Sagadat Rakhmankul (3-0, 1 KO) vs. Christian Aguirre (7-3, 3 KOs) I started out this evening overhearing that Sagadat had 300 amateur bouts under his belt. A few more fights make Aguirre slightly more prepared for fighting on a pro card but amateur bouts have earned Rakhmankull the toughness and

The all-women annual amateur boxing event “Beautiful Brawlers VIII” will now take place at Fire in the Ring Boxing Inc on September 2nd as to meet the needs of the capacity of the anticipated crowd. The bout card will feature two rings as well as awards and the best amateurs in

Ryan Garcia is looking for a statement this Saturday at Fantasy Springs Casino and Resort in Indio, Ca. The 20-year-old boxing social media internet sensation, who touts an impressive million followers on Instagram, is coming off the worst performance of his career against Jayson Velez, May 4th, a day before

Photo by Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing Ruben Villa (13-0, 5 KOs) continued his trend of routing opponents on the scorecards by thoroughly outpointing Jose Santos Gonzalez (23-7, 13 KOs) in Friday night’s “Locked n’ Loaded” main event. Villa used his signature quickness to batter Gonzalez throughout the 8-round fight. “I was able to find

IBF super middleweight champion José Uzcátegui, the power-punching boogeyman of the 168-pounders, will face Ezequiel Maderna in the 10-round, non-title main event on Friday, Sept. 28 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. And, in the co-feature, Jerwin Ancajas, the world’s longest-reigning 115-pound world champion, is ready to add another defense

The Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin sequence of fights will be remembered just as much for what happened outside of the ring as it will for what happened inside. The first bout which will now be memorably thought of for a decision that most found unsatisfying, a draw, to

In front of thousands of boxing fans, WBA and WBC middleweight Gennady Golovkin did his part in the pre-fight hype leading up to next months massive fight between “Canelo” Alvarez and himself, Gennady Golovkin from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 15th. “If you’re fake, you support

When I first started to cover boxing whenever that was at the start of this decade, Bruno Escalante was the biggest local star in Northern California, my region I covered. Many who read this might giggle or think that is small potatoes, but in the world of boxing is thankless

Puerto Rican lightweight Jose Pedraza became a two-division world champion and the best active Puerto Rican boxer by picking up a unanimous decision over Ray Beltran to claim the WBO lightweight title Saturday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Pedraza just had more left as the 37-year-old

Hayward, Ca featherweight De’von Abraham (3-0-1 2KOs) and Jose Maria “Chema” Delgado (1-0-3 1KO) fought to a draw at the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino in Rancho Mirage, Ca on Saturday night. The bout was ugly. Delgado pressed the action early with Abraham standing right in front of him. Abraham