Almost three months since losing his last fight, former unified junior featherweight titlist Daniel Roman announced his retirement on Monday night. “I am officially announcing my retirement from boxing,” Roman posted to Twitter. “Thank you to my team, promoters, sponsors, media outlets and fans all around the world for your

Patricio Manuel who in the ring goes by the nick name “Cacahuate,” the Mexican Spanish word for peanut is an American professional boxer who also just happens to be Trans. Now despite having a Spanish sounding name and ring name Manuel is not Latino his sur name which he says

Fernando Vargas was a two-time junior middleweight world champion who competed against the very best during his career. At just 21 years of age, he became the youngest junior middleweight champion in the history of boxing. He dominated long time reigning champion Luis Ramon “Yuri Boy” Campas and forced him

Shakur Stevenson (14-0, 8KOs), brought boxing back with a bang as he stopped Felix Caraballo (13-2-2, 9KOs), in the sixth round in front of an empty ballroom at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, broadcast on ESPN, in boxing’s return after COVID-19 pandemic. Stevenson who dropped Carballo in the

We have waited for a sense of normalcy, but sadly, the world has had other plans. That being said boxing returns one week from today, on June 9th, which is a Tuesday on ESPN, as well as Thursday with two fights card put on by Top Rank Inc.  The first

We have all heard the phrase ‘don’t leave it in the gym’. What most might not know is the ability some might have in the gym, being a Mike Tyson-like figure in the gym only to be seen as a stepping stone in professional boxing looking like a shell of

Andy “El Tiburon” Vences, the super featherweight contender from San Jose, California, is eager to return to action to show the fans the growth he has made in the sport since his last bout in October in Reno, Nevada. “I have never been dropped, I have never been stopped, so

You might have seen him in photos inside the ring or thanked by fighters, but the 34-year-old Cleveland, Ohio native, Tim VanNewhouse is not one for the limelight, despite working with seemingly all the major promoters in the sport, VanNewhouse hasn’t received much attention from the media as his focus

Earlier this morning, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has canceled all combat sports events through the end of March, per executive officer Andy Foster. Next week’s Toscano Boxing Promotions card will not be able to happen with fans in attendance (no word has been given by promotion for an

Northern California promoter Toscano Boxing Promotions returns next week, March 21st at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium in Stockton, California for another night of boxing with tickets available at https://www.ticketon.com/event/FIGHTING-TRADITION/406557?sp=73CK4G The card is headlined by Quilisto “Kilo the Kid” Madera (12-2, 6KOs), a major ticket seller in the Stockton area,