4/10 - Victor Emilio Ramirez (21-2, 17 KO’s) vs. Ola Afolabi (21-3-4, 10 KO’s) - Villa La Ñata Sporting Club, Benavídez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Afolabi is a former interim WBO cruiserweight champ and the current IBO champ in the same division. A win here would make him a two belt holder with the interim IBF title on the line against Ramirez, the IBF Latino champ. Both … [Read more...]
“Battle for Brooklyn” headlines Broadway Boxing card Saturday night
This Saturday at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York, hometown welterweights Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (22-1, 4 KO’s) and Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita (35-1-1, 18 KO’s) meet in a scheduled 10 round contest being billed as the “Battle for Brooklyn”. The bout headlines a 10 fight card promoted by DiBella Entertainment, in association with Star of David … [Read more...]
Broadway Boxing at Roseland: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Lou DiBella’s Broadway Boxing is returning to the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Former regional titlist Gabriel Bracero, Luis Orlando Del Valle, Ionut Dan Ion, and former world champion Yuri Foreman are among the fighters appearing on the 10 bout card this coming Thursday, April 4th. Yuri Foreman (29-2, 8 KO’s), the former WBA middleweight champion, will meet Gundrick … [Read more...]
DeMarcus Corley: “I am a threat”
Former WBO jr. welterweight champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley (39-19-1, 23 KOs) has now won two in a row following a disastrous two year period in which he lost 8 of 9 and his career appeared to be coming to an end. After victories over the previously undefeated Gabriel Bracero and former world title challenger, Paul McCloskey, Corley appears to have a new lease on his … [Read more...]
Ponce De Leon and Santa Cruz Score Wins in Ensenada, The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Bodega del Boxeo, Ensenada, Mexico - Former WBO featherweight titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon (42-4, 35 KOs) overcame a flash knockdown in the second round to score a sixth-round KO victory over Omar Estrella on Saturday night. De Leon worked behind his jab at times, pounding Estrella with left hands throughout the bout. Estrella looked ready to go as early as the fifth round, and … [Read more...]