Jessie Vargas (22-0, 9 KO’s) vs. Ray Narh (26-3, 21 KO’s) – Las Vegas, NV Headlining the Solo Boxeo Tecate card, the undefeated welterweight prospect has been in with some solid, experienced veterans. Vargas has beaten the likes of Vivian Harris, Lanardo Tyner, Josesito Lopez, Steve Forbes and most recently beat undefeated Wale Omotoso to win the WBC Continental Americas … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
It seems the fine art of scum-baggery has made its way to the women’s side of the sport and former super-flyweight title holder Riyo Togo (10-5-1, 9 KO’s) is the artist at hand. Last week’s high profile rematch between Togo and Mariana Juarez (37-7-3, 16 KO’s) took a hit when Togo was found to be wearing doctored gloves in which the padding had been removed from the front, … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Former world flyweight champion Mariana “La Barbie” Juarez (37-7-3, 16 KO’s) avenged her April defeat scoring a 10 round decision over Riyo Togo (10-5-1, 9 KO’s) in Mexico. The victory also gave Juarez the WBC International super-flyweight title. Togo scored a major upset this past April when she stopped Juarez by first round TKO in Mexico. The hard hitter from Japan had … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Germany’s “Killer Queen” saw action this past weekend. Susi Kentikian (31-2, 16 KO’s) evened the score against Carina Moreno (23-6), working her way to a unanimous 10 round decision and regaining the WBA world flyweight title in Dortmund Saturday night. Scores of the bout were 96-94 and 97-93 twice. Kentikian, a Germany based Armenian, was undefeated at 29-0 and held three … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Huge upset in the world of women’s boxing this past weekend. Former WBC flyweight champion, Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (36-7-3, 16 KO’s) met Riyo Togo (10-4-1, 9 KO’s) for the vacant WBC International female super flyweight title, a bout clearly staged to allow Juarez to grab a title belt, something she’s been without since losing to Ava Knight last October and dropping her WBC … [Read more...]