Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (17-0, 13KOs) will face Miguel “Mickey” Roman (37-8, 28KOs) in a ten round featherweight bout. It will take place Friday, December 16th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada as part of the WBC's 49th annual convention. An unbeaten prospect from the Dominican Republic, Fortuna has had a decorated amateur career and hopes to … [Read more...]
Focus on the Featherweights
by Paul Magno After a supremely significant 30-day run, the dust in the featherweight division has finally settled. Here's a look at boxing's 126 lb. division-- where's it's going, where it's been, what's in store : Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) affirmed his dominance of the division with a four-round annihilation of super featherweight belt holder, Jorge Solis (40-3-2, … [Read more...]
Rubio Batters Santana in 2011’s First Card
Torreon, Mexico-- In the first significant card of 2011, Marco Antonio Rubio (49-5-1, 42 KOs) stopped the Dominican Republic's, Wilson Santana (11-1, 7 KOs) in eight entertaining rounds. Fighting in his home town of Torreon, Coahuila, Rubio managed to get inside against the taller, longer Santana and slowly chip away at his inexperienced opponent. Santana, whose eleven … [Read more...]