Yes! The first live boxing card in over a month anywhere in the world took place Saturday night at the Polideportivo Alexis Arguello, Managua, Nicaragua. Fans were socially distanced in the arena and pretty much everyone except the fighters was required to wear a mask. Chocolatito Gonzalez was among those in attendance.

In the main event of the card presented by Bufalo Boxing Promotions, headed by former two-division world champion Rosendo “Bufalo” Alvarez, super featherweight Robin Zamora (16-7, 8 KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision against Ramiro Blanco (18-8-3, 10 KOs). All three judges had it for Zamora with scores respectively 77-75 78-74 77-75. They previously fought last October with Zamora winning by TKO2.

Super lightweight Freddy Fonseca (28-5-1, 19 KOs) was victorious when opponent Alain Aguilar (8-8-2, 1 KO) didn’t answer the bell for round five. Fonseca fought current IBF super featherweight champion Jojo Diaz last year. Continue reading “Boxing Returns!! Results from Nicaragua”

This was a pretty good under-the-radar fight between cruiserweights Damian Chambers (10-1, 6 KOs) and Jay Farrell (9-1, 5 KOs) from last Saturday at the Olympia in Liverpool, England. Worth a watch.

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By Ron Jackson

Veteran 34-year-old Tshifhiwa “Atomic Spider” Munyai (32-6-1, 18 KOs) surprised his critics when he scored a unanimous 12 round points decision over Siphosethu Mvula (15-4-1, 7 KOs) to win the vacant South African lightweight title at the Blairgowrie Recreation Centre in Randburg on Sunday afternoon. Showing all his skills after a long 17 year career, Munyai proved too much for the plucky Mvulu who pressed the action throughout. The scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112 all in favor of Munyai. Continue reading “Tshifhiwa Munyai wins vacant SA lightweight title”

Unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Omar “Pollo” Aguilar (17-0, 16 KOs) quickly defended his World Boxing Council Youth super lightweight title against late sub David Alegria (10-4, 6 KOs) on Saturday night at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Mexico. The first solid punch landed by Aguilar, a left hook, put Alegria down in round one. Alegria beat the count but did not appear in condition to go on and the referee waved the bout off at 34 seconds.

In the 10 round co-feature, featherweight prospect Alan David Picasso (13-1, 5 KOs) defeated a very game Jesus Quijada (16-6-2, 11 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the WBC Youth title. The 19-year-old Picasso fought an intelligent fight mixing it up along the way. The official judges scorecards were 99-89 and 99-90 twice.

The event was promoted by Promociones Zanfer/Fernando Beltran.

Amid all the cancellations of professional boxing cards on Saturday night, the Pier 6 Promotions show went on as scheduled at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC Auditorium in Tampa, Florida.

Former world title challenger “Silky” Wilky Campfort (26-3, 13 KOs) scored a one-sided six round unanimous decision over Pal Olah (9-30-3, 7 KOs) in a middleweight fight. Campfort broke down Olah to the body en route to a 60-54 shutout across the board.

In the main event, unbeaten local welterweight Mark Reyes, Jr. (12-0, 10 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Gabriel Calfin (24-11-5, 9 KOs). Reyes dropped Calfin in round two and round four. The bout was stopped after the second knockdown. Time was 1:56. Continue reading “Boxing Results from Tampa, Florida”

Photos: Pablo Lozano / All Star Boxing

In a spirited flyweight firefight, Adrian “Gatico” Curiel (15-3, 3 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Hugo “Verdugo” Guarneros (16-3-2, 8 KOs) to claim the vacant WBC Fecombox title on Friday night at the Domo del Sindicato Nacional de los Trabajadores IMSS in Mexico City. Scores were 98-91, 98-92, 96-93.

There was good two-way action throughout the fight. The hard charging Curial pushed the pace and scored a flash knockdown in round four (not called by the referee, but two judges scored a 10-8 round anyway).

