According to wire service reports, John Arum, the forty-nine year old son of Hall of Fame Promoter Bob Arum was found dead on Friday evening after a five day search found his body on the mountain.

Arum, a avid outdoorsman, was looking the climb the Storm King mountain outside of Seattle when he failed to come home on Sunday evening after a weekend climbing expedition.

According to reports, It wasn’t immediately possible to retrieve the body but it was clear to searchers in the helicopter that the 49-year-old Seattle environmental attorney was dead, Olson said. Those involved in the search said Arum likely died in a fall, Said Kerry Olson who is a spokesperson for the North Cascades Park

The search for Arum began Monday after he failed to return from a weekend trip to climb the mountain, which is about 85 miles northeast of Seattle.

15rounds.com sends out heartfelt condolences to Arum and his family.

Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that former Jr. Welterweight and Welterweight champion Zab Judah may fight undefeated Argentinian Lucas Matthysse on November6 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

“HBO likes the match,” Said Richard Schaefer. “So we are trying to work it out.”

Said Main Events chief Kathy Duva, “We are trying very hard to make it happen, but Zab is definitely interested. I’m all for it, but it’s a complicated thing to do. But I think if it’s going to happen, we’ll have it worked out in the next couple of days.”

Schaefer said former featherweight and junior lightweight titlist Robert Guerrero is slated for the televised co-feature. Schaefer said he could challenge lightweight titlist Miguel Vazquez.

“We’ve discussed that fight and HBO is interested. We’re talking to the Vazquez camp,” Schaefer said.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, WBC/Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal will take on former Middleweight and Light Heavyweight king Bernard Hopkins on December 18th in Quebec City, Canada

“We agreed on everything,” Hopkins said. “There is no issue. There is no problem with my side or Pascal’s side. The contracts have been drafted. It’s a done deal. All I gotta do is sign.”

Hopkins said he is reviewing the contract, but “I’ll probably sign it before Friday because the [Labor Day] holiday is coming up and I’m going away for a few days.”

Said Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, Hopkins’ promoter, “The fact is that both sides have agreed to the terms. Now we have to get it signed, but I don’t anticipate any problems.

“Both fighters really wanted the fight. If you have two fighters who really want to fight each other then I think the promoters just have to cross the T’s and dot the I’s. I am excited to work with [Pascal promoter] Yvon Michel. I’m really looking forward to it.”

“It’s a big fight for Pascal and a big fight in Quebec,” Said Don Majeski who is the agent for Pascal. “Hopkins is one of the biggest stars in boxing and those are the kind of fights Pascal wants.”

“It could be live on Showtime. We’re having discussions,” Schaefer said. “Or it could be pay-per-view.”

“It’s a crossroads fight. It doesn’t get more crossroads than this one,” Schaefer said. “You have the young guy coming off the biggest win of his career and he’s at an all-time high. Can he beat another star like he did with Dawson? Then you have Hopkins, the experienced veteran wanting to again turn back the clock. Can he do it again and beat an emerging star like he’s done before? It’s a fascinating fight.”

Hopkins, who made a record 20 middleweight title defenses, won the lineal light heavyweight title against Tarver and lost it on a split decision to Joe Calzaghe in 2008. Regaining it is important to Hopkins.

“I need it around my waist,” Hopkins said. “This fight will prove to the world that I am not done.

“I hold no malice or bad feelings to those who are concerned about me, but I’ve always been a son of a bitch when it comes to rising up to the occasion. This for me is the type of fight where I have to top what I’ve done before. I want to keep giving them something where they can’t understand how I’m doing it.”

“I was going through my memory and I had a conversation with [trainer] Naazim [Richardson] and we got stuck on just [two] guys,” Hopkins said of heavyweight George Foreman and light heavyweight Archie Moore.

“It’s a very short list of the guys who’ve done that, so that’s one of my motivations,” Hopkins said. “To make that happen and to add it on top of all the other unusual things I have done in my career, it’s very motivating to me.”

“I have no problem going to Canada,” he said. “I suggested we go to Canada based on the fans that Pascal has up there. And the Canadians have been making a lot of noise lately with [super middleweight titlist Lucian] Bute and Pascal.”

Hopkins, of Philadelphia, has not fought outside the United States since 1994, when he received a draw against hometown fighter Segundo Mercado in a vacant middleweight title bout in Quito, Ecuador.

“I’d rather be fighting in Canada than Ecuador,” Hopkins said.

On Friday September 10th at the mecca of East End boxing, at the York Hall in London’s East End, Mick Hennessy makes a welcome return to boxing has he promotes a eight fight card.

Topping the bill is talented former Commonwealth welterweight champ, John O’Donnell a transplanted Irishman who bases himself out of West London taking on over twelve experienced American Terrance Cauthen, a former Olympian in an interesting international match up, O’Donnell is hoping that victory here could propel him into a British title challenge by the end of the year providing he comes through this.

Also booked for action is Lee Purdy, the first ever professional boxing champion from Colchester, England’s oldest recorded town!

Purdy last time out fought beyond the call of duty in possibly the fight of the year against Manchester’s Denton Vassell for the then vacant Commonwealth title, Purdy is scheduled to defend his Southern Area bauble against an opponent to yet be announced.

Further up the scales is gigantic Tyson Fury who at 6’9 has lofty ambitions himself has he hopes for a showdown with British champion Derek Chisora, last time out Fury disposed of one time nemesis John Mcdermott in crushing fashion in a much eagerly awaited rematch due to controversial scoring in there first meeting, Tyson showed there was no need for mathematics this time around, only for the ref to be able to count to ten!
Fury however takes on American Donnell Holmes over 8×3 minute rounds, and is the first time Tyson has met an American during his professional career.

Also featured is Greek hero Chris Evangelou from Enfield at light welter, has is Tyler Goodjohn who also debuts at 10st in his first pro outing, as does middleweight John Ryder whom is trained by ex pro Colin Lake, all face selected opposition.
Plus two more added to the card see’s improving Bradley Evan’s and Phill Fury, cousin of heavyweight Tyson who are appearing against select opposition.
For tickets please visit www.hennessysports.com

On Saturday September 11th at London’s York Hall, Goodwin promotions put on a interesting show, featuring no fewer than eleven fights in an almost marathon show, however topping the bill are two title fights featuring Pat McAleese who takes on over ten at light middle, Lee Noble.

Also another title fight between Ryan Barrett and Hackney’s Mark Alexander look’s like it could be rather interesting if the pre fight insults have been anything to go by, has Barrett has promised to humiliate and stop Alexander in there clash for the international masters super featherweight title.
“I will destroy and knock Alexander out to win the title!” the former Amir Khan opponent has promised, has both have hurled insults at eachother, even Barrett called Alexander ‘Minnie Mouse’!

But hey talking of cartoon charachter’s, or in true Warner Bros idiom ‘that’s not all folks’, there’s more…..

Also featured on the undercard is big punching Tony Conquest at cruiser who takes on much travelled Hastings Rasani, also booked for action is Erick Ochieng at middle against Alex Spitko, a true warrior.
Also featured are Darryl Setterfield against solid journeyman Matt Scriven, plus exciting light welter sensation Phil ‘the Phil Gill experience’ Gill against Damien Turner, in Gill’s sixth outing in the pro ranks, Gill is hoping sometime in the near future for a title chance.

At super middle Eder Kurti meets Danny Goode over four, while feather George Jupp takes on oft beaten Pavels Senkovs again over four while at middle Michael Norgrove takes on one time prospect Ian Eldridge.

Also making there professional debuts are Jamie Arlain at light welter and also Joel Mcintyre at light heavy.

For ticket information please visit www.goodwinpromotions.co.uk or alternatively phone 01525 851150.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former Light Heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver will make his first appearance as a Heavyweight when he takes on Nagy Aguilera on October 15th in either Memphis or California in a bout that will be broadcasted on Showtime.

“I won’t be the biggest heavyweight. I won’t be the strongest guy, but I think I’ll be the quickest and most elusive and the best counter puncher the heavyweight division has seen in a long time,” Tarver said. “I want to see if I can hit these big boys and put a dent in them. It remains to be seen, but if I can put a dent in these big boys, I’ll be the next heavyweight champion.

“I think I have so much more to give to the game. People are dying for a guy in the heavyweight division who has a face and a name and has some credibility. That’s what I bring to the table. You look at the American landscape and we don’t have anything out there. So I will give it a try until they beat me. I look at it like I am undefeated at heavyweight. And I am not fighting a dead man. Aguilera is a credible guy and I will see where I stand right off the bat.”

The bout is slated to headline a special edition of Showtime’s “ShoBox: The New Generation” series. Tarver (27-6, 19 KOs) has been working as a ringside commentator on the series.

“Maybe I’ll fight and commentate at the same time and pick up two checks,” Tarver joked.

“I think I stayed too long in that division,” said Tarver, who is best known for defeating Roy Jones Jr. in two of their three fights, including a shocking second-round knockout in their 2004 rematch. “I outgrew that division a long time ago. I was 28 coming out of the amateurs. I fought at 178 and, as a pro, I had to lose three more pounds. It was tough. I did it for a long time and I don’t have any regrets. But my last performances show I wasn’t as strong as I was in the past, and Dawson was 14 years younger than me. That had a lot to do with it. I wasn’t able to be as strong as I should have been in a fight.”

