24 Jun 2018

Boxing Weekend Recap: Shields gets up, Vergil Ortiz is a star and more

Shields down, but up Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields (6-0, 2 KOs) won two world titles in her first bout at middleweight against Hanna Gabriels (18–2, 11 KOs) in a bout for the vacant IBF and WBA female middleweight world championships on Friday night at the at the Masonic

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20 Jun 2018

Boxing Weekend Preview: Claressa Shields, Vergil Ortiz, Josh Taylor

Claressa Shields [Showtime, Detroit, Friday, 7 PM PST] Claressa Shields is one of the best fighters in the world, but even with that being said has an uphill battle ahead of her as she is a woman in a male-dominated sport and also is fighting at a heavier weight, one

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07 Jun 2018

Thompson Boxing returns to Sacramento, CA on June 30th

Thompson Boxing Promotions returns to Sacramento, CA with their second-annual card from the Omega Productions International, located at 8111 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento, Ca.   The card features WBO youth featherweight champion Ruben Villa IV headlining the card with NABF junior heavyweight champion LaRon Mitchell fighting in the co-main event. The

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13 May 2018

Boxing Recap: Lomachenko is still really good, Haney impresses, Munguia world champ

Lomachenko continues to make history A LIVER SHOT. #LinaresLomachenko #boxing pic.twitter.com/8w5rNyZXoq — przemek garczarczyk (@garnekmedia) May 13, 2018 Vasyl Lomachenko continues to be incredibly, but at the same time looked as mortal as he ever has or at least since the Orlando Salido fight. Lomachenko, who became a three-division world

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09 May 2018

Boxing Preview: May 11th-12th, Lomachenko, Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez

Linares vs Lomachenko [NYC, Saturday, ESPN] I prepare for these moments ? @joerogan See the full documentary at @seventytwosports A post shared by LOMA (@lomachenkovasiliy) on May 8, 2018 at 8:56pm PDT In the major bout of the weekend, WBC lightweight champion Jorge Linares will face off against two division

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29 Apr 2018

Boxing Recap: Dogboe new champ, Real Deal tournamnet, Daniel Jacobs and more

Dogboe stops Magdaleno Issac Dogboe of Ghana, Africa stopped former WBO super bantamweight champion Jessie Magdaleno in the main event of a card that took place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Dogboe was dropped in the first round by Magdaleno. Dogboe exploited a right hand to the body

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26 Apr 2018

Ruben Villa speaks to at-risk youth after title win

One week after winning his first professional title (WBO Youth) in his hometown of Salinas, Calif., prized featherweight prospect Ruben Villa paid a visit to the Monterey County Youth Center where he spoke to at risk adolescents. “There were a lot of young kids, kids that are still in high school that never really

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26 Apr 2018

Boxing Preview: Jessie Magadaleno, Daniel Jacobs, Miguel Cruz, Welterweight tournament

Jessie Magdaleno vs Isaac Dogboe Happy bday to the coolest coach/friend I know @manuel.boxing hope you have a blessed day!!! #boxing #bdayfun A post shared by Jessie"El peligroso"Magdaleno (@elpeligrosojmag) on Apr 11, 2018 at 10:23am PDT WBO super bantamweight world champion Jessie Magdaleno will make his second title defense against

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15 Apr 2018

Boxing Recap: Ruben Villa, Jamal James, Chris Colbert, Andrew Cancio

Ruben Villa Happy 150th birthday to my city☝??? A post shared by Ruben Villa IV (@rubenv4) on Apr 15, 2018 at 10:21am PDT Future world champion Ruben Villa IV picked the first of many tiles as he won the vacant World Boxing Organisation Youth Featherweight Title as he defeated Marlon

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15 Apr 2018

Ruben Villa IV Dazzles Hometown Crowd With Flawless Victory

by Sunha Kim The mantra tonight in Salinas, California was “RV4!”, as the rowdy crowd in California’s farmland cheered their hometown fighter Ruben Villa IV to victory. Villa, (11-0, 4 KO), simply outclassed his opponent, Marion Olea (13-3, 12 KO), who had traveled to Salinas from Barranquilla, Colombia. Villa controlled

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