Month: December 2019

Miami, Florida: All Star Boxing, Inc has announced the 2020 opening series headliner which features it’s traditional Puerto Rico vs Mexico rivalry but with added stakes, WBO #8th ranked NABO champion Yomar “The Magic” Alamo(17-0-1 12 KO’s) puts his undefeated record on the line against also unbeaten WBO #15 ranked Kendo “Tremendo” Castaneda(17-0 8 KO’s) of San Antonio, Texas. The bout will be 10 rounds in the super lightweight division with the WBO/NABO title on the line. Alamo will be making his 3rd defense of the Title at Osceola Heritage Park Events Center on February 21st.

The pride of Aguas Buenas, Yomar “The Magic” Alamo will be making his 4th appearance on the Telemundo airwaves, emerging as a series favorite after a great run in 2019. Alamo captured his NABO title in the spring series with spectacular performance, decisively outpointing California’s Manuel Mendez over 10 rounds. He later reappeared in the summer series and defeated late sub Salvador “Bufon” Briceño and closed out the year this past Fall with a disputed draw against Mexico City’s Antonion “Toño” Moran.

“I felt i won the fight against Moran” stated NABO Champion Yomar Alamo “Telemundo had me winning, my fans had me winning and i myself felt victorious after the fight” he continued “This is why we are moving on to a new challenge in facing an undefeated ranked contender like Kendo Castaneda” “On Feb.21st, Kendo better be prepared to face his toughest fight as a pro as i will impose my experience with a great game plan to return back home with my belt.”

Former NABA Super lightweight champion Kendo “Tremendo” Castaneda will be making his Telemundo debut,on his hunt to prove he belongs at the top of the division. Kendo has faced strong opposition of his own in his climb up the ranks, In March of 2019 he defeated hard-hitting Eudy Bernardo and this past fall, he stopped Stan “The Man” Martyniouk in the 6th round. Castaneda is part of Roy Jones Jr Boxing Promotions(RJJ)stable, lead by CEO Keith Veltre.

“This fight is a testimony of what can happen when two companies work together to make the best fights possible.” stated RJJ CEO Keith Veltre “Yomar vs Kendo is a great matchup and exactly what the sport of boxing needs”

Felix “Tutico” Zabala CEO of All Star Boxing, Inc added “These two contenders know in order to get a title fight in one of boxing’s best division’s, you must risk it all to get to the top, for Yomar its his NABO Belt and for Kendo his undefeated record” Zabala continued “This is the type of fight that makes me feel proud of as a promoter, a true 50/50 fight, may the best man win.”

The fight is bought to you by All Star Boxing, INC in association with RJJ Promotions.

“The Magic” Alamo vs “Tremendo” Castaneda airs Friday, Feb,21 at 11:35EST on Telemundo.

@badoujack

BADOU JACK LAS VEGAS MEDIA WORKOUT

Two-Division World Champion Jack Faces WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Jean Pascal in Co-Main Event Live on SHOWTIME Saturday, December 28 from State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

Photos from Sean Michael Ham/

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LAS VEGAS – Two-division world champion Badou Jack showed off his skills and previewed his upcoming title fight at a Las Vegas media workout Tuesday as he prepares to take on WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Jean Pascal Saturday, December 28 live on SHOWTIME from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and is headlined by boxing’s hottest attraction Gervonta “Tank” Davis as he takes on former unified world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBA Lightweight Title. @mayweatherpromotions @leonardellerbe @crystalllfrost

BADOU JACK

“Mentally I’m better than I’ve ever been. I’m hungrier and I feel like I did the first time I fought for the title. I’m always hungry, but I’m really excited for this fight.

“Sometimes losses make you better. My first loss was an accident, and I became better because of it. The loss to Marcus Browne, it wasn’t the fairest loss, but it’s made me even hungrier. I’m going to go out there and win the fight no matter what.

“People have written Pascal off a couple of times and he always came back. He’s a throwback fighter who definitely knows how to fight. He brings it every time. He’s got more mileage than me, but I can’t overlook a guy like him.

“I’m ready to do whatever it takes to win the fight. I feel 100% physically. The cut was cleared in March, and we’re way past that. I’ve been ready physically and this camp has proved that to me and my whole team.

“Pascal and I sparred before but it was a long time ago and sparring is way different than a real fight. I’ve fought bigger punchers, but you have to respect the power of anyone in the ring. Anything can happen. You can get caught by someone who’s not a puncher.

