By Austin Killeen (Click on thumbnail for larger image.) On Saturday night Promoter Eric Martinez will host a seven bout fight card at the Elegante Hotel, featuring the rematch of Josh Torres vs Jose Marrufo….
By Austin Killeen Ringside September 10, 2016 (Click on thumbnail for larger image.) Entering the ring the Zubia/Espinoza main event had more questions than answers. Zubia hadn’t fought in two years, had survived a…
By Austin Killeen September 1, 2016 Photos by Emily Harney In my last column I stated Austin Trout, Fidel Maldonado Jr. and Josh Torres stand head and shoulders above the rest of the boxers in…
By Austin Killeen August 30, 2016 (Click on thumbnail for larger image.) In boxing if you want to get to the top you have to take risks. Translation: your opponents have to be dangerous,…
By Austin Killeen August 13, 2016 (Click on thumbnail for larger image.) On May 29, 2015 Edgar Zubia was driving home from work at approximately 9:00 P.M. in Levelland, Texas. It had been raining off…
By Colleen Aycock Photos by Dave Wallace (Click on thumbnail for larger image.) The 2016 New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame awards dinner was held August 6 at the VFW Post 401, 2011 Girard in…
By Austin Killeen July 10, 2016 Photos by Franklin Romero and Austin Killeen. (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Saturday night at the Santa Ana Star Center it was “Theater of the Absurd” a term…
By Austin Killeen July 9, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Yesterday at the MCM Elegante Hotel, Victory Boxing Promotions with promoter Chris Middendorf had the weigh-ins for Saturday’s eight bout fight card at…
By Austin Killeen June 26, 2016 Featured Image by Robert Hughes of Fight News (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) On Saturday at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas Josh “Pitbull” Torres (15-5-2, 7 KO’s)…
By Austin Killeen June 24, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) On Saturday at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas Josh Torres (15-4-2, 7 KO’s) will face Mike Alvarado (35-4-0, 24 KO’s) in the…
By Austin Killeen June 18, 2016 Photos by Brandon Pina (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Depending on your view point regarding the quality of opposition for the local boxers, the glass was either…
By Austin Killeen June 18, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Yesterday at the MCM Elegante Hotel, Legacy Promotions had the weigh ins for tonight’s seven bout fight card at the Hispanic Cultural Center…
MUHAMMAD ALI January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016 Born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942, he won light heavyweight gold at the 1960 Olympics and turned pro the same year. As a pro,…
By Austin Killeen May 26, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Yesterday at Ray Lopez’s Gym located in the South Valley Alex Holguin met with the media to announce that he had signed a…
By Austin Killeen May 21, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) It was a big weekend for the careers of John Vera, Austin Trout and Fidel Maldonado Jr. as they appeared in televised fights…
By Austin Killeen May 14, 2016 Photos by Brandon Sanchez (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Antonio Martinez versus Benjamin Vasquez figured to be a war and it lived up to its prefight hype. The…
By Austin Killeen May 12, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) If you hope to see all three young men in action this weekend, you’ll have to own your own jet. Angelo…
By Austin Killeen April 29, 2016 Photos by Brandon Pena (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Fight fans keep track of a boxers KO percentage, but promoters count how many bodies a fighter can put in…
By: Austin Killeen – Ringside – April 24, 2016 Photos by Alan Curry (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) The bar was set very high for the third meeting between Shon Mondragon and…
By: Austin Killeen – Ringside – April 22, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) If you want to witness the best in amateur boxing make sure you have a ticket for Saturday at the…
