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Estrada loses in Denver
Las Cruces’ Lorenzo Estrada (3-14-1, 1 KO) lost a five-round unanimous decision to Manny “Manos” Perez (14-4-1, 2 KOs), on last night’s Air Tight Boxing card in Denver. Estrada was coming off an upset win over Willie Villanueva, last year. Read More »Burke’s Blog: Trout back in
Burke’s Blog by Louie Burke Sweet home, Las Cruces! We arrived in Cruces at 12:00 a.m., again a full day of travel, but this time, no bags were lost. It was much easier coming home after a win and not having to make weight. The only set-back was I got sick with the flu, but the win made me... Read More »Sanchez defeated in Tucson
Albuquerque’s Jessica Sanchez (0-1-1) lost a four-round unanimous decision to Annette Agredano (4-0), last night in Tucson, at the Desert Diamond Casino. Read More »Munoz fight nixed
Saturday’s fight between Hector Munoz and Demetrius Hopkins was nixed at today’s weigh-in in Atlantic City, N.J. Hopkins was arrested on his way to the weigh-in for $30,000 owed in child support. Munoz will not get a replacement opponent. Read More »Trout wins in Canada
Las Cruces’ Austin Trout rose to 18-0 (13 KOs) with a unanimous decision win over Shawn Garnett (11-6-2, 3 KOs). Scores were 78-72, 78-73 and 78-74. Trout landed the more solid blows while avoiding Garnett’s big right. Read More »Trout makes weight – Garnett...
In a throwback, same-day weigh-in, this morning, at 8 a.m., Austin Trout and opponent Shawn Garnett weighed in for their fight tonight in Ontario, Canada. Trout weighed in as expected, at 155.8, just under the 156-pound contracted weight. Garnett, however, did not make weight, coming in nearly five pounds over, at 160.8. He was given one hour by the... Read More »Amateur card set for Farmington
A USA Boxing amateur boxing card billed as “Fights of the Northwest 505” will be hosted by Martinez Boxing, Aug. 8, in Farmington, N.M. Weigh-ins are from 9 a.m. to 11, location TBA. Physicals start at 4 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of Farmington, 825 E 19th Street, in Farmington. Doors open at 5. For more info, or prematching,... Read More »Burke’s blog: Trout hits Canada
Monday: We started winding down Austin Trout’s training for his Friday night fight in Canada, against Shawn Garnett. It was the last of his hard training and he looked good , sparring four rounds with Abie Han, for a total regiment of 15 rounds. The contracted weight is 156. Weigh-ins will be the day of the fight, which throws... Read More »Las Cruces in the news
Las Cruces’ Sammy DiPace (6-0, 3 KOs) is scheduled to fight on the Escalante-Lock card July 24 in El Paso. His opponent is Denver southpaw Joey Silva (9-2, 4 KOs.) The Las Cruces PAL is working on a fundraiser pro card for September. Stay tuned. Read More »
Escalante targets world title
Returning home as a top ten contender, El Paso’s Antonio Escalante has more at stake July 24 than adding another victory to his record. Headlining the ESPN2-televised, Golden Boy-promoted card in his El Paso’s Don Haskins Center, Escalante, 20-2, 13 KOs, will take on Detroit’s Cornelius Lock, 18-3-1, 11 KOs, in a ten-round bout of major consequences . .... Read More »“Bring the Heat” set for...
Isleta Boxing Club will be hosting a two-day USA Boxing-sanctioned card @ the Isleta Recreation Center #71 Tribal Rd. 40 Isleta, NM. General admission will be $7.00. Children under 6 are free. There will be 20 bouts on Friday June 26 @ 6:30PM, with doors opening @ 6 p.m. Friday weigh-ins are between 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. &... Read More »
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