Two book signings set for Saturday

Two book signings are planned for the newly-released “The First Black Boxing Champions – Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s,” on Saturday, April 2. The first time & location will be 1 p.m., at the Albuquerque Public Library, Lomas & Tramway Branch, Eastridge St. (the library sits on the SW corner of Tramway and Lomas, but has... Read More »

Weigh-in alert

The “Rising Stars Battle at the Bosque” weigh-in is set for Friday at 12 noon at the Cheenah Lounge inside the Santa Ana Star Casino.  The public is invited. “Rising Stars Battle at the Bosque” Saturday, April 2nd will feature a fight card that will showcase 16 fighters from New Mexico and throughout North America.   It will include... Read More »

“Battle at the Bosque”...

Fight Week for Saturday night’s “Battle at the Bosque” begins with Friday’s weigh-in, scheduled for noon at Santa Ana Star Casino. The full line-up for Saturday night’s card: Scheduled for eight rounds, Albuquerque’s Archie Ray Marquez (10-0, 8 KOs, 1 NC) will take on Rodrigo Aranda (8-14-2, 2 KOs), who’s dropped nine of his last 10 bouts. In the... Read More »

Maldonado racks up ninth win

Albuquerque’s Fidel “The Atrisco Kid” Maldonado (9-0, 8 KOs) remains undefeated after stopping overmatched Gerardo Chavez (0-2) of Mexico in round two of a scheduled six-rounder. Read More »

Arrellin stopped in eighth

In the main event of an Airtight Boxing card in Sheridan, Colo., for the vacant WBC super lightweight Latino title, Denver’s Manny Perez squared off with Albuquerque’s Randy “Savage” Arrellin. Perez built an early lead by using superior boxing skills while Arrelin looked to land with one punch. Arellin had success in the fourth round as he was able... Read More »

Shots from Santa Ana workout

Photo gallery from Thursday’s media workout at Santa Ana, featuring Archie Ray Marquez, Johnny Tapia, and more . . . . Read More »

Bloodsport results from El Paso

From last night’s boxing/MMA card at the Marriott in El Paso: Molly McConnell defeated Kita Watkins; Albuquerque’s Tonia Craven (2-6-1, 1 KO) lost a six-round decision to Ashley Alvarado (3-0, 2 KOs). More results to come. Hopefully. Read More »

Maldonado at the scales

From Xalapa, Mexico for tonight’s Golden Boy card: Fidel Maldonado 141 vs. Gerardo Chavez 142.7 Looks like another no-brainer win for Maldonado (8-0, 7 KOs), who will be up against overmatched Gerardo Chavez (0-1). Read More »

Arrellin, Perez weigh in

From Sheridan, Colo. for tomorrow night’s fight: Randy Arrellin 139 vs. Manuel Perez 138 Read More »

Escalante KO’d in one

Jr lightweight Alejandro Perez (15-2-1, 9 KOs) scored a spectacular first round KO over former No. 1 Contender Antonio Escalante (23-4, 15 KOs), of El Paso, on Friday night at the Sports Center in Fairfield, California. A huge right hand dropped Escalante for the count. Time was 2:57. Read More »

“Savage’s” salvaged...

Story by Gerardo Martinez Photos by Jose Leon Castillo Randy “Savage” Arrellin gets somewhat melancholic when asked about how he’s not only salvaged his career, but will now be fighting for his first title. On Saturday night, Arrellin, 8-3, 4 KOs, will be fighting for the WBC Latino Light Welterweight title in Sheridan, Colorado against Manny Perez, 15-6-1, 3... Read More »

At the scales in El Paso

From the Marriott in EL Paso for tomorrow night’s Bloodsport Championship card: Tonia Cravens 112 vs. Ashley Alvarado 110.8 ** More weights to come. Read More »

Escalante at the scales

From Fairfield, Calif., for tomorrow night’s Golden Boy card on Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo: Antonio Escalante 130 vs. Alejandro Perez 130 Read More »

Public workout today at noon

The Santa Ana Star Casino in Bernalillo will be holding a public workout at the Cheenah Lounge. Fighters include Archie Ray Marquez, Rodrigo Aranda, Amanda Crespin, Carla Torres, Vincent Maribal, Trenton Titsworth, Brandi Montoya, Natalie Roy, Tim Means, Adrian Lopez, Mike Herrera, Leonardo Sanchez, Donald Sanchez, Michael Gallegos, Antonio Martinez and John Herrera. Read More »

Weigh-in alert

The official weigh-ins for Friday night’s Bloodsport Championships will be held today, Thursday, at 2 p.m. at LA Boxing in El Paso, 3136 Trawood Suites, E-79. The public is invited. Read More »