Day: October 3, 2018

New Champions Doherty, Decastro and Peers Crowned In Derby – Ringside Report: Gianluca Di Caro -Photographs Courtesy of Mirek Marcinski

On Friday, whilst most boxing fans were preparing for the World Super Series final between George Groves and Callum Smith to be beamed over from Saudi Arabia, I made the trek up from my London home to Derby for the weigh-in at the Stein Strasse Bar in the City for an event at Pride Park the following day. Have to say I've been to quite a few weigh-ins, but can't recall any here in the UK that could be termed an event in themselves. The only one even remotely similar I can recall attending was at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York back in 2007. With so much effort put into the presentation of the weigh-in, I have to admit I was feeling right up for the event itself the next day, as I made my way to Pride Park, and as it turns out quite rightly so. The headlining fight, that featured Derby's Read more [...]

Unbeaten Ruben Villa Fights in Hometown of Salinas, CA on Saturday, October 13

PHILADELPHIA, PENN. / ORANGE, CA- Promising featherweight prospect Ruben Villa (13-0, 5 KOs) headlines a talent rich card from his hometown of Salinas, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 13.  Villa, 21, returns to the Salinas Storm House for the second time this year. The talented southpaw faces Mexico's Miguel Carrizoza (10-3, 2 KOs) in the 8-round "New Blood"main event.  Villa last fought from the Salinas Storm House in April, when he routed fellow prospect Marlon Olea in route to winning the vacant WBO Youth featherweight championship. It was Villa's first title since turning professional in July 2016. The two-time national Golden Gloves winner fights for the fifth time this year after registering six wins in 2017. "It's incredible how fast I've developed," said Villa, who is managed by Danny Read more [...]

USA Boxing Alumni Association Profile: 1972 Olympic bronze medalist Jesse Valdez, who was an outstanding amateur boxer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  -- 1972 Olympic bronze medalist Jesse Valdez, who was an outstanding amateur boxer, never turned pro because he chose security for his family rather than take a risk and parlay his amateur pedigree into a prize fighting career.  Valdez first went to the local Boys' Club when he was 11. The youngest of seven children in a low-income family, headed by his single mother, in which the kids all slept in one bedroom, girls in a bed, boys on the floor, sharing space with cockroaches. "I started going to the club and I guess I did well because I started beating older and bigger guys," Valdez remembered. One day a coach asked me if I was interested in learning how to box. At 11, USA Boxing people were interested in me, not me the boxer, and they always gave me guidance. Read more [...]