07 May 2019

WBO rejects Oscar Valdez versus Erick Ituarte

Well, the World Boxing Organization is “that friendly” with Top Rank after all as the WBO rejected a purposed bout of WBO featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez taking on Thompson Boxing’s Erick Ituarte, on June 8th in Reno, Nevada, which would be broadcast on ESPN+. The president of the sanctioning

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07 May 2019

Aleksandr Usyk out of May 25th bout, hurts biecp

Aleksandr Usyk, the man best known for unifying the cruiserweight division last year, a division that most would be hard pressed to name five fighters in the division, will have to wait a bit longer to make his heavyweight debut as his May 25th fight date at the MGM National

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07 May 2019

Ruben Villa headlines ShoBox on Friday night

Salinas’ WBO youth featherweight champion Ruben Villa (15-0 5KOs) will face his toughest test thus far in his career facing Luis Alberto Lopez (17-1 8KOs) on Friday, May 10th, from the Omega Products International in Corona, California. Villa, one of the best American amateurs over the past decade winning all

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07 May 2019

Unbeaten Ruben Torres, George Acosta battle Friday night

Though it is uncommon in boxing, since a loss in boxing can be so damaging, that is not the case on the Thompson Boxing undercard on the May 10th Friday night’s ShoBox: The Next Generation prelim bouts before television as unbeaten Ruben Torres will face undefeated George Acosta in a

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