24 Jun 2016

LaRon Mitchell makes weight for Ontario, CA fight

LaRon Mitchell returns today at the DoubleTree Hotel in Ontario, CA as he headlines his first professional card for Thompson Boxing. Mitchell is undefeated heavyweight who has won all 12 of his fights by KO and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. LaRon Mitchell 244 vs. Epifanio Mendoza

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24 Jun 2016

Jason Sosa upsets Javier Fortuna

In a result few predicted super featherweight Jason Sosa (19-1-4, 15 KOs) scored an eleventh round TKO over  world champion Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (29-1-1, 21 KOs) to claim the WBA super featherweight title on Friday night at the Capital Gym in Beijing, China. In a competitive fight that Fortuna appeared

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24 Jun 2016

Keith Thurman-Shawn Porter final press conference quotes

Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before their eagerly anticipated welterweight world title showdown this Saturday, June 25 in primetime as SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, comes to Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Live televised coverage begins at 9

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24 Jun 2016

Gabriel Flores Jr. dominates in Puerto Rico

Gabriel Flores Jr. continues to dominate in the amateur ranks as he didn’t lose a round in overseas competition as the best of the United States fought the best of Puerto Rico. Flores Jr. showed off his impressive fight IQ that is well beyond his high school age as he

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23 Jun 2016

De’Von Abraham (Oakland, CA) wins National PAL

De’von Abraham of King’s Gym in Oakland, CA won the 132. lbs National PAL this week as he brings back glory to the Bay Area. Abraham was featured in our Amateur Spotlight, earlier this year, which is included below. Abraham trains out of the historic Oakland boxing gym that Andre Ward,

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23 Jun 2016

Keith Thurman reflects on first trainer, Ben Getty

24 hours before making weight for his clash with Shawn Porter on Saturday, June 25th at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York, Keith “One Time” Thurman was reflective prior to the biggest fight of his career. In an interview posted by boxing news kingpin, Elie Seckbach, which is linked

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23 Jun 2016

Keith Thurman-Shawn Porter face-off at final press conference

Our friends over at FightHub record this powerful video showing the final face-off between Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter. A few takeaways I got from the video are as follows Shawn Porter appears to be have the bigger back, which though that might not translate to a lot, could allow

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23 Jun 2016

“Zurdo” Ramirez, Oscar Valdez looking sharp prior to July 23rd

As summer begins to pick up so do the training camps of Oscar Valdez and Gilberto Ramirez who are fighting on July 23rd at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Valdez, who trains out of the Rock Boxing Gym and Gilberto Ramirez who trains out of

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23 Jun 2016

Luis Ortiz-Alexander Ustinov on Canelo PPV September 17th

According to a report from BoxingScene.com whom talked to Russian promoter Vladimir Hryunov, Alexander Ustinov will face Luis Ortiz on September 17th in Las Vegas, as part of the HBO Pay-Per-View card of Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez yet to be announced PPV card promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. Canelo announced last night that

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22 Jun 2016

SF’s LaRon Mitchell headlines first card Friday

One of the sport of boxing’s good guys, heavyweight LaRon Mitchell (12-0 12KOs) is headlining his first card in Southern California at the DoubleTree in Ontario, CA. Mitchell, who trains out of Fire in the Ring Boxing Gym in San Francisco, CA, a gym that is free to anyone under

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