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Camacho hits El Paso
Hector “Machito” Camacho Jr. stopped off in El Paso, Texas Wednesday to hold a media workout this afternoon for his highly anticipated PPV fight against Luis Ramon “Yuri Boy” Campas which is being billed Latin Invasion 2: Revenge of the Son . . . Click here for more Read More »Villa still wants Escalante
The attempts to match up Antonio Escalante, of El Paso, and Tomas Villa, of Odessa, Texas, might’ve fallen through, but Villa says he’s willing to face El Paso’s hope-for-a-world-champion at a future date. Villa says he had to pass on facing Escalante on Oct. 30 due to the low purse ($6,000) he was offered. Villa was a top contender... Read More »Camacho defends belt Oct. 30
Hector ‘Machito’ Camacho, Jr., son of former 4-time world champion, Hector “Macho Man” Camacho, will be looking to jump back into the world title picture when he defends his WBC Caribbean light middleweight title against Luis “Yory Boy” Campas, a 2-time world champion from Mexico. The Camacho Jr. vs Campas championship fight is scheduled for 10 rounds. . .... Read More »Amateur boxing card Nov. 7
A USA Boxing-sanctioned amateur boxing card billed as “Saturday Night Fights” is set for Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Club Fusion Teen Center (101 E. Conway Ave) in Las Cruces. Fights start at 6 p.m., doors open at 5 and weigh-ins are from 8 to 10 a.m., also at Club Fusion. For pre-matches and more info, contact Ric Ponce’ @ 575-382-5402... Read More »Jackson/Winkeljohn smoker set
The Jackson-Winklejohn Gym is staging an amateur kickboxing show on Friday, Dec. 11, at the Raymond G. Sanchez Community Center. Fighters and clubs interested in fighting should contact Jena Vasquez at 505.350.4733, call the gym (5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) at 505.881-7911 or email Jena. Read More »WBC ratings update
The latest WBC ratings, out this morning, include the following local fighters: At 154, Austin Trout, who should crack the WBA’s top ten when they release their latest, is No. 22; At 122, El Paso’s Antonio Escalante (highly rated in the other ABCs), is No. 18; and El Paso heavyweight David Rodriguez is No. 32. Read More »Monsivaiz card set for Nov. 21
Monsivaiz Kickboxing has a kickboxing and boxing championship card set for November 21 in Las Cruces, New Mexico at the Chinese Kenpo Karate dojo. The main event will be Albuquerque’s Jacob Zamora, of the Chavez Dojo, vs. Beto Torres, of Las Cruces’ Bonecrushers, for the Southwest Kickboxing Association Championship belt at 165 lbs. Anyone else intereted in fighting may call... Read More »
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