“I know that I have a lot left to give this sport. I feel like I’m young for my age. The break between fights and bouncing back from a loss have made me more motivated than ever. I’m ready to go in and give the best performance of my career.”

@dannyswiftgarcia 🆚 @ivan_redkach_11

Saturday January 25 live a the @barclayscenter in Brooklyn New York on @premierboxing

Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia (35-2, 21 KO’s) from Philadelphia, PA. returns to the Brooklyn Barclays Center in New York on Saturday January 25, 2020 to battle Ivan ‘El Terrible’ Redbach (23-4-1, 18 KO’s) on Premier Boxing Champions @showtimeboxing #boxeo

Clash of heads contributed to Kenichi Ogawa (24-1-1, 18 KO’s) from Tokyo, Japan scores a technical decision over Joe ‘Jaw Breaker’ Noynay (18-2-2, 7 KO’s) latest night at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan for the WBO Asia Pacific Super Featherweight Title. Presented by Akihiko Honda’s Teiken Promotions.

Photo credits: @naobox2001 📸🇯🇵

東京の小川健一（24-1-1、18 KO）に寄せられた頭の衝突は、東京後楽園ホールでの最新の夜、ジョー ‘ジョーブレイカー‘ノイネイ（18-2-2、7 KO）に対する技術的な決定を記録しました。 WBOアジアパシフィックスーパーフェザー級タイトルの日本。 本田明彦の「テイケンプロモーション」が発表。

写真クレジット：@ naobox2001📸🇯🇵

#latinboxjapan🇯🇵

Report: Damon Gonzalez

Photo credits: Matchroom Boxing

Saudi Arabia- Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) regained the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles by outboxing Andy Ruiz Jr (33-2, 22 KOs) over twelve rounds on Saturday night at the Diriyah Arena in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Judges official scores were 118-110, 118-110, 119-109.

18 year old Diego Pacheco (8-0, 7 KO’s) got the opportunity of a life time making his ring walk on National DAZN streaming as the co-main event for Ruiz-Joshua 2 rises to the occasion crushing Salemani Saidi (20-16-5, 15 KO’s) at 1:38 seconds of round one by KO victory.

Michael Hunter (18-1-1, 12 KO’s) and Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KO’s) battle to a split draw.

Hunter opens up blasting Povetkin early on with hard punches swinging him to the ground in the opening round.

Povetkin made his adjustments setting up the counter and jabbing Hunter to the body making him pay, Povetkin steps back and picks his spots creating space, Hunter appears to be working harder throwing his punches but standing in front of Povetkin getting hit.

Povetkin dictates the pace of the fight Hunter standing in the center of the ring getting hit, but doesn’t have an answer to Povetkin using both hands in the counter running away with the fight.

After twelve rounds of action we go to the judges scorecards 115-113, 115-113, 114-114 a split draw.

Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (27-1, 18 KO’s) scores a unanimous decision victory over Mariusz ‘The Viking’ Wach (35-7, 19 KO’s)

Judges official scores 98-93 97-93 (2x).

19 year old Ivan ‘Drago Hopey’ Price vs. Swedi Mohamed 4 rounds Super Bantamweights in the ring

Price staying talk popping the jab keeping Mohamed at bay in the opening stanza

Price continued to pound Mohamed throughout the contest very impressively steps on the gas as referee seen enough jumps in and calls a halt to the contest at the official time of 2:22 seconds of round three by way of TKO victory.

Croatian puncher Filip Hrgovic (10-0, 8 KO’s) defends his WBC International Heavyweight Title by stopping Eric “The Drummer Boy” Molina (27-7, 19 KO’s) in round three by knockout.

Hrgovic the aggressor in the opening round shoots a left hook to Molina’s body dropping him on the ropes scored as a knockdown in the opening stanza, Molina trying to make a case brings the fight to Hrgovic after being dropped twice in round two.

Hrgovic crushes Molina with a hard overhand ending his night at the official time 2:03 seconds of round three by TKO victory.

Heavyweights Mahammadrasul Majidov (2-0, 2 KO’s) from Baku, Azerbaijan batters Tom Little (10-8, 3 KO’s) dropping him to the canvas with a hard hook then jumping right on Little hurting him with multiple shots as referee Steve Gray jumps in to stop the action at the official time 1:49 seconds of round two by TKO victory.

