Video: Jessie Vargas on His Bout With Ray Narh
Ryan Burton catches up with undefeated welterweight contender Jessie Vargas to discuss his upcoming fight with Ray Narh, training camp, the future and more.
Read more
Ray Narh: page 2
Ray Narh: record, next fight and profile →
Latest Ray Narh news
Vargas-Narh, Magdaleno-Hidalgo Double on Oct. 11th
Top Rank has put together a UniMas televised doubleheader on October 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. In the main event, undefeated welterweight contender Jessie Vargas (22-0, 9KOs) will take on battle-tested veteran Ray Narh (26-3, 21KOs). The co-feature will see red hot super bantamweight prospect Jessie Magdaleno (16-0, 12KOs) face Raul Hidalgo (19-9, 14KOs).
Read more
Ray Robinson Stops Ray Narh's Run With TKO Victory
Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Delaware - In a fight for the vacant USBA welterweight title, Ray Robinson (17-2, 7 KOs) stopped Ray Nahr (26-3, 21 KOs) in the seventh round. Robinson dropped Narh twice and then finished him off with a barrage of punches. Robinson now wins his fifth in a row since suffering back to back defeats to Shawn Porter and Brad Solomon. Narh returned from a two-year layoff in June and shocked Ronald Cruz with an unexpected decision win, but now drops his second defeat in his last three fights.
Read more
News: Sarah Ochieng; Fortuna-Franco; Narh-Robinson
INTERNATIONAL BOXING FEDERATION AFRICA (IBF/AFRICA) – DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - You can easily liken her with a PIII student or a fresh model who happen to put on gloves but, there is more to this affably pretty and shy Kenyan boxing star Sarah Ochieng than you can chew. To start with, she is known as the defender of the underprivileged in her area and she takes no cue from anybody who want to undermine those close to her. The beautiful paid ranked slugger known for her hard hitting ferocity punches. Her fury in the ring is not easily contained.
Read more
News: Vegas in Panama; Narh-Robinson; Redkach Update
Sampson Boxing chief Sampson Lewkowicz says he and his promotional partner, Carlos Gonzalez of Best Boxing, are happy and proud of the building excitement in Panama for their blockbuster return to the beautiful Megapolis Convention Center in the Hard Rock Hotel in Panama City, Panama, on Saturday, August 10, entitled "LAS VEGAS IN PANAMA II". The entire country has boxing fever in advance of their three-world-championship headlined by the return of superb Panamanian WBA Bantamweight Super Champion Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno (33-2-1, 12 KOs) making the eleventh defense of his 118-lb belt against Colombian southpaw William Urina (24-2, 20 KOs) in a 12-round duel.
Read more
CompuBox Stats: Narh Easily Outworked Ronald Cruz
Ray Narh, coming off a two-year layoff, simply outworked the listless Ronald Cruz, who avg'd just 40 punches thrown per round. Narh threw as many jabs as Cruz did total punches.
Read more
Ray Narh: Cruz Was Strong, But I Came To School Him
It was two years since Ray Narh’s last fight and even longer since he ever came close to living up to his ‘Emperor’ nickname. The Ghana-born, Bronx-based boxer certainly looked like royalty on Friday evening, however, in easily turning back the challenge of once promising prospect Ronald Cruz. Narh picked up his first win in 27 months, doing so in hostile territory in dominating Cruz in his opponent’s hometown of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Cruz was coming off of the first defeat of his career, anxious to resume his winning ways and remain a fixture on the NBC Sports Network Fight Night series. The opportunity was there for Cruz to shine; he was fighting at home, on his promoter’s (Main Events) show and against an opponent whose own travel issues disallowed him to even arrive in town in time for Wednesday’s pre-fight press conference.
Read more
Jennings Stops Fedosov After Six; Kovalev Wins Big
In the opening bout of the telecast, Ray Narh pulled off a major upset with a surprisingly dominant points win over house favorite Ronald Cruz. Scores were 100-90, 98-92 and 96-94.
Read more
CompuBox Historical Analysis - Cruz vs. Narh Clash
Both land above weight class avg. for power punches. Narh much busier with the jab. He'll need that stick to hold off Cruz, who needs to get close to be effective. 70% of Cruz's thrown punches are power shots.
Read more
Photos/Weights: Jennnings-Fedosov, Kovalev-White
The Jennnings-Fedosov, Kovalev-White and Cruz-Narh fights top a seven-bout card at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem. Doors open at 6:15pm ET. Tickets priced at $50 and $75 and $130 (luxury suites) can be purchased through the offices of Peltz Boxing (215-765-0922) and at all Ticketmaster outlets (800-745-3000). Tickets also are on sale at www.peltzboxing.com, www.SandsEventCenter.com, and www.Ticketmaster.com. In Bethlehem, tickets are available at Deja Brew, Inc., 101 West 4th Street (610-865-2739) and at Pronto Insurance Notary, 232 East 3rd Street (610-419-6790). NBC Sports Network will televise the Jennings-Fedosov, Kovalev-White and Cruz-Narh fights, beginning at 8 pm ET, Friday, June 14th. The card is promoted by Main Events and Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc., in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions, Hitz Entertainment and Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem. Photo Credits to Rich Graessle/Main Events
Read more