Local Boxing News and Information for the state of California, USA
Local Boxing News and Information for the state of California, USA
ORANGE, CA, November 18 – Forget Thanksgiving dinner. For Southern California boxing fans the real feast will take place on Friday, November 28th at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California, when Thompson Boxing Promotions brings the “Heavy Artillery” for a night of boxing people will be talking about for weeks. More
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Nov. 13, 2008) – “The best is yet to come.” It’s an often-used proclamation that has been uttered for years in the sporting arena. Some competitors make good on the guarantee while others have failed to live up to the six-word promise. More
LOS ANGELES (July 22, 2007) … Oscar De La Hoya and John Long, partners in Golden Boy Partners, a real estate company focusing on underserved Southern California Latino neighborhoods, today donated $50,000 to the Fund to Rebuild Garfield Auditorium. The historic Garfield High School auditorium built in 1925, was consumed by fire on May 20th and completely destroyed. De La Hoya and Long presented the check to David L. Brewer III, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent, and Omar Del Cueto, Principal, Garfield High School. Los Angeles City Councilman, Jose Huizar, also participated in the event today at the high school. More
May 11, 2006 - II Feathers Boxing returns to the Morongo Casino on May 19th in the city of Cabazon, California after having sold out all their prior dates. "Battles in the WarZone" will be headlined by Super Bantamweight Samuel Lopez taking on Edel "Cuate" Ruiz. Lopez (17-3-0, 6 KO's), a Mexico City native is coming off an impressive win over Ruiz's twin brother, the also well regarded world title contender Heriberto Ruiz. This will be a crossroads fight for both men as Lopez who is currently ranked #12 by the WBA and #10 by the IBF takes another stern test on his way to a title shot. Ruiz (28-14-3, 15 KO's), has been in the ring with some of the best in the sport including world champions Joan Guzman, Pulie Ayala and Israel Vazquez. Ruiz lost to all three men by decision. He is currently coming off a knockout win but has to derail Lopez in order to keep any hope alive for a title shot. More
July 11, 2005 - Fremont, CA: It has be confirmed that “The Punisher” Jose Perez Jr the former 5 time National Amateur Champion will start off his summer with the biggest fight of his professional career.
The fight is scheduled for July 23 at the San Jose State Events Center, San Jose, CA, Jose will be Fighting along with Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. and Hector Camacho jr. (This bout has recently been confirmed and will be Jose's first of three scheduled bouts this summer) More
SAN JOSE, California (May 16, 2005) - The Punisher fought a tough and rugged opponent in Abraham Verdugo, prior to the fight he had several fighters ready to go and then they backed out, Verdugo was added just a few days before the fight
Also the fight was originally scheduled for 6 rounds but had to be changed to a 4 rounder for the live telecast.
With all these things going on behind the scenes Jose still had the composure of a ring veteran even though he is just 21! The battered and bruised Verdugo survived all four rounds, however I'm sure he will be feeling it in the morning! More
May 9, 2005 - San Jose, California: Latin Sports Group, Clark Entertainment and Marquez Brothers Entertainment have announced a high-profile boxing match featuring local favorite Jose "El Cuate" Celaya vs James "Spider" Webb. The bout will headline ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, on May 13th at the San Jose Civic Auditorium.
Despite his youth, Jose Celaya has already had an outstanding career. He is currently ranked #10 in the world by the IBF and has an excellent record of 26-2 with 15 knockouts. Jose has won his last 4 fights by KO and by facing the likes of the undefeated James Webb, is stepping up his competition. Born and raised in Salinas, California, Jose had a distinguished amateur career and was favored to go the 2000 Olympics before losing a controversial decision to Ricardo Williams at the Olympic Trials. More
May 3, 2005 [Fremont,CA] "The Punisher" Jose Perez Jr. steps back into the ring on May 13, 2005 at the world famous San Jose Civic Auditorium located in beautiful downtown San Jose,CA
Just six weeks earlier Jose scored a fantastic 49 second first round KO victory in this same building, Jose has already built up legions of fans and the size of his fan following continues to grow after every fight, Jose loves his fans and looks forward to putting on another great show for them!
Never looking past any opponent Jose is staying focused and ready to show the boxing world what they are missing.
Headlining this "ESPN2 Friday Night Fights" card is a great fight between Jose Celaya and James Webb, Welterweights - 10 rounds
Doors open at 5pm fight start at 5:30pm, Tickets are for sale at the door, come on out and show your support for the Bay Area's own Jose "The Punisher" Perez Jr! [End]
LOS ANGELES, April 27 – Golden Boy Enterprises, led by Oscar De La Hoya, and Highridge Partners, an international real estate developer and investor headed by John Long, today announced the formation of a new company, Golden Boy Partners, to revitalize and redevelop urban Latino communities.
