Don Smith
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Desert Heat III, Valenzuela Wins & Boxing News
Boxing Fans, Kenneth ?Ray? Mitchell Sr. is a familiar and respected name in Arizona boxing. His long and storied boxing resume includes 37 years as a boxer, coach, manager & more recently…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Q & A with Lupe Contreras, Election Update & More
Boxing Fans, Boxing announcer Lupe Contreras is under contract until 2017 with Top Rank Inc. to work all of their Univision, Tru TV, and HBO & PPV boxing events in whatever capacity…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Storm Stops Dela Torre, Iron Boy 29 Re-Cap
Boxing Fans, 21 year old boxer Harmonito Dela Torre (16-0-11 knockouts) was unable to make his highly anticipated USA debut on the Iron Boy 29 card in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday 10/23…
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Search for More Boxing Fans, Iron Boy 28 Recap & More
Harmonito De La Torre (R) to fight in Phoenix this Friday. Boxing Fans, In Arizona the common formula used by Promoters to lure patrons to live boxing shows is to focus advertising…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Focused Vargas Wins Arizona Box-Off, Benavidez Signs
Boxing Fans, 141 lb. Eben Vargas easily defeated Christopher Gonzalez in a special box-off held at the Greenfield Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday October 10. The win earned Vargas a…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Surprise Visit by Vinny Paz, Media Workout Scheduled
Boxing Fans, Former World Boxing Champion Vinny Pazienza, titlist in 3 different weight divisions, visited the Central Boxing Gym in Phoenix Arizona on Wednesday evening, October7 to promote his upcoming ?inspirational? film…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Castro, Ramos and Lavalee Win, Oh, Marlene and News
Boxing Fans, Iron Boy 27 presented 10 bouts at the Celebrity Theatre on September 26 and the majority of the bouts were entertaining and a testament to the organizational skills of Iron…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: AZ. Boxing Commission Meets, Boxing Schedule, Stone Update
Boxing Fans, It is time for a touch of the glasses and a toast to the Arizona Boxing Commission for finally holding a monthly commission meeting after several last minute cancellations spanning…
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Special Edition Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Servin loses, but Advances, Salido/ Martinez a Vegas Hit & More
Boxing FANS, The Arizona boxing community was saddened to hear that 18 year old Phoenix flyweight Adrian Servin lost to 26 year old Leroy Davilla from New Jersey by a score of…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Servin Advances, Stone Update, Fights to Watch & More
Boxing Fans, Arizona female Olympic hopeful Ariel Arismendez (132 lb. division) took her first step in making the 2016 USA Olympic women?s boxing Team with a walkover victory Anna Crutchfield from South…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Haymon Warned, Servin Ready for Olympic Try & More
Boxing Fans, a major confirmation was announced at the Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission special meeting held at the Arizona Gaming Department on Friday August 28. CEO Scott Maling (Ring Pros) requested…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Jacobo Dedicates, AZ. Boxing Team Planning Run
Boxing Fans, If you live outside of Arizona, the name Oscar Jacobo probably won?t ring a bell; it might after you hear his story. Oscar is a fifteen year old boyish looking…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Rose Retains Title-Ray Beltran Encounter & More
Boxing Fans, Middleweight boxer Andrew Hernandez (9-2?1)fought back tears as he left the ring (We Ko Pa Resort) after suffering a TKO loss in the 8th and final round of his battle…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Death Threat, All-Tim Fighter List, Boxing News
Boxing Fans, I thought it would be wise and prudent to inform and share the fact that I received a death threat on August 4, 2015 from Arthur Silver via telephone. In…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Southpaw Reviewed, Iron Boy XXIII Recap & More
Boxing Fans, AMC Theatre, On Camelback Road in Phoenix, was very gracious in inviting me to review Southpaw, a film directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day & Brooklyn?s Finest) from an original…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Boxer Gives Back, Valenzuela Ready & More
Boxing Fans, Her life reads like a novella: abandoned by a father she never knew, Mikayla Nebel was raised by her mother who remarried and the union produced two daughters. Mikayla felt…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Golovkin Refutes Quotes, Boxing Notes & More
Boxing Fans, It happens occasionally and one time is one time too many. I was roaming the internet recently looking for story ideas and landed upon the GGG website that ran a…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Leslie Hernandez, Commission Move, Boxing News
Boxing Fans, I was invited to cover the Smoker Boxing Tournament at the Kroc Center in Phoenix on July 11. The day and night affair featured 33 fights and first bell was…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Two Events Bite The Dust, BMBP Card & More
Boxing fans, It is quite obvious to me that the much ballyhooed ?Celebrity in the Making, Reality Boxing Show ?introduced by Miss Gwen Ran?cher was going nowhere when the concept was announced…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Trotter, Granados Score Upsets: Ryskeldiev Wins
Boxing Fans, Last time I stepped foot in Las Vegas was prior to billionaire Casino owner Steve Wynn opening his first Vegas gambling establishment (Wynn Las Vegas) on April 28, 2005. On…
