Month: June 2012

Final Press Conference: Ortiz vs. Lopez

(JUNE 22)  The final press conference for one of the most oft-discussed fight cards of the year - "Ortiz vs. Lopez" taking place this Saturday, June 23 and televised live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from STAPLES Center - took place Thursday before boxing media and fans, who turned out for the free-to-the-public event.   With much at stake, Victor Ortiz of Ventura, CA,, will take on former NABF Champion Josesito Lopez, of Riverside, Calif., for the vacant WBC Silver Welterweight Championship in Saturday's 12-round main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.  Photo credit: Showtime/Esther Lin In another bout, former Three-Time World Champion Humberto Soto, of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, will be opposed by  Lucas Matthysse of Trelew, Argentina, for the vacant Read more [...]

Randall Bailey: Show me “Money”

(JUNE 21) Newly crowned IBF Welterweight World Champion Randall Bailey is finally in position of leverage with his third world title belt and a recent "Knockout of the Year" performance against previously unbeaten Mike Jones. Now, it's time for this feared slugger to cash in, after 16 often frustrating years as a professional prizefighter. Bailey  would love to welcome Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. when he gets out of jail in a few months but, if the price is right, Randall also wants to make it perfectly clear that he'll fight any deserving 147-pounder in the world. "I've been avoided forever," Bailey said, "but now I'm coming off a world title fight win that ended with a punch people are going to be talking about for a long time. If I had a choice, I'd fight Mayweather next. I like the Read more [...]

Boxing Action in Albuquerque June 21, 2012 Photos/Story by Sue TL Fox

(JUNE 21) On Friday night at the Route 66 Casino Hotel, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in front of a completely packed house of 3,000 boxing fans, in the mainliner, Holly Holm won a 10-round decision over Anne Sophie Mathis, winning the WBAN, IBA, and WBF Welterweight world titles. The final judges’ scores were 96-94, 99-91, and 97-93. The crowd roared when the decision was read that Holm had won the bout. Before this fight took place, WBAN ran a poll on who the boxing fans thought would win this rematch. An over-whelming majority (68%) of those voting at the time voted that Mathis would TKO’d or KO’d Holm again in this second fight. There were some factors though that I and others that I spoke to who were ringside observed in this second fight.  In their first bout, Mathis had come Read more [...]