Ed de la Vega, DDS
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FULL FIGHT REPORT AND PHOTOS: MARTINEZ WON THE MENTAL GAME AND THE FIGHT
Thomas and Mack Arena, Las Vegas, NV:- Most pundits knew that Martinez will win the fight and grab the belt of the young Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. But they didn?t have a…
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ESPN FIGHT NIGHT AT THE HARDROCK RESULTS
LAS VEGAS -- Top Rank Promotions and ESPN together with their partners held an exciting fight card at this hotel just off the Strip early this afternoon (Thursday, Las Vegas time). Headlining…
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IS BRADLEY GETTING WHAT HE DESERVES?
At the MGM Casino Resort last June, a great robbery occurred. It was so glaring that it even led my friend from Canada?s FightFan.com, Ace Freeman to report it to a cop…
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CONTROLLED RANDOMIZED STUDIES: CUSTOM-MADE vs. BOIL AND BITE MOUTHGUARDS
A dental school in Washington recently conducted a controlled randomized trial to determine if mouthguards influence the strength and performance of collegiate athletes. ?Mouthguards are considered as effective and cost efficient devices…
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EVEN BRADLEY HAS NO CLUE
Downtown Los Angeles: Right after the formal presscon for the Donaire-Nishioka fight held at the Biltmore Hotel at noon today, I decided to leave ahead of most people so I would not…
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DONAIRE-NISHIOKA / ALVARADO-RIOS LA PRESSCON (PHOTOS)
Downtown Los Angeles:- Filipino junior featherweight star, Nonito Donaire Jr (29-0-2, 18KO) today met his challenger, Japan?s Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24KO) for the first of the expected series of press conferences to…
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MICHAEL KONCZ IS A CLASSIC ?SMOKE-SCREEN?
Michael Koncz, the Pacquiao go-fer, in an interview with Dan Rafael who was writing for ESPN stated a few days ago that ?his boss had requested Top Rank Promotions to re-schedule his…
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MIA ST JOHN WINS BATTLE OF LEGENDS IN WOMEN?S BOXING
Mia St John, pretty the San Francisco native who made a name in women?s boxing for many years beat Cristy Martin of Orlando, Florida at the Table Mountain Casino in rural Friant,…
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THE ?SUPER FIGHT? COMING? IT MAY EVEN BE IN MANILA
Through the social media, Mayweather sidekick rapper Cutis Jackson aka 50 Cent and Oscar de la Hoya a few weeks ago had very interesting if not intriguing exchange of messages. Taunts, if…
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CASIMERO?S 2nd VICTORY ON THE ROAD SHOULD OPEN SOME CORPORATE EYES
Johnriel Casimero proved to the whole world, to Filipinos in particular that his victory over Luis Lazarte in Argentina last February to win the interim IBF Junior Flyweight title was no fluke.…
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RESULTS FROM TEXAS STATION – TOP RANK SATURDAY FIGHTS
Magdaleno vs Davis. Top Rank Promotions held its second consecutive fight card for the weekend yesterday (Saturday) evening at Texas Station Casino, some 10 miles north of the Las Vegas Strip. The…
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3rd FIGHT: GUTIERREZ UD 4 BURNS
TEXAS STATION CASINO, LAS VEGAS -- Jesus Gutierrez (5-0-0, 2KO) of Las Vegas beat James Burns (1-2-0-1KO) of Forth Worth, Texas via a four round unanimous decision. Scores are 37-37, 40-36 and…
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2nd FIGHT: JESSE MAGDALENO TKO 2 ALDIMAR SANTOS
TEXAS STATION CASINO, LAS VEGAS -- Popular local boy Jesse Magdaleno, left (11-0-0, 8 KO), stops Aldimar Santos (16-2-0-9KO) of Sao Paolao, Brazil in round 2. Time of stoppage was at 2:54.…
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EARLY RESULTS FROM LAS VEGAS
Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas -- The undercards of the Mercito Gesta-Ty Barnett ESPN Friday Night Fights here are underway. First fight of the night finds Gabino Saenz (right, above photo) beat…
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MIA ST. JOHN?S LAST HURRAH
?It?s been 16 years so I think it?s about time to end my run but first I need to regain my belt,? Mia St John (46-11-2, (18KO) told this writer after getting…
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JAPAN?S SOCCER VICTORY OVER SPAIN IS AN EYE OPENER
Last Tuesday in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom?s third largest city located by River Clyde in the country?s west central lowlands, Japan?s national soccer team pulled an almost miraculous if not unexpected victory…
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ADRIEN BRONER?S ANTICS – IT?S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, DUMMY!
Did Adrien Broner make boxing more fun? Not really, if you know what I mean. Adrien Broner, the new kid in town in all honesty should be taught proper ethics in boxing…
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BRONER WINS AN EMPTY VICTORY OVER ESCOBEDO
In a fight in Cincinnati, Ohio that almost did not happen, local boy Adrien Broner scored a victory over Vicente Escobedo of Woodland, CA. Watching both fighters before the first bell rung,…
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BRONER, BRONER ?BIG BONER?!
A funny thing happened at the weigh-in yesterday leading to the supposedly ?huge fight? on HBO between ?tweeter boy? Adrian Broner (23-0-0, 19KO) and 2004 Olympian, Vicente Escobedo (26-3-0, 15KO). The fight…
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CASIMERO GOES INTO THE LION’S DEN TO DEFEND CROWN
Johnriel Casimero received his IBF Junior Flyweight title last week. Not that he didn?t deserve it but I say ?received? because Casimero did not win the title outright. He won an ?eliminator?…
