by Fox Doucette Mike Dallas Jr. (19-2-1, 8 KOs), his career left for dead after two losses on ESPN in 2011, took another giant step toward resuming his climb up the junior welterweight ranks Friday night, knocking out veteran Javier Castro (27-5, 22 KOs) in six rounds of a scheduled 12-rounder from San Jacinto, California in the main event of Friday Night Fights. In the … [Read more...]
Mike Dallas Jr. Back In Action Friday: FNF Preview
by Fox Doucette ESPN regular and fringe junior welterweight prospect Mike Dallas Jr. (18-2-1, 7 KOs) continues his attempts to ascend the ranks via the Friday Night Fights route this week, as he takes on Javier Castro (27-4, 22 KOs) in the main event in San Jacinto, California. In the co-feature, Sacramento-based prospect Brandon Gonzales (15-0, 10 KOs) gets a chance to look … [Read more...]
Dallas Jr, Estrada Win In Night Of Mismatches: FNF Recap
By Fox Doucette Mike Dallas Jr. (18-2-1, 7 KOs) stopped a two-fight losing streak with a decision win over unprepared and overmatched Miguel Gonzalez (20-3, 15 KOs), while grossly overweight “super middleweight” Shawn Estrada (14-0, 12 KOs), weighing a beefy 191 pounds, brutalized Terrance Woods (9-4, 6 KOs) en route to an eight-round decision of his own on ESPN2's Friday … [Read more...]
Do Or Die For Mike Dallas Jr. vs. Miguel Gonzalez: FNF Preview
By Fox Doucette Lightweight Mike Dallas Jr. (17-2-1, 7 KOs) puts his very livelihood as a fighter on the line on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights this week as he takes on rising prospect Miguel Gonzalez (20-2, 15 KOs) in the main event. In the co-feature, brain-bashing super middleweight Shawn Estrada (13-0, 12 KOs) gets fed another Christian to his lion in the gladiatorial arena, … [Read more...]
Bleed Him Dry: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette Back in the early 1990s, Urge Overkill had a hit with “Sister Havana”, in which singer Nash Kato encouraged the titular character to “come around to my way of thinkin'.” The judges at ringside for tonight's Friday Night Fights card at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California got brought around to a way of thinking that led to a flat-out robbery in the … [Read more...]