Day: January 30, 2021

Undefeated Jamaine Ortiz Made his bones in the amateur ranks vs. Edgar Berlanga, Teofimo Lopez and Jaron Ennis

WORCESTER, Mass. (January 25, 2021) - Success in amateur boxing doesn't necessarily insure a great professional career. Some fighters are much more suited to be better pros than amateurs, most often power punchers, but it's usually clear early on if a fighter is especially skilled or not. Undefeated lightweight prospect Jamaine "The Technician" Ortiz (14-0, 8 KOs), fighting out of Worcester, MA, displayed his tremendous gifts in the amateurs against some of today's most talented, young boxers. Back in 2012, for example, 14-year-old, 106-pound Ortiz defeated the hottest pro prospect in the world today, 16-0(16 KOs) Edgar Berlanga, of Brooklyn, at the Junior Olympics National Championships held in Lake Placid, New York. Ortiz went on to win 100 of 114 Read more [...]

SFT Middleweight Champion Irwing “King Kong” Machado, Joshua DaSilveira & Reginaldo Junior other award winners

  2020 SFT MMA Fighter of the Year Manoel "Manumito" Sousa   SAO PAULO, Brazil (February 1, 2021)- SFT MMA (Standout Fighting Tournament) middleweight champion Irwing "King Kong" Machado won the most 2020 SFT awards, however, undefeated lightweight Manoel "Manumito" Sousa was named its Fighter of the Year.  SFT Tournament) is the only Brazil-based MMA promotional company to have a panel of mixed-martial-arts experts, as opposed to a popularity vote, select its annual winners. "Under challenging conditions due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and protocols," SFT president David Hudson said, "many of our male fighters excelled and boosted SFT's stock in mixed martial arts. Manoel Sousa is a rising star, and Irwing 'King Kong' Machado shocked the MMA world, Read more [...]

Q & A with Middleweight Isiah Seldon

Atlantic City, NJ- January 29, 2021 - Middleweight contender Isiah Seldon took the time to answer a few questions before his big fight on Saturday night against undefeated Joey Spencer.  The eight-round bout will be part of a broadcast on FOX (8 PM ET) Q-- How has your preparation been for this Saturday's fight? IS--  It's been great. The best camp I have ever had. Q--  How long have you been in training?  A lot of fighters have had trouble finding places to train with Covid and the protocols that are in place. IS-- I've been in the gym for quite a while now.  Covid has definitely changed the way the fight game is at the moment.  I knew that the best thing I could do was stay in shape. I knew I Read more [...]

Hamadi Jongo and Class Mgender WBF Champions

Two new World Boxing Federation (WBF) Champions were belted in Tanzania on Friday, January 29, as Jackson Group Sports promoted at the Next Door Arena in Dar Es Salaam.  At Cruiserweight, Shaban Hamadi Jongo took the vacant WBF International title when American opponent Shawn Miller suffered a torn bicep, prompting the technical knockout at 2:38 of the very first round.  vWhat was shaping up to be a huge brawl came to an abrupt end, as Jongo improved his record to 8-1-2 (7). Miller falls to 18-6-1 (7). The co-featured bout more than made up for the disappointment of Jongo vs. Miller, with Ibrahim Class Mgender and undefeated Malawian Denis Mwale slugging it out for the vacant WBF Intercontinental Lightweight title. After twelve rounds of non-stop action, where both men had their Read more [...]