Day: April 19, 2021

Heralded Valle Brothers Score First-Round Knockout Victories on Friday Night

PLANT CITY, FL (March 13, 2021) Heralded prospects, brothers Marques and Dominic Valle from Winter Haven, FL each scored first round knockouts on Friday night, March 12 in Plant City, FL at the ProBox Center on All-Star Boxing’s TELEMUNDO undercard. Featherweight Dominic (1-0, 1 KO), made his highly anticipated pro debut by destroying Juan Bryand from Laredo, TX finishing him off with a barrage of power shots including the final left hook to the head sending him down to the canvas. Time of the stoppage was 0:57 of the opening stanza. Welterweight sensation Marques, (2-0, 2 KOs), definitely followed his brother’s lead breaking down previously undefeated Leonidas Fowlkes, (2-1) from Winchester, VA. Starting quickly with blistering body shots, Valle sent Fowlkes down to the canvas with Read more [...]

Samir Ziani calls out Tervin Farmer “Farmer has chickened out” of WBC Eliminator

PARIS, France (April 18, 2021) – European Super Featherweight Champion Samir Ziani (32-3-1, 7 KOs) has called out Tervin “American Idol” Farmer (30-5-1, 6 KOs), former International Boxing Federation World Super Featherweight Champion, to fight June 5th for the WBC Silver belt in a World Boxing Council (WBC) elimination fight. The winner would position himself for a title fight against WBC World champion Oscar Valdez. The battle of left-handed super featherweights would be on the June 5th Triller pay-per-view card in Florida, headlined by undefeated World lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez (16-0) vs. George Kambosos, Jr. (19-0), supported by an exhibition fight between 4-time World heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson conqueror Kevin McBride. According Read more [...]