Las Cruces, NM’s Jose Salinas is 2016 SWFight.com New Mexico Boxer of the Year El Paso Champion, Jennifer Han 2016 SWFight.com Boxer of the Year For the first time since we started our annual awards back in 2012, a fighter has taken the title of ‘SWFight.com Boxer of the Year’ for a second consecutive year. It was not even close ...

Where does Holly Holm’s KO of Ronda Rousey rank on our list of greatest Burqueño championship bout knockouts? Burqueños have been holding their heads up high and have been thinking they’re allll baaaad since the devastating head kick knockout blow that Albuquerque’s Holly Holm (10-0) delivered to the previously undefeated Ronda Rousey (12-1) en route to claiming the UFC Bantamweight ...

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 and Mexico’s Mayela Perez provided ...

El Paso’s Abraham Han Faces Sergio Mora in IBF World Rankings Battle With IBF Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor being forced to withdraw from his Feb. 6 fight due to his recent legal troubles, his opponent Sergio Mora was left without a foe for the main event of the ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” card at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Miss. On two-weeks’ notice ...

Damacio Page and Cody East to Participate in Open Workout This afternoon, Holmes Boxing and Orthrus Promotions will hold an open workout at The Fight Shop New Mexico to help promote their January 24th “Cold War” professional boxing card slated for Buffalo Thunder Casino & Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The open workout will feature up-and-coming boxers Patrick Holmes Jr. ...

New Mexico is a state full of talented athletes ranging in all sports from football to basketball, and from boxing to mixed martial arts; the state is also home to some of the best grapplers in the entire world. One of those talented grappling wizards is Rich Chavez of Judgement MMA in Rio Rancho and today is competing in a ...

By the end of next month Albuquerque’s Cristian Cabral will have gone through the “Murderers’ Row” of New Mexico welterweights. On Saturday night he will be taking on 23-fight veteran Shawn Gallegos (19-4, 5KOs), also of Albuquerque, at the Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in Cabral’s first bout since his lone professional loss in June ...

The official weigh-in for Holmes Boxing and Orthrus Promotions ‘Fright Night Boxing’ card will take place today at 2:00 p.m. MST at Buffalo Thunder Casino and Resort inside the Turquoise Trail Restaurant.  The fight card itself will take place from Buffalo Thunder Casino and Resort inside the Event Center on Saturday with doors opening at 6:00 p.m. MST with the ...

The UFC “Hype Machine” is a strong force and is responsible for the huge strides the company has made in terms of popularity over the years. Amongst the tasks required, the machine must take fights lacking intrigue or a marketable storyline and create a buzz for fight fans to clamor over in order to sell the fight as a something ...

On September 20th, in less than two weeks, the Judgement MMA gym in Rio Rancho will host a benefit event inside their gym to fundraise for “Paws and Stripes”. The event will be an open house of the great facility the Judgement MMA team trains in as well as a kickboxing event featuring a full lineup of talented amateurs ready to put on a show ...