Day: July 16, 2018

Bruno Ferreira battles back from cancer, returns after 3 years of inactivity to fight at “Road to M-1: USA”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 16, 2018) - Undefeated Brazilian MMA fighter Bruno Ferreira (8-0-0) returns to action August 11 after successfully battling cancer the past three years.   The now 30-year-old Ferreira will take on always dangerous Tony Gravely (12-5-0), of Virginia, at "Road to M-1: USA", presented by M-1 Global USA and Angel Fight Promotions. "This is very special for me," Ferreira said. "Thank God. I've waited so long for this to happen. People can expect that I will be equal to or better than in my last fight. "The cancer treatment was very severe. I had three surgeries and several cycles of chemotherapy, which was so strong and bad that every cycle - lasting from Monday to Friday - was four to five hours. It seemed like I was dying. I tried to cheer up my mother and wife before Read more [...]

National Golden Gloves champion Roney Hines to make debut this Friday night in Sloan, Iowa

Cleveland, Ohio (July 16, 2018) - This Friday night at the WinnaVegas Casino Resort in Sloan, Iowa, 2018 National Golden Gloves champion, heavyweight Roney Hines will make his pro debut when he takes on David Becker in a four-round bout that will precede a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader.Hines, 23 years-old, of Cleveland, Ohio won the National Golden Gloves in May in Omaha, Nebraska, which is just an 90 minute drive from Sloan, Iowa. "I am ready to get this out of the way, and put my name on the map.  I want to show people what I have," said Hines. Hines, who describes himself as a boxer-puncher, has the physical attributes of the modern day heavyweight by standing almost 6-foot-7 and weighing close to 240 pounds. Hines, who recently signed with GH3 Promotions explained he Read more [...]

Teofimo Lopez shines with 6th round stoppage over William Silva in ESPN Co-Feature bout

NEW YORK (JULY 16, 2018)--Teofimo Lopez shined in a major step up bout as he dominated William Silva by scoring a 6th round stoppage in their lightweight bout that was the co-feature on ESPN.   The bout took place on Saturday night at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. In round one, Lopez dumped Silva with a left hook.  Silva was bleeding from the nose,  In round five, Lopez landed several hard hooks to the bloodied Silva, and then dumped Silva to the canvas in the corner. Lopez came out in round six by landing three left hooks and a right that dropped Silva and the bout was called at 15 seconds. Silva who came in with a record of 25-1, and is only loss was to Felix Verdejo on HBO, had never been knocked down before the fighter known as "Gordo" dropped him three times.  Lopez Read more [...]