Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico-- In a war that could easily produce Fight of the Year and Round of the Year honors, Mexico's Orlando Salido (38-11-2, 26 KOs) stopped Juan Manuel Lopez (31-2, 28 KOs) in the tenth round to successfully defend the belt he took from Lopez last year. Coming into Lopez's home country for the second time, WBO featherweight titlist, … [Read more...]
Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia vs. Bernabe Concepcion on Saturday, March 10th
by R. McCarson Two top-ten featherweights will take to the ring on Saturday, March 10th. Miguel Angel Garcia (27-0, 23 KOs) will face Bernabe Concepcion (29-5-1, 15 KOs) in the co-headlining bout on Showtime at 10PM ET/PT. The bout will be held at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Garcia comes into this bout undefeated and ranked 6th in the world among … [Read more...]
Concepcion, Perez, Gonzalez Victorious, The Rest of the Week’s Action
San Manuel Indian Casino, Highland, California-- Bernabe Concepcion (29-5-1, 15 KOs) SD 10 Aaron Garcia (10-3-2, 2 KOs) Scores: 96-94, 96-94, 93-97 Rodel Mayol (30-5-2, 22 KOs) TKO 4 Ernie Marquez (9-9-2, 3 KOs) Richie Mepranum (25-2-1, 5 KOs) UD 8 Rigoberto Casillas (7-6-1, 5 KOs) Scores: 78-74, 79-73, 79-73 PalaRockfeller, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy-- Moruti … [Read more...]
Concepcion, Mayol, Mepranum Featured on Pacquiao Promotions Card, Thursday
MP Promotions, Manny Pacquiao's promotional company, in association with Top Rank will put on a rare Thursday card this week at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino in Highland, California. The card will feature three prominent Filipino fighters in "stay-busy" bouts as the event's main attractions. Bernabe Concepcion (28-5-1, 15 KOs), once regarded as a top featherweight … [Read more...]
Main Event Stringbean Casserole: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette Back in the mid-1990s, before he became known more for his left-wing political commentary, Keith Olbermann did a commercial for Boston Market, the tagline for which was “Here's a tip: Eat something.” Watching 5'11”, 130-pound Gilberto Sanchez-Leon (31-9-2, 11 KO) stand in there like a stringbean and get his lunch money taken by unbeaten Diego Magdaleno … [Read more...]