“I feel good right now. My goal is to be very strong and solid at the weight,” said Tarver, whose promotional company AT Entertainment will promote the bout. “I’ll look better with the weight on me. I won’t look frail and drawn and skinny.”

“Aguilera is a bona fide heavyweight and did real well going the distance against Maurice Harris,” Tarver said. “We’ll see if we can best that and step up to the plate with the big boys. This is a great opportunity for him to fight a name guy after just losing a competitive fight. I’m not picking no dead man to fight. Aguilera can hit, so I’m testing myself. I’ll have to get used to the big guys punching me — if they can land one. I am looking to fight those big guys and prove I am worthy of the heavyweight championship.”

Lucas Matthysse remained undefeated by stopping Rogelio Castaneda in round one of a scheduled ten round Jr. Welterweight bout in Santa Fe, Argentina.

Matthysse dropped Castaneda three time in the round with the fight being stopped just as Castaneda’s corner threw in the towel in round one.

Matthysse, 139 1/2 lbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina is now 27-0 with twenty-five knockouts. Castaneda, 139 1/2 lbs of Sacramento, CA is now 26-16-3.

Former Welterweight world title challenger Sebastien Lujan scored a seventh round stoppage over Emilio Julio Julio in a bout scheduled for ten rounds.

Lujan dominated the action and Julio did not come out for round seven.

Lujan, 147 lbs of Santa Fe, Argentina is now 34-5-2 with twenty-seven knockouts. Julio, 146 lbs of Barranquilla, Colombia is now 18-6-1.

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A capacity crowd turned out to support Philadelphia, PA’s Chazz Witherspoon (26-2 18 KO’s) at the Grand Ballroom of Trump’s Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ. The partisan crowd was hoping Witherspoon would return to his winning ways, while cagy veteran Livin Castillo (16-8 10 KO’s), of Atlantic City via Ecuador, a much better fighter than his record would indicate, was looking to make Witherspoon’s degree in pharmaceutical sales to use as his source of income.

Witherspoon got off to a slow start, losing the first four rounds on my card. Although he was the bigger man, Witherspoon was unable to mount an offense and was fed a steady diet of body shots by Castillo, whose game plan looked to be pot-shot then get out of range. The fight plan was working beautifully, on paper, as Castillo won the early rounds, taking no damage, but also delivering very little as well.

Sensing their fighter needed a lift, those in attendance came to life at the start of round five. Witherspoon did as well, feeding off the new energy. The St. Joseph’s university graduate started fighting with a greater sense of urgency, rediscovering his right hand, but his power shots failed to find the mark and the round that started as momentum changer ended with an even more confident Castillo.

One of the beauties of heavyweight division is a big strong man is never out of the fight. The fatal flaw in Castillo’s plan was letting a fighter with Witherspoon’s punching power hang around to long. The Philadelphia crowd soon got what they drove down the Atlantic City Expressway to see.

Early in the seventh round Witherspoon unloaded a right uppercut to the chin of Castillo that sent him to the canvas. A game but rubber legged Castillo got up, but Witherspoon landed several more right hands, forcing Referee Earl Brown to stop the contest at 2:21 of the seventh round.

In a battle of Super middleweights Philadelphia’s Farah Ennis (16-0 10 KO’s) bested an out classed Reggie Pena (6-4 1KO’s) from Ocala, Florida. Pena has a habit of leaning in with his head and Ennis was only to happy to use his right uppercut to demonstrate why that is not a good idea. Pena did manage to mount an attack in the third round only to be knocked down by a body shot in the closing seconds. Ennis sealed the deal in the third by another body shot and Pena was counted out at 1:56 of the round.

In a six round lightweight, contest Jose Reyes (23-8 8 KO) of Vineland, NJ got bested by Colombia’s Walter Estrada (37-13 25 KO) in a split decision. Estrada, a southpaw, knocked Reyes down in the first with a left cross. Estrada suffered a cut to the bridge of his nose in the fourth round. But his better ring generalship carried the day and swayed the judges his way. Scores were 58-55 and 57-56 for Estrada, with the third card reading 57-56 Reyes.

In a one sided match in the light heavyweight division Lavarn Harvell (6-0 3 KO) of Atlantic City knocked down Jackson, TN’s Nathan Bedwell (2-4 1KO) three times in four rounds on his way to a unanimous decision victory. Scores were a lopsided 40-33 on all three cards.

Super Middleweight (and son of former heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon) Isiah Seldon (2-0 1 KO) of Atlantic City drew a nice crowd to his second pro fight and didn’t disappoint them, stopping Jason Johns (0-3) of Danville Virginia at 2:57 of round 1.

In the opening bout of the evening, Atlantic City’s Eugene Soto (3-0 1KO) added another win to his record besting Maurice Williams (1-6 1KO) of Camden via majority decision. Mr. Williams may be the cockiest 1-6 fighter of all time and his clowning in the ring may have cost him in the judges’ minds. The scorecard of 37-37 was overruled by tallies of 38-36 and 38-37 for Soto.

For more New Jersey boxing news, go to gardenstatefightscene.com

Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that the September 18th fight between Juan Manuel Lopez and Rafael Marquez that was postponed due to a hand injury to Marquez will now take place on November 6 at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“It’s done, we’re good,” said Gary Shaw, who promotes Marquez. “I talked to the Marquez camp and [Lopez promoter] Top Rank was fine with it. I spoke to [Top Rank president] Todd duBoef about it to get it done.”

“Fortunately, my thumb injury did not prevent me from continuing my conditioning, including running daily,” said Marquez, who proved his durability in an epic four fight series with Israel Vazquez. “I am extremely grateful that my fight with Juan Manuel Lopez was rescheduled so quickly. On November 6, JuanMa and I have a date with destiny. I can’t wait.”

The southpaw Lopez (29-0, 26 KOs) is 27-years-old and has been fighting professionally for five years. He is a consensus top-10 pound-for-pound fighter and is widely considered a rising star. A win over Marquez would easily be the most significant of his young career. Conversely, Marquez (39-5, 35 KOs) at 35-years-old is well into the second half of a remarkable career. He has fought in 11 world title fights in his 15 years as a pro and he is a virtual lock for the Hall of Fame. A win over Lopez would give him a world title in his third weight division.

“This has become the most important fight of my career,” Marquez said.

“I’m looking forward to showing my skills against a great champion like Rafael Marquez, one of the all-time greats and a future Hall of Famer,’’ Lopez said. “It will be the biggest fight of my career.”

“So far we have just one TV fight, but I’m trying to get [Showtime’s] Kenny [Hershman] to buy another one,” Shaw said. “I have an idea for a very good fight. The question is if Kenny has the money in the budget.”

Shaw said he’d like to match junior middleweight titlist Sergei Dzinziruk, who he co-promotes with Artie Pelullo, against Vanes Martirosyan, who is promoted by Top Rank.

“Ken was not opposed to the fight. It’s a question of money,” Shaw said. “I know Top Rank is fine with making that fight.”

Guaynabo, P.R.- After presenting former champions in attendance Wilfredo Gómez, Alfredo Escalera, Félix Trinidad and Wilfredo Vázquez along with current champion Juan Manuel López, the stars of the main event made their way to the ring.

As expected Segura started off aggressively seeking Calderón who managed to slip and block many of the oncoming shots while landing jabs and straight right hands. Still, Segura managed to land some hard hooks to Calderon’s rib cage in both the first and second rounds even if it cost him a warning from the referee for hitting low. The third round saw Calderón slip more punches and the chants of “Ole!” started emerging from the crowd. In the fourth, Calderón went into a corner and Segura started unloading everything only to miss most if not all of his punches. All the while, the Iron Boy was landing counter left hands to his opponent’s face who finished the round visibly out of air.

Segura had his best round so far in the fifth when he took Calderón to a corner and unloaded again but the Puerto Rican wouldn’t be as successful this time and was visibly exhausted and getting hit a lot. What appeared to be a knockdown was ruled as a slip. Segura started well enough the sixth but Iván managed to land some heavy looking punches on Segura who was now getting slower and clumsier with his punches.

The seventh round was the first round to actually resemble a previous Calderón fight as the little man from Guaynabo boxed in reverse making the Mexican miss and along the way making him pay for it. In the eighth round, when it appeared that Calderón was on his way to another successful defense, he got taken to a corner where he took a knee after taking some shots and stayed on it until he got counted out by Luis H. Rivera.

Time of stoppage was 1:34 of the eighth round for Giovanni Segura who now owns both WBO and WBA belts and improves his record to 25-1 with 21 stoppages. The Mexican said he was thinking about the opportunity he had in front of his hands when he was getting tired and that was what motivated him to keep on working. Segura showed he can not only bang but can do it smartly as he was able to cut off the ring and come back and reassert himself after having a slump where he admitted he was getting manipulated by the Puerto Rican.

Calderón, who admitted he made mistakes in trading and was hurt by a body shot more than the head shots. His record now sports a first loss and falls to 34-1-1 with 6KO’s.
Calderón said he planned on resting till next year when he hopes to get another shot.

Lightweights started off the action with Rey Diaz (0-1) and Jeffrey Fontanes (1-0, 1KO) making their respective professional debuts. Referee Roberto Ramírez Jr. stopped the action at just 0:43 of the first round after Fontanes took his opponent to the corner by a series of unanswered flurries. Díaz complained expecting a standing eight count instead of the quick, and to many ring side observers, unnecessary, stoppage.

