FIT/NHB smoker set for Nov. 13

The FIT/NHB Gym is hosting an amateur boxing / kickboxing/ grappling card at their gym Friday, Nov. 13. Doors open @ 6:30 p.m., fights start at 7:30. Tickets go for $15 at the door. For more info, or to land a fight on the card, contact Nzo Coca at 385-4629 or call the FIT gym @ 833-3351. All amateur ages and levels... Read More »

Primero loses decision

Last night in Houston, Texas: Evaristo Primero (14-13-1, 7 KOs), of Juarez and El Paso, lost an eight-round unanimous decision to former title challenger Rayonta Whitfield (22-1, 11 KOs), of Augusta, Ga. Read More »

Pino out, Sanchez peeved

Serina Pino (1-0) has been pulled from the Oct. 24 fight card at Sky City, leaving Jessica Sanchez (0-1-1) opponentless. Trainer Fernando Calleros, of Sanchez’s camp, has not only challenged Pino’s trainer, Bernie Sanchez, to come up with a doctor’s note, explaining why Pino has pulled out two weeks before the fight (“Too much bleeding,” is the word, whatever... Read More »