Manuel “Tino” Avila (20-0 8KOs) of Fairfield, CA defeated a game Rene Alvarado (23-7 16KOs) to headline LA Fight Club. Avila, who has had to face tough opposition since residing in the rival part of the state from Golden Boy Promotions, Northern California, Golden Boy which is located in Southern

Andre Ward, (29-0, 15 KOs) made his light heavyweight debut as he earned a twelve round unanimous decision over the  Sullivan Barrera, (17-1, 12 KOs), a tough Cuban defector who was the #1 contender for the IBF light heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

Andre Ward 174.8 Sullivan Barrera 174.4 lbs. Joseph Diaz Jr. 125.8 Jayson Velez Daniel Franco 126  German Meraz ??? Junior Younan 173.4 Christian Solorzano 176.6* Maurice Hooker 140.2 Wilfrido Buelvas 138.8 Aaron Coley 157.2 Urmat Ryskeldiev 155.8 Zhilei Zhang 253.4   Tyree Ortiz 282.2 Rudy Puga 162.8   Carlos Lozano 162.2

San Francisco, CA WBC heavyweight champion Martha “The Shadow” Salazar made weight for her title defense against Alejandra “The Tiger” Jimenez Martha Salazar outweighed her foe by 13 lbs as she came in at 238 pounds, whereas Jimenez came in at 225 lbs.   The bout takes place tomorrow,Friday, March 18

Concord, CA’s heavyweight Xavier Vigney made weight for his Glory Kickboxing bout tomorrow that will air on UFC Fight Pass. Vigney fights Freddy Kemayo tomorrow on Fight Pass at 10am PST.

Sacramento, CA super-middleweight Mike Guy (8-1-1 4KOs) will be taking a late notice fight this Tuesday on Fox Sports 1’s ‘Toe-to-Toe Tuesday’s’ in Nice, California in hopes of making a statement. Guy, who faces Sergiy Derevyanchenko (7-0 5KOs), a 2008 Olympian will be Guy’s toughest test to date.   The

Vargas-Salido will be June 4 at StubHub in Carson. Just waiting on Vargas to sign off, I'm told. — Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) February 20, 2016 Per boxing insider Lance Pugmire of the LA Times social media account, WBC 130 lbs. champion Francisco Vargas will more than likely defend his title

Unbeaten 2012 U.S. Olympian Michael Hunter (10-0, 7 KOs), middleweight contender Paul Mendez (20-2-2, 10 KOs) and exciting featherweight contender Claudio “The Matrix” Marrero (19-1, 14 KOs) will compete in separate bouts that highlight undercard action on Saturday, February 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The event is headlined

Andre Ward seems to be getting ready to get back to action to face one of the most feared light heavyweights out currently. Ward whom is largely reported to face Sergey Kovalev has been largely rumored to face IBF light heavyweight number one contender Sullivan Barrera, who is promoted by Kovalev’s

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