Bodega del Boxeo, Ensenada, Mexico - Former WBO featherweight titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon (42-4, 35 KOs) overcame a flash knockdown in the second round to score a sixth-round KO victory over Omar Estrella on Saturday night. De Leon worked behind his jab at times, pounding Estrella with left hands throughout the bout. Estrella looked ready to go as early as the fifth round, and … [Read more...]
Bracero and Del Valle See Action in Broadway Boxing’s Return, Saturday January 21st
Dibella Entertainment will feature a night of boxing at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, New York on Saturday, January 21st. The main event features Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (18-0, 3KOs) vs. Michael “Cold Blood” Clark (42-6-1, 18KOs) in the junior welterweight division. The fight card will also feature Ran Nakash (25-1, 18KOs) vs. Derek Bryant (20-6-1, 17KOs) in the … [Read more...]
The Boricua Comeback?
2011 hasn't been a great year for Puerto Rican boxing. While faded boricua figurehead, Miguel Cotto, stopped Ricardo Mayorga in March, not even the fiercest of Cotto loyalists would argue that it was anything other than a trophy win from a critically weathered fighter. Cotto is far removed from being the fighter who once cut a violent swath through the ranks of … [Read more...]