Holly Holm after her last sparring preparation this weekend at Jackson/Winkeljohn’s in Albuquerque. Holm takes on Melissa Hernandez Friday night at Isleta.
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
pacquiao shot on cover of Boxing News
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
On the current issue of Boxing News: WHAT a night it was at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao added more fuel to the fire that he should be regarded as the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world by bedazzling and dismantling WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. Tris Dixon was [...]
fight coverage 7.18
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Jose Aldo dethrones Mike Brown last night in Vegas . . . |More|
z gorres in coma
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Bantamweight contender Z Gorres is in critical condition and undergoing surgery in a Las Vegas Hospital at this moment to relieve pressure on the brain. He collapsed after winning a ten rounder over Luis Melendez. Our thoughts and prayers go out to this great fighter. Following a successful surgery, Gorres will be kept in a coma [...]
fight coverage 11.13
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Bad luck night for Filipinos at House of Blues in Vegas
pacquiao, cotto arrive in vegas
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
A mob scene-and-a-half greeted two world champions today at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas . . . More
fight coverage 11.06
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
It might’ve been billed as “The Road to Redemption,” but the marquee names and their chosen road kill had three main bouts taking disappointing turns for the worse, off-road, off-beat and just plain off. One was ugly enough to make a freight train take a dirt road; the second ended up a road to nowhere; [...]
the confidence man
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Never mind the Time magazine cover, or showing his sensitive side by belting out “Sometimes When We Touch” on TV, Manny Pacquiao, on the road to legendary pound-for-pound greatness, will hit a major road block on November 14. At least, that’s what a calm, collective and categorically confident Miguel Cotto is saying . . . [...]
vargas the promoter
Friday, November 6th, 2009
A new twist on the famous Fernando Vargas weigh-in staredown has the former champ sandwiched in the middle, between Zab Judah and Ubaldo Hernandez, who headline a card in Las Vegas Friday night. Vargas is promoting the card.
fight coverage 10.31
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
It might’ve been Halloween, but the only thing scary was the action between a Colombian cazadores in search of a title, and a bantamweight monster, who entered the ring in a gorilla suit, chained and led by a hot blonde, and left without his belt, a dozen whirlwind rounds later . . . More
fight coverage 10.30
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
It wasn’t the prettiest fight ever seen in El Paso. But it might be one of the more controversial ones held in recent years . . . More