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

In front of a packed crowd at the historic 16th St station in West Oakland, CA, hometown legend middleweight Tony Hirsch (21-6-2 8KOs) defeated Taneal Goyco (8-9-1 3KOs) of Philadelphia, PA. Goyco missed weight the day before, so bad in fact Hirsch almost didn’t take the fight. Hirsch decided in

  Though no official bouts have been announced the August 1st card in Redwood City, CA is taking shape as junior bantamweight Bruno “The Aloha Kid” Escalante (13-1 6KOs) returns after nearly a year and half layoff after a hand injury that occurred in his last bout against Victor Ruiz