Also fighting to four rounds were junior welterweights Christopher Vélez ( 1-0-1, 1KO) and José Carlos Lozada (1-1-1, 1KO) . After a slow first round, both fighters traded shots with Vélez appearing to have the better of rounds two and three. A bruised Lozada tried to use his jab to keep his aggressive tormentor at bay but still got tagged both upstairs and downstairs. Somehow two judges saw the fight even at 38-38 while the last one saw Lozada win all four of the rounds. The decision and Lozada were both loudly booed by the crowd.

Samuel Santana and Felix St.Kitts were up next in a lightweight match set for six rounds. Santana showed a slight edge in the first round but when they both started trading in the second St. Kitts appeared to be stronger. St. Kitts, a Guaynabo city policeman, started strong in the third round but appeared to tire towards the end of the round and fought the fourth round in spurts. Round five was a tad slower for both fighters and by round six, St. Kitts (12-8-2, 7KO’s) appeared spent. The policeman landed several low blows in the final round and tried some roughhouse tactics but still couldn’t take enough away from Santana (3-4-2, 0KO’s )to win the round. Scores were 59-55 and 60-54 twice for Santana.

Up next was former Puerto Rican Olympian Alexander “El Pollo” de Jesús who was allowed to fight while he is serving a prison sentence. His opponent, who came in over seven and a half pounds heavier than De Jesús, was José Angel Román. Their bout was also set for six rounds at the junior welterweight limit. De Jesús quickly demonstrated his superiority landing clean, accurate punches and slipping and blocking anything Román threw at him. Rounds two and three saw Román try a little more but be just as unsuccessful. By round four and into the fifth, Román looked but kept on coming and De Jesús contented himself with winning the rounds but wasn’t going for the stoppage. De Jesús let his hands go a little more but still couldn’t stop his opponent from charging on. Scores were 60-54 on all three of the judge’s scorecards for El Pollo who moves to 20-1 with 13KO’s. Román drops to 11-24-5 with 5KO’s and should consider what his next move will be.

Former Puerto Rican Olympian McJoe Arroyo (5-0, 2KO’s) went up against Sigfredo Medina (3-2, 2KO’s) in a bantamweight bout set for six. Arroyo’s accurate jabs, straights and uppers had Medina swollen and reddened by the end of round two and Medina had barely landed any shots on his southpaw opponent halfway through the bout. Arroyo added some left hooks to his punch output in the third and by the fourth round was basically boxing circles around his opponent. Rounds five and six were comfortably dominated by the former amateur star who only occasionally got hit after landing multiple blows on his opponent. All three judges saw the bout 60-54 in favor of Arroyo.

Undefeated prospects Hector Marengo of Arecibo, Puerto Rico and José “La Sombra” González of Toa Baja were up next in a lightweight match set for six rounds. González appeared stronger from the very first round and in the second, bloodied and imposed his will on Marengo even if he had to catch some leather to do it. Marengo was able to dodge and counter a little bit more in the third and by the fourth round was fighting on more even terms with González. By now, both fighters had basically forgone their jabs much to the delight of the crowd.

Midway through the fifth, González dropped his opponent with a series of unanswered uppercuts and kept on pounding on him prompting the crowd to ask for a stoppage. Still referee Roberto Ramírez Jr. let it go into the sixth before finally halting the action at of 1:19 the final round. It must be noted that Marengo kept on throwing punches till the very end. González improves to 12-0 with 8KO’s while Marengo looses his O to go to 5-1-4, 3KO’s.

McWilliams Arroyo, brother of McJoe and the other half of the set of Puerto Rican amateur stars fought Jovanne Fuentes at the flyweight limit in a bout set for six rounds. The first two rounds were fairly close with Arroyo’s greater output giving him a slight edge. In the third and fourth, Arroyo made his opponent back up against the ropes for long stretches at a time but was still finding it hard to land anything clean. In the fifth Fuentes tried letting his hands go more often and found some success with some strong hooks to the body. The sixth and final round was a more even one with both fighters taking turns throwing and landing combinations. Scores were 60-54 on all three of the judge’s score cards. Arroyo ups to 4-1 with 3KO’s while Fuentes drops his first one and falls to 2-1 with 1 KO.

Iván “Iron Boy” Calderón faces tomorrow one of the toughest challenges of his career when he faces hard punching Mexican, Giovanni “The Aztec Warrior” Segura. Calderón (34-0-1, 6KO’s) has faced the likes of Hugo Cázares, Roberto Leyva, Nelson Dieppa and Rodel Mayol, all fighters with heavy hands, but Segura (24-1, 20KO’s) may turn out to be a little more complicated than the above mentioned fighters. Not only is Segura a “thinking man’s” brawler but Calderón has showed signs of slipping more frequently as the years have gone by.

In his last outing, Calderón faced hard-hitting but limited Jesús Iribe and was knocked down before finding his groove and out-boxing his opponent to a convincing decision victory. Iribe is no Segura and carried five losses into his fight against Calderón. Some against marquee opponents such as Edgar Sosa and Brian Viloria but two other were against unknowns Erik Ramírez and Jesús Jiménez. Segura’s only loss came at the capable hands of César Canchilla and was quickly avenged by an emphatic fourth round TKO.

For the Puerto Rican southpaw, the fight represents his first opportunity to unify titles, something he could never do at minimum weight despite having defended his WBO belt eleven times (His eleventh round KO of Edgar Cárdenas was a non title fight when Cárdenas failed to make weight) and this being his sixth defense of his light flyweight title.

Segura on his behalf won the Interim WBA strap on his rematch with Canchilla and became champion after Michael Koncz a towel in the ring during his fight against Juanito Rubillar. Segura was declared the winner and went on to defend against Sonny Boy Jaro, Walter Tello and Ronald Ramos, all fights ending within the distance.

Calderón is as pure a boxer as can be. He has to be, for twelve rounds every fight, for he has no power to end fights. Segura is an unorthodox puncher. Segura will look to pressure Calderón using not only his power but his feet. All others who have tried to pressure Calderón into fighting their fight have failed to use their legs to make their pressure effective. Even though Segura has never faced a fighter of the Iron Boy’s class (none have until they face him) he has shown he can cut off the ring when he gets to his opponents and that may be the key to defeating Iván.

Still, Calderón’s experience should help him negate his opponent’s advantages in size, youth and power. The champion from Guaynabo has proven versatile and effective against taller opponents with longer reach. His toughest fights have come against very unorthodox fighters, which Segura is one, but he has still managed to pull off victories in every one of them except his first fight against Rodel Mayol which ended in a technical draw. In this Ring Magazine’s Champion against number one contender, I expect the Champion to remain so.

The card is presented by PR Best Boxing and will be available through pay-per-view

Another night at the Nokia Center downtown Los Angeles brings us another installment of Golden Boy’s Fight Night Club! With the music blaring and the crowd hyped up, the card was packed with 8 fights including 2 amateur bouts.

The first bout was a junior welter fight featuring Devo Donaldson of Hollywood and Osman Rivera of Pasadena. The action was saved for the second round as Donaldson was knocked down twice. On the second knockdown, the referee stopped the bout and Rivera was the victor.

The second bout was also in he 140 weight class. Out of Maywood, CA Sergio Nunez battled Joaquin Chavez out of nearby Commerce, CA. As to be expected these bys came out swinging and showed little to no defense. The third and final round had two knockdowns before going the distance. The winner was Sergio Nunez.

In the first professional bout of the evening, Bastie Samir (3-0, 3KO’s) of Ghana met Jacob Alvarez (0-1) of Victor Valley, CA. Bastie was like a bully, following Alvarez around the ring and landing meaningful power punches! The bout was stopped at end of the first round much to Mr. Alvarez’s delight

The next bout was a four round, welterweight bout pitting Stephen Rubalcava (0-1) against Salvador Rios who was making his pro debut. Rios worked his jab often while mixing in many body shots. It was only a matter of time before Rubalcava would have to succumb to the constant pressure but the referee stopped the fight midway through giving Rios a TKO victory in his first fight.

The next bout was another welterweight bout; undefeated Antonio Orozco (7-0, 5KO’s) was meeting the more experienced Humberto Tapia (15-14-1, 8KO’s). This fight was close and had tons of action with both guys in each others kitchen all fight. By the end of the fourth round it was anyone’s guessas to who was winning but in the fifth round Orozco seemed to take a slight lead as he began to double up his jab. And the scorecards were the same on all three cards, 60-54, to the winner Oroxco.

In our next fight, Johnathon Bobadillo met Juan Figueroa in a battle of junior welterweight fighters. Both fighting in front of a hometown crowd, these guys were looking to leave a lasting impression but both guys looked like amateurs, swinging wildly and missing. In a battle between two soda cans, how do you pick which one was less of a dud? Well the judges did…the scores were 39-36, 39-36, 38-37 all for Bobadilla who improves to 5-3.

In the main event of the night, local fave and undefeated Ronny Rios (11-0, 5KO’s) met Leivi Brea of Miami, FL (17-8-3. 9KO’s). The first was a feeling out round, both fighters were overly cautious but I would give the edge to Brea. Rios became more aggressive in the second, perhaps too aggressive as he dropped Brea from a low blow (by corcelli). Something lit a fire under these guys as the both came out swinging in the third. Both guys landed big shots. The fourth ended controversially…after a flash knockdown by Rios, a second knockdown came moments later but Brea tried to claim that it was from a low blow. While on the canvas complaining, Brea was counted out at 2:59 of the round.