Points victory for local Zuhayr Al Qahtani who becomes WBC Middle East Lightweight champ and moves 8-0 after out punching Omar Dusary (7-1-1, 1 KO) judges official scores 80-72, 78-74, 77-75.

NEW YORK CITY – Two of New York City’s flashiest and most promising prospects, Brooklyn’s Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga and the Bronx’s Josue “The Prodigy” Vargas, are ready for their hometown close-ups Saturday, Dec. 14 at Madison Square Garden before pound-for-pound king Terence “Bud” Crawford closes the show.
 
Berlanga (12-0, 12 KOs) will look to extend his streak of first-round knockout to 13 againstCesar Nunez (16-1-1, 8 KOs) in an eight-round super middleweight bout, while Vargas (15-1, 9 KOs) will battle Noel Murphy (14-1-1, 2 KOs) in a 10-rounder for the IBF North American junior welterweight belt.
 
Berlanga-Nunez and Vargas-Murphy will be the featured undercard bouts live on ESPN+, the leading multi-sport streaming service, beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT. Later that evening, following the Heisman Trophy Ceremony, Crawford will defend his WBO welterweight world title against Egidijus “Mean Machine”Kavaliauskas live on ESPN and the ESPN App (in Spanish) at 9 p.m. ET, with ESPN Deportes joining in progress at 10 p.m. ET. The ESPN telecast will also include Richard Commey’s IBF lightweight world title defense against rising star Teofimo Lopez and unbeaten featherweight sensation Michael “Mick” Conlan seeking Olympic revenge against Russian nemesis Vladimir Nikitin.
 
Berlanga, boxing’s newest Puerto Rican knockout artist, has never seen the second round as a pro and has scored seven knockouts in 84 seconds or less. He made his Top Rank debut on the Crawford-Amir Khan card April 20at Madison Square Garden, knocking out Samir dos Santos Barbosa in 46 seconds. He last fought Aug. 10 in Philadelphia, and his ring entrance with hip-hop icon Fat Joe lasted longer than the 2 minutes, 24 seconds it took him to knock out Gregory Trenel. Spain’s Nunez is the stiffest test of Berlanga’s career, as his only career defeat came via eighth-round stoppage to former WBA super middleweight world champion Vincent Feigenbutz.
 
“It’s a blessing to fight at MSG, my second time fighting in the big room,” Berlanga said. “I’ve had a few opponents who were supposed to take me rounds and I’ve knocked them out in the first round. I’m ready to go those rounds, so let’s see if he can handle my power.”
 
Vargas, the flashy southpaw who turned 21 years old in May, is seeking his 10^thconsecutive win since a 2016 disqualification defeat. The Puerto Rican-born Vargas moved to New York City with his family when he was 5 years old and, in 2011, he was dubbed a “13-year-old prodigy” by the New York Daily News. This will be his fourth fight of 2019 and fifth since making his Top Rank debut on the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jose Pedraza card at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden last December. Murphy, from Cork, Ireland, now resides in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx. He is unbeaten in three bouts since a close decision defeat to the then-unbeaten Mikkel LesPierre.
 
“I went to see a lot of fights there, especially when Miguel Cotto fought at the Garden,” Vargas said. “I remember seeing all the Puerto Rican fans. It gives me goosebumps every time I think about it. I always dreamed of fighting at MSG in front of my supporters from New York and Puerto Rico. I finally got here. I just can’t wait to perform under the lights at MSG, the big one.”
 
In other action on the ESPN+ stream:

• In a battle of unbeatens, Crawford stablemate Steve “So Cold” Nelson(15-0, 12 KOs) will take on Cem “Champ” Kilic (14-0, 9 KOs) in a 10-rounder for the vacant NABO super middleweight title. Nelson made his super middleweight debut Sept. 1 in his hometown of Omaha, Neb., knocking out Derrick Findley in four rounds. Kilic has four knockouts in his last five bouts.
   
• Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez (18-0, 12 KOs), who hails from just across the Hudson River in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., will face Manuel Mendez (16-6-3, 11 KOs) in an eight-round super lightweight tilt.

• Australian lightweight contender George Kambosos Jr. (17-0, 10 KOs) will fight former lightweight world champion Mickey Bey (23-2-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-rounder.

