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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Carl Frampton to face Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. in El Paso, Texas According to multiple reports, undefeated, IBF World Super Bantamweight, Carl Frampton is expected to make his United States debut July 18 on a PBC on CBS card in El Paso, Texas. A press release issued by Premier Boxing Champions first made the announcement but has […]
Brandon Holmes and Pat Holmes Jr. Win By TKO on ‘The Takeover’ Undercard A crowd of just over 2,000 was on-hand Saturday night at the Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino for a Holmes Boxing promoted card that featured a women’s NABF Light Flyweight title fight. In the main event of the evening Albuquerque’s Jodie Esquibel […]
Mundine vs. Trout PBC on CBS Bout to be Rescheduled An ear injury has forced Australia’s Anthony Mundine to withdraw from his May 9 WBC Silver Super Welterweight title defense bout against Las Cruces, New Mexico’s Austin Trout. The announcement was made late Sunday night by Mundine’s representatives on Boxa.com.au and later confirmed to SWFight.com […]
Boxer ‘El Alacrán’ Alan Sanchez Killed in Rollover Today the New Mexico boxing community is grieving the loss of one of its own. Early Thursday morning, New Mexico boxer Alan Sanchez was killed in an automobile accident in Albuquerque’s South Valley. According to Bernalillo County Sheriff’s officials, the 25-year-old Sanchez, was traveling southbound on Coors […]
Jennifer Han Now Faces Fatuma Zarika on April 18 Main Event Earlier today, Jennifer Han took to Facebook to shut down rumors that her fight this upcoming Saturday night in El Paso, Texas has been cancelled. The disappointing news is that Han (11-3-1, 1KO) will no longer be fighting for the IBF World Featherweight title against […]