Golden Boy Partners combines the complementary talents and expertise of the two Los Angeles-based companies to address the escalating demand in urban Latino neighborhoods for safe quality housing, retail and entertainment options, and business and job creation. The company plans to invest $100 million over the next three years, primarily in California cities with large Latino populations located in underserved, blighted areas. More
April 4, 2005 - The former amateur boxing super star won his 6th straight victory as a pro, right here in San Jose on March 31, 2005 "KO In San JO" Thursday Night Fights - The Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA
Amongst a fan frenzy of over 1,000 loyal Jose followers, He entered the ring to a roaring applause from his fans cheering him on to his KO victory over Maezono!
"The Punisher" KO's Ginto Maezono in just 49 seconds of the first round! The punisher looked simply unbeatable, Many fans came up to us and said they were amazed with Jose's abilities in the ring. His composure, speed and power were AWESOME! More
March 23, 2005 - Jose Perez Jr. attempts to win his 6th straight victory as a pro, right here in San Jose on march 31
Ko In San Jose: Thursday Night Fights - The Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA Main events: Ryan Davis (18-3-2) vs. Juan Carlos Garcia (7-6) Ricardo Cortes (13-1-1) vs. Jose Ramirez (10-9) (Jose is fighting on the undercard)
Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster.com (Jose's fans.. Come to the fight and show your support!)
Jose "The Punisher" Perez Jr. is about to muscle his way into the professional ranks. Jose's latest victory at the Arco arena located in Sacramento, California was against a kid named Geraldo Gonzalez making his pro debut, Jose looked very sharp in this fight and was basically picking this guy apart from the very beginning of the fight said his father Jose senior. The fight mercifully ended after 3 full rounds, Gonzalez was knocked down several times and was unable to answer the fourth round however he showed lots of hart and courage, this was no pushover this kid wanted a win over Jose, he came to fight. With Jose's dad now serving as both his manager and trainer things are moving forward, at present time we are looking for a good quality promoter who sees the potential we all see in Jose. More
SAN FRANCISCO—March 1, 2005— Comcast, in partnership with BMW, Everlast and the SF Examiner, has teamed up to help revive the Golden Gloves, an annual amateur boxing tournament in San Francisco. The 74th Annual Golden Gloves takes place March 30-April 2, 2005 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
As a service to San Francisco residents who can’t attend the Golden Gloves live, Comcast will make highlights of the event available at no additional cost on ON DEMAND, Comcast’s new video-on-demand service. ON DEMAND will allow Comcast Digital Cable customers to watch the Golden Gloves anytime, at their convenience, as well as rewind, fast-forward and pause to catch all the exciting boxing action. More
(12 Rd IBF
Middleweight Title Elimination Bout)
SAM SOLIMAN (25-7, 8KOs) VS. RAYMOND JOVAL (32-2, 14KOs)
Melbourne, Australia Rotterdam, Netherlands IBF Pan Pacific
Champion #2 IBF Contender #4 IBF Contender
(10 Rd Heavyweight Bout)
KIRK JOHNSON (34-2-1, 25KOs) VS. GILBERT MARTINEZ (18-7-2, 7KOs) Nova
Scotia, Canada Sacremento, CA
(6 Rd Featherweight Bout)
RUDY DOMINGUEZ (10-0, 2KOs) VS. TBA Coachella, CA
(4 Rd Jr. Middleweight Bout)
RICKY FUNEZ (1-1, 1KO) VS. JOVANNI RUBIO (3-1, 2KOs) Van Nuys, CA Santa
Rosa, CA
(4 Rd Middleweight Bout)
ROB VERTREEES (3-0, 1KO) VS. WILLIAM HARMON (5-3, 4KOs) Temecula, CA
Fresno, CA
(4 Rd Heavyweight Bout)
RAPHAEL BUTLER (1-0, 1KO) VS. VICTOR ORTIZ (5-1, 3KOs) Rochester, MN
Simi Valley, CA [End]
LOS ANGELES, May 3 - Forget Independence Day. The real fireworks of the Summer of 2004 will go off on June 3 and 4, when Goossen Tutor Promotions presents two consecutive nights of boxing at the Chinook Winds Casino and Convention Center in Lincoln City, Oregon, featuring world class championship fights.
"Commotion at the Ocean Back-to-Back" will kick off on Thursday, June 3, with a Showtime-televised card featuring one of boxing's hottest young prospects, featherweight sensation Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (12-0-1, 5 KOs), who will look to move one step closer to a title when he battles former world champion Enrique Sanchez (30-2-4, 21 KOs) in a ten rounder that will headline the hit series "ShoBox: The New Generation." More
TOUGHMAN CONTEST
The Original Toughman Contest is going to be in Stockton, California at The Civic Auditorium Thursday and Friday, June 17th & 18th. Toughman has created celebrities such as Mr. T, Tommy Morrison and Butterbean. All participants are local men from all walks of life. The doors open at 7 pm and the event begins at 8 pm. [End]
VALENZUELA
FINISHES VALDEZ IN 2
PONCE DE LEON STOPS ALVAREZ
GONZALEZ WINS VILLA BY SPLIT DECISION
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