On January 11th from Tachi Palace Casino and Resort in Lemoore, CA saw local junior middleweight favorite Daniel Valdivia (14-2 10KOs)  lose his second straight fight to the same foe, Vladimir Hernandez (11-3 7KOs), this time only minutes away from Valdivia’s hometown of Tulare, Ca. The fight saw Valdivia start

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After over a year layoff, two-division world champion Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KOs) made his return to the ring at the Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, California as he outclassed Aaron Herrera (33-8-1, 22 KOs) in a welterweight bout. Vargas dropped Herrera in round six and picked up a decision

Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1 7KOs) picked up one of the biggest wins of his career despite making his foe come-up two weight classes as he defended his WBO super featherweight title by stopping one of the generation’s best Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1 11KOs) in the main event of Top Rank’s final event of

Super featherweight Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz (22-0, 14 KOs) looked against Bryant “Pee Wee” Cruz(18-3, 9 KOs) , who took the fight on a week and a half’s notice as Casey Ramos was hurt in sparring and pulled out of the bout. Diaz dropped Cruz in the first round, twice in the second

The likable Minnesotian Caleb Truax proved the oddsmakers wrong as he came in as 50-1 underdog, but left with a world title around his waist as he defeated James DeGale to become the new IBF super middleweight champion as he went into hostile territory to dethrone the champion.   From the

In an entertaining main event from Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida and broadcast on FS1 former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (32-5-1, 19 KOs) stopped previously unbeaten light heavyweight Ahmed Elbiali (16-1, 13 KOs) in six rounds. Eliabi seemed be caught up in the emotion and the gravity of the fight as he

Featherweight De’von Abraham (2-0 2KOs), who trains out of King’s Boxing Gym in Oakland, CA, has continued his impressive start his career as he stopped his foe, Sergio Gonzalez in the 2nd round of scheduled four round fight at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, CA. Abraham felt out Gonzalez in

Fairfield, California’s Manuel “Tino” Avila (23-1, 8 KOs) picked up a unanimous decision win over late notice opponent Diuhl Olguin (11-9-2, 9 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico. Though Avila hurt his left hand during the latter part of the fight, he remained victorious with scores of 77-75, 78-74 and 78-74.   After the fight Avila had

In an opening bout to the HBO boxing telecast from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, saw veteran former contender Yuriorkis Gamboa (27 get a hotly contested majority decision over Jason Sosa (20-3-4 15KOs).   In the first few rounds, Gamboa landed the cleaner