In the final bout, Armando Dorantes of LA met Sergio De La Torre of Escandido, CA. With a very quick left hook, Dorantes dropped Torre in what seemed to be a flash knockdown. Seconds later Dorantes dropped him and the ref waved the bout off at 1:06 of the first. Dorantes is now 8-2 with 2KO’s.

Dan Rafael of espn.com reported that disgraced former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito received a boxing License in Texas and a proposed fight with Manny Pacquiao will now go forward on November 13th at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX.

“After a thorough review of his application it was determined Mr. Margarito met the requirements of the Texas Combative Sports Act and Rules,” William Kuntz, the executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, said in a statement.

“I want to thank the state of Texas for granting me a boxing license which enables me to continue my passion for the sport of boxing in the United States,” Margarito said in a statement. “I have dedicated my life to giving the fans of the sport entertainment and excitement. On Nov. 13, this great opportunity will ultimately be fulfilled when I battle Manny Pacquiao.”

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, on vacation in France, was happy with the news.

“For me, it was like a terrible nightmare, this whole thing, and now the sun is shining,” Arum told ESPN.com. “I really believe that it will be a very competitive fight. One guy is much bigger and stronger [Margarito] and the other guy [Pacquiao] is quicker and hits with both hands. It will be a fascinating fight to watch.”

“I was never a big fan of the ABC, but they were totally honorable and very responsible in this whole situation,” Arum said. “They made us go back to California, which to me didn’t make sense. But we did it because they requested it and then they issued a letter saying any state was free to license him. I really believed that once we followed the ABC road map that we were going to be OK.”

“Based on the review of the above information I have authorized the issuance of a license to Mr. Margarito,” Kuntz said.

“I think the crowd will be much bigger and Jerry [Jones] thinks it will also,” Arum said. “The last fight was not during football season. This one is, and we have all the Dallas Cowboys assets they use during the season to help this time. We have a lot of stuff that we didn’t have for the Clottey fight. With Margarito being Hispanic, and this is North Texas, which has a huge Hispanic population, that will make this even bigger.”

Jones said: “This is a good one because we know Margarito — with our fan base, in our area — if we do the fight, then it’ll be a big draw.”

Tonight was the first card this writer covered where Boxrec.com couldn’t serve as a reference tool.

There weren’t any titles up for grabs and only two of the bouts were scheduled for more than three rounds. A ten point must system was nonexistent. Hometown decisions didn’t come into play. Most importantly, the combatants fought for pride and experience, not paychecks.

The Dover Boxing Club presented an entertaining fourteen fight amateur card at the elegant Palisadium in Cliffside Park, NJ, which has a breathtaking view of New York City. The venue was comparable to nearby Schuetzen Park, a popular North Jersey club show venue. Those on hand cheered loudly for the fighters they came to support, but also paid their opponents homage.

“I have always loved working with the amateurs,” said Rich Stoltenborg, the Dover Boxing Club’s Director who organized the show and also trains multiple pros. “It’s a different level of course but this is the heart of boxing. This is where the kids begin from eight years old until some of them turn pro.”

Stoltenborg also acknowledges that things are a lot smoother in the unpaid ranks than in the pros.

“Everybody basically gets along even though there are some arguments.” “We are all here for the same reason to build these kids’ character, keep them off the streets and keep them honest.”

Here are this evening’s results

170 lb Sub Novice: Darius Wesley (Silver City Boxing Club) Dec Henry Logan (Dover Boxing Club)

147 lb Sub Novice: Justin McGee (Middletown PAL) Dec James Kuehnapfel (Dover)

180 lb Sub Novice: Paul Stanton (Union City Boxing Club) Dec Dave Shahinian (Evolution)

130 lb Open Class Female: Jamielee Smith (Dover) Dec Candice Perez (Aces)

201 lb Sub Novice: Ken Reid (Middletown PAL) RSC 2 (TKO) Alex Banari (Passaic Boxing Club)

140 lb Sub Novice: Jason Herrera (Evolution) DEC Daniel Gonzalez (Hackensack PAL)

201 lb Novice: Michael Lowery (Plainfield Boxing Club) DEC Dan Mansfield (Dover)

151 lb Sub Novice: Andrew Ridner (Dover) Dec Damien Elliott (Hackensack)

160 lb Sub Novice: Miles O’Connor Dec Tim Rajkumar (Aces)

125 lb Novice: Herkin De La Rosa (Union City) Dec Jose Martinez (Plainfield)

201 lb Sub Novice: Chase Hoookway (Dover) RSC 2 Jose Marrero (Aces)

163 lb Open Class: Anthony Gangemi DEC Haquil Glen (Elite)

150 lb Sub Novice: John Tealan (Hackensack) Dec Argenis Matos (Elite)

For more New Jersey boxing news, go to gardenstatefightscene.com

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Aug. 25, 2010) – Team Sauerland regrets to inform the boxing world
that WBC Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler has been forced to pull out of the Super
Six World Boxing Classic due to an eye injury. His title defence against Allan Green in Herning,
Denmark on September 25 has been cancelled.

“This is the most disappointing moment of my boxing career,” Kessler said. “After defeating Carl
Froch, I was on the way to win the tournament, so pulling out now really hurts. The eye problem has
bothered me since the beginning of the Super Six in my preparation for the bout against Andre
Ward. It also bothered me in the fights against Ward and Froch, and in my training for the fight
against Green it has become unbearable. I have consulted leading experts in Denmark and
Germany and they have advised me to take a break from boxing so that the problem can heal. I
have been assured that it will heal completely and that I will be back in the ring next year. As a fair
sportsman, I do not want to delay the Super Six, which is still the best thing that has happened to
boxing for a long time. I wish my fellow contestants the best of luck – may the best man win. I will be
there to fight the winner in 2011.”

SHOWTIME Sports Executive Vice President Ken Hershman expresses his disappointment for
Kessler but assures the boxing fans around the world that the tournament will go on.

“I commend Mikkel Kessler for his decision,” said Hershman. “He has made a wise choice in light of
his doctors’ recommendations and he is showing tremendous respect for his fellow competitors and
for the tournament format itself.

“We will publicly address how this turn of events affects the tournament in the coming days. I
assure you we will make the best of this scenario. In fact, I have been aware of Mikkel’s situation for
a few days and I have a vision for how we can proceed that will enhance the excitement of the
tournament. First, I must have some internal discussions but mark my words, the drama of the
Super Six will be unrelenting and we will crown a champion in the early part of 2011.”

Promoter Kalle Sauerland said Kessler did “absolutely the right thing.” He stated: “You can recover
from losing in the ring but you cannot recover from losing your health. There is nothing that is of
bigger importance than the boxer´s health. As much as we regret to see Mikkel pulling out, he was
left with no other choice. He should take all the time in the world to recover. He can take comfort in
the fact that he looked reborn in his last bout. Once he is recovered, he will continue where he left
off. The Viking Warrior will be back.”

Added Team Sauerland General Manager Chris Meyer. “We are saddened to see Mikkel pulling out
but his health is more important than anything he could win inside the ring. The WBC will probably
make him “champion emeritus” so that he can fight against the reigning champion once he is ready
to come back.”

Highly-reputed eye specialist Professor Dr. med Gerhard Lang, who is the Director of the Eye
Hospital at Universitätsklinikum Ulm and also served as the 2010 World Ophthalmology Congress
President, examined Kessler and believes a proper rest is all the “Viking Warrior” needs. “Mikkel
said he has been bothered by problems with his vision during the fights against Ward and Froch as
well as in the training in the build-up to these fights. There is a weakness of the superior oblique
muscle of his left eye. To continue boxing, the muscle needs a proper rest, meaning no fighting or
sparring for nine months. After this break, a complete recovery is expected.”

For information on all SHOWTIME Sports telecasts, including exclusive behind-the-scenes video
and photo galleries from its events and complete information on the Super Six World Boxing
Classic, please visit the website at http://www.sports.sho.com

Heavyweight Timur Ibragimov 29-2(16KO) won the WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title with a TKO win over previously undefeated Gurcharan Singh 20-1(11KO), who represented India in the 2000 Olympics. Ibragmov, who was on the 1996 Uzbekistani Olympic Team, paced himself through the beginning of the fight and then dropped Singh in the 9th round with a huge overhand right and came out to finish the fight and dropped Singh with another over hand right that nearly knocked him out of the ring, at 1:45 of the 10th and final round.

Brad Solomon 13-0(5KO) was impressive and won the WBA International and the WBC Latino welterweight titles with a TKO win over veteran Wilfredo Negron 26-15 (19). Solomon, the former 3 time national champion was very slick and fast and often rocked the old pro Negron. The very fast athletic Solomon was coming off of an impressive win on ESPN over formerly undefeated heavy handed Kenny Galarza. Sam Burgos stepped in at 2:56 of round six after Solomon overwhelmed Negron with an onslaught of punches. The very skilled Solomon has a style reminiscent of Roy Jones Junior and is on his way to being a contender in the welterweight division. This was Solomon’s’ first fight under the Heavyweight Factory promotional company.

