By Austin Killeen ringside          Photos by Marissa and Melissa Perez – (Click on picture to enlarge) No one but Promoter Isidro Castillo of Hobbs, NM would put on a fight card where the boxers…

By Austin Killeen   –   Screen Side   (Click on photo to enlarge)                A boxer knows his career is headed in the right direction when Teddy Atlas…

By Austin Killeen – (click on photo to enlarge) Ask any fight fan what the big fight is this weekend and their answer will surely be Andre Ward/Sergey Kovalev II. But that answer wouldn’t pass mustard…

In March USA Boxing held a week long qualifier in Albuquerque, NM for their National Champions to be held at the end of the year. On that occasion USA Boxing honored one of the most…

By Austin Killeen Ringside                          Photos by Lori Pina (click on photo to enlarge) Once again Pat Holmes Sr. had a sellout card at Buffalo Thunder Resorts and Casino. This makes it twelve sellouts in a…

by Austin Killeen – Ringside – April 1, 2017    Photos by Lori Pina (Click on thumbnail to enlarge) A sellout crowd poured into the Manuel Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complex Saturday night to see a nine…

Chicago Tribune Sports Editor Arch Ward conceived the idea of a city-wide amateur boxing tournament in 1923, to be sponsored by the newspaper. Each champion was awarded a miniature golden glove which gave the tournament…

Movie stars are as good as their last movie, boxers are no different. Look good and you’re the next coming of Sugar Ray Robinson, lose and you’re over the hill. For different reasons fans of…

By Austin Killeen – Ringside – March 25, 2017 – (Click on picture to expand.) Saturday evening at the Albuquerque Convention Center the finals of the 2017 Western Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships took place….

by: Austin Killeen – Ringside – March 18, 2017    Photos by Lori Pina – (Click on picture to expand.) Victory Boxing Promotions held a five bout pro card supported by a five bout card between…