12 May 2018

Half Moon Bay’s Adam Piccolotti submits Carrington Banks

Half Moon Bay’s Adam “The Bomb” Piccolotti snapped a two-fight losing streak by defeating top Bellator prospect Carrington Banks in the opening bout of Bellator MMA card taking place from the SAP Center in San Jose, Ca.   Piccolotti controlled the bout from start to finish with multiple rear-naked choke

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17 Mar 2018

Antonio Lozada Jr stops Felix Verdejo; MAJOR UPSET

Largely unknown lightweight Antonio Lozada Jr (39-2 33KOs) picked up the signature win of his career as he stopped heavily touted Puerto Rican prospect Felix Veredjo in the tenth round at 2:37 on the undercard of Top Rank card from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Verdejo started strong

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15 Feb 2018

Ray Beltran “This is the MOST IMPORTANT FIGHT of MY LIFE!”

There will be a lot on the line this Friday, February 16th, when Mexican world title contender Ray Beltran faces former world champ Paulus Moses at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Beltran and Moses will battle for the vacant World Boxing Organization(WBO) lightweight title, but for Beltran, this fight means way more than that. He will also be

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15 Jul 2017

San Francisco’s Willie Shaw picked up KO win in Mexico

Oakland native, who moved to San Francisco, CA in his adulthood, lightweight Willie Shaw (2-0 2KOs) picked up the second win of his career in Tijuana, Mexico on July 14th. Shaw, who trains with Jairo Escobar at Hit Fit SF, picked up his second knockout win, both of which were

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01 Jul 2017

Easter defeats Shafikov, J-Rock stops foe in comeback fight

IBF lightweight world champion Robert Easter (20-0, 14 KOs) albeit with a lot of controversy against #1 contender Denis Shafikov (38-3-1, 20 KOs) on Friday night at the half-full Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. Easter started strong, but the tricky southpaw continued to pressure him and seemingly was on his

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24 May 2017

The Ghost of Boxing: Anthony Peterson

When asked how he would describe himself, Anthony Peterson (37-1 24KOs), 31, had no hesitation. “I am the ghost of boxing. I am around, but at the same time I am not.” It was a poetic start to an interview in which I didn’t know a lot about Anthony Peterson.

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27 Mar 2017

Jorge Linares defeats Anthony Crolla in UK

Jorge “El Niño de Oro” Linares (42-3, 27 KOs) skillfully defeated former champion Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla (31-6, 15 KOs) to retain his WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine World Lightweight Championship titles in a 12-round rematch battle that went the distance live from Manchester Arena. Showtime International Boxing will replay Linares vs. Crolla II

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01 Dec 2016

Adam Piccolotti: From Prospect to Contender

I am not a MMA guy by trade, I enjoy it, but I don’t understand the game as much as those who live it day after day. Even more so, I feel the world as a whole views mixed martial arts as a single company/brand, which is “UFC”, rather anything

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12 Nov 2016

Ryan Bourland wins regional title, McKernan gets KO win

Ryan “The Rhino” Bourland (11-1 5KOs) of Vallejo, CA accomplished one of his goals as he picked up the Global Boxing Organization (GBO) light heavyweight title as he stopped Gilberto Rubio (6-4 4KOs) in the sixth round of the main event from Sacramento, CA at the DoubleTree Hotel. Bourland weathered

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07 Nov 2016

Carlos Balderas to Richard Schaefer’s new company?

Over the weekend, many were transfixed to the fight in Las Vegas, Nevada between Manny Pacquiao and Jessie Vargas, but others were looking at were top amateurs and Olympians are going to end up as with Gabriel Flores Jr. of Stockton, CA signing with Top Rank, that may have paved

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