The stage was set for the finals of the Boxcino Lightweight tournament when Petr Petrov (34-4-2, 16 KOs) and Fernando Carcamo (17-5, 13 KOs) won their semi-final bouts last night at the Four Bears Casino in North Dakota. Carcamo upset Miguel Gonzalez (23-4, 16 KOs) via split decision in ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” opening bout. The 23-year-old created enough separation from … [Read more...]
Boxcino Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Wrap-up
The Lightweight portion of the 2014 Boxcino Tournament kicked off Friday night at the Edgewater Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. All four fights created fireworks, making it clear that the tournament format and six round fights created a sense of urgency within the boxers which produced the action. Chris Rudd (13-1, 8 KOs) Def. Yakubu Amidu (21-5-2, 19 KOs) via Unanimous … [Read more...]
Seoul Food on ESPN2 as Ji-Hoon Kim Headlines: FNF Preview
by Fox Doucette The land of dog soup, Starcraft-as-religion, and women's golf champions, South Korea, has its pugilistic native son Ji-Hoon Kim (23-7, 18 KOs) in action against Alisher Rahimov (23-0, 12 KOs) of Uzbekistan in a lightweight contest headlining ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. The co-featured events are twofold, an unusual combination of a six- and eight-rounder since … [Read more...]