With the hope of returning to the ring this fall, 51-year-old veteran fighter Paul Nave went before the San Rafael Park and Recreation Commission in San Rafael, California on Thursday night. Additional members of the community voiced their approval of the proposed event as well. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Commission voted to… [Continue Reading]
Hargraves Invades Minnesota in Return on Saturday
June 22, 2012 by
Light middleweight prospect and former amateur standout Richard Hargraves ends a fourteen-month layoff many miles from his hometown of San Francisco, California as he takes on Michael Faulk in a six-round featured attraction at the Black Bear Casino Resort in Carlton, Minnesota this Saturday night. Hargraves (2-0-1, 2 KOs) turned pro way back in December… [Continue Reading]
Paul Nave Appeals to his Community
June 20, 2012 by
Hoping to bring professional boxing back to his home area by staging the second ever such event at Albert Park Field in San Rafael, California this fall, longtime local favorite Paul Nave is reaching out to his community for support. Nave has promoted all five of his own fight cards since his ring return in… [Continue Reading]
Looked like a Pacquiao Landslide, but the Math Says No it wasn’t
June 17, 2012 by
I did not score the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. fight two Saturdays ago. Having felt cheated out of a chance to be outraged like most everyone else last weekend, I decided to score the fight during its televised replay as part of HBO’s World Championship Boxing broadcast last night. In addition to tabulating my card… [Continue Reading]
Tarver and Kayode Fight to a Draw
June 2, 2012 by
CARSON, CALIFORNIA — Returning from an eleven month layoff, former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver failed to muster up enough offense to claim victory over a still raw cruiserweight contender in Lateef Kayode at the Home Depot Center on Saturday night. Excluding Tarver’s lone foray into the heavyweight division, Kayode (18-0-1, 14 KOs) of Hollywood,… [Continue Reading]
All Set for “Four Warned”
June 1, 2012 by
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Saturday night the Home Depot Center in nearby Carson hosts the highly anticipated four-fight Showtime-televised card headlined by the cruiserweight clash between Antonio Tarver and undefeated Lateef Kayode. Fighters for the mega event, which includes two world title bouts and the return of former champion Winky Wright, weighed-in Friday mostly at… [Continue Reading]
Grand Larceny: Judges Victimize Abril in Vegas
April 14, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Though he did not make it look pretty, huge underdog Richard Abril appeared to be on his way to claiming the vacant WBA Lightweight title over a lackluster Brandon Rios after twelve rounds at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on Saturday night. But then the judges’ scores were read. After… [Continue Reading]
Rios Loses Second Straight Battle with the Scale
April 14, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Former WBA Lightweight title holder Brandon Rios forfeited an opportunity to regain his title as he again failed to make the lightweight limit of 135-pounds for his bout against Richard Abril tonight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. However, the grudge match will go on as scheduled, with the title… [Continue Reading]
Mensah Shocks Katsidis
April 13, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Previously unknown Albert Mensah is unknown no longer after a hard-earned ten-round unanimous decision over proud warrior Michael Katsidis at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Friday night. With the ESPN2-televised win, Mensah vaults into the world rankings, while the future of Katsidis’ career becomes uncertain. Katsidis (28-6, 23 KOs)… [Continue Reading]
Delvin Rodriguez: Targeting the Champions at 154
March 20, 2012 by
Long one of cable television’s most exciting fighters, light middleweight contender Delvin Rodriguez and his team feel he is deserving of the big fight that has eluded him to this point in his thirteen-year pro career. Just last month, one such fight came close to coming to fruition, but evaporated in deflating fashion. Undeterred, and… [Continue Reading]
Escobedo Impressive in Hometown Return
March 5, 2012 by
WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA – With a world title opportunity potentially looming right around the corner, Vicente Escobedo thrilled his hometown crowd by scoring three first-round knockdowns en route to a stoppage over Lonnie Smith at the Woodland Community & Senior Center in the Telefutura Solo Boxeo main event on Saturday night. Smith (14-3-2, 10 KOs) of… [Continue Reading]
Escobedo Returns Home for High Stakes Bout Tonight
March 3, 2012 by
CAPAY, CALIFORNIA – 2004 U.S. Olympian Vicente Escobedo is back in his hometown as he headlines tonight’s edition of Telefutura Solo Boxeo against Lonnie Smith at the Woodland Community & Senior Center in Woodland, California. For Escobedo the fight presents a risky proposition, as he is a name fighter in a division lacking such a… [Continue Reading]
Lonnie Smith: “El Negro Mexicano” Takes Big Leap on Enemy Turf
March 2, 2012 by
Charismatic super featherweight Lonnie Smith is set to take a big step up in class as he goes to the hometown of world ranked contender Vicente Escobedo for a ten-round regional title bout at the Woodland Community & Senior Center in Woodland, California on Saturday night. For Smith and his team, the fight represents a… [Continue Reading]
Promising Prospect: Manuel Avila
February 29, 2012 by
Emerging super bantamweight Manuel Avila enters a rematch with David Reyes on Saturday night aiming to show his superiority and in a way prove a unanimous verdict should have been rendered instead of the split decision that was announced after their initial October meeting. The bout takes place at the Woodland Community & Senior Center… [Continue Reading]
Dulorme Blows Away Ambriz in One
February 17, 2012 by
SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA – Puerto Rican welterweight rising star Thomas Dulorme continues to impress ringside observers as he quickly disposed of Aris Ambriz inside of one round in the Showtime-televised main event at the Chumash Casino Resort on Friday night. Dulorme (14-0, 11 KOs) of Carolina, Puerto Rico dropped Ambriz (16-3-1, 8 KOs) of Azusa,… [Continue Reading]
Dulorme Set for Replacement Ambriz
February 17, 2012 by
SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA — Touted rising welterweight Thomas Dulorme aims to impress in his West Coast debut as he takes on Aris Ambriz in the ten-round Showtime-televised main event emanating from the Chumash Casino Resort Friday night. Fighters weighed in Thursday evening for the six-bout card. After turning professional in Florida in 2008, Dulorme (13-0,… [Continue Reading]
Reynoso on Injury
February 8, 2012 by
Yesterday it was announced that 140-pound prospect Jose Reynoso was forced to pull out of his scheduled ten-round bout against unbeaten Thomas Dulorme, which was to have taken place next Friday at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, due to a hip injury suffered in training. Reynoso, extremely disappointed to withdraw from the… [Continue Reading]
Sanchez Remains Unbeatable at Home
December 18, 2011 by
WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA — Rising prospect and local draw Alan Sanchez thrilled his vocal following yet again with a hard-fought eight-round unanimous decision over Alberto Herrera in the Telefutura Solo Boxeo main event at the Woodland Community & Senior Center on Friday night. Sanchez (9-2-1, 3 KOs) of Fairfield, California entered the ring four times in… [Continue Reading]
Sanchez Back on Solo Boxeo
December 15, 2011 by
WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA — In the season finale of Telefutura Solo Boxeo tomorrow night, welterweight prospect Alan Sanchez will appear on the network for the third time this year as he takes on late fill-in opponent Alberto Herrera in the eight-round main event emanating from the Woodland Community & Senior Center. Fighters weighed in this afternoon… [Continue Reading]
Introducing Paul Cano
December 13, 2011 by
Troubled youth finds his way into a boxing gym and turns his life around. Yes, that is a story that has been told before, but there are reasons why it never gets old. There is something captivating about what boxing has done and can do to so drastically change lives for the better. Former amateur… [Continue Reading]
Mares Proves to be Elite
December 3, 2011 by
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA — In the biggest fight of his career, Abner Mares fought the best fight of his career and perhaps validated some of his prior accomplishments with a comprehensive twelve-round unanimous decision in his rematch with former champion Joseph Agbeko at the Honda Center on Saturday night. Mares (23-0-1, 13 KOs) of Hawaiian Gardens,… [Continue Reading]
Dirrell in Line with Stoppage of St. Juste
December 3, 2011 by
SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA — With an injury-induced fourth-round stoppage over Renan St. Juste in the Showtime-televised main event at the Chumash Resort Casino on Friday night, Anthony Dirrell became the mandatory challenger for the WBC Super Middleweight title currently held by Carl Froch. The bout started tentatively for both fighters in the first before Dirrell… [Continue Reading]
Dirrell-St. Juste Headlines Shobox
December 2, 2011 by
Having lost two years of his career while battling cancer, Anthony Dirrell hopes to make up for some lost time beginning tonight against world ranked Renan St. Juste in the Showtime-televised main event emanating from the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California. The twelve-round bout is sanctioned by the WBC as an eliminator, which… [Continue Reading]
James Toney: Aiming to Make History Repeat Itself
September 28, 2011 by
It is almost hard to believe it was eight and one half years ago that James Toney last competed at cruiserweight. It was in April of 2003 that Toney, already written off more than once at that point in his career, put an undefeated left hander from Kazakhstan named Vassiliy Jirov on his back en… [Continue Reading]
Hoskins Decisions Nave
September 17, 2011 by
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA — The improbable comeback run of Paul Nave, which began in 2009 after a nine plus-year retirement, hit a snag on Friday night, as Brandon Hoskins flew in from Missouri with an unbeaten record and came away with a hard-fought eight-round majority decision at Albert Park Field. The action was competitive, but… [Continue Reading]
Nave Continues to Test Time in San Rafael Tonight
September 16, 2011 by
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA — Just four days shy of his 51st birthday, local favorite Paul Nave hopes to keep the comeback he began two and a half years ago rolling against the undefeated Brandon Hoskins, a fighter 26 years his junior, tonight at Albert Park Field. Fighters weighed in Thursday at the Embassy Suites San… [Continue Reading]
Perez Scores Emphatic Knockout, Ready for World Stage
September 3, 2011 by
SALINAS, CALIFORNIA – World ranked super featherweight Eloy Perez dominated veteran Daniel Jimenez, dropping the normally durable Puerto Rican three times en route a second-round stoppage at the Salinas Sports Complex on Friday night. With the eyebrow-raising performance, which came before his supportive local fan base, Perez looks poised to break through against the upper… [Continue Reading]
Perez Hopes to Keep Rolling in Homecoming
September 2, 2011 by
SALINAS, CALIFORNIA — World ranked super featherweight Eloy Perez defends his home turf, WBO NABO 130-pound title and standing among the leading contenders at super featherweight in the ten-round main event against potential spoiler Daniel Jimenez tonight at the Salinas Sports Complex. Fighters weighed in for the Telefutura Solo Boxeo-televised card at a jam-packed Chapala… [Continue Reading]
