It has been nearly ten years since Siju Shabazz, first stepped foot into the Las Cruces PAL boxing gym. Tonight, the 27-year-old will finally be making his professional debut against Albuquerquean Ricky Villafuerte (debut), on the Holly Holm vs. Diana Prazak card at the Route 66 Casino. The light-heavyweight Shabazz, comes into the fight with a […]
Austin Trout Ends Miguel Cotto’s Undefeated Streak at Madison Square Garden NEW YORK CITY-On Saturday night, WBA Super Welterweight champion Austin Trout defended his WBA Super Welterweight title by outpointing Miguel Cotto at New York City, New York’s Madison Square Garden in front over 13,000 fans. The passionate pro-Cotto crowd, most of them Puerto Rican […]
This week Las Cruces Police Athletic League Boxing Club’s Edmundo Guzman has been selected by USA Boxing as a member of the U.S. Youth World Championship Team set to compete at the International Boxing Association’s 2012 Youth World Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. The international tournament is scheduled to take place between November 25th thru December 8th. The biennial tournament showcases the world’s next […]
LAS CRUCES, NM.,- Boxing officially made its return to the Whole Enchilada Fiesta on Saturday. The card was presented by WBA Super Welterweight champion Austin Trout’s, No Doubt Entertainment and featured 13 fights for fans of amateur boxing. In the performance of the evening Albuquerque’s Matthew Griego of Team Mirabal came off a 10-month layoff […]
A Top Rank Incorporated card is expected to take place Octorber 27th at the El Paso County Coliseum. If it goes as planned, the main event will be a 12-round IBF Super Bantamweight Eliminator bout between former champion of the belt Takalani Ndlovu (33-7, 18KOs) and Alejandro Lopez (23-2, 7KOs). Potentially to be on the undercard […]
Thanks to WBA Super Welterweight champion Austin Trout and his promotion No Doubt Entertainment, boxing will be making it’s return to the 32nd annual The Whole Enchilada Festival this September weekend, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. A total of 18 scheduled amateur matches are tenatively set to take place Saturday September 29th at the Paz […]
Friday night at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, El Paso’s Jennifer Han (7-1-1) will be facing Kita Watkins of Camden Arkansas, on the 13th Annual Boxing at the Ballroom card. The gala and auction will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth and is being hosted by the Board […]
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – When Abraham “Abie” Han (16-0, 10KOs), steps into the ring to face Bloomfield, New Mexico’s Joseph Gomez (18-5, 8KOs), Saturday night at Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, he will officially be making the move up to the middleweight division. The move from the light middleweight to middleweight was not necessarily one […]
Patiently, Las Cruces, New Mexico’s WBA Super Welterweight champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout (24-0, 14KOs) has been waiting for his time to shine in the New Mexico boxing Zia sun. A victory this Saturday against top ten contender, Delvin Rodriguez (26-5-3, 14KOs) in Carson, California, on perhaps the most stacked boxing card of the year […]
To prepare to his upcoming WBA Super Welterweight title fight against Delvin Rodriguez , Austin Trout has been working with strength and conditioning coach and longtime friend Shukree Shabazz. Shabazz grew up in Chaparral, New Mexico. He is the brother of New Mexico standout amateur boxer, soon to be pro, Sijuola Ade Shabazz. Shukree started […]