Cruiserweight BJ Flores (26-1-1, 16KOs) will take on former junior welterweight Hugo Pineda (39-5-1, 28KOs) this Saturday, January 28th. The bout will headline the fight card, which features five scheduled matches, including Cory Spinks (38-6, 11KOs) vs. Sechew Powell (26-3, 15KOs). Flores began his career at heavyweight, making his professional debut in 2003. In 2006, he … [Read more...]
BJ Flores Stays Busy Saturday in Missouri
Saturday from Springfield Missouri, cruiserweight contender BJ Flores will headline against Paul Jennette in an untelevised card. The fight is likely not to provide much of a challenge for Flores and more to keep busy. Flores 25-1-1 (16 KO) was undefeated in his first twenty-one pro fights when he took his first big step up in competition against hard punching Darnell … [Read more...]
BJ Flores returns to action against Nicholas Iannuzzi, Saturday July 23
Former cruiserweight contender BJ “El Peligroso” Flores (24-1, 15 KOs) takes on gatekeeper Nicholas “The Showstopper” Ianuzzi (16-2, 9 KOs) on Saturday July 23, from The O’Reilly Center in Springfield, Missouri. The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds. After last November’s unanimous decision loss to Danny Green, Flores is looking to return to title contention. With only 1 … [Read more...]
Focus on The Cruiserweights
by Paul Magno The cruiserweight division in boxing has been compared to purgatory-- neither hear nor there, neither heaven nor hell. Lost between the glamor divisions of heavyweight and light heavyweight and with a disproportionate amount of talent coming from Eastern Europe, the cruisers often get overlooked in the US. However, no other division features as many top 20 … [Read more...]
Danny Green Outpoints BJ Flores
Mt. Claremont, Australia-- Top 10 ranked BJ Flores (24-1-1, 15) was a little too passive, a little too cautious to take the decision against hometown fighter, Danny Green (31-3, 27 KOs) today. The fight played out similarly in each of the twelve rounds: Flores would back Green up consistently, showing himself to be the bigger and more athletic of the two, but would leave the … [Read more...]