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By Austin Killeen The eight bout card scheduled for the Lujan Center might be the best pro card scheduled in the “Land of Enchantment” since I started covering boxing in 2011. On many cards around…

By: Austin Killeen     (click on pictures to enlarge) When I first started covering boxing in New Mexico in 2011, the Power & Glory team was clearly a force in amateur boxing. Steve Garcia’s team practiced…

By: Austin Killeen – Ringside       Photos by Lorrie Garcia     (click on picture to enlarge) Ray Zamora played host to a solid amateur boxing card at Salon Del Alba in Albuquerque on Saturday night. There were…

By: Austin Killeen – Ringside New Mexico Golden Gloves’ President Juan Nunez played host for a fundraiser Saturday at American Legion Post 13. The card featured 15 bouts, including show bouts with boxers from Texas…

By Guest Writer David Finger It’s a story as old and as common as boxing itself. The heavyweight champion on the comeback trail stopping off in some smaller venue far from the lights of Vegas…

By Guest Writer David Finger Ringside New Mexico’s undefeated world ranked contender Jason Sanchez, 125.4, had his first taste of the big stage as he stepped in the ring with Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Mexico’s Daniel Olea,…

By Austin Killeen Ringside     Photos by Octavio Vera     (click on picture to enlarge) Make it twenty in a row when counting sellouts at the Buffalo Thunder Resorts and Casino. Fans in northern New…

By Guest Writer David Finger Ringside New Mexico fighters had a mixed night last night in front of a near capacity crowd in Amarillo, going 2-3 overall in an action packed card featuring a handful…

By Austin Killeen There is nothing quite like adoring fans stampeding to be the first ones to climb on the band wagon of their latest hero. Unless you compare it to the same adoring fans…

By Austin Killeen The ubiquitous Isidro Castillo is offering fans a solid nine bout card featuring boxers from Texas, New Mexico and California. Over the years Castillo has built an impressive Resume as a promoter…

By Austin Killeen Returning home from Virginia on Monday night, I learned the sad news of the passing of Tom Crego at age 70. I first met Tom in May of 2016 at a press…

By Austin Killeen December 31, 2018 In the “Land of Enchantment” boxers are rated in the original eight weight divisions. The five best fighters in the state P4P are Austin Trout, Fidel Maldonado Jr., Josh…

By Austin Killeen      December 30, 2018      (click on picture to enlarge) With all the ridiculous weight divisions in boxing plus four major sanctioning bodies, we have the potential of 68 boxers claiming to be world…

By Guest Writer David Finger Ringside      Photos by Marissa Perez Albuquerque New Mexico’s Josh Torres made short work of last minute sub Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez, stopping him in the opening round after just 1:16 of…

A six bout professional boxing program will take place tomorrow night at the Manuel Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complex. Josh “Pitbull” Torres will be in the main event, with Local heroes Joe Gomez, Matthew “Papitas” Esquibel,…

  By: Austin Killeen – Ringside – November 18, 2018      Photos by Octavio Vera Promoter Alejandro Castillo played host to the second day of Silver Gloves competition on Sunday at the Empire Event Center in…

By: Austin Killeen – Ringside – November 17, 2018      Photos by Octavio Vera Promoter Alejandro Castillo played host to the 2018 New Mexico Silver Gloves on Saturday and Sunday at the Empire Event Center in…

by: Austin Killeen – Ringside – November 10, 2018 Saturday afternoon the Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) in Santa Fe hosted an eleven bout exhibition boxing card at the local High School. In…

New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2018 The New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame inducted its seven-member class of 2018 on October 27, 2018 at the Embassy Suites hotel in Albuquerque, NM. The…

By Guest Writer David Finger Ringside     Photos: Sumio Yamada Boxing officials and dignitaries attending the 31st annual WBO Convention in Panama City, Panama were given a rare treat courtesy of PR Best Boxing on Wednesday…