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…

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 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…

By: Austin Killeen – Ringside – April 9, 2016     Photos by Jerry G. Angelo (Click on thumbnails for larger images.)   First time proved to be a charm for newbie promoter Alejandro Castillo. He invited…

By: Austin Killeen – Ringside – April 3, 2016      Photos by Jerry G. Angelo (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) The road to becoming a New Mexico State Golden Gloves Champion was bumpier for some…

By: Austin Killeen – Ringside – April 2 , 2016 Photos by Jerry G. Angelo (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) On Saturday night the Mountain View Community Center hosted its second night of Golden…

By: Austin Killeen – Ringside – April 1, 2016      Photos by Jerry G. Angelo (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) On Friday the Mountain View Community Center hosted the first night of Golden Gloves action…

By Austin Killeen             March 9, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) The higher you climb up a mountain, the thinner the supply of oxygen gets. It’s no different when a fighter tries to…

By Austin Killeen             March 7, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) There is an often used proverb which goes “mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” That saying could just as easily be applied…

By Austin Killeen              February 20, 2016            Photos by Alan Curry (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) You know you’ve seen a good program when the results you expected and the actual results are very…

By Austin Killeen             February 18, 2016 (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Saturday night’s fight card at the Camel Rock Casino, appears to have some interesting matchups. The last promotion by Eric Martinez had…

By Austin Killeen                           January 30, 2016                           Photos by Brandon Sanchez (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) At the risk of being redundant, once again there was a sellout crowd at the Buffalo…

By Austin Killeen January 28, 2016 Photos by Stacey Berbeek, Aptitude Photography, Lucio Quintero  (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) There’s an axiom in boxing that if you pit a Mexican against a Puerto Rican…