Mexico’s Jose “Negro” Ramirez was on the long 48-hour plane flight home from the Philippines with nothing to do but relive the crazy and maddening last few days. After winning the biggest fight of his career, he was returning home without a belt and without a penny in his pocket—and nobody would tell him where it all went wrong. The 25-year-old Mexican fringe contender had … [Read more...]
Montiel Stops Angkota in Nine; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Gimnasio German Evers, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico-- Fernando Montiel (47-4-2, 37 KOs) fought as well as necessary to defeat Indonesian journeyman, Angky Angkota (25-7, 14 KOs) in front of a partisan crowd in Montiel's home state of Sinaloa. For most of the fight, Montiel fought backing up, choosing to counter an Angkota who was coming forward, but not landing anything of … [Read more...]
Pinoy Pride XII: Rey Bautista and Genaro Garcia Headlining Fight Card in the Philippines
by R. McCarson Featherweights Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista (32-2, 24 KOs) and Genaro “Poblanito” Garcia (38-8, 22 KOs) will headline the Pinoy Pride XII fight card on Saturday, March 3rd. The event will be hosted at the Carlos P. Garcia Sports Complex in Tagbilaron City, Bohol, Philippines. As a Bohol native, Bautista comes into this bout with home-field advantage. … [Read more...]
Roy Jones Jr. Wins Unanimous Decision; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia-- Roy Jones Jr. (55-8, 40 KOs) won a one-sided unanimous decision over club fighter, Max Alexander (14-6-2, 2 KOs) to claim the vacant Independent Boxing Syndicate (IBS) North American Cruiserweight title Saturday night by scores of 100-90, 100-90, 99-91. Hoops Dome, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu City, Philippines-- In a featherweight contest, Rey … [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...]