The 650 Show Saturday in Burlingame
The final Bay Area boxing card of the year will happen this weekend as B Street Boxing’s “650” Show III will put on it’s third year-end event. The event which will happen at Machinist Hall (1511 Rollins Rd) in Burlingame, CA with doors at 6PM. The event will feature live
Watch Cotto-Canelo undercard live stream on ITRBoxing.com
Want more than the four fight main card for Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez? Well, you’re in luck as ITRBoxing.com is streaming above the “dark matches” prior to the pay-per-view portion of the card. Below are the bouts that will be featured [Note: Randy Caballero came in dramatically overweight, was stripped of
Martha Salazar defends WBC title in Bay Area November 7th
Martha Salazar will make her first title defense of her WBC Women’s Heavyweight title on November 7th in Richmond, CA at the Memorial Auditorium in Richmond, CA. Salazar earned the WBC heavyweight title after defeating Tanzee Daniel in San Francisco, CA in November of 2014. Salazar earned her number one
What you might have missed over the weekend
– Despite losing and probably retiring afterwards, Paulie Malignaggi wrote a really great piece explaining why he fights for Derek Jeter’s website. – Yudel Jhonson and Jorge Cota had a great, sloppy, fun fight at junior middleweight on Bounce TV, which was criminally slept on. The bout included 3 knockdowns
Andre Ward to have role in Rocky spinoff
Michael B. Jordan, the man best known for playing Oscar Grant in the critically acclaimed ‘Fruitvale Station’ will once again have Bay Area ties as he plays the son of Apollo Creed, Adonis, who is now being trained by Rocky Balboa. The film will also be directed by Ryan Coogler,
Mendez wins split decision, Vences looks sensational in co-main slot
Salinas, CA – Super middleweight Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 KOs) won a ten round split decision over former world title challenger David “The Destroyer” Lopez (41-16-1, 25 KOs) on Friday night at the Salinas Storm House in Salinas, California. The major story line for the fight was the size difference
Karim Mayfield, The People’s Champ
When I graduated college in 2006, the economic boom was about to end. It was foreshadowed by one of the weirdest graduation speeches I can remember. We stood on stage as the speaker told us that dark times loomed in the future, it was far from the cry of optimism