19 May 2019

Boxing’s next superstar, Naoya Inoue

Naoya Inoue is a star in the making, you might look at his pint-sized weight class of 118 lbs, or bantamweight if you care to use terms and boxing lingo, or his previous weight class of 108 lbs or 115 lbs, and scoff, but you’d be wrong. The fighter who

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20 Sep 2018

Vallejo, CA’s Derry Noble to fight on Oakland, Top Rank card

One of the best fighters in Northern California, bantamweight Derry Noble of Vallejo, CA, will have his second fight on a major stage as he will fight next Friday, September 28th, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Ca. Noble, who made his professional debut earlier this year in Sacramento, Ca

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20 Aug 2018

Joshua Greer Jr. signs with Top Rank Inc.

Joshua “Don’t Blink” Greer Jr. is ready to wreak havoc on the bantamweight division. Greer (17-1-1, 9 KOs) has signed a multi-fight promotional contract with Top Rank, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today. Greer, a Chicago native, will campaign as a bantamweight after fighting at both bantamweight and super

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04 Jun 2018

Top Rank signs bantamweight Carlos Castro

Undefeated super bantamweight contender Carlos Castro has signed a multi-year promotional agreement with Top Rank, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today. Castro, a 24-year-old resident of Phoenix, Arizona, has a record of 20-0 with nine knockouts and is the current WBC USNBC super bantamweight champion. “I am very

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29 Apr 2018

Boxing Recap: Dogboe new champ, Real Deal tournamnet, Daniel Jacobs and more

Dogboe stops Magdaleno Issac Dogboe of Ghana, Africa stopped former WBO super bantamweight champion Jessie Magdaleno in the main event of a card that took place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Dogboe was dropped in the first round by Magdaleno. Dogboe exploited a right hand to the body

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26 Apr 2018

Boxing Preview: Jessie Magadaleno, Daniel Jacobs, Miguel Cruz, Welterweight tournament

Jessie Magdaleno vs Isaac Dogboe Happy bday to the coolest coach/friend I know @manuel.boxing hope you have a blessed day!!! #boxing #bdayfun A post shared by Jessie"El peligroso"Magdaleno (@elpeligrosojmag) on Apr 11, 2018 at 10:23am PDT WBO super bantamweight world champion Jessie Magdaleno will make his second title defense against

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15 Aug 2017

Luis Nery wins WBC title from Yamanaka

Mexican southpaw bantamweight Luis Nery (24-0, 18 KOs) picked up the biggest win of his career by capturing the WBC bantamweight belt when he battered and bruised Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 19 KOs) forcing Yamanaka’s corner to stop the fight on Tuesday in Kyoto, Japan. Nery put pressure on Yamanaka and by

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01 Jul 2017

Oscar Negrete wins regional title on ESPN2

Longtime friend of the blog bantamweight Oscar “Jaguar” Negrete (17-0, 7 KOs) scored the biggest win of career with an eighth round TKO against Sergio “El Frio” Frias (18-6-2, 9 KOs) to claim the vacant NABF title at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. The fight was supposed to

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16 Apr 2017

Results from Todo o Nada (Paco Presents Boxing)

In front of a full house in Brooks, Ca at Cache Creek Casino and Resort, Don Chargin Productions and Paco Presents Boxing returned with Todo o Nada. The main event between bantamweight Michael Ruiz Jr. (11-4-3 4KOs) of Fresno, CA and Rodrigo Guerrero (25-6-2 16KOs) of Mexico ended in a

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13 Aug 2016

U.S. Olympic Update: Antonio Vargas advances, preview of tomorrow

In a very limited day of action flyweight Antonio Vargas won his bout against Juliao Henriques Neto of Brazil. Vargas shut-out the hometown fighter, who was 14 years older then the soon to be 20 year-old Vargas. Vargas returns to the ring at 7:45am PST against Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan, which also

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