Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada-- In the heavyweight main event of a Fox Sports 1 Golden Boy card, Luis Ortiz (22-0, 19 KOs) stopped former cruiserweight contender Lateef Kayode (20-1, 16 KOs) in the first round of a scheduled 12-round bout. Kayode looked over his head in his heavyweight debut, dropped by Ortiz at the 37-second mark of the first round and … [Read more...]
Ortiz-Kayode, Juanma, Josesito, and Charlo on GBP Fox Sports 1 Thursday Card
Golden Boy Promotions has decided to empty out their bench for this coming Thursday's Fox Sports 1 show at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, creating what they hope to be a high profile cable card that leads into Saturday's Mayweather-Maidana pay-per-view event. The well-stocked card is chock full of recognizable names, but, unless something shocking happens, … [Read more...]
Molina Detained in Vegas for Wisconsin Crimes, Bout with Charlo Questionable
IBF junior middleweight champion Carlos Molina was set to make the first defense of his belt this Saturday against Jermall Charlo on the Alvarez-Angulo PPV undercard, but now his very career may be in doubt. Molina was arrested Tuesday morning in Las Vegas because of warrants from the state of Wisconsin for obstruction and failure to register as a sex offender. According … [Read more...]
Molina Defends IBF Title Against Charlo, Finalized for Canelo-Angulo Undercard
IBF junior middleweight champion, Carlos Molina (22-5-2, 6 KOs) will make the first defense of his title March 8 on the Saul Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo PPV undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Molina, who took the title from Ishe Smith via tedious and dull split decision on the Mayweather-Alvarez card in September, is an unlikely world champ and dedicated spoiler in both … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – December 13th – 18th, 2013
12/13 – Lucas Browne (19-0, 17 KO’s) vs. Clarence Tillman (11-15-2, 6 KO’s) II – Victoria, Australia Aussie heavyweight Browne has gained quite a following recently. After a one sided decision over James Toney in April, he stopped Travis Walker and Richard Towers in just over a three month period. He’s been lobbying for a bout with U.K. fighter David Price, who’s coming off … [Read more...]