22 Jul 2016

Showdown in Oakland 16, tomorrow in North Oakland!

On Saturday July 23rd, Oakland, California boxing gym, Pacific Ring Sports will hold it’s 16th amateur event in their on-going series “Showdown in Oakland”. The gym, which is ran by Roberto Garcia, is located on 40th street near Telegraph Ave and very close to the MacArthur BART station. The first bell

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17 Jul 2016

Viktor Postol: Matthysse is better than Crawford

Since you’ve been working with Freddie, what’s been the biggest improvement in your game? VIKTOR POSTOL: Every training camp that I’m here, I’m getting more serious. I’m getting more power, more speed, learning new combinations with Freddie. Overall, improving in every fashion. You have mentioned that Matthysse is better than

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15 Jul 2016

Terence Crawford: Postol took Matthysse fight, because it was easier than fighting me

What did you think about Viktor Postol’s performance against Lucas Matthysse and did it surprise you at all? TERENCE CRAWFORD: I feel as though Postol did what he needed to do to win. I think he did a lot of holding and using his elbows that the ref didn’t see.

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13 Jul 2016

Countdown to Crawford-Postol (HBO Boxing)

Above is the pre-fight pay-per-view preview show for Terence Crawford versus Viktor Postol which happens next week on July 23rd on pay-per-view. Undefeated junior welterweight champions TERENCE “Bud” CRAWFORD and “The Iceman” VIKTOR POSTOL will go mano a mano in a 12-round world title unification fight to determine the lineal

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12 Jul 2016

Star Swain to sing national anthem for Crawford-Postol

By day STAR SWAIN  is an assistant principal at the Jefferson County Middle/High School in Monticello, Florida and a Ph.D. candidate in education policy and evaluation. But come Saturday, July 23, live on pay-per-view, Swain will live up to her first name when she steps into the center of the

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12 Jul 2016

Crawford-Postol updates from camp

Undefeated junior welterweight champions TERENCE “Bud” CRAWFORD (28-0, 20 KOs) and “The Iceman” VIKTOR POSTOL (28-0, 12 KOs) will go mano a mano in a 12-round world title unification fight to determine the lineal king of the exciting 140 pound division. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Tecate and

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12 Jul 2016

HBO releases great feature on Terence Crawford “My Fight”

  Link to full feature https://youtu.be/6f6wef8egeM  HBO Sports, widely acclaimed for its innovative boxing programming, takes an in-depth look at one of the sport’s most talented competitors when TERENCE CRAWFORD: MY FIGHT debuts SATURDAY, JULY 9 (12:15 a.m. ET/PT). Other HBO playdates: July 10 (10:45 p.m.), 11 (1:00 a.m.), 15

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28 Jun 2016

Viktor Postol reflects on Lucas Matthysse win

Undefeated junior welterweight champions TERENCE “Bud” CRAWFORD and “The Iceman” VIKTOR POSTOL will go mano a mano in a 12-round world title unification fight to determine the lineal king of the exciting 140 pound division. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Tecate and the motion picture “Hands of Stone,”

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23 Jun 2016

“Zurdo” Ramirez, Oscar Valdez looking sharp prior to July 23rd

As summer begins to pick up so do the training camps of Oscar Valdez and Gilberto Ramirez who are fighting on July 23rd at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Valdez, who trains out of the Rock Boxing Gym and Gilberto Ramirez who trains out of

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21 Jun 2016

Viktor Postol training camp update

VIKTOR POSTOL: “I do not consider myself an underdog in this fight. Terence Crawford’s fans might consider me as the underdog but that does not bother me. I’m 100% confident in myself and in my victory on July 23rd and the reasons are simple. I work harder in training camp

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