10/4 – Celestino Caballero (35-5, 24 KO’s) vs. Adrian Estrella (18-0, 7 KO’s) - Cancha de Usos Multiples Praderas de Villa, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico A former world champ in the super bantamweight and featherweight division, the 38 year old Caballero gets a shot at the WBC FECARBOX super featherweight title. Estrella’s made six defenses of the belt, and … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – June 14th – 18th, 2014
6/14 – Humberto Soto (63-8-2, 35 KO’s) vs. Wilfrido Buevas (15-1, 9 KO’s) - Explanada Municipal, Tlalnepantla, México, Mexico Soto, the former WBC lightweight champ, has lost just once in nearly six years: a fifth round stoppage to Lucas Matthysse in 2012. He’s won five straight since then and holds the WBC International Silver light welterweight and the World Boxing … [Read more...]
Glen Tapia And The Boardwalk Hall Death March; Magno’s Monday Rant
The unfortunate truth is that, sometimes, death and injury happen in boxing and there's nothing anyone can do. Even under the best of circumstances, injury happens in combat sports. To ignore this fact is to ignore the nature of the business. However, most deaths and permanent injuries do leave a trail of incompetence and/or intentional disregard behind them. Somewhere, … [Read more...]
Rigondeaux shuts out Agbeko in masterful performance; Kirkland and Macklin also win on HBO
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey – Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux turned in another sublime performance in defense of his WBA and WBO super bantamweight titles, turning away the challenge of Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko (29-5, 22 KOs) over twelve masterful rounds. Unfortunately, Rigondeaux’s performance played out in front of a sparse crowd, as many ringside seats … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – September 28th 2013
Breidis Prescott (26-5, 20 KO’s) vs. Edinson Garcia (23-16-, 12 KO’s) -Colombia The hard hitting Prescott comes in off a lopsided 10 round loss to Terence Crawford in March, his only fight of the year after scoring two victories in 2012. He’s beaten some solid opposition along the way, but when presented with big opportunities, has lost just as much as he’s won. Garcia’s … [Read more...]