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Holiday boxing beat
The “Battle of the Mad” doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. “Mad” Mike Alderete is passing on a Jan. 29 showdown with “Mad” Max Heyman. Alderete’s trainer, Danny Romero, says he’s got something bigger in the works for Alderete – possibly a 10-round main event in Canada in February. Santa Fe’s Clare De La Torre (1-9-1, 1 KO)... Read More »Mathis camp offered Holm
An offer has been made by Fresquez Productions to the camp of Anne Sophie Mathis for a late March showdown against Holly Holm. The camp has until Jan. 5 to accept the offer. If the fight is contracted, it will occur in Albuquerque. Read More »Shaw donates tickets to amateur boxing
Gary Shaw Productions has donated 50 tickets to the Jan. 29 card at Tingley for amateur boxers. Flory Olguin, president of NM LBC, is sending out a special thanks to Shaw, manager Jacob Maes and fighter Archie Ray Marquez for giving back to local amateur boxing. In order to be able to receive some of these tickets, local clubs... Read More »Happy Holidays!
NewMexicoBoxing.com wishes the fight community Happy Holidays! Have a great and safe Christmas! Read More »
It’s time to vote!
It’s that time of year again . . . . NewMexicoBoxing.com readers decide the best fighters, fights, cards and upsets of the year. Cast your vote! Poll will remain active until Jan. 15. Click here to put your vote in! Read More »
Tingley tickets selling like hotcakes!
Ticket sales report for the Jan. 29 card at Tingley Coliseum have already reached 1,900 as of Tuesday morning. The card, co-headlining Archie Ray Marquez, with a strong local undercard, is expected to draw as many as 4,000. Read More »Ring for sale
Former N.M. trainer Rob Monroe, now living in Phoenix, is looking to sell his ring before Jan. 13. The details: 22′ competition ring, 18′ inside the ropes, less than a year old. Clean, quick assembly and tear down. Like brand new. EVA Foam, USA Boxing approved, includes all wood flooring. Paid $7,175.00 for ring and wood flooring. For more info... Read More »
Fallen fighters artwork honors...
Artists Xavier Tavera and Marlene Ochoa have created an ofrenda (altar) to honor fallen fighters Salvador Sanchez, Juan Zurita, Azteca Kid and Vicente “El Picosito” Garcia, of Albuquerque. The ofrenda is on display at the Plaines Museum in Fargo, North Dakota. Read More »Battle of the “Mad” in the...
The fight has been offered and the room has been made on the Jan. 29 card at Tingley to accommodate the six- or eight-round local showdown . . . should both parties accept, that is. “Mad” Max Heyman (22-10-4, 13 KOs) has already agreed, but promoters are waiting on the acceptance of “Mad” Mike Alderete (6-4-2, 3 KOs) to... Read More »‘Rumble in the Mountains’...
The Rocks Boxing Club will be holding a USA Boxing-sanctioned card, billed as “Rumble in the Mountains,” on Saturday, Jan. 30, at the First Southern Baptist Church Family Life Center, 361 East Hwy 70, in Ruidoso, N.M. For pre-matches, contact George Romero at 575 808-0129, David Ordorica at 575 937-2441 or Silver Barron at 575 637 2602. Weigh-ins will be... Read More »
Year 2009 in review
Holm & Escalante take top honors again: It should come as no surprise that, once again, Albuquerque’s Holly Holm and El Paso’s Antonio Escalante should share honors as NewMexicoBoxing.com’s “Fighters of the Year” for 2009 . . . Click here for full review by Chris Cozzone Read More »DiPace, Han score easy wins
Unbeknownst to most, Las Cruces ‘ Sammy DiPace and El Paso’s Abie Han both scored easy KO wins on a quiet, unassuming card in Texarkana, Tex., Dec. 16. DiPace (7-0, 4 KOs) KO’d little-known Devenere Rose (1-1) at 2:19 of round two while Han (8-0, 7 KOs) blasted overmatched pro debuter Adams Morgan (0-1) at 2:39 of the first. Read More »
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