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Albuquerque’s Holly Holm big underdog against Ronda Rousey tonight at UFC 193 This evening at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia, Albuquerque’s Holly Holm will look to be just the second native New Mexican to hold UFC gold. The sportsbooks, many of which have her around a 10-to-1 underdog, as well as New Mexico mixed martial arts fight history will not ...

Holly Holm a Big Underdog Jan. 2 Against Ronda Rousey Earlier today on Good Morning America, UFC Bantamweight Ronda Rousey announced that she will be facing Holly Holm at UFC 195 Jan. 2 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Within a couple of hours of the announcement several sportsbooks posted odds to the contest. As expected, the ...

Ronda Rousey set to face Holly Holm at UFC 195 Early Friday morning, UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey announced on Good Morning America that she will be fighting Albuquerque’s Holly Holm Jan. 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The news was later made official on UFC’s social media networks and website. The bout comes as a surprise ...

Questionable Split Draw in Valdez vs. Mendoza Bout Duke City Throwdown Full Results There’s no doubt about it, Española’s Tony Valdez always makes for entertaining fights but after his rematch Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center against Gilberto Mendoza, he found himself in the middle of a very controversial decision. Early on in the contest, Valdez (8-4-6, 7KOs) set the tone ...

Valdez Faces Mendoza Saturday Night at the Albuquerque Convention Center An extremely dry year for New Mexico boxing gets a much needed ounce of precipitation when Española’s Tony Valdez rematches Gilberto Mendoza at the Albuquerque Convention Center in the main event of Legacy Promotions’ fight card Duke City Throwdown.  Their first fight, this past May, by all accounts was a ...

Boxing: Fire and Ice Fury Fight Week Schedule for Grants, New Mexico Josh Torres to Defend WBC USNBC Title in Grants’ first boxing card since 1976 For the first time this century Grants, New Mexico will be hosting a boxing card when Chavez Promotions’ aptly titled  ‘Fire and Ice: Fury’ card at the Fire and Ice Park Center of Downtown on ...

Holmes Brothers and Mendoza also on Card For only the fifth time in his career Fidel Maldonado Jr. will be fighting in his home state of New Mexico. The Albuquerquean is scheduled as the main event of the September 5 Holmes Boxing and Orthrus Promotions “ElFuturo” card which will take place at the Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino just north ...

Late Monday evening Louie Burke, the longtime trainer of former WBA Super Welterweight Champion Austin Trout, confirmed via text to SouthWest Fight News that his fighter would be facing fellow 154-pounder Joey Hernandez on Sunday September 6. The bout, according to Burke who is in Washington D.C. preparing Trout along with lead trainer Barry Hunter, is expected to be the ...

Carl Frampton and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Highlight Huge Boxing Weekend in El Paso This Saturday, El Paso, Texas’ Don Haskins Center will have the national boxing spotlight as not one but two boxing cards hit the Sun City. On the afternoon bill, CBS will televise a Premiere Boxing Champions, PBC on CBS card which will feature the highly anticipated United States debut ...

Showtime Championship Boxing hits El Paso July 18 when Chavez Jr. takes on Reyes Looking to get back on track after the first TKO loss of his career, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. heads to El Paso Texas to face hard-hitting Marcos Reyes July 18 at the Don Haskins Center. The two men are expected to fight at the Super Middleweight ...