Former Cuban amateur star Luis “Big Thing” Ortiz 3-0 (2KO) won the WBC Fecarbox heavyweight title in just his third professional fight with a unanimous decision win over Kendrick Releford 22-14 (10). Ortiz put his punches together well throughout the fight and dropped Releford with a great left uppercut in the second round. The cards read 80-72 and 79-72 twice. Heavyweight Factory fighter Ortiz, being billed as the next great Cuban heavyweight, had over 360 amateur fights.

Heavyweight Watson Pierre 1-0, fighting out of Fort Lauderdale made a successful debut with a 2nd round KO over big Ray “Hurricane” Tillman 0-1 who was fighting out of the Heavyweight Factory in Tampa. Pierre dropped Tillman with a huge overhand right in the second and Tillman was unable to beat the count. The end came at 1:30.

Heavyweights Emmanuel Augustama 2-0-1(2KO) and Robert Turner 3-2-1(2KO) fought 4 rounds to a draw with the cards reading 39-37 40-36 38-38.

In the third fight of the night former Cuban amateur star Inocente Fiss 3-0 2(KO) looked great with a win over Reynaldo Cepeda 4-1(3KO) representing Tampa’s Fight Factory. After a competitive action packed first round. Cepeda showed great slickness and boxing while fighting hard, but Fiss was the aggressor and landed the bigger shots. The official cards read 59-55 and 60-54.

In an awesome fight of undefeated Miami Cruiserweights, Pedro Rodriguez 3-0(3KO) showed great heart with a great sixth round TKO over Abdulah Dobey 4-1(4KO). Rodriguez stunned Dobey in the second round and continued with a barrage of shots up until the end of the round putting Dobey out on his feet, Dobey was so rocked he went to the wrong corner but came out to a great round three as Rodriguez noticeably slowed and appeared to have punched himself out. Dobey started gaining ground through the middle rounds however was caught with a big comeback by Rodriguez and was dropped at 1:30 of the sixth round.

Jayce Monroe 2-0(1KO) handed Heavyweight Factory’s James Bryant 3-1(3KO) his first career loss with a split decision win in a sloppy fight. Bryant got knocked down early in the first round. The scores card read 38-37 Bryant 39-37 Monroe 38-37 Monroe

Notable fighters in attendance were Shannon Briggs, Joey Hernandez, Guillermo Rigondeaux, John David Jackson, and Oliver McCall.

Joksan Hernandez scored a scintillating first round stoppage over Ira Terry in round one of a scheduled ten round Jr. Light bout in Tijuana, Mexico.

Hernandez hurt Terry in round one with a flurry and then followed up with a perfect right that dropped Terry and he could not beat the referee Juan Jose Ramirez’s ten count and the fight was over at 2:32 of round one.

Herandez, 129 lbs of Esenada, Mexico is now 21-2- with fourteen knockouts. Terry, 129 lbs of Memphis, TN is now 24-4.

Former two time Olympic Gold Medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux stopped former world title challenger Jose Angel Beranza in round seven of a scheduled eight round Super Bantamweight bout.

Rigondeaux showed the class and skill that makes alot of boxing insiders call him a future star of the sport as he used quick hands and slick defense to dominate the bout.

Rigondeaux dropped Beranza twice in round four. Beranza was beaten up ans he continued to take punches and the fight was stopped ten seconds in round seven.

Rigondeaux, 122 lbs of Santiago, Cuba is now 6-0 with five stoppages. Beranza, 122 lbs of Mexico City is now 38-17-2.

Northeast Ohio does not have to look any further to see a champion. We have Nick “The Stoneman” Firtha. The Akron native, who also calls Cleveland home, retained his NABA United States Heavyweight Championship and also captured the Ohio State heavyweight Championship with a 10 round majority decision over Mike Shepherd. Both fighters fought a championship level fight but it was Firtha’s non-stop aggression that brought him to victory. Firtha hurt Shepherd throughout the fight but Shepherd’s martial arts training and natural granite chin kept the West Virginia strong man on his feet. Firtha stuck to his game plan, controlled the pace, and concentrated on Shepherd’s body to wear him down. This was a true match up of boxer vs. fighter with the boxer coming out on top. This was the first defense of Firtha’s title. Following the fight both fighters acknowledged each other’s will, strength and determination. Firtha, being a gracious champion, offered words of praise for his defeated opponent. Being a champion is not always about wins and losses, it is about conduct and sportsmanship. Both Firtha & Shepherd emulated the qualities of a champion. Firtha’s future is bright with potential title fights on the horizon. Rumors of a world title shot are beginning to circulate for early 2011.

The co-feature saw Junior Middleweight Dante Moore stay undefeated but add a draw to his record as he was tested by Corey Rodriquez.

Fan favorite Wilkins “The Hispanic Hurricane” Santiago improved to 2-0 (1ko) with a second round stoppage over Matt Keglovic. Santiago fought conventional and southpaw keeping his opponent off balance and allowing Santiago to land at will. Santiago showed improvement from his first victory as he was sharp not only on his offence but on his defense as utilized his head movement and crisp counterpunching.

Jason Massie improved to 6-0 (4ko) with a 4 round unanimous decision over Mujaheed Moor.

Cleveland’s Michael Moore remained perfect 3-0 (3ko) with a 4th round tko over Eric Draper.

The fights were held at the Nautica Pavilion by Warner Promotions. In only their 3rd show they have been showcased on ESPN and are pitting the best on the world for the fans of the Sweet Science. Look for their return in late 2010 with another action packed championship card.

Tomasz Adamek once again thrilled his fans as heung on and a twelve round unanimous decision over Michael Grant in front of 10,972 rabid boxing fans at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Adaemk dominated the first five rounds as he was much too quick for Grant, who was pawing with his jab and was looking for only one shot. At the end of round six, Grant fionally got into the fight as he landed a big right hand that not only hurt Adamek but cut him around the right eye.

Adamek recovered and picked up where he started over the first five-plus rounds as he darted in and out and landed some quick two and three punch combinations for which Grant had no answer for. Adamek sufferd a cut around his left eye in round eight from an appear ant clash of heads. Grant began to bleed from the mouth in round nine. The action picked up in round eleven as the two fighters exchanged hard right hand.

Round twelve is where Adamek, turned into his predecessor of the king of New Jersey boxing, Arturo Gatti as it became high stakes drama as Grant landed a big right that rocked Adamek and the Polish star was hurt and had to hold on in the last ninety seconds just to get out of the fight because Grant showed the fire that he did not show for the first thirty-four minutes and jumped on Adamek.

Adamek was able to hold on for the 118-110, 118-110 and 117-111 victory to raise his record to 42-1. Grant is now 46-4.

One time hot prospect Joel Julio scored a ten round unanimous decision over Jamaal Davis in a Jr. Middleweight bout.

Julio was very impressive as he battered Davis yet Davis showed an excellent chin as he was never in danger in going down despite taking heavy combinations from the Colombian power puncher.

Julio Cruised down the stretch as Davis had very little offense to hold off the hard charging Julio.

Julio, 152 lbs of Miami won by scores of 97-93; 98-92 and 99-93 and is now 36-4. Davis, 153 lbs of Philadelphia is 12-7

Sadam Ali scored an impressive fifth round stoppage over granite chinned Lenin Arroyo in a scheduled eight round Welterweight bout.

Ali dominated the bout as he boxed well and wobbled Arroyo a few times over the four rounds. Ali landed a perfect left to the head/left to the body combaintion that sent Arroyo down for referee Steve Smoger’s ten count at 2:46 of round five

Ali, 145 lbs of Brooklyn, NY is now 9-0 with five knockouts. Arroyo, 146 lbs of Miami via Costa Rica is 20-13-1.

Jeremy Bryan scored a stoppage after Daniel Mitchell did not come out for round two of their scheduled six round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Mitchell was unable to continue on the advice of the ringside doctor.

Bryan, 139 lbs of Paterson, NJ is now 14-1 with seven knockouts. Mitchell, 137 lbs of Pittsburgh is now 5-2-1.

Shemuel Pegan made a successful pro debut as he scored two knockdowns en route to a four round unanimous decision over Raul Rivera in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

Pegan, 135 1/2 lbs of Brooklyn, NY won by scores of 40-35; 40-34 and 40-34 to start 1-0. Rivera, 135 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia is 0-3.

Osnel Charles scored a first round knockdown en route to a four round unanimous decision over Hector Colladoi.

Scores were 39-37; 38-37; 38-37 for Charles, 137 1/2 lbs of Atlantic City and is now 4-2. Collado, 139 1/2 lbs of Union City, NJ is now 0-2-1.

Tyrone Luckey needed just fifty-four seconds to dispose of Larry Yanez in a battle of debuting Lightweights.

Just seconds in, Luckey dropped Yanez with a sharp left hook. Lucky wobbled Yanez several more times before referee Steve Smoger stopped the bout.

Luckey of Middletown, NJ is 1-0 with one stoppage. Yanez, 135 lbs of Miami is 0-1.

TUCSON – No Mercy is the nickname, the message and the plan. But it would have to wait. Time was more important than a swift stoppage for Filipino prospect Mercito Gesta Friday night at Casino Del Sol.

Gesta (19-0-1, 9 KOs) put in some overtime and still walked away with a dramatic stoppage, a seventh-round knockout of Mexican Genaro Trazancos (23-12-1, 13 KOs), in his apparent ascension to stardom.

“Six-plus rounds is pretty good,’’ Gesta said of a fight he probably could have ended a couple of rounds before he dropped Trazanco with a short left at 53 seconds of the seventh.

