Mexican fighter Adrian Hernandez (22-1-1, 14KOs) will defend his title against Kompayak Porpramook (43-3, 29KOs) this Friday, December 23rd in Bangkok, Thailand. At 25 years old, Hernandez will be making his second title defense against a veteran fighter. He became the WBC Junior Flyweight titleholder in April 2011 when he defeated Gilberto Keb Baas. He is ranked 3rd in … [Read more...]
Mighty Mites: Best Fighters at 118 and Below
by Fox Doucette In boxing, there is a tendency to believe that bigger is better, both in terms of the pay-per-view buys and in terms of the size of the fighters. Heavyweight has long been boxing's glamour division, and the two men reigning atop the division are gigantic Ivan Drago types, products of the old Soviet system and its post-Soviet infrastructure in the 1980s and … [Read more...]
Solis, Hernandez win gold in rematches
from Bad Left Hook.com While UFC 129 did the big business north of the U.S. border, boxing's biggest Saturday night fights were happening in Mexico and Argentina. A night of "little guy" fights saw three alphabet belts at 108 pounds change hands in rematches. In Argentina, Ulises Solis got revenge for a terrible decision in December against Luis Alberto Lazarte, sneaking … [Read more...]
Keb Baas to Defend WBC Title Against Former Conqueror, Hernandez
Unlikely world champion, Gilberto Keb Baas (35-20-4, 22 KOs) will make the second defense of his WBC jr. flyweight title against former vanquisher, Adrian Hernandez (20-1-1, 12 KOs) April 30th at the newly-dedicated Coliseo Don King in Texcoco, Mexico. Keb Baas won the title in October of last year by upsetting Omar Niño Romero via Majority decision. In his first title … [Read more...]
Rodriguez stops McGirt in 9; The rest of Friday’s action
Courtesy of Fightnews.com: Rodriguez stays unbeaten Pryor, Johnson also victorious Exciting super middleweight Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (17-0, 13 KOs) scored a ninth round stoppage of James McGirt Jr. (22-3-1, 11 KOs) at Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. Rodriguez was the aggressor the entire fight, forcing McGirt to keep his guard up trying to fend off … [Read more...]