectacular performance of his rising Cuban stars Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara at the season premiere of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” last night in front of 3,500 spectators at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts in Primm, Nevada. “This was …

Cuban rising stars Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara looked focused but also relaxed at the press conference for their fights on Friday at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts in Primm, Nevada. “We had a great preparation, everything went according to plans”, stated “El Ciclon” Gamboa. “Of course, it …

Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis are ready to shine at the season premiere of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” on January 9 at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts. The 2004 Olympic Gold Medallists had no spare time over Christmas or New Year’s but have been working hard at their training camp …

Heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis will face another tough test against former world title challenger Owen Beck on January 9 at the “Star of the Desert Arena” at Terrible’s Casino Resort in Primm, Nevada. The US debut for 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist Solis will be featured on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. …

Click for larger image © JC photographs / ARENA Box-Promotion Arena CEO Ahmet Öner will present his next US show on January 9 in Primm, Nevada, which will be featured live on ESPN Friday Night Fights. For the first time, Cuban Olympic 2004 Gold Medallists Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis …

The Gamboa mania continues! In his second appearance on HBO’s Boxing After Dark, Yuriorkis Gamboa once more thrilled the audience with a spectacular knockout victory over previously unbeaten Marcos Ramirez, now 25-1 (16). “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” was knocked down by an elbow shot in the first round. Gamboa recovered …

In preparation for the HBO Boxing After Dark bill tonight at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA, all participants weighed in yesterday. HBO will televise the contest live at 10:05PM ET/PT, delayed on West Coast. WBC Interim Super Welterweight Championship: 12 rounds Alex Bunema: 152.5 lb Sergio Martinez: …

It’s been a tough Olympics for Team Germany as three of the four German boxers have now gone down to defeat, leaving just one man to carry the hopes of the country that has won 28 medals in the sport since 1896. Things started off badly on Saturday as middleweight …

There were a few good cards across America last night, with Cuban superstar in waiting, Yuriorkis Gamboa, winning his first fight at featherweight in thrilling fashion at Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena in Primm, Nevada. Former WBO Super Bantam title challenger Al Seeger, 27-4 (21), was put into the ring with …