Shots from 5.16.12 at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. sets up camp for June 16 fight in El Paso with Andy Lee.
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tyson still a show-stealer
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Still a show-stealer, former great Mike Tyson came out of the crowd to join another former legend, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, walk his fighter, Badou Jack, into the ring for last night’s co-main at the Texas Station in Las Vegas. Jack won a split decision in yet another controversial outcome that made the Brandon Rios-Richard Abril [...]
opponents rise to the occasion at texas station
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Surviving a devastating knockdown, a pro-Cuban crowd and judges who’d seen fit to ignore the boxing lesson given by the out-of-towner in the co-main, Cleveland’s Willie Nelson is back on the road again to contention after upsetting formerly undefeated, former Cuban Olympian Yudel Jhonson . . . Click here for full report & gallery from [...]
mayweather-cotto: closer than the cards
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Floyd “Money” Mayweather might’ve had the bigger payday, but $32M couldn’t buy rally a pro-Cotto crowd last night at the MGM Grand. Miguel Cotto might’ve lost his title, but bloodying Floyd and winning a full house that booed the decision just might entice the Powers-Dat-Be to think about another Pacquiao match-up. Then again, Cotto did [...]
ponce pounces on chucky
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
In a war of neighboring Mexicans, Daniel Ponce De Leon, of Chihuahua, battered Juarez pug Eduwardo “Chucky” Lazcano Friday night at the Hard Rock. For more shots, click here.
mayweather, cotto laugh it off
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Anyone hoping the drama would break out at today’s sleepy presser at the MGM were in for a disappointment. Though the two faced off with steel intent, before long, Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto were smiling at one another. (Above) Earlier on, while WBC boss Jose Sulaiman droned on and on about the glory and [...]
‘money’ and cents show at the mayweather gym
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Does “Money” make “Cents” or does “Cents” make “Money?” Floyd “Money” Mayweather may be slipping. Not only does he show up but an hour late, instead of the usual hour-and-a-half, but the usual 100+ degrees of stifling, unbearable heat in his gym was only at double digits during Tuesday’s media circus. Halfway into the usual [...]
abril beats ‘bam bam’ rios but loses decision
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
. . . And they wonder why boxing is in decline. Shots from last night’s debacle in Las Vegas. Brandon Rios gets a gift win over Richard Abril; Mike Alvarado and Mauricio Herrera steal the show with a war . . . For full gallery: Click here
katsidis loses again
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
Shots from last night’s Michael Katsidis vs. Albert Mensah fight at the Hard Rock. For more, click here.
rios dries out, gains weight
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
Rios unable to make weight for title fight with Richard Abril: There were no staredowns, no shoving, no smack talk at yesterday’s weigh-in. The drama – or mystery – centered on the scale, when Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios came in two pounds heavy, at 137. One hour later, after an attempt to sweat out two [...]
rios, alvarado, gesta end vegas drought
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Out of hibernation and into a seven week stretch of fights in Las Vegas: Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios, Richard Abril, Mike Alvarado, Mauricio Herrera and Mercito Gesta opened up fight week with a media workout at the Top Rank Gym.
taking a break
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
With a book slated for fall release and a hiatus in the dried-out boxing scene of Las Vegas, I’ll be taking a step back from my usual 24/7 coverage of boxing. I am pursuing other fields and projects for now, though you can catch my coverage of upcoming megafights in Las Vegas in April through [...]
‘lass’ vegas: women’s boxing returns
Monday, November 21st, 2011
If Las Vegas fight fans left Texas Station disappointed last evening, it wasn’t due to lack of action, but because the hometown girl did not measure up. There might’ve been a lack of crowd, at Sampson Boxing’s first show, but the three girl fights on the six-bout show provided more than enough proof that women’s [...]
pacquiao, marquez III shots
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
All the shots from last night in Vegas: click here
bare bones workouts at bones adams
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
With only two of four fighters willing to oblige the media, at today’s (so-called) media workouts held at Bones Adams’ Gym in Las Vegas, Sharif “The Lion” Bogere, Francisco Contreras, Francisco Santana and Jermell Charlo minimized their efforts while a handful of desperate photogs snapped off a few shots. Bogere and Santana added a few [...]
shots from nishioka-marquez
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Initial shots from last night’s Top Rank / Teiken / Zanfer card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas headlining Rafael Marquez vs. Toshiaki Nishioka. For full gallery . . . |more|
trigger-happy ‘filipino flash’ at ringside
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Bantamweight king Nonito Donaire had more in mind than just shake the rust off his Canon gear when he joined the ringside photographers to shoot the Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Rafael Marquez fight last night at the MGM in Las Vegas. After Donaire defends his two bantam belts against Omar Narvaez, Oct. 22 in New York [...]
flashback: marquez vs. johnson
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Photo above by Chris Cozzone, 2002: Can Rafael Marquez do it again tonight in Vegas? In 2002, Marquez made his mark upon the bantamweight division by defeating Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson. Nearly ten years later, a flawless reign as bantam king and his four historic wars with Israel Vazquez, Marquez will take on Toshiaki Nishioka [...]
sin city to fat city
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Roman Gonzalez, pictured above with former champ, fellow countryman Ricardo Mayorga was one of the fighters who made weight at today’s event in Las Vegas. Gonzalez will be defending his WBA 108-pound belt against Omar Soto . . . that is, if Soto can find away to shed four pounds without sawing off his leg. [...]
nishioka-marquez presser
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
With little ill will and drama between main eventers Rafael Marquez and Toshiaki Nishioka, today’s presser at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas might’ve been called the Johnny Tapia and Ricardo Mayorga show. Quote of the day? While sitting down with “Mi Vida Loca,” Tapia looked over at Mayorga, laughed, and said, “He’s a loon.” [...]