Day: December 10, 2020

Broadcast team announced for “Battle of Rio Grande” PPV  

Live on pay per view Dec. 18 from Galveston, Texas GALVESTON, Texas (December 10, 2020) -- Zurdo Promotions has announced stellar broadcast teams and ring announcer working its December 18th "Battle of Rio Grande" pay-per-view card, headlined by the ring return of 40-0 (26 KOs) Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez, airing live from Galveston Island Convention Center in Galveston, Texas.   Veteran combat sports blow-by-blow announcer Sean Wheelock will captain the English-speaking broadcast team with former pro wrestler turned combat sports color analyst Matt Striker, and former NFL placekicker and respected ringside reporter Benny Ricardo will conduct pre-and-post fighter interviews. Ricardo will be joined in the same role on the Spanish language Read more [...]
December 10, 2020 (New York, New York)  On December 17, heavyweights will make landfall on Ring City USA for the first time. Star Boxing's Ukrainian born heavyweight, LYUBOMYR "DEMOLITION MAN" PINCHUK (Pittsburgh, PA 12-1-1 7KO's) will face off against St Louis, Missouri heavyweight, STEPHAN "BIG SHOT" SHAW (13-0 10KO's) on the undercard of Charles Conwell vs. Madiyar Ashkeyev, in an 8-round bout. Pinchuk is a 24-year-old prospect, living, training and fighting out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by way of Lviv, Ukraine.  Pinchuk amassed an impressive 250 amateur fights in Ukraine with a record of 220-30, before making the move to The Steel City. Pinchuk began his career in the cruiserweight division, but as he grew into his 6'3" frame, Read more [...]

Nikolai Potapov Back in Action on Christmas Eve against Ukrain’s Oleksadr Hryshchuk

WBO #7 and IBF #8 bantamweight Nikolai Potapov will return to the ring on Christmas Eve, December 24, at Soviet Wings Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia, to take on Ukrainian contender Oleksandr Hryshchuk. Potapov (21-2-1, 11 KOs), of Podolsk, Russia, now residing Brooklyn, will face Hryshchuk (16-2-1, 6 KOs) of Bilytske, Ukraine, as part of a mammoth 19-fight event presented by Shamo Boxing. 30-year-old Potapov was last seen obtaining a DQ victory over foul-plagued Tanzanian veteran Nasibu Ramadhani in five rounds last November. Before that, he suffered an extremely controversial decision loss to fellow highly rated contender Joshua Greer in July. Hryshchuk is no walkover opponent, as the tough Ukrainian once held and defended the Read more [...]

Martinez captures WBC Latino super middleweight title RJJ Boxing Official Results

SAN CARLOS, Sonora, Mexico (December 10, 2020) - Rising star Lester Martinez kept his perfect record intact last night, stopping Uriel "Big Bang" Gonzalez (18-7-1, 14 KOs) at the end of the opening round, in the main event on an RJJ Boxing card at Maninaterra Hotel & Spa Event Center in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. The final 2020 installment of RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS®, presented by Roy Jones, Jr. Boxing Promotions and De La O Promotions, will be held this evening at the same venue.  All the action was streamed live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS®, the world's leading digital subscription service for combat sports, as will tonight's RJJ Boxing starting at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT. To sign up for UFC FIGHT PASS, please visit ufcfightpass.com. The Read more [...]

Broadcast team announced for “Battle of Rio Grande” PPV

GALVESTON, Texas (December 10, 2020) -- Zurdo Promotions has announced stellar broadcast teams and ring announcer working its December 18th "Battle of Rio Grande" pay-per-view card, headlined by the ring return of 40-0 (26 KOs) Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez, airing live from Galveston Island Convention Center in Galveston, Texas.   Veteran combat sports blow-by-blow announcer Sean Wheelock will captain the English-speaking broadcast team with former pro wrestler turned combat sports color analyst Matt Striker, and former NFL placekicker and respected ringside reporter Benny Ricardo will conduct pre-and-post fighter interviews. Ricardo will be joined in the same role on the Spanish language broadcast including blow-by-blow announcer Ernesto Armador and color analyst Mario Read more [...]

Santiago Dominguez improves to 24-0 RJJ Boxing Results

ABOUT ROY JONES JR, BOXING PROMOTIONS: Co-founded in 2013 by 10-time world champion Roy Jones, Jr. and Keith Veltre, Roy Jones, Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions is on its way to reinventing boxing.  RJJ has already made a huge impact in the boxing community in a few short years.  Creating exhilarating content for UFC Fight Pass, CBS Sports, Showtime, ESPN and beIN Sports in some of the finest venues across the country, RJJ has proven it is conquering the sweet science of the sport.   Read more [...]