Mark Ortega
68 articles · FightFanNation.com
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Espinoza talks Matthysse-Garcia, more
By Mark Ortega
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer made a major announcement at noon on Thursday, when during a conference call he made it public that the highly anticipated junior welterweight showdown between Lucas…
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Cotto-Rodriguez agreed to in principle, manager says
By Mark Ortega
The proposed Oct. 5 fight between Miguel Cotto and Delvin Rodriguez has essentially been agreed to by both sides, according to Rodriguez's manager A.J. Galante. "Delvin's promoter, Joe DeGuardia, and I, have…
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Donaire contemplated retirement, talks comeback, Rigondeaux, HBO
By Mark Ortega
You wouldn't have guessed it based on the fact that it was easily the most important year of his professional career, but Nonito Donaire was at one point contemplating retirement during 2012.…
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Atlas gives Povetkin ‘a good shot’ to beat Klitschko
By Mark Ortega
From 2009 to 2011, ESPN2 Friday Night Fights analyst and former trainer Teddy Atlas took on heavyweight Alexander Povetkin as somewhat of a personal project. The two enjoyed a bit of success…
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Bits & Pieces: A Top Rank boxing weekend
By Mark Ortega
This past weekend, Las Vegas-based promotional company Top Rank Boxing put together consecutive fight cards on the West Coast. Friday night in Las Vegas, ESPN2 Friday Night Fights visited Texas Station Casino.…
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Final chapter, final Page likely written for former champ
By Mark Ortega
A week ago today, former WBA welterweight titlist James Page was arrested in Northern California in connection to six bank robberies that took place around the Bay Area over the past six…
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Bits & Pieces: Tarver wants Hopkins rematch
By Mark Ortega
LAS VEGAS ? On the eve of the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero pay-per-view event, a Fox Sports Net-televised ballroom boxing card took place at the Cosmopolitan, which featured Antonio Orozco, Anthony Dirrell, as…
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Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame kicks off
By Mark Ortega
LAS VEGAS -- Thursday night, the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame kicked off their first official fan event during the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero fight week, and it was a major success,…
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The First Time: Fistic Travels
By Mark Ortega
Welcome to RingTV.com?s newest monthly feature, The First Time. Each month, Mark E. Ortega will take a different topic and ask members of the boxing industry about their firsts in regard to…
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Bits & Pieces: Alvarado’s future
By Mark Ortega
An immediate rematch between Mike Alvarado and Brandon Rios does not look to be in the cards, despite Rios? very vocal demands about getting one just moments after Alvarado's hand was raised…
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Rios, Garcia talk about Heredia team presence
By Mark Ortega
One new wrinkle in Saturday's anticipated return bout between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado, and a recently developed storyline, is the news of the addition of strength and conditioning coach Angel ?Memo?…
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Rios-Alvarado rematch draws Gatti-Ward parallels
By Mark Ortega
LAS VEGAS ? When HBO vice president Kery Davis took the dais at the final press conference at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino for Saturday's junior welterweight rematch between Brandon Rios…
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Young prospects round out Rios-Alvarado untelevised card
By Mark Ortega
The word has been mostly mum on who would appear on the untelevised undercard to Saturday's highly-anticipated return bout between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado. Their bout, along with Terence Crawford's step-up…
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Vargas hopes patience pays off with tonight’s HBO debut
By Mark Ortega
In the short term, it looked as though Jessie Vargas had made a mistake leaving the stable of fellow Las Vegas resident Floyd Mayweather Jr. to join up with Las Vegas-based Top…
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Younger Magdaleno maintains focus while title shot looms for big brother
By Mark Ortega
Less than a week from Saturday, Jessie Magdaleno will head on an expedition to Macau, where he hopes to witness his 130-pound older brother win his first major title. Junior lightweight contender…
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Soliman’s banned substance identified
By Mark Ortega
In an update to an earlier story, the performance enhancing drug that 39-year old Australian veteran middleweight Sam Soliman tested for in his A-sample when facing Felix Sturm last month was oxilofrine,…
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Soliman’s banned substance identified
By Mark Ortega
In an update to an earlier story, the performance enhancing drug that 39-year old Australian veteran middleweight Sam Soliman tested for in his A-sample when facing Felix Sturm last month was oxilofrine,…
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GBP plans stacked Fox Deportes card on March 16 in Cancun
By Mark Ortega
Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Robert Diaz informed RingTV.com Saturday night at the Sharif Bogere-Richard Abril card of a Fox Deportes card that is taking place in Cancun, Mexico on March 16 that…
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Top 25 Favorite Prospects Final Report Card
By Mark Ortega
When I first began contributing to TQBR, one of my first submissions was a list of 25 prospects that I had my eye on. Throughout 2012, I tracked their progress, even turning…
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Does Shane Mosley Deserve Another Go ‘Round?
By Mark Ortega
When it was floated out there that we could potentially be seeing 147-pound titlist Paulie Malignaggi defending his strap against a comebacking Shane Mosley next year at Barclays Center, it was met…