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LAS VEGAS (May 3, 2013) – The six fighters who will compete on the pay-per-view undercard portion of “MAY DAY: Mayweather vs. Guerrero” this Saturday, May 4 on SHOWTIME PPV from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. participated in their final press conference on Thursday in front of a packed media center… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES, April 18 – With the Super Welterweight World Championship Unification fight between Canelo Alvarez and Austin Trout coming up this weekend on Saturday, April 20 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, followed by the Unified Super Lightweight World Championship between Danny Garcia and Zab Judah at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES (April 12, 2013) – WBC Featherweight World Champion Daniel Ponce de Leon, Two-Division World Champion Abner Mares and former IBF Bantamweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz participated in a media workout Thursday in Los Angeles in preparation for their upcoming bouts on the “MAY DAY: Mayweather vs. Guerrero” pay-per-view mega-event on Saturday, May… [Continue Reading]
LAS VEGAS (April 2, 2012) – The Saturday, May 4 “MAY DAY: Mayweather vs. Guerrero” SHOWTIME PPV telecast fight line-up is complete with the addition of former IBF Bantamweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz facing veteran Alexander Munoz in a 10-round junior featherweight fight and rising middleweight star J’Leon Love squaring off against recent world… [Continue Reading]
According to Dan Rafael of esp.com IBF Bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz will relinquish his title and begin campaigning as a Super Bantamweight We knew Leo was going to vacate,” said Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer, Santa Cruz’s promoter. “He felt there were no more challenges in that weight class and he felt it… [Continue Reading]
Leo Santa Cruz retained the IBF Bantamweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Alberto Guevara at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. It was an entertaining fight and both guys bled, Santa Cruz from the nose and Guevara from the right eye. It was Santa Cruz work rate that prevaied over the shiftiness of… [Continue Reading]
FINAL WEIGHTS: CBS: LEO SANTA CRUZ: 117.8 Pounds ALBERTO GUEVARA: 117.4 Pounds JOSEPH DIAZ JR: 122 Pounds VICENTE ALFARO: 122.6 Pounds SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING AMIR KHAN: 139.8 Pounds CARLOS MOLINA: 139.8 Pounds DEONTAY WILDER: 223.5 Pounds KELVIN PRICE: 240 Pounds ALFREDO ANGULO: 155.4 Pounds JORGE SILVA: 156.6 Pounds SHOWTIME EXTREME SHAWN PORTER: 146.4 Pounds JULIO… [Continue Reading]
Kelly Swanson Thank you everybody for joining us. We know we had a busy boxing weekend this weekend and a very exciting one at that. So we appreciate you taking the time to call in and listen to the news on the next big, exciting boxing weekend, which is going to be coming up this… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 10, 2012) – Three of the fighters who’ll be fighting on CBS Television Network’s portion of an unprecedented boxing marathon on CBS and SHOWTIME® this Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena participated in a media workout Monday at the Ponce De Leon Boxing Gym in Montebello, Calif. The… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES, December 6 – Before British superstar Amir “King” Khan makes his ring return against Carlos Molina at the legendary Los Angeles Sports Arena on Saturday, December 15 live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, LA’s own IBF Bantamweight World Champion Leo “Terremoto” Santa Cruz will face unbeaten Alberto “Metro” Guevara in a 12-round bout that… [Continue Reading]
IBF Bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz will defend his title against undefeated Alberto Guevarra on December 15th on the CBS Network;s first televised boxing match in fifteen years that will be part of a massive day and night of boxing at the Los Angeles Sports Arena according to Dan Rafael of espn.com “We are calling… [Continue Reading]
ABNER MARES – 121.8 Pounds ANSELMO MORENO – 120.8 Pounds LEO SANTA CRUZ – 117.6 Pounds VICTOR ZALETA – 117 Pounds ALFREDO ANGULO – 154 Pounds RAUL CASAREZ – 153.8 Pounds SHOWTIME EXTREME – 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (Delayed on the West Coast) NATHAN CLEVERLY – 174.4 Pounds SHAWN HAWK – 173.8 Pounds ANTONIO OROZCO –… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 7, 2012) – All six fighters squaring off in Saturday’s tripleheader at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles participated in a final press conference on Wednesday to discuss the highly anticipated SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, live at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). In a battle of world champions, Abner Mares… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 6, 2012) – Six of the talented and exciting fighters who will compete this Saturday live on SHOWTIME® and SHOWTIME EXTREME® from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Calif. participated in a public media workout Monday in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. On hand for the outdoor event were undefeated WBC Super Bantamweight… [Continue Reading]
Monica Sears Thank you, everyone for taking the time out to join today’s call. We’re going to get straight to the fighters. On the first half we’ll have Alfredo Angulo and Leo Santa Cruz and then later we will be joined by Anselmo Moreno and Abner Mares. So at this time I’m going to turn… [Continue Reading]
ABNER MARES, ANSELMO MORENO, LEO SANTA CRUZ, VICTOR ZALETA, ALFREDO ANGULO AND RAUL CASAREZ TO HOLD OPEN-TO-THE-PUBLIC MEDIA WORKOUT IN ADVANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FIGHTS TAKING PLACE ON NOVEMBER 10 AT STAPLES CENTER IN LOS ANGELES WHICH WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE ON SHOWTIME® MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 AT 12:00 P.M. PT WHO: ABNER MARES, WBC Super… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES, October 29 – Unbeaten in his last four fights, Mexico’s Victor Zaleta will get the biggest opportunity of his career on Saturday, November 10 when he faces unbeaten reigning World Champion Leo “Terremoto” Santa Cruz for his IBF Bantamweight World Championship in a co-featured attraction to the Abner Mares vs. Anselmo Moreno WBC… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 3, 2012) – Oscar De La Hoya formally announced yesterday at ESPN Zone L.A. Live that undefeated Abner Mares (24-0-1, 13 KO’s), of Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., would defend his WBC Super Bantamweight World Championship against WBA Bantamweight Super World Champion Anselmo Moreno (33-1-1, 12 KO’s), of Panama City, Panama, in the main… [Continue Reading]
LOS ANGELES, October 2 – Sporting a combined record of 57-1-2 with 25 knockouts with three world championships in two weight classes, WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Abner Mares and former WBA Bantamweight Super Champion Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno prove that great fighters come in small packages. On Saturday, November 10 the fight true boxing fans… [Continue Reading]
Saul Alvarez defended the WBC Super Welterweight championship with an action filled fifth round stoppage over game Josesito Lopez in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. After a good round one, Alvarez started to open up with ripping combinations to the head and body. Lopez was able… [Continue Reading]
Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that Leo Santa Cruz will take on Vusi Malinga for a vacant Bantamweight title on June 2nd as part of a quadruple header on June 2nd from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California that will be televised by Showtime. “We’re trying to finalize it,” Schaefer said. “We’ve agreed… [Continue Reading]
