Tonight at the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Washington, interim WBA World featherweight champion Jesus Cuellar (26-1, 20 KO’s) retained the title with a fifth round stoppage of Ruben Tamayo (25-5-4, 17 KO’s) in the main event of a Showtime Extreme quadruple header. Tamayo had no answer for the pressure of the defending champion, and despite a four inch … [Read more...]
Jesus Cuellar headlines Showtime Extreme quadruple header this Saturday, December 20
by Tim Harrison Showtime closes out an up-and-down 2014 with a quadruple header on Showtime Extreme. Jesus Cuellar (25-1, 9 KOs) takes on Ruben Tamayo (24-4-4, 17 KOs) in the main event, while Gary Russell Jr. (24-1, 14 KOs) faces off against Chris Martin (28-4-3, 9 KOs) serve as the co-feature. Cuellar’s Interim WBA featherweight belt will be on the line. The card will also … [Read more...]
Prospect Watch: 20 prospects to watch in 2015 – Part 3 of 4
by Eric Duran With 2014 quickly wrapping up, it's time to look ahead to 2015. On the prospects to watch series, I'll discuss 20 fighters careers who I believe will make or break, their careers, in the next year. Now, I do not believe these are the 20 best prospects in boxing, just the top 20 with name recognition, ability and potential to breakout in the upcoming … [Read more...]
Ortiz Stops Kayode in One, Cuellar Stops JuanMa in Two, More Results from GBP/Fox Sports 1 Card
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...]