Day: January 7, 2021

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (January 7, 2021) - In 2019, Jonathan "Magic" Mansour finished fifth at the USA Olympic Trials as one of the youngest competitors in the field, and the now 21-year-old San Diego featherweight had planned to put on a magical performance at the 2020 USA Boxing National Championships this past December, at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. In late October, Mansour was named as the USA Boxing Olympic Qualifying Team alternate in the featherweight division, replacing the original alternate, David Navarro, who recently turned pro. Brooklyn's Bruce Carrington is the USA Boxing Olympic Qualifying Team representative in the featherweight division, who needs to finish among the top six finishers at the Americas Qualification Tournament this Read more [...]

HARTFORD (January 7, 2021) - Last month, hours after receiving the disappointing news that his first fight in 14 months had been scraped, unbeaten East Hartford (CT) super lightweight prospect "Marvelous" Mykquan Williams (15-0-1, 7 KOs) received word that instead of fighting in relatively obscurity in Cancun, he would be making his ShoBox: The New Generation" debut, January 20th at nearby Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Williams, 22, will headline against undefeated Colombian knockout artist Yeis Gabriel "El Tigre" Solano (15-0, 10 KOs) in the 10-round main event on SHOWTIME, airing live at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m., to kick off ShoBox's 20th season. Mohegan Sun is only a 45-minute drive from Williams' home, but his fan-base won't be there rooting him on, unfortunately, Read more [...]