15 Aug 2016

U.S. Olympic Update: Antonio Vargas gone before medaling

U.S. Olympic flyweight Antonio Vargas may have lasted longer than Charles Conwell, but not that much longer as he was eliminated by Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan. The bout wasn’t close as Zoirov, one of the favorites to win the tournament, put together a masterful performance that saw him win by the scores

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14 Aug 2016

U.S. Olympic Update: Stevenson wins opener, Russell one win away from medal

Team U.S. Boxing favorite heading into Rio 2016 proved again why he is worth the hype as he destroyed Robenílson Vieira de Jesus of Brazil in the round of 16 in the bantamweight division. Stevenson, whom the judges tried their hardest to screw out of the decision, by giving the harmless

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14 Aug 2016

Canelo-Smith PPV undercard taking shape

On September 17 for Mexican Independence Day weekend, former two-division world champion Canelo will face WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion Liam Smith at the Dallas Cowboy’s home AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas to be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. The undercard for “Canelo” Alvarez versus

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13 Aug 2016

MMA returns to Bay Area this Saturday in San Francisco

San Francisco, CA based MMA promotion, Dragon House MMA, will hold their 23rd show with Dragon House 23, headlined by Fight Kore’s (Martinez, CA) Justin Baesman taking on Mauricio Alonso of Fremont, CA in a middleweight bout. The event will happen August 20th at the Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco,

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13 Aug 2016

Margarito beats Canelo’s brother, is Canelo next?

Former world champion Antonio “Tijuana Tornado” Margarito (40-8, 27 KOs) scored a ten round split decision decision over Ramon “Inocente” Alvarez (23-5-2, 15 KOs) to claim the WBO Continental super welterweight title on Saturday night at the Baja California Center in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The fight was

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13 Aug 2016

New podcast: Lukie Boxing U.S. Olympic Boxing Ep2

Lukie and ITRBoxing.com friend, Naota did a podcast this afternoon about everything related to The Olympic boxing for the 2016 games in Rio.   Hear their thoughts on Shakur Stevenson, Nico Hernandez getting bronze, Charles Conwell, Gary Antuanne Russell and more For a direct link click here  

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13 Aug 2016

Bryant Perrella calls out Yordenis Ugas after ESPN win

So the guy I was supposed to fight tonight (Yordenis Ugas) won his fight against another prospect. Perfect We have Unfinished Business!! — Bryant Perrella (@BryantPerrella) August 13, 2016 We will forgive the grammatical error of the multiple capitalization of Bryant Perrella as it appears he might just be excited for

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13 Aug 2016

U.S. Olympic Update: Antonio Vargas advances, preview of tomorrow

In a very limited day of action flyweight Antonio Vargas won his bout against Juliao Henriques Neto of Brazil. Vargas shut-out the hometown fighter, who was 14 years older then the soon to be 20 year-old Vargas. Vargas returns to the ring at 7:45am PST against Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan, which also

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13 Aug 2016

Flores impresses, Ugas upsets on ESPN

Featherweight Miguel Flores (21-0, 9 KOs) furthered his unbeaten ways over former prospect Ryan Kielczweski (25-2, 7 KOs) on Friday night at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. The fight saw Flores up big early, but the power of Kielczweski evening up the fight and nearly upsetting the

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12 Aug 2016

US Boxing Update: Mikaela Mayer wins opening bout

USA Boxing Mikaela Mayer outclassed a game, but inexperienced Jennifer Chieng of Micronesia in the afternoon bouts from Rio. Mayer ate a few more right hands then desired in the first round, which could have been a testament to some Olympic nerves, but once she was in her groove was

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