Ed de la Vega, DDS
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AN EMBARRASHING PERFORMANCE FROM AN ILL-PREPARED FIGHTER
Buried in the deepest recesses of the much bally-hood ?retirement? party that was the Mayweather-Berto fight at the MGM Grand Casino Hotel last night was an embarrassing match up that was presented…
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FOOTNOTES FROM THE MAYWEATHER-BERTO FIGHT
MGM Grand Las Vegas, NV:- After everything has been said and done by the media folks who saw the fight live at this venue and still by many more who saw it…
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FLOYD MAYWEATHER: 49-0
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr (R) tied the undefeated record of heavyweight legend Rocky Marciano here Saturday night by winning over Andre Berto on wide points margin…
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MARTINEZ-SALIDO ENDS IN SPLIT DRAW
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA -- Orlando Salido of Mexico (42-13-3, 29KO) and Roman Martinez of Puerto Rico (28-2-3, 17KO) exchanged knockdowns in round 1 and proceeded to show a fight that many…
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BADOU JACK WINS BY SPLIT DECISION OVER GEORGE GROVES, RETAINS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
MGM GARDEN ARENA -- Badou Jack of Sweden (29-1-1, 12KO) downs George Groves of UK in round 1 and went on to win by split decision and keeps his WBC super middleweight…
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JONATHAN OQUENDO WINS BY MAJORITY DECISION OVER JOHNNY GONZALEZ
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA -- Jonathan Oquendo of Puerto Rico (26-4-0, 16KO) drops Johnny Gonzalez of Mexico City (58-10-9, 49KO) in round two and went on to win by majority decision in…
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MARTIROSYAN DROPS SMITH 2 TIMES EN ROUTE TO MAJORITY DECISION VICTORY
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA -- Vanes Martirosyan of Glendale, CA (36-2-1, 31KO) drops Ishe Smith of Las Vegas (26-8-0, 12KO) in rounds 3 and 8 and proceeds to win via majority decision…
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EARLY RESULTS FROM LAS VEGAS: PEARSON, DAVIS, GAVRIL STOP FOES
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA -- Gervonta Davis, Ronald Gavril, Ashley Theophane and Trakwon Pettis were all victorious in the early bouts on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto 'High…
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VALDEZ STOPS AVALOS AT THE COSMOPOLITAN LAS VEGAS
Las Vegas, NV: Prior to the big dance tomorrow night at the MGM, Philboxing covered the Top Rank Promotions fight card at the classy Cosmopolitan Casino Hotel. Headlining the fight which was…
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MAYWEATHER-BERTO: COMPLETE WEIGH-IN RESULTS AND PHOTOS
MGM Grand, Las Vegas: They did the weigh in earlier this afternoon for the fight promotions dubbed as ?High Stakes- Mayweather vs Berto? before a modest crowd compared to the usual horde…
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MAYWEATHER-BERTO: A SHAM FEW WILL BUY
There is a new twist in the old proverb ?fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me!?. It goes like this: ?fool me once that?s strike one; fool…
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FERNANDO LUMACAD STILL CHASING HIS DREAMS
Early today, former WBC world flyweight champion, Rodel Mayol sent me a text informing me that Fernando ?Trigger? Lumacad (31-9-3, 14KO), whose fight record outside of the Philippines stands at 2 wins…
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RESULTS FROM LA FIGHT CLUB SEP 4 EDITION
Golden Boy Promotions in cooperation with Corona and Ring TV presented its monthly fight card at the Belasco Theater early this evening. The event was streamed for the first time on Ring…
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SEVEN WEEKS AND COUNTING: THE HUGE ALA EVENT AT THE STUBHUB
It has been said that all things sweet and good takes time to assume a physical form. Such is the case of the inaugural ALA Boxing Promotions in the US aptly dubbed…
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LEO SANTA CRUZ OUTLASTS ABNER MARES IN A CLASSIC BRAWL
If I was not distracted by the bright lights inside the Staples Center in downtown LA and the cheers from more than 13,000 predominantly Latino boxing fans that almost filled out the…
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SANTA CRUZ DEFEATS MARES BY MAJORITY DECISION, RETAINS TITLE
STAPLES CENTER, Los Angeles -- In a rough and tumble fight, Leo Santa Cruz of Rosemead, California won by majority decision over Abner Mares of Montebello, California and retained his WBA super…
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LUNA STOPS LOPEZ IN 4
STAPLES CENTER, LA -- Alejandro Luna (19-0-0, 14KO) stays undefeated by scoring a TKO over Sergio Lopez (19-10-1, 12KO). Time is at 34 seconds in round 4. Referee Lou Moret stopped the…
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CEJA STOPS RUIZ IN 5, CAPTURES INTERIM WBC SUPER BANTAM TITLE
STAPLES CENTER, LA -- Julio Cesar Ceja (29-1-0, 28KO) of Atizapan de Zaragoza, M?xico gets off from a 3rd round knockdown and stops Hugo Ruiz (35-3-0, 30KO) of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, at…
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ANGULO WINS OVER MUNOZ BY 5TH ROUND TKO
STAPLES CENTER, LA -- Alfredo Angulo (24-5-0, 19KO) of Mexicali, Baja California, returns to relevance by systematically breaking down Hector Munoz (23-16-1, 15KO) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, dropping him in round 5…
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ROMAN DROPS SERRANO EN ROUTE TO UD VICTORY
LOS ANGELES -- Jesse Roman (20-2-0, 9KO) of Sta. Ana, CA drops Hector Serrano (17-4-0, 5KO) of Sulsun City also in California, late in the 7th round and went on to win…
