Killeen's Korner

By Austin Killeen, Ringside                                On Saturday at the Sanchez Brothers Boxing Gym in Albuquerque, an amateur boxing show was held in the memory of Alan Sanchez. Alan was the oldest of the three…

By Austin Killeen Ringside      Photos by Sid Ware       Newly elected New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Pat Holmes Sr. had another sellout at Buffalo Thunder on Saturday night. That’s comparable to saying that…

By Austin Killeen Ringside                 Newly selected New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame nominee Pat Holmes Sr. will probably have another sellout on his seven bout boxing card Saturday night. Take Holmes out of the picture…

Board members of the New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame are pleased to announce 2018’s list of 7 inductees: Jerry Martinez (Founder of the Hall), Brooks Byrd (Boxer), Pat Holmes (Promoter/Trainer), Jim Lilley (Referee/Commissioner), Dr….

Clovis, New Mexico is located in the eastern part of the state near the Texas, Border. In the late 60’s and early 70’s Clovis produced some of the best amateur and professional boxers in the…

By Austin Killeen Ringside Once Again Promoter Isidro Castillo gave the fans their monies worth at Club La Sierra in Hobbs, New Mexico. There were many new faces last night and skill levels varied from…

By Austin Killeen On October 12, 2012, I traveled to Hobbs, New Mexico for the first time to see a fight card promoted by Isidro Castillo. On the card that evening, were Edgar Zubia and…

It was spring of 1948 that a husband and wife along with their little boy were traveling by train from the northeast to the southwestern part of the United States. The mother was pregnant with…

Austin Killeen Ringside                    Photo by Sid Ware This was one main event that lived up to the prefight hype and probably the best bout I’ve covered since I started writing about the sport in New…

Article by Austin Killeen                           Photos by Sid Ware   You have to go back to April 11, 2015 to capture the excitement of…

By Austin Killeen Boxing has a rich history of fighters in turf wars for bragging rights to the local neighborhood. Sadly we see less and less of this in present day boxing. But that will…

By Austin Killeen Ringside                 If you believe in a sure thing you might change your mind after the main event favorites at Buffalo Thunder and Clovis, NM both suffered upset defeats Saturday evening. One bout…

By Austin Killeen Good news for boxing fans in the “Land of Enchantment”, there will be two fight cards this weekend. The bad news, both shows will take place on the same evening. In New…

By Austin Killeen Ringside                  Photos by Glenn DePriest      (click on picture to enlarge) I wasn’t born when the Golden Gloves was founded in 1923 by Chicago Tribune Sports Editor Arch Ward. Over the years the…

By Austin Killeen  There are no signed contracts, dates announced or venues named but rumors are flying around about possible upcoming fights in the next few months. Names are being tossed about and some of…

By Austin Killeen Ringside It’s hard to believe, but Holly Holm headlined the last boxing card at the Route 66 Casino in June of 2013. On that evening she looked terrific in winning a unanimous…

By Austin Killeen Ringside The Perez brothers have a six bout card with all the contests figuring to be exciting matchups. I’ll admit I’m friendly with both brothers, but I’m not selling fertilizer as this…

By Austin Killeen When I think of my earliest memories, I think of Springfield, Massachusetts. I was was born and raised there and many of my cousins also lived there. For the most part my…

By Austin Killeen Ringside                  Photos by Lori Pina Once again Pat Holmes Sr. had a sellout card at Buffalo Thunder Resorts and Casino. This makes it fourteen sellouts in a row, in an evening of…

By Austin Killeen December 30, 2017          (click on picture to enlarge) In the “Land of Enchantment” boxers are rated in the original eight weight divisions. If I used the seventeen divisions that exist today it…