March 17th, 2017 - The Theater at Madison Square Garden The Boxing Tribune was at the Theater at Madison Square Garden for an action-packed night of boxing with an Olympic debut as the cherry on top. Gabriel Solorio vs Larry Fryers – Welterweights Both men came out throwing heavy leather, trying to set the tone for the night to come. Solorio went down on an overhand … [Read more...]
Cletus Seldin Destroys Johnny Garcia: ESPN Friday Night Fights Recap
by Fox Doucette When is a victory not a victory? There was one potential and one definitive answer to the question between the two fights on ESPN2 at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, NY on Friday night. Cletus Seldin (16-0, 13 KOs) drew derision from some in the social media audience for being a dirty fighter, but the punches that did the real damage were as clean as you … [Read more...]
Cletus Seldin Takes On Johnny Garcia: Friday Night Fights Preview
by Fox Doucette Cletus “The Hebrew Hammer” Seldin (15-0, 12 KOs) looks to continue his tear through the working class of boxing's junior welter and welterweight divisions as he goes down to 140 pounds for the second fight in a row to take on Johnny Garcia (19-2-1, 11 KOs), who has designs of his own on graduating out of the realm of the club fighter and into the realm of the … [Read more...]
Omar Narvaez defends Super Flyweight Title Against Johnny Garcia Wednesday
Omar Narvaez will look to extend his reign as WBO world super flyweight champion when he meets Mexican Johnny Garcia in Argentina this Wednesday. Narvaez (36-1-2, 19 KOs), a two division titlist, has held both the WBO flyweight and super flyweight belts. His run as super-fly champion was recently put on hold, when he took a small jump up in weight and huge jump up in … [Read more...]
Magdaleno stops Beltran, Garcia upsets Ugas on ShoBox
Casino del Sol, Tucson, Arizona – Super featherweight contender Diego Magdaleno (22-0, 8 KOs) continued to improve against a dangerous opponent who took the fight on three days’ notice. Magdaleno became the first man to stop late replacement Fernando Beltran Jr. (36-8-1, 20 KOs), the former two-time jr. featherweight championship contender. Magdaleno established the size … [Read more...]