For more information, visit: www.toprank.com, www.espn.com/boxing; Facebook: facebook.com/trboxing; Twitter: twitter.com/trboxing.
 
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment and MTK Global, tickets priced at $506, $306, $206, $106 and $56 (not including applicable fees) are on sale now and can be purchased at the Madison Square Garden Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster charge by phone (866-858-0008) and online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.MSG.com.

WILLIAMS,JR NEW PUNCHER ON THE SCENE

Report: @damongonzalez_

Fayetteville , NC. – Welterweight contender Michael ‘150%’ Williams, Jr. is a young man with both feet firmly on the ground. He knows exactly where he’s headed, but more importantly, the North Carolina native knows exactly we’re he came from.

Unlike many of the young talented, “blue-chip” athletes his state has produced, Williams,Jr. who has a professional record of 11-0, 7 KO’s currently signed with Terrence Crawford & Brian ‘Bomac’ McIntyre’s B&B Boxing Promotions based out of Omaha, Nebraska, Williams,Jr. on schedule to return to the ring on Saturday, December 14, 2019 in Covington, Kentucky at Hits Arena and sports complex 3785 Lake Park Drive, Covington, Kentucky.

@tbudcrawford @brianbomac @bandbboxing

Report by Damon Gonzalez Photo credits by Mikey Williams/TopRank

Las Vegas, NV – Super Featherweight Oscar Valdez (27-0, 21 KO’s) scores a TKO victory at 2:53 seconds of round seven over the very dangerous Adam Lopez (13-2, 6 KO’s) who has plenty to feel proud about by outworking Valdez dropping him to the canvas.

Valdez came back late in the fight hurting Lopez dropping him in round seven

Valdez continued to attack Lopez referee jumped in to stop the action.

Former world champion Carl Frampton (27-2, 15 KO’s) from Belfast, Ireland scores a unanimous decision victory over Tyler McCreary (16-1-1, 7 KO’s) from Toledo, Ohio.

Clearly McCreary fell into traps all night fighting small fighting Frampton’s fight as McCreary was dropped by body shots in round six and nine. All three Judges official scores 100-88 for Frampton.

Patrick Teixeira (31-1, 22 KO’s) wins the WBO Interim Jr. Middleweight Title over unbeaten Carlos Adames (18-1, 14 KO’s) in a back and forth entertaining fight, both fighters had there moments.

Teixeira just getting battered by Adames at the end of six, Adames definitely sharper with his explosive punches.

Adames is hurt Teixeira explodes with shots puts Adames down to the canvas in round seven.

In the opening bout of the night at the Chelsea Theater in the Cosmopolitan Hotel Casino Super Lightweight Andy Hiraoka (15-0, 9 KO’s) @aj_theblade

from Yokohama, Japan in his U.S. debut fight crushes Rogelio Casarez (13-9, 5 KO’s) from Bateville, Arizona by TKO.

Hiraoka drops Casarez with a hard uppercut then blasted him with hard combinations as referee jumped in too wave the contest at the official time 2:16 seconds of round two by TKO victory.

Heavyweight Guido Vianello (6-0, 6 KO’s) from Rome, Italy waisted no time pounding Colby Madison (8-2-2, 5 KO’s) from Owings Mill, MD. hitting him with a overhand right sending Madison down to the canvas as referee Jay Nady count to ten as Vianello scores a TKO at .44 seconds of the opening stanza.

A battle between two warriors Larry ‘Hittin Hard’ Gomez (10-1, 8 KO’s) from West Jordan, Utah scores a split decision victory in a all war against a very tough Brian Mendoza (18-1, 13 KO’s) from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Judges official scores 77-75, 77-75, 77-75 in favor for Gomez.

17 yr old Welterweight Xander Zayas (2-0, 2 KO’s) from Plantation, Florida used great power and speed pounding Virgel Winfield (2-3-1, 2 KO’s) from Concord, NC. sending him down to the canvas twice with overhand right ending Winfield’s night at the official time 1:48 seconds of round one by TKO Victory.

Junior NABF Super Lightweight Champion Arnold Barbosa, Jr. (23-0, 10 KO’s) from South El Monte, CA. beats William Silva (27-3, 15 KO’s) from São Paulo, Brazil who put up a good fight until Barbosa put him down in round three and in round five ending his night at the official time 2:59 seconds by TKO victory.