Bantamweight Champ Agbeko won’t need popularity if he defeats Mares in Showtime Tournament Finale

Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko the IBF Bantamweight Champion met a small contingent of boxing media Tuesday afternoon in the Bronx at John’s Boxing Gym.  The Don King promoted fighter will defend his championship Saturday April 23 live on Showtime against Abner Mares from Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. It is the championship fight of the [...]

Lopez and Gamboa shine in Knockout wins

Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa took one more step to a future big money showdown between the two kings of the featherweight division. “JuanMa” Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) totally dominated and outmatched the skilled Steven Luevano to take away his WBO featherweight title in fantastic style. Lopez knocked out Luevano with a crushing right-left [...]

HBO’s Boxing After Dark makes it first broadcast of 2010 with a very exciting doubleheader.

For the second time in three months, two of boxing’s brightest young stars will headline a card at the Wamu Theatre in Madison Square Garden. Juan Manuel Lopez and Yurikois Gamboa look to take one last step toward a possible collision course between the two if they are victorious. It would be the most exciting [...]

Lopez May Have Spoiled Plans but Prevails to Keep His Title

New York – Juan Manuel Lopez the WBO junior featherweight champion from Caguas, Puerto Rico and WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa of Cuba defended their respective titles in separate bouts on the “Island Warriors” “Latin Fury 12” pay-per-view show at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden Saturday evening. The fighters did what they had [...]

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