by Fox Doucette After a year in which the sport of boxing shot itself in the foot more times than Yosemite Sam outsmarted by Bugs Bunny, 2015 got off to a proper start as Darleys Perez (32-1, 20 KOs) won a wide unanimous decision over Jonathan Maicelo (21-2, 12 KOs). In the co-feature, such as it was, Francisco Santana (22-3-1, 11 KOs) absolutely starched Kendal Mena (20-1, 11 … [Read more...]
Darleys Perez Takes On Jonathan Maicelo: ESPN Friday Night Fights Preview
by Fox Doucette There are certain things that are cause for national celebration when they return---the leaves on the trees in spring, women in bikinis in summer, the McRib---but for fight fans, the return of The Teddy Atlas Rant Show And Boxing D-League Spectacular, or Friday Night Fights for short, is the fourth face on that would-be Mount Rushmore of anticipated … [Read more...]
Nugaev, Tolmajyan Win on Upset-Heavy Friday Night Fights Card
This week's Friday Night Fights main event at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California was a surprisingly lively clash that saw Russia's Rustam Nugaev (23-6-1, 13 KOs) pull off the upset by stopping Peru's Jonathan Maicelo (19-1, 11 KOs) in the eight round of a scheduled ten round lightweight clash. Nugaev opened the bout in full pursuit, coming forward and applying the … [Read more...]
Jonathan Maicelo vs. Rustam Nugaev: The FNF Preview
While last week's Vera-Bondorovas Friday Night Fights show lacked star power, this week's edition from the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, CA, will feature even lesser-known talent-- Unless you happen to be from Peru. After the original main event of Marvin Quintero-Ammeth Diaz fell apart due to Quintero breaking his nose in training, Maicelo-Nugaev, the other lightweight bout … [Read more...]