23 Aug 2024

Iron Boy 73 live tomorrow night! Amateur boxing news, fighter spotlight and more in this week’s ITR AZ Boxing Weekly.

Here we are with another edition of ITR AZ Boxing Weekly. This one’s coming a little later in the week, but I wanted to make sure I covered most of the latest news. As always, we’ve got a mix of updates from the amateur and pro scenes. First, let’s dive

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16 May 2019

Former UFC fighter Joe “Diesel” Riggs Making pro boxing debut

LAS VEGAS (May 15, 2019) – Veteran mixed-martial-arts fighter Joe “Diesel” Riggs will make his professional boxing debut May 23rd on a card presented by Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ Boxing) Boxing Promotions, to be streamed on UFC FIGHT PASS®, starting at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, live from Casino Del Sol’s

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24 Jul 2018

Full recap from Guerra de Gallos in Tucson!

By: Stephanie Allen Christopher Gonzalez vs. Sergio López Sergio ‘Bam Bam’ Lopez entered the ring 1st looking confident, followed by a deceptively relaxed look for his professional debut. His relaxed entrance proved to be deceiving though. Scheduled for 4 rounds the crowd went wild for the home town favorite, Gonzalez

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05 Aug 2016

Juan Diaz makes weight, full weigh in results from Tucson!

Juan Diaz 134.6 vs. Cesar Vasquez 135.4 Trevor McCumby 177.2 vs. Dion Savage 179 Alexander Johnson 174.6 vs. Egor Mekhontsev 174.4 Jose Marufo 142 vs. Alfonso Olvera 140 Kevin Womack 148.6 vs. Alexander Besputin 151 Jensen Ramirez 130 vs. Gerardo Avila 129.8 Yomi Heredia 164,6 vs. Albert Alvarez 163.4 Manuel

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04 Aug 2016

Juan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz wants to get back to the top of the mountain

TUCSON, AZ – Former lightweight world champion and proven in-ring warrior, Juan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz has the hunger to capture a world title once again and he knows that to get even closer to that precious championship opportunity he will have to surpass the test that he will have in front of him

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13 Jul 2016

Jensen Ramirez is ready to steal the show in front of hometown crowd!

TUCSON, AZ (July 13, 2016) – Welterweight prospect, Jensen Ramirez (5-2-2, 1 KO), will be performing in front of his hometown for the first time since May 4, 2012. For Jensen, this will mark his first fight in 2016 after a very active second half of 2015. I had the pleasure

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15 Jun 2016

Juan Diaz makes his return to the ring in Tucson!

“The Baby Bull” Juan Diaz (44-4, 20 KOs) will make his return to the ring this August, against Cesar Vasquez (27-3, 16 KOs) in Tucson, AZ. Juan will be making his second fight in 2016 when he takes on the tough Mexican brawler from Mexicali, Baja California. The card is

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22 May 2015

Iron Boy 22 Streams Free on Saturday, Featuring Top Talent from Phoenix and Tucson!

PHOENIX – May 18, 2015 – Boxing in Arizona is alive and well, as Iron Boy Promotions kicks off Iron Boy 22 fight week, and its second consecutive fight week in a row.   Phoenix boxing fans are still reeling from Jose Benavidez Jr.’s successful world title defense last Friday at

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