29 Dec 2016

Coach of the Year: Manny Robles

Many pundits may look past Manny Robles and point to other coaches who have gravitated towards the spotlight, but Manny Robles who runs The Rock Boxing Gym in Carson, California humble took two fighters to a world title as well as developed a solid camp that looks to be the

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27 Dec 2016

Northern California Knockout of the Year: Ricardo Pinell

Though many fighters had stunning performances including Jose Ramirez put together two solid knockout wins as well as Luis Garcia and many others, we choose to go with the violent and brutal knockout Ricardo Pinell put together over Roberto Yong on the undercard of ALA Promotions debut in the Bay Area

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27 Dec 2016

Knockout of the Year: Murat Gassiev KOs Jordan Shimmell

In what was an under-the-radar match that snuck onto a Fox Sports 1 Tuesday night Premier Boxing Champions card, cruiserweight Murat Gassiev secured his shot at a world title (one that he would later win that year) by destroying Jordan Shimmell in the knockout of the year. Shimmell, a decent

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27 Dec 2016

Northern California Fight of the Year: Jonathan Chicas vs. Bilal Mahasin

In a trend that seemingly happens more and more as of late, the best fight in the whole Northern California region took place in the month of January nearly a year ago to this day. The bout which was put together by matchmaker Andy Nance as well as promoter Osric

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27 Dec 2016

Fight of the Year: Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter

In a year filled with good fights such as Orlando Salido and Francisco Vargas going life or death with one and another, Andre Ward barely pulling off a win over Sergey Kovalev and Jermall Charlo knocking out Julian Williams, one fight to me stands out above the rest – Keith

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26 Dec 2016

Northern California Fighter of the Year: Ryan “The Rhino” Bourland

Northern California fighter of the year: Ryan Bourland Ryan “The Rhino” Bourland bounced back from his lone career loss last year to Israel Duffus with a solid 2016. Bourland fought three times on the regional Northern California circuit and ended his run by picking up a regional title from the

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26 Dec 2016

Fighter of the Year 2016: Carl Frampton

Carl Frampton had a decent, but not noteworthy 2015 as it appeared the super bantamweight was either not what he was cracked up to be or outgrew the 122 lbs. weight class. In 2016, we as fight fans learned that it was the later as Frampton put together two stellar

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17 Dec 2016

Barrera, Ellis upset Golden Boy prospects on HBO Latino

In a light-heavyweight crossroads fight Sullivan Barrera (18-1, 13 KOs) picked up an empathic seventh round TKO over unbeaten Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (17-1, 14 KOs) on Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. The bout saw multiple knockdowns including Shabranskyy getting dropped in round one, Barrera on the canvas on round

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15 Dec 2016

Erislandy Lara faces Yuri Foreman on January 13th

Two of the most awkward and avoided super welterweights in the  world will face each other as Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) will defend his WBA super welterweight world championship against former world champion Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) in a world title showdown that headlines Premier

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15 Dec 2016

Crawford proves once again he is good, Beltran stops prospect

In a very entertaining card from Omaha, Nebraska, Terence Crawford made mince meat out of game veteran John Molina Jr in a contracted junior welterweight bout that Molina came in three and half pounds heavy for. Crawford like most expected was far too fast for Molina as well as skilled

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