Centro de Usos Multiples, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora-- Fighting in front of his hometown fans and with former champ, Juan Manuel Lopez in attendance, WBO featherweight titlist, Orlando Salido (36-11, 24 KOs), put on a rough and rugged exhibition of Mexican prize fighting en route to a TKO 11 win over Japan's Kenichi Yamaguchi (17-2-2, 4 KOs). Salido was in control throughout, … [Read more...]
Escobedo-Hernandez in All-Mexican IBF Featherweight Eliminator Saturday
With the IBF featherweight rankings a mess (vacant champion and vacant #1 challenger slot), the organization has set up an eliminator this Saturday, July 23 in Guadalajara between Eduardo Escobedo (31-3, 22 KOs) of Mexico City and Joksan Hernandez, from Ensenada, Baja California. Escobedo-Hernandez is a rematch of a bout won by Escobedo via unanimous decision in January of … [Read more...]
Paul Magno’s Daily Grind: Monday, June 28th
New week and the Grind begins anew... * In noteworthy "page 2" weekend action: Heavyweight Nikolai Firtha upset Tony Grano via TKO 2...In a Featherweight contest, Mike Oliver beat Mauricio Pastrana via DQ 8 in a bout that saw Pastrana hit Oliver late, attempt to break his arm and tackle him to the canvas...Russian Heavyweight, Alexander Ustinov, beat Paolo Vidoz via UD … [Read more...]