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By Austin Killeen ringside          Photos by Marissa and Melissa Perez – (Click on picture to enlarge) No one but Promoter Isidro Castillo of Hobbs, NM would put on a fight card where the boxers…

By Austin Killeen – (click on picture to enlarge) Promoter Isidro Castillo will be putting on a seven bout fight card in the booming metropolis of Roswell, New Mexico, home of space aliens. As is…

By Austin Killeen   –   Screen Side   (Click on photo to enlarge)                A boxer knows his career is headed in the right direction when Teddy Atlas…

By Austin Killeen – (click on photo to enlarge) Ask any fight fan what the big fight is this weekend and their answer will surely be Andre Ward/Sergey Kovalev II. But that answer wouldn’t pass mustard…

In March USA Boxing held a week long qualifier in Albuquerque, NM for their National Champions to be held at the end of the year. On that occasion USA Boxing honored one of the most…

By Austin Killeen Ringside                          Photos by Lori Pina (click on photo to enlarge) Once again Pat Holmes Sr. had a sellout card at Buffalo Thunder Resorts and Casino. This makes it twelve sellouts in a…

by Austin Killeen – Ringside – April 1, 2017    Photos by Lori Pina (Click on thumbnail to enlarge) A sellout crowd poured into the Manuel Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complex Saturday night to see a nine…

Chicago Tribune Sports Editor Arch Ward conceived the idea of a city-wide amateur boxing tournament in 1923, to be sponsored by the newspaper. Each champion was awarded a miniature golden glove which gave the tournament…

Movie stars are as good as their last movie, boxers are no different. Look good and you’re the next coming of Sugar Ray Robinson, lose and you’re over the hill. For different reasons fans of…

By Austin Killeen – Ringside – March 25, 2017 – (Click on picture to expand.) Saturday evening at the Albuquerque Convention Center the finals of the 2017 Western Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships took place….

by: Austin Killeen – Ringside – March 18, 2017    Photos by Lori Pina – (Click on picture to expand.) Victory Boxing Promotions held a five bout pro card supported by a five bout card between…

by: Austin Killeen – Ringside – March 5, 2017    Photos by Olivia Pina – (Click on photo to enlarge)  Saturday afternoon at the Sammy Burke Youth Boxing Center in Las Cruces, fans were entertained with a…

THE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR OLYMPIC-STYLE BOXING USA BOXING NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2017 CONTACT: Annemarie Blanco (770-866-3590) or [email protected] USA Boxing to Hold Western Elite Qualifier and Regional Open Championships in…

GOLDEN GLOVES ASSOCIATION of NEW MEXICO 1709 San Patricio Ave. SW Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104 (505) 328-0463 January 13, 2017 The 69th New Mexico State Golden Gloves Tournament is scheduled for March 31, April 1st…

by: Austin Killeen – Ringside – February 25, 2017  – (click on picture to enlarge) Saturday afternoon the Mountain View Community Center in Albuquerque’s South Valley held a seventeen bout amateur card.  For my taste this was…

By Austin Killeen Ringside                 Photos by Austin Killeen – (click on picture to enlarge) On June 5, 1967 I attended a fight card at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. By the time I entered the grimy…

By Austin Killeen   February 5, 2017 – (click on picture to enlarge) In the late 60’s and early 70’s a young father worked hard to provide food and clothing for his young family in Chihuahua, Mexico….

By Austin Killeen Ringside                  Photos by Lori Pina  – (click on picture to enlarge) Once again Pat Holmes Sr. had a sellout card at Buffalo Thunder Resorts and Casino. This makes it eleven sellouts in a…

By Austin Killeen                     Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank – (click on photo to enlarge) Last night on Top Rank’s Solo Boxeo card Jose Salinas took the next step in his…

By Austin Killeen (Click on thumbnail for larger image) Once again Pat Holmes Sr. will probably have a sellout card at Buffalo Thunder Resorts and Casino. Since holding a press conference four years ago to…