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…

By Austin Killeen December 30, 2015     (Click on thumbnails for larger images.) In the “Land of Enchantment” boxers are rated in the original eight weight divisions. The big boys are Austin Trout and Fidel…

(Click on thumbnails for larger images.) Last Saturday night in Hobbs, New Mexico, Isidro Castillo promoted the last fight card of the year. As things turned out, the fight card hit the trifecta: fight card…

Josh “Pitbull” Torres has never lost two fights in a row and didn’t want to start on Saturday. Montana’s Daniel Gonzales felt last night would be a nice time for “Pitbull” to break with tradition.  …

An estimated crowd of 20,000 people celebrated Holly Holm Day at the Civic Plaza in downtown Albuquerque yesterday afternoon. The new queen of the cage was honored for her upset knockout of Ronda Rousey for…

Wednesday morning at God’s House Church in Albuquerque, family and friends paid tribute to the King of light heavyweights in the late sixties and early seventies. In today’s era of seventeen weight divisions and multiple…

By Austin Killeen Bob Foster passed away November 21, 2015 at the age of 77. I had the pleasure of spending quality time with Bob at his home in Albuquerque in February and March 2012….

By Austin Killeen – Ringside – November 14, 2015  – Photos by Brandon Pina Roy Jones Jr. returned to El Paso to promote another exciting boxing card. The event was held at Southwest University Event Center….

By Austin Killeen – Ringside – October 17, 2015 Three Crosses entertainment played host to a Pro-Am card in Las Cruces on Saturday night. Before a near capacity crowd of approximately 400 enthusiastic fans, promoter…