Mirabal outboxes Gonzales

From the “New Blood” card at the Isleta Resort & Casino promoted by Mirabal Boxing and the Isleta Boxing Club: In the main event, Vincent “Li’l Man” Mirabal (3-0), of Albuquerque weathered a second round knockdown to outbox Daniel “Latin Heat” Gonzales (2-5), of Albuquerque through six heated rounds. Mirabal scored a first round knockdown and used his superior footwork... Read More »

Archuleta quits in two

Las Vegas’ Frankie Archuleta (25-7-1, 14 KOs) was stopped tonight in Oakland, televised on Showtime’s ShoBox, by unbeaten John Molina (17-0, 13 KOs). Molina forced Archuleta to quit at 2:06 of round two, after the former top-ten contender was floored. Click here to read full report on Fightnews.com. Read More »

Sanchez-Gallegos nixed

The six-round co-main event between Carlos Sanchez and John Anthony Gallegos has been scratched for tonight’s card. Gallegos was not allowed to fight due to medical reasons. Read More »

Amateur results from Isleta

Results by Trevor Trujillo First bout of the afternoon, Lonnie Lucero of Kansas took on Santiago Cordova of DMB Boxing.  Immense pressure from the Albuquerque fighter won him the bout. Fight number two had Isaac Perez, Ghost of the 505, up against Luis Maldonado of TNT.  These 68-pound fighters went to war early, but it was Perez who came... Read More »

Fight of the Afternoon!

Photo: In the best fight of the afternoon, an absolute three-round drag-out war, Matthew Salazar, of TNT, and Sef Jojola, of Isleta, swap punches. Salazar scored a knockdown in the first, and the two traded trips to the floor in the second, both staggering each other. Both survived to trade punches through the third round, with Salazar winning the... Read More »

Isleta card updates

Former five-time world champion Johnny Tapia, fresh out of a longer-than-expected jail sentence, was in the house Saturday afternoon to support the amateurs at Isleta Resort & Casino.  Thaddine Swift-Eagle Johnson (4-0, 4 KOs) has a new, last-minute opponent tonight in Sandy Valdez, of Durango, Colo. Valdez will be making her debut. The pro fights tonight start at 7 p.m. Read More »

Today’s fights

New Blood: First bell for amateurs is at 2 p.m. Tickets for the first-ever, all-ages boxing card at Isleta are good for, both, the amateur card and the pro card. The pro card follows. Archuleta: The Frankie Archuleta vs. John Molina, Jr. fight on Showtime’s ShoBox at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Read More »