Gym Rat: MVP Boxing
Story by Gerardo Martinez Photos by Jose Leon Castillo For coach Ruben Velasco, boxing is more than just showing up to the gym; boxing is about helping kids learn about life. Velasco is the head coach of Most Valuable Pugilist Boxing team, better known as MVP Boxing. You can find the team practicing on a daily basis at the... Read More »
Path 2 Glory set for Jan. 28
Slum Dog Boxing will be hosting “Path 2 Glory”, a USA Boxing sanctioned card, on January 28th at the National Hispanic Cultural Center located at 1701 4th St SW in Albuquerque. Doors open at 3PM and fights start at 4PM. General admission tickets are $10. VIP, sponsor and front row tickets can be purchased at Raw Muzik, holdmyticket.com, slumdogsports.com... Read More »
Boxing Beat
Austin “Tiny” Kitchens from Rosales, Los Lunas will be going up against Manny Gilligan from Monsivaiz, Las Cruces, in a super heavyweight amateur AKBA NM State title fight. The fight will be held at Rosales Karate & Kickboxing in Los Lunas, 3457 Hwy 47. Doors open at 1:00 pm, fights start at 2:00 pm. For more information call... Read More »
A Black Tie Affair Results
Results by Gerardo Martinez Photos by Jose Leon Castillo III This past Monday night Warrior Boxing along with Chavez Promotions put on a private card dubbed “The Black Tie Affair”. The USA Boxing sanctioned card was a fundraiser for the youth of New Mexico. There were a total of five bouts with some of New Mexico’s top amateur talent.... Read More »Cisneros TKO’d in three
Albuquerque welterweight Freddie Cisneros (1-3-1, 1 NC) lost by a third-round TKO to pro-debuter Andrew Ruiz, at yesterdays’ Top Rank card, staged before spectators at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Read More »
Freddie Cisneros to fight in Vegas
(Cisneros on right) Wyoming native and current Albuquerque welterweight Freddie Cisneros (1-2-1, 1 NC) is already in Las Vegas for his fight today against pro-debuter Andrew Ruiz who trains at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, CA. Cisneros trains at Jack Candelaria Community Center under the tutelage of Steve Garcia, head coach of Power and Glory Boxing. Cisneros... Read More »
Final Silver Gloves Results
Final results for this past weekend’s Regional Silver Gloves in Pasadena, Calif.: New Mexico’s Jennifer Mendoza, Natalie Martinez, Jordanne Garcia, Aaron Perez, Merica Valdez and Santiago Giron all lost their bouts by close decision on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately, New Mexico will not be sending any representatives to the 2012 National Silver Gloves tournament in Independence, MO. (Thanks to Steve Garcia... Read More »
2011 Readers’ Poll results are
The results of the 2011 New Mexico Boxing Annual Poll are in! Best Fight of 2011 1. ELCO GARCIA VS. JOAQUIN ZAMORA II (21%) 2. Anne Sophie Mathis vs. Holly Holm (18%) 3. Austin Trout vs. David Lopez (11%) 4. Austin Trout vs. Frank Loporto (10%) 5. Fidel Maldonado vs. Eric Cruz (7%) 6. Austin Trout vs. Rigoberto Alvarez... Read More »
USA Boxing Coaches Clinic Saturday,...
There will be a coaches clinic levels I and II, held Saturday January 14th 10am at the T.U.F.F. gym located at 1705 Valverde Rd., SW, in Albuquerque. Coaches who have not had a class in two years need to update. New coaches please attend. For more information please call Bernie Sanchez at 505-991-6263 or Pauline Armijo at 505-967-6428. Course... Read More »
“Black Tie Affair” set for...
Warriors Boxing will be throwing a private card on Monday, Jan. 16, to start off the action in the new year. The card, billed as “The Black Tie Affair,” takes place at 7131 Washington St. NE, Albuquerque, at 700pm. The weigh-in will be held at the Warrior Boxing Gym at 1201 San Mateo SE from 8 to 10 a.m.... Read More »Updates
Looks like the possible April 22 card in Hobbs is now, officially, called off. Next up for N.M.: Golden Gloves in Clovis this weekend. Go to upcoming fights for more info. As is usually the case, after a few months’ absence of pro fights, the next pro card slated for N.M. will be back-to-back shows on June 5 and June 6.... Read More »
Burke: Trout updates
Burke’s Blog by Louie Burke Since defeating Rigoberto Alvarez for the WBA World light middleweight championship title in February 2011, Austin ‘No Doubt’ Trout has been busy. Austin is busy establishing himself as a force to be reckoned with in the boxing ring. He defended his world championship title against David the ‘Destroyer’ Lopez on June 2011 in a... Read More »
Camacho Jr. arrives in EP
Hector “Machito” Camacho Jr arrived in El Paso Texas today for his fight this Friday night against Luis Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas in the main event on Latin Invasion 2, presented by Zeferino Entertainment in association with Golden Boy Promotions. The fight will be held at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas and distributed live on pay... Read More »Website renovation
NewMexicoBoxing.com is moving to a new format so be patient as we update and reload our pages over the next couple weeks. Also, clubs and gyms: if you need to update your information, please email us. Thanks! Read More »Sky Ute wrap-up
The Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio, Colo. has already booked their next two boxing dates. Their next show is scheduled for July 18, followed by Sept. 5. A ten-count memorial tolling of the bell was conducted Saturday night in honor of the late Stan Gallup. Undefeated female phenom Thaddine Swift-Eagle Johnson was in attendance Saturday night at Sky Ute.... Read More »
Another fast KO for Swift-Eagle!
Saturday night in Hawaii, Four Corners fighter Thaddine Swift Eagle-Johnson (4-0, 4 KOs) took out Canada’s Tracy Stevens (5-10, 1 KO) in less than one round. With a barrage of body shots, Johnson dropped Stevens to the canvas for her fourth straight KO win. Photo by Mary Kenez Read More »
Hallback on Holm-Hernandez
(Press release) IFBA lightweight champion Chevelle Hallback has a 34-fight record and has fought boxing veterans such as Bonnie Canino, Lucia Rijker and Layla McCarter. Among those 35 names are Melissa Hernandez (11-1) and Holly Holm (25-1), who will meet December 4 in a defense of Holm’s WIBA welterweight title. Chevelle fought Hernandez to a draw in February 2008... Read More »Boxing beat
Is Austin Trout concerned about Rigoberto Alvarez‘s so-called “intensive training?” Not on Facebook: “He aint training enough,” posted Trout. “Matter of fact, no matter how much he’s training, it wont be enough!” To date, no specific venue or city has been named as fight site for their Jan. 29 showdown. Supermiddles and middles beware, Charles “The Beast” Alderete is... Read More »
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