Work today might mean more in a later day. Gesta wants a shot at Australian Michael Katsidis, who holds the World Boxing Organization’s interim title. Gesta’s management and promoter, Don Chargin, have mentioned Katsidis as a possibility early next year.

“Hopefully,’’ said Gesta, who has No Mercy stitched in gold onto the bottom of his red trunks.

No Mercy was as good as no hope for Trazancos. He was unconscious before the back of his head hit the canvas with a frightening thud in an outdoor ring on a hot desert night.

“I never felt it,’’ Trazancos said not long after the main even on a card Chargin dedicated to his late wife, Lorraine. “He hit me in the right place.’’

It took several moments for Trazancos to climb off the canvas and onto his feet. Then, he sat in folding chair for several more moments. Finally, he stood up, turned toward Gesta and applauded.

Trazancos saw a lot of stars. In the end, he applauded one that might be around for awhile. Best of the undercard: In an upset, featherweight Noe Lopez (7-5, 4 KOs), a Mexican and a late-standin for injured Michael Franco, scored an upset, taking a unanimous decision from Adolfo Landeros (924-25-1, 9 KOs) of Mexico City

Lopez agreed to the fight early Friday. Franco withdrew from the bout Thursday night because on eye injury, torn retina.

The rest: Tucson middleweight Pahoron Gastellum (4-0) won a decision, unanimous in name and one-sided in fact, over Steve Macomber (3-10-1) of Lakeside, Calif.; Phoenix super-featherweight Carlos Luque and Martin Armenta of Mexico have more defeats than victories on their respective records, yet they fought each other as if they had never lost. In tough battle, Luque (2-6) prevailed, winning a unanimous decision over Armenta (12-24-3).

Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that disgraced former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito applied for a boxing license in Texas just after he was denied a license in California.

“We have received a faxed application on behalf of Margarito,” Said Susan Stanford who is the public information officer for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. “But a faxed application is an incomplete application.”

Apparently Maragrito did not include the $20 fee for the application.

“We understand there is a hard-copy application with a check in the mail,” she said.

Margarito needs a license in Texas so Top Rank promoter Bob Arum can move forward with his plans for Margarito to face Manny Pacquiao for a vacant junior middleweight title on Nov. 13 on HBO PPV at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, site of Pacquiao’s dominant decision against Joshua Clottey on March 13.

The ABC issued a memo on Thursday reiterating to state commissions that Margarito had fulfilled his obligations.

“At this time Mr. Margarito has fulfilled his obligations per the ABC [which was to appear before the CSAC before applying for licensure to another state/tribal commission in the United States] and thus he is now free to pursue licensure with any ABC member commission,” the ABC’s statement read. “There is nothing under the federal law that would prohibit consideration for licensure. The ABC would hope that each ABC member commission would examine the facts that have been laid out by the CSAC and weigh those facts in determining if Mr. Margarito should indeed be licensed to compete in their jurisdiction.”

Stanford said once Margarito’s $20 check arrives, his application will be considered like any other fighter’s.

“We have licensing specialists that review it and all state laws and rules are considered,” she said. “If it meets the laws and rules, the license will be granted. But every application is taken on a case by case basis, and Margarito’s will be no different.”

“We don’t require a hearing,” she said. “We either grant it or deny. If it’s denied, the applicant has a right to a hearing if he asks for it.”

She said once full application requirements are with her department, the application would be ruled on “within 10 days.”

Former WBO Featherweight World Champion Steve Luevano has retired from Boxing according to his manager Cameron Dunkin who said the decision was made late last night. Luevano 29, finishes with a 37-2-1(15) record. He held the title from July 2007 when he claimed the belt on the road in England scoring an impressive eleventh round stoppage over local hero Nicky Cook. He went on to make 5 successful defence’s before losing his crown to JuanMa Lopez in February. Over the summer Luevano was let go from his contract with Top Rank who had promoted him for his entire career. It’s not known what Luevano intends to do next but on behalf of 15rounds.com congratulations on a great career Steven enjoy retirement.

Former Cuban amateur star Erislandy Lara need under one round to stop veteran Willie Lee in a Jr. Middleweight bout at the Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana.

Lara dropped Lee with a hard one-two just moments into the contest. Lara ended things as he landed a hige uppercut and straight left that drove Lee to the ropes and he was all over Lee until referee Laurence Cole stopped the bout at 1:48 of round one.

Lara, 153 1/2 lbs of Miami is now 13-0 with eight knockouts. Lee, 152 1/4 lbs of Gulfport, MS is now 17-7

Former Cuban Olympian Yordanis Despaigne scored a ten round unanimous decision over previously built up undefeated Frank Paines.

Despaigne dominated the action and scored a knockdown in round two from a left hook. Paines tried to come forward in spots but simply doesnt have the skills to compete with the Despaigne. In round five, Despaigne was cut around his right eye from a headbutt as Despaigne crouched down into Paines head. Over the last couple rounds, Despaigne was confident enough to showboat a little as he cruised down the stretch

Despaigne, 174 1/2 lbs of Miami won by scores of 100-89;96-93 and 99-90 and is now 7-0. Paines, 171 1/4 lbs of Los Angeles is now 11-1.

Yordenis Ugas scored a second round stoppage over Marquis Jackson a welterweight bout scheduled for four rounds.

Ugas dropped Jackson from a big right hand that was followed by a combination in the second frame. Ugas was all over Jackson as he dropped him again from a flurry of punches and the fight was stopped at 1:23 of round two.

Ugas, 146 1/2 lbs of Miami is now 3-0 with two knockouts. Jackson, 146 1/2 lbs of Atlanta is now 2-2.

Former Welterweight world champion, Antonio Margarito was denied a boxing license in California by a vote of 5-1.

Margarito claimed he was unaware that he had was turned out to be a plaster like substance in his glove while being taped up for his January, 2009 bout with Shane Mosley in Los Angeles.

The commissioners cited lack of remorse on Margarito’s part as one of the key reasons for denying the former champ the license.

Maragrito did fight in his native Mexico as he scored a unanimous decision over Roberto Garcia on May 8th.

There have been reports that Margarito will fight Manny Pacquiao in Texas on November 13th with Texas willing to give the disgraced fighter an opportunity to fight in their state.

Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that WBC Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his belt against former WBO champion Shannon Briggs on October 16th in Hamburg, Germany.

“Contracts are signed, everything is done,” Said Bernd Boente, who manages Klitschko adding that there will be news conferences to make the formal announcement in Klitschko’s native Kiev, Ukraine, on Aug. 30 and another in Hamburg, his adopted hometown, on Aug. 31.

“I am very happy that I am finally fighting in Hamburg again. I started in Hamburg as a pro [in 1996],” said Klitschko, who hasn’t fought there since a 1999 knockout of Obed Sullivan. “The O2 World is a fantastic arena and the fans in Hamburg know their boxing, and a great atmosphere is guaranteed.”

“Shannon Briggs is an unbelievable trash-talker, but he is definitely a very strong challenger,” Klitschko said. “He has huge experience, has way more professional fights than I have and is one of the hardest punchers in the heavyweight division. I know I will have to prepare myself with my coach [Fritz Sdunek] very intensely.”

Said Boente: “It’s a very interesting matchup. Vitali has to be prepared very well because Briggs is very dangerous for the first six or seven rounds and you can’t underestimate the guy. Vitali knows this not a walkover. You know Briggs. He can show up as a really good fighter and perform on world-class level, or he can show up like he did in the [Sultan] Ibragimov fight and just walk around the ring.”

“I tried for a long time to get into the ring with one of the Klitschkos. Now it’s time to write history,” Briggs said. “Most of their opponents [expletive] in their pants before they enter the ring. But I will put a lot of pressure on Klitschko. Klitschko can look at his WBC belt for a couple of more weeks. After Oct. 16, it belongs to me.

“I have been in touch with [ESPN programmer] Doug Loughrey and hopefully we can work something again for Vitali’s fight,” Boente said.

Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that former Jr. Welterweight and Welterweight world champion Zab Judah will take on Michael Clark on October 2nd in Newark, New Jersey.

“I know he’s coming to win,” Judah told ESPN.com on Monday from Las Vegas, where he’s training with Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. “I’m just excited. I’m back in training. Me and Eddie have been in the gym putting in the work. I am looking to go in there and show the world that I am back and that I am the best 140-pounder in the world.”

“I felt great in the Santa Cruz fight,” Judah said. “For this fight here, I will come in at 140. I’m feeling good. Whenever I step in the ring, it will always be an exciting night. I’m making a promise that it will be a dynamic performance. I am mentally and physically ready.”

“With the performances of Bradley and Alexander [in their recent fights], I consider myself the best guy in the division,” Judah said. “Those guys know with me back at 140 that my eyes are set on them, Devon, Bradley and Khan. I don’t know when or which order they will be taken in, but there will be order in the court. I am looking to be undisputed champion at 140 pounds.”

“We offered the fight to Juan Urango, Victor Cayo, Paulie Malignaggi, Lucas Matthysse, Julio Diaz, Kendall Holt and Joel Casamayor,” Said Main Events promoter Kathy Duva. “None of them were interested.”

“HBO knows we are willing to fight any of them, but I was told the only way I was going to get Zab on HBO was to fight on one of Golden Boy’s dates since they have the dates and they have most of those fighters,” Duva said.

