by Tim Harrison Showtime Championship Boxing makes its 2013 debut live from The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, January 26 at 10 PM ET/PT. Hard-hitting Lucas Martin Matthysse (32-2, 30 KOs) will take on young Mike Dallas Jr. (19-2-1, 8 KOs) with Matthysse’s Interim WBC junior welterweight title up for grabs. Matthysse comes in … [Read more...]
Humberto Soto and Lucas Matthysse in WBC title eliminator Saturday night
Rugged veteran Humberto “La Zorrita” Soto (58-7-2, 34 KOs) and Argentinean slugger, Lucas Martin Matthysse (30-2, 28 KOs) will face off in a WBC semi-final title eliminator on Saturday, June 23 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. This 12-round jr. welterweight fight will be the co-feature to the main event featuring Victor Ortiz and Josesito Lopez on Showtime … [Read more...]
Matthysse-Corley in Argentina, January 21st
Following his razor-thin split decision loss to Zab Judah in November, jr. welterweight Lucas Matthysse (27-1, 25 KOs) returns to action in his native Argentina, January 21st against 14-year veteran, DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley (37-15-1, 22 KOs). Corley is coming off an up and down 2010 where he suffered a brutal knockout at the hands of Freddy Hernandez in February, bounced … [Read more...]
War in Mexico: Ponce De Leon, Segura,Chavez, Espadas in Action
by Paul MagnoLots of action South of the border this past Saturday.In Mexico City at the Auditorio Plaza Condesa, former world champ, Daniel Ponce de Leon (38-2, 33 KOs), headlined a sold out Golden Boy show and inched closer to another world title shot by knocking out Puerto Rican, Orlando Cruz (16-2-1, 7 KOs).Ponce de Leon pounced on Cruz from the opening bell and never let … [Read more...]