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Rosales results
Results from last weekend’s Monsivaiz smoker in Las Cruces: Eric “Buddy Holly” Henson from Belen (Team Rosales) defeated Miguel Munoz from Hobbs by unanimous dec for the SWKA featherweight boxing title; Brandy “Baby Doll” Montoya from Los Lunas (Team Rosales) lost a split decision to Ayanna Vasquez of Las Cruces for the SWKA flyweight boxing title; Andrew Lopez from Albuquerque (Team... Read More »
Fresquez card set for Friday
Photo by Ray Mares: Keith Jardine in between rounds of training for his main event bout Friday night at Route 66. Stay tuned for stories on Jardine and Holly Holm and a fight week schedule. Read More »April 2 Marquez card official
Team Marquez today announced that Archie Ray Marquez (10-0, 1-NC, 7 KOs) will fight in an eight-round bout Saturday, April 2, 2011; his opponent to be announced. The venue close to Marquez’s home in Albuquerque will be the Santa Ana Star Casino in Bernalillo, NM A press conference will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, March 1, at Cheenah Lounge inside... Read More »Archuleta slaughtered
Former Tapia-conqueror and, at one time, a top featherweight contender, Las Vegas’ Frankie Archuleta might be best advised to hang up the gloves. Tonight at the Million Dollar El Casino, televised on ESPN2, WBC #4 featherweight Juan Carlos Burgos (26-1, 19 KOs) destroyed veteran Archuleta (27-8-1, 14 KOs) in two rounds. Burgos, who challenged for the WBC belt in his... Read More »Alderete to face Means
Charles “The Beast” Alderete (1-1, 1 KO) will be taking on Timothy Means (1-1) on the April 2 Santa Ana card. Their four-rounder will replace a bout with Santa Fe’s Paul Castillo. A press conference for the Gary Shaw card, co-promoted with Mirabal Boxing and Crespin Boxing, will be held on Tuesday. Read More »Gutierrez weighs in
Phoenix – now Albuquerque – fighter Jaime Gutierrez weighed in today for his four-rounder against former amateur star Jesse Magdaleno, today at the Palms in Las Vegas. Gutierrez was underweight, 120, while Magdaleno broke the 122-pound contract, weighing in at 123.5. The difference was settled financially and Magdaleno did not have to sweat off the excess. — Chris Cozzone Read More »Amateur shows lined up
Several amateur boxing shows are lined up in the upcoming months. In brief: March 4 in Hobbs, N.M. Contact Isidro Castillo at (575) 318-3759 for more info. March 12 in Las Cruces at the Las Cruces PAL. Contact Lencho Saiz at (575) 993-6813 March 19 in Albuquerque. Contact James Padilla at (505) 550-9528 March 25-27, the New Mexico Junior Olympics, in Albuquerque.... Read More »
Archuleta at the scales (updated)
(Updated 8:37 p.m.) From the Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the main event in Friday night’s ESPN2 card: New Mexico’s Frankie Archuleta (27-7-1, 14 KOs) weighed in this afternoon at 124.4. Due to flight problems, Archuleta’s opponent, Juan Carlos Burgos (25-1, 18 KOs) just weighed in at 128.2. Photos courtesy of Team Old School & Manuel... Read More »
Bloodsport is back in El Paso
BloodSport Championship are back with a new date from a January show that was nixed last minute. Promoter Marc Stelley says that he’d been forced to pull the plug after several fighters fell off the line-up for not getting their licenses and medicals done on time. “When the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation pulled several fights, the smartest... Read More »
Jardine, Holm sneak peek
Photo by Ray Mares: Holly Holm and Keith Jardine take a breather during a workout at Jackson’s Gym earlier in the week. On March 4, Holm will make her debut in the cage while Jardine will headline the Fresquez bill at Route 66. Stay tuned for more photos and stories. Read More »
Warrior Boxing in Vegas
Ray Zamora and Warrior Boxing is in Las Vegas to corner Phoenix featherweight Jaime Gutierrez (3-4) when he takes on former amateur star Jesse Magdaleno (2-0, 2 KOs) Saturday night at the Palms. The card is promoted by Top Rank and the main event, between Brandon Rios and Miguel Acosta, will air on Showtime. Read More »Coaches clinic slated for Saturday
There will be a level 1 and level 2 coaches clinic this Saturday, Feb. 26, at the T.U.F.F. Gym in the South Valley, Albuquerque, 1705 Valverde Rd. SW, at 12 noon. New coaches and coaches with a license two years expired, or greater, are strongly expired to attend. Also, a notice to cornermen: In the future, all cornermen will have... Read More »
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