Category: Articles
Sanchez Victorious in Path to Glory; Contreras Suffers Broken Nose
By Barbara Pinnella Photos by William Trillo This past Friday night was the second event put on by Thompson Boxing Promotions in two weeks, this one called Path to Glory. As is often the norm, this event was held at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA. the card was light in the number of fights, [...]
MAIDANA / LOPEZ; LARA / ANGULO PRESSER– “CALL IT HIGH STAKES”
By Barbara Pinnella Photos by Linda Jolicoeur This past Monday a press conference was held at La Fonda restaurant to formally kick off two important fights. The main event has Marcos Maidana facing Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KOs) in a 12 round fight for the WBA welterweight intercontinental championship, and co-main event finds Erislandy Lara [...]
Robert Guerrero Takes Plea Deal in Court
By Brian Fogg Last week Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero lost the biggest fight of his career inside the ring in an uncompetitive decision to Floyd Mayweather, but this week he had a whole new type of battle to deal with, this time in the courtroom. In February, Guerrero was arrested on Felony Gun Charges at JFK [...]
The Ibeabuchi Files: The Greatest who Never Was
By Brian Fogg Once the most promising heavyweight prospect to come along in years, Ike Ibeabuchi’s life was always surrounded by turmoil. His colorful arrest record and even more colorful personality in lined with this mental illness’, made him into one of the more prominent cult icons in boxing history. Born in Nigeria, Ike and [...]
Heavyweight Contender Deontay Wilder Arrested over the Weekend
By Brian Fogg Heavyweight Contender and former Bronze Medalist Deontay Wilder 28(28)-0 was arrested late Saturday night in Las Vegas and was charged with a Felony Domestic Battery via Strangulation (choking) and was released on $15,000 bail later that day. He had a scheduled arraignment yesterday, 5/6, at 7:30 am in the Clark County Justice [...]