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Undefeated super lightweight power puncher Brandun Lee (19-0, 17 KOs) scored a one-sided third round TKO against overmatched Camilo Prieto (15-3, 10 KOs) on Friday night at the Grand Casino Hinckley in Hinckley, Minnesota. Lee was in command all the way and got a stoppage from referee Mark Nelson at 2:34. Lee looked good, but needs to step up the competition.

Undefeated welterweight Brian Norman Jr. (17-0, 14 KOs) won by seven round technical decision over game Flavio Rodriguez (9-2-1, 7 KOs). Tough fight. Rodriguez suffered a bad vertical cut from a seventh round headbutt and the fight was stopped and send to the cards. Scores were 69-64, 68-65, 68-65. Continue reading “Brandun Lee remains undefeated”

By Ron Jackson

South Africa’s Yanga Sigqibo (14-1-1, 4 KOs) was most impressive in scoring a seventh round knockout win over the more experienced Filipino Cris Paulino (22-5,8 KOs) to retain the WBO Intercontinental bantamweight title on Sunday afternoon at the Orient Theatre in East London.

The time was 59 seconds into the seventh round. Continue reading “Yanga Sigqibo stops Paulino in seven”

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Former WBC female super flyweight champion Zulina ‘Loba’ Munoz (51-3-2, 29 KOs) claimed the WBC International bantamweight title with a second round TKO over Valeria Perez (12-8, 2 KOs) on Sunday at the Deportivo Leandro Valle in Mexico City. Munoz knocked down Perez in the second round and got the stoppage with a barrage of punches at 1:33 of round two. The win now sets up an attractive showdown between Munoz, who made 12 successful defenses of the WBC female super fly belt, and current WBC female bantam ruler Mariana “Barbie” Juarez, a match which has been anticipated for several years.

Former WBC heavyweight title challenger Artur “The Pin” Szpilka (24-4, 16 KOs) moved down to the cruiserweight division and barely escaped with a highly controversial majority decision over journeyman Sergei Radczenko (7-6, 2 KOs) on Saturday night at the Olympic Hala Sportowa in Lomza, Poland. Spilka was knocked down by Radczenko in rounds three and five and mostly boxed cautiously after that. Judges scored it 95-93, 95-93 for Szpilka, 94-94.

By David Finger

For boxing fans in New Mexico, there was a lot of excitement about undefeated Matthew “Diamond Boy” Griego since he turned pro in 2016. He was unmistakably a fighter with tremendous talent, but inactivity plagued his career and for some fans there remained many questions that needed answers before they were ready to dub him a potential world class prospect.

Well, after his performance on Saturday night it seems that a number of those questions have been answered.

New Mexico…you have a bona fide blue chip prospect on your hands. Greg, 111.8, dug deep to win a hard fought ten round majority decision over Jeronil Borres, 110.8, of the Philippines. Continue reading “Undefeated Matthew Griego wins war at Isleta”

By Bob Caico

A near-capacity crowd at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center-Cheswick, PA witnessed the inaugural event promoted by Gionta Management on Saturday night.

Leading off the first of six four-round scheduled bouts was super featherweight “Mad” Max Leasock of Somerset, PA against Ryan Carroll (1-2) of Warwood, WV. Max came out angry and threw mad body shots to open the round. A final blistering left to the body dropped Carroll to one knee and the referee realized he was finished at 1:47 of the first round. Leasock evened his record at 1-1 with the TKO. Continue reading “Results from Pittsburgh”

By Jeff Zimmerman
Photos: Stacey Verbeek

In the main event at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, TX, light heavyweight Israel Duffus (20-6, 17 KOs) from Panama dropped the seasoned Samuel Clarkson Jr (22-6, 15 KOs) out of Dallas twice in the second round to earn the TKO victory. The “Night to Fight” event was promoted by Bash Boxing and benefited the Ring of Hope Boxing program. Continue reading “Full Results from Dallas”