“Zab came down from welterweight because he had been fighting in a division he was too small for for a long time and he isn’t going to make that mistake again,” Duva said. “I told Lou (DiBella) if Berto wants to come down to 140, we can make the fight right now. But that isn’t something he’s interested in, which is fine. But we are not going to wait until these guys are willing to fight Zab. We went after just about everyone in the top 10, so it’s frustrating. So we give Michael Clark a lot of credit because he’s willing to fight Zab. He should be given credit. People want to fight Zab at 147, but not at 140, so that’s where we are.”

“Zab needs to just keep putting together wins like he did in July with the idea to get a fight against one of the big guys in the division and eventually his marketability will trump their reticence to fight him,” said Duva, who added that television plans for the Oct. 2 card were in the works. “Outside guys who have belts, he’s the best in the division and we’d like guys to fight him. That’s what this is supposed to be about, fighting the best fights, not looking for an easy fight.”

SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA — Immensely popular amateur Muay Thai kickboxing star Jenna Castillo showed her heart as she outwilled and out-skilled tough challenger Tiffany Van Soest in the main event of a fight card featuring mixed martial arts, boxing and amateur kickboxing at the San Mateo County Event Center on Saturday night.

The San Jose, California-based Castillo found herself facing a bit of adversity early in the fight. When she and San Diego, California’s Van Soest got tangled up and fell to the mat, it forced Castillo’s left shoulder to pop out of place. While still on the mat, Castillo, 122, signaled to referee Dan Stell that she was injured. Castillo was brought to the corner to see the ringside doctor and calmly proved she was fit to continue by rolling her shoulder and arm in several directions.

Seconds after the bell to end the first rang, Castillo landed a straight right then left combination. Van Soest, 121.5, simply grinned and it looked like a tough fight may lay ahead for Castillo. The second round featured two-way action and could have been scored either way. Castillo likely stole the round as she capitalized on a wild swing from Van Soest just before the bell. The third was unquestionably Van Soest’s best round, as a quick combination had Castillo holding on briefly.

Van Soest grasp of momentum was completely stripped away in the fourth. Castillo implemented an all out attack on Van Soest’s abdomen, with her knees serving as the main weapon of choice. After a relentless series of knees forced Van Soest across the ring, the referee decided to give her a standing eight count, making it a two-point round for Castillo. Van Soest was physically drained, but was still trying in the fight as the fifth and final round came to a close. In the end, all three judges had the fight for Castillo, with scores of 50-44 and 49-45 twice.

With the victory, Castillo successfully defended her IKF Muay Thai Bantamweight title and earned a spot on the September 11th card to be held at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California.

MMA


A.J. Fonseca (5-3, 2 KOs, 2 Submissions) of Roseville, California completely dominated Joey De La Cruz (1-2) of Lemoore, California en route to a three-round unanimous decision victory. Fonseca, 141, took control in the second half of the first round and never relinquished his advantage in the fight. De La Cruz, 141, found himself on his back for much of the contest and suffered a badly busted up left eye late in the second round. De La Cruz’ injury was the result of a vicious Fonseca elbow.

The third round of the fight looked much like its predecessor, with Fonseca proving his dominance on that mat. In the end, all three official scorers came to the same conclusion in scoring the bout a 30-27 shutout for Fonseca. The win ends a two-fight skid for the Lemoore resident.

It only took three punches for Tristan Arenal (1-1, 1 KO) of Milpitas, California to end the night of Josue Tirado (1-1) of Fresno, California. Arenal, 155, threw two jabs and a straight right. The second jab stunned Tirado, 155, and the straight right laid him out. It took only 17 seconds, as referee Marcos Rosales did not need administer even the beginnings of a count.

Crowd favorite Phil Baldacci (2-2, 1 KO, 1 Submission) of San Francisco, California did not disappoint his vocal supporters as he ended a one-sided bout with Rene Gabaldon (1-2) of Riverside, California in under two rounds. Baldacci, 145, made just one mistake in the bout, as he got caught by a hook as he went for a takedown early in the first. Baldacci quickly attempted another takedown on Gabaldon, 145, and got it. From that moment, Baldacci controlled the fight.

The first ended with Baldacci reigning down with blows on a flat on his back Gabaldon. Quickly in the second, Baldacci gained the same position and came down with a series of well-placed forearms. Before two long, referee Dan Stell had no choice but to end the one-sided beating at the 1:09 mark of round two.

Moses Lira (2-2, 1 KO) of Oakdale, California spoiled the professional debut of Geoffrey Quares (0-1) of Vallejo, California via second-round submission. Quares, 166, managed to bloody the nose of Lira, 169, early in the fight. However, Lira quickly gained control and by the end of the opening stanza, it was Quares’ face that looked the worse for wear.

Quares landed a couple good hooks early in the second, but eventually found himself falling through the middle ropes onto the ring apron. Soon after the fight resumed, Lira gained control of Quares on the mat and landed several shots before cinching in a rear naked choke for the tapout. Official time of the stoppage was 1:20 of the second round.

Boxing

Making a statement in his professional debut, Juan Hernandez (1-0, 1 KO) of Redwood City, California needed just 22 seconds to halt Seth Keeling (1-1) of Escondido, California. Hernandez, 194, landed a merciless right uppercut that literally lifted Keeling, 192, off the ground. The punch had Keeling out before the left hook that came next expedited his descent to the mat. Somehow Keeling rose on unsteady legs, blood dripping from his mouth and he stumbled into a neutral corner.

Referee Ray Balewicz immediately stopped the fight, which delighted the strong gathering that came out to show their support for Hernandez. The Redwood City resident is a cruiserweight built in the mold of former 200-pound champion Kelvin Davis. Hernandez’ amateur career was highlighted by two California Golden Gloves Regional titles. Keeling, who managed to leave the ring under his own power, had scored a mild upset of Mike Lee (0-1) of Sacramento, California in his debut in March.

Unfortunately for boxing fans in attendance, originally scheduled bouts involving two locally-based prospects were cancelled when suitable opposition was not found in time for the event. Former amateur stars Richard Hargraves (2-0, 2 KOs) of San Francisco and Bruno Escalante Jr. (1-0-1) of San Carlos, California were slated to fill those two spots on the card.

Amateur Kickboxing

In the night’s semi-main event, Skylr Penna of San Francisco retained his IKF Muay Thai North American Super Welterweight title with a unanimous five-round decision over free-swinging Jon Pryor of Sacramento, California. Penna, 147 ½, controlled much of the action in the first, before Pryor, 150, landed a two-punch combination late. Beginning in the second round, Pryor focused on throwing and landing punches and found a fair amount of success with that plan. Penna was much more effective with his legs and knees throughout the bout.

After Pryor, the IKF Muay Thai West Coast Super Welterweight Champion, briefly had his rival in trouble in the third, Penna turned the tide with a vicious series of knees to his abdomen. A right kick from Penna was the most telling blow of the fifth and final round which helped lead to a unanimous 49-46 win for the San Francisco native.

Kristina Alvarez of San Diego claimed the IKF Muay Thai West Coast Super Lightweight title with a four-round unanimous decision over the powerfully built Katie Toliao of Dublin, California. Toliao, 137, used her apparent strength advantage early, as she and Alvarez, 134.5, engaged in a rough inside fight in the first. After a strong opening round for Toliao, Alvarez came out for the second with renewed vigor. After taking some hard knees to the body, Alvarez landed a strong series of hooks out of nowhere to force a standing eight count just before the end of the round.

As rounds three and four continued, Alvarez fought fatigue, but still landed clean hard punches and stunned Toliao at various times. Toliao was only effective at range, where she could touch Alvarez with her kicks. However, Alvarez had little trouble finding her way inside to land her telling blows in the final half of the fight. In the end, all three judges had the fight for the scrappy Alvarez by the scores of 39-35 and 38-37 twice.

In an injury abbreviated bout, Kevin Arceo of San Francisco scored a first-round technical knockout over Sean Ueda of San Diego. Arceo, 149, controlled the fight early, as his knees continually made the midsection of Ueda, 144, home. Very early in the first, both fighters got tangled up near the ropes which led to a left arm injury for Ueda. With Ueda obviously in pain, apparently from a torn left bicep, referee Dan Stell called the fight at 1:43 of round one.

Anthony Gonzalez of Dublin, California scored a three-round unanimous decision over Ryan Mazon of Upland, California. After a back-and-forth opening round, Gonzalez, 143, took control of the fight in the second. After feinting a right kick, Gonzalez dropped Mazon, 144, with a left hook. Mazon regained his composure, but would have a badly bloodied nose by round’s end. Gonzalez maintained control in the third, dropping Mazon with a four-punch combination that ended with a right hand. To his credit, Mazon never stopped trying and pressured Gonzalez late in the final round. In the end, all three judges scored the bout a shutout for Gonzalez, 30-26.

Gary Archuleta of San Diego took a three-round unanimous verdict over Arturas Barkauska of San Francisco. Archuleta, 137, stunned Barkauska, 134.5, with a left hook midway through the first. Barkauska seemed to regain his composure before a looping overhand right dropped him to the mat right at the bell. Barkauska did his best work as the fight came to a close, as he kept Archuleta on the end of this kicks and landed a hard right to end the fight. In the end, Archuleta won over all three judges by the scores of 29-27, 29-28 and 30-36.

