118-pound NABO bantamweight champion, Jhonny Gonzalez (29-4-0 With 25 KOs), who was suppose to be facing Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson, ended up fighting Nicaraguan William Gonzalez (19-1-0 with 17 KOs). William, who is a southpaw, came out fast, swinging with both fists. As the Nicaraguan waded in carelessly, the freakishly …
Read More »Jonathan Oquendo: Golden Boy Promotions Does it Again.
You will not believe this fight fans, the second bout of tonight’s HBO Lation’s “Boxeo De Oro” boxing series, featured yet another young prospect. Jonathan Oquendo, 123-pounds, is Puerto Rico’s newest boxing promise. Oquendo, who faced Elvis Martinez, is a stand up orthodox fighter who is quick, and seems to …
Read More »Aaron Garcia: Another One of Golden Boy’s Prospects.
Tonight’s HBO Latino “Boxeo De Oro” boxing series kicked off with Golden Boy’s 126-pound prospect Aaron Garcia making his television debut. Garcia is an aggressive young charge with very solid skills, good hand- speed, and the amateur pedigree needed to succeed in this sport. The young warrior from Vista, California …
Read More »Wednesday Night Thai Fury!
There were two important matches tonight in boxing mad Thailand, with both contests taking place in the capital city of Bangkok. In the primary bout, a battle royale between unbeaten fighters took place at the Rachadamnern Stadium with native Thai Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym banging out a split decision over Panamanian southpaw …
Read More »Hlatshwayo Dominates Baloyi to Take IBO Title.
Issac Hlatshwayo dropped the more experienced Cassius Baloyi with a right hand in the second round of their bout tonight in Carnival City, South Africa and went on to record a unanimous decision. With the victory, “The Angel” assumes the vacant IBO lightweight title and furthers his solid top five …
Read More »O\’Neil Bell, Hurricanes and Heavyweights Hit Florida!
A powerfull storm lashed southern Florida last night, flooding towns and tearing down trees but that paled in comparison to the right hand that O’Neil Bell used to level Sebastian Rothmann in the eleventh round at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hoyywood. South African tourist Rothmann was ahead on …
Read More »Diaz Keeps Rolling with Win Over Davis.
Oscar Diaz kept his world title hopes alive last night in Norman, Oklahoma, bettering replacement opponent Thomas Davis over ten rounds on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights card. The much more experienced Diaz proved adept at getting inside his taller adversary’s attempts to keep the Texan on the outside and …
Read More »Trejo Upends Santa-Cruz in Houston, Texas.
Tonight, live on Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo’s” boxing series from Houston, Texas, previously undefeated 135-pound prospect Jose Armando Santa-Cruz was upset by Mexican journeyman Fernando “El Pillo” Trejo. It was a tale of two different fights as Santa-Cruz was able to outbox and outwork the determined and iron-chinned Trejo over the …
Read More »Thursday Night Aussie Action!
There were two importants bouts taking place Down Under last night, in two different cities. In Auburn, former world title challenger Nedal Hussein proved too experienced for what may have been a weight drained Mick Shaw as the Jeff Fenech trained “Skinny” stopped the Australian light welterweight champion inside of …
Read More »Ringside Report from the Hammerstein Ballroom.
As the summer winds down to an end, New York based promoter Lou DiBella wanted to end it on a “slamming” note. Matisyahu, the “Hasidic Reggae Sensation,” rocked the house in truly stellar fashion. This Broadway Boxing card that featured four of the hottest prospects in New York City right …
Read More »Darchinyan Stops Jiminez.
Vic Darchinyan successfully defended his IBF and IBO flyweight titles tonight in Sydney with a predictable fifth round stoppage win over tough Colombian challenger Jair Jiminez. After a sluggish couple of opening rounds Darchinyan cranked up the pace in round three, stinging Jiminez repeatedly with straight left hands. After instructions …
Read More »Vicente “Chente” Escobedo: Left Hook Crushes Matias
Click for larger image© Sergio Martinez Just moments ago, live on Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo” boxing series from the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas the 130-pound prospect and former 2004 US Olympian Vicente “Chente” Escobedo improved his record to 6-0 with 6 knockouts. Escobedo took out the Dominican Juan …
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