In the opening fight of the night, Dereck Leung of San Francisco scored a three-round majority decision over Phil Devera of San Jose. Devera, 136.5, caught Leung, 136.5, with a hard two-punch combination against the ropes early in the fight. However, Leung quickly turned the tide, rocking Devera with a right and dropping him with a left late in the first. Leung rebounded nicely in the second, before the fight turned into a boxing match in the third, as each fighter landed their fair share of shots. One judge had the fight a draw, 28-28, but was overruled by the other two who both had the fight for Leung, 29-27.

Saturday’s event was part of the national “Fight Night to the Mansion” series. Events have taken place at several locations across the United States, all leading to the September 11th date at the Playboy Mansion. At each event, local females serving as ringcard girls compete in hopes of advancing to the Playboy Mansion event next month. The final winner will be featured in an issue of Playboy. Adding additional entertainment value were the Playmate Dancers, led by 2006 Playmate of the Year Kara Monaco. The next “Fight Night to the Mansion” event will be boxing-only and take place at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington on August 28th.

Mario Ortega Jr. can be reached at ortega15rds@lycos.com.

LAREDO, Tex. – The Lone Star State has developed an unfortunate reputation for awarding hometown fighters inexplicably wide decisions. But Guadalajara is not in Texas, and so it was very hard to understand Saturday’s scorecards.

In a fight for the vacant IBF lightweight title at Laredo Energy Center, one that was part of Fox Sports Español’s “Top Rank Live” program, Mexican Miguel Vazquez (26-3, 12 KOs), of Guadalajara, defeated South Korean Ji-Hoon Kim (21-6-1, 18 KOs) by unanimous-decision scores of 119-109, 120-108 and 118-110.

The 15rounds.com scorecard did not concur, scoring a very close match 116-114 for Kim.

While Vazquez was the physically stronger fighter and at times the more aggressive one, Kim was clearly the better puncher and landed the evening’s more-telling blows, from opening bell to closing. The South Korean began each round with a 1-2 combination whose right cross often missed but always succeeded at putting Vazquez on his heels for at least the next 30 seconds.

After that, in many rounds, Vazquez closed distance, grinding Kim with clinches and wide hooks. Still, despite having his punches smothered, Kim was often the only one in the ring trying to make a fight.

Because each round in the match’s second half was close, it was nearly impossible for any professional scorekeeper to mark every single one for the same fighter. And yet, that’s exactly what one official did, scoring the fight 12-0 for the Mexican.

Kim, for whom Saturday’s match marked his third appearance in Laredo, handled the unreasonably lopsided decision with dignity, congratulating the new IBF champ and leaving the ring to applause from his adopted hometown.

OXNARD HAS A NEW STAR: GARCIA STOPS LOCK
Oxnard, Calif.’s Mikey Garcia came to South Texas with a simple plan: Corral Detroit’s Cornelius Lock with left hooks and blast him with right hands. Garcia knew it, Lock knew it, and after the second round, everyone in Energy Arena knew it, too. That a crafty veteran like Lock was powerless to prevent it says a whole lot about Garcia’s class.

After assaulting Lock (19-6-1, 12 KOs) for 10 rounds with right crosses, at 1:09 of the 11th, Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) stretched Lock with a right-hook lead, and the fight was over. In beating up Lock, Garcia did something that no other prospect has been able to do recently. And Garcia looked fantastic doing it.

After an even first round, in the second Garcia’s corralling left hook paid off quickly, as he persuaded Lock to leave his chin directly in the line of a right cross, one that put Lock’s sparkly trunks on the blue mat. Lock rose, though, and fought back with sledgehammer overhand rights, punches the Detroit southpaw has used in the past to upset other prospects.

But Garcia might just be what baseball aficionados call a “five-tool” player, as he appears to have everything one looks for in a future world champion, including an excellent chin to complement his ferocious right cross.

After a couple of competitive middle rounds, Garcia caught Lock at the end of the sixth – again with a left hook followed by a right cross – that made Lock wobble and clinch. Then Garcia showed a veteran’s composure, stomping after Lock while keeping his combinations and footwork tight and well-balanced.

Lock, though, continued to show all the attributes that have made him such a successful spoiler in the past, straightening Garcia up with right hands whenever he was imperiled. But finally, Garcia was too much, causing the referee to wave an end to the match in the 11th, with Lock swollen and bruised and once more on his back.

BUDLER DANCES TO SPLIT DECISION OVER PRIMERO
Top Rank knows better than any outfit in boxing how to develop a young prospect. It has an apparently unlimited stable of tough Mexican opponents – journeymen with strong chins and pride – from which to choose, as charismatic and undefeated South African Hekkie Budler learned Saturday night.

In a 10-round junior flyweight scrap the judges scored 98-92, 93-97 and 96-94, Budler (17-0, 5 KOs) narrowly defeated El Paso’s Evaristo Primero (14-14-1, 7 KOs) by split decision. It was a stern test for the strong but light-hitting South African, a test that he passed, if not with flying colors.

The match began on a surprisingly even footing – given the men’s records – with Primero touching and testing Budler’s chin. Right uppercut-left hook, the combination Juan Manuel Marquez made famous among Mexicans, was the mix with which Primero had the most luck. Budler, though, did not budge, controlling distance effectively despite the Texan’s pressure.

Reminiscent of a small Paulie Malignaggi, Budler displayed quick hands and decent defense. He also entered the ring to a World Cup-themed Shakira song, written especially for his native land. And in the ninth round, a Primero low blow indeed had him dancing the “Waka Waka” as his knees weakened and he dropped to the blue canvas, writhing.

But Budler rose soon thereafter, like a professional footballer, and boxed his way to a win.

UNDERCARD / OVERCARD
Saturday’s opening fight was an uneventful heavyweight match – originally scheduled to be at cruiserweight till the scales intervened – that featured two Texans fairly uninterested in attaining a first professional victory. Fort Worth’s Zakariah King (1-2) swapped a few blows with Aleda’s “Cool Hand” Luke Vaughn (0-3) and did just enough to win a unanimous decision all three judges scored 39-37 for King.

The evening’s walk-out fights featured six Texans and for the most part lived up to their billing.

San Antonio bantamweight Issac Cantera (1-0, 1 KO) won his professional debut with a knockout, stretching Laredo’s Antonio Pena Jr. (2-4) at 0:15 of round 3.

Laredo lightweight Javier Luna (1-1) decisioned Edinburg’s Gino Hernandez (0-2) by split scores of 40-36, 37-39 and 39-37.

And Laredo junior lightweight Enrique Rodriguez (2-0, 1 KO) made quick work of Alice’s Raul Almeida (0-2), stopping him at 1:33 of the first round.

The evening began at 7:30 sharp, local time, and opened to a small but vocal Energy Arena crowd. By the time of the main event, attendance was estimated at 2,000.

Jean Pascal retained the WBC Light Heavyweight title and picked up the Ring Magazine championship with a back and forth technical decision over Chad Dawson at the Bell Center in Montreal.

Pascal took the early rounds as he used his speed or quickness that had Dawson befuddled over the first part of the bout. Dawson got in the fight in round nine as he rocked Pascal from a perfect right hook. Pascal steadied himself to take round ten. Knowing he was down on the cards, Dawson came out hurt Pascal on two separate occasions. First Pascal was hurt from a hard combination on the ropes and then from a perfect uppercut that froze Pascal.

Late in the eleventh, Pascal and Dawson banged heads that opened up a huge gash that dripped blood from the right eyelid of Dawson.

The fight was immediately stopped and the fight went to the cards.

Pascal won by scores of 108-101, 108-101 and 106-103 to raise his record to 26-1. Dawson of New Haven, CT suffers his first defeat and is now 29-1.

Chris Arreola scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Manuel Quezada in a Heavyweight bout at the Citizens Business Bank Business Arena in Ontario, California.

Arreola was very busy over most of the fight seemed a bit slow as he came in at 256 pounds. His size and strength plus the volume was too much for Quezada who was very tough in the defeat.

Arreola took the early rounds on punching that wasn’t pretty but came in bunches which started to fatigue both fighters. Quezada was tough and in the middle rounds Quezada started getting in a few shots. Both guys were bleeding with Arreola bleeding from the mouth.

Over the final four rounds, Arreola put a stamp on the bout as he dropped Quezada twice in round nine and once again in the final round. Arreola showed plenty of guts as he told his corner he hurt his hand before the final three minutes.

Arreola dropped Quezada from a big uppercut in round nine from a uppercut and again from a flurry of punches. Arreola sent a tired Quezada to the canvas again from a flurry in the final thirty seconds of the bout.

Arreola, 256 lbs of Riverside, CA won by scores of 118-107; 118-107 and 117-108 to raise his record to 29-2. Quezada, 228 lbs of Wasco, CA is now 29-6.

Josesito Lopez scored an eight round unanimous decision over Marvin Cordova in action filled and competitive Welterweight bout.

Lopez worked the body early in the fight and built up a nice lead on the cards. Despite bleeding from the mouth, Cordova fought very hard in round’s six and seven ad he landed some solid combinations. With the fight possibly on the table, Cordova was deducted a point in the final round for a low blow.

The point was not as costly as first fears because Lopez won by scores of 78-73; 78-73 and 77-74. Lopez, 141 lbs of Riverside, CA is now 27-3. Cordova, 144 lbs of Rocky Ford, CO is 21-2-1.