BAY AREA, CA - Unbeaten super-lightweight prospect, Mario Barrios (18-0, 10 KOs), is back in the Bay Area, CA, training with coach Virgil Hunter.  After scoring a TKO in his last bout on March 4th, Barrios returns to the gym, motivated to get back in the ring.
 
"It feels good to be back in the gym training with Virgil." said Mario Barrios a native of San Antonio, TX. "Seeing all the guys in the gym, getting ready for their fights, has me fired up.  As soon as my team lets me know when I'll be fighting next, I'll be ready to get back in the ring and continue my march toward a world title."
 
Look for Barrios to get back in the ring shortly.  No date is set, but an announcement will be coming soon. 
 
"Although I don't have a date set, my goal is to be ready at all times." Barrios continued. "Coming out to California from Texas, to start training early, will only make me a better fighter.  I know all the hard work and sacrifice will pay off in the end. 

“Boxeo Telemundo Ford” ended its spring season (February-March) as the most watched boxing program on Spanish-language television with an average of 432,000 total viewers and 212,000 adults 18-49, according to Nielsen. The season featured four straight weeks of events every Friday night, from February 24 through March 17. The highest event of the season was on March 3 when Antonio “Toño” Morán took on Richard “El Diamante” Zamora in a one-round knockout win for the super lightweight title delivering 453,000 total viewers and 245,000 adults 18-49.

“Boxeo Telemundo Ford,” the longest-running boxing program on US Spanish-language television, debuted in 1989. Since then it has showcased more than 50 world champions, including Erik Morales, Felix Tito Trinidad, Wilfredo Vazquez, Hall of Famer Daniel Zaragoza, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, Oscar “Chololo” Larios and Israel “El Magnifico” Vazquez, earning a reputation as the show “where champions are born.”

Hamilton native and professional boxer, Kevin Higson, is headlining the Shaw Boxing Fundraiser Event.  As the main event of the night, he is competing for two Canadian super welterweight titles on a boxing card being promoted by the Shaw Festival Theatre at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel on April 4.

His opponent will be Ryan Young of Oakville, ON.

This prestigious and elegant boxing event serves as a major fundraiser for the Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara on the Lake and has been held annually since 1986 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The guest list includes more than700 CEOs and senior executives from the ranks of Canada’s leading companies including audit, tax and advisory, major banks, law, investment, private equity, and real estate.

The idea for this black tie only annual event, was inspired by George Bernard Shaw's enthusiasm for the sport of boxing and was an amateur boxer.

Higson, who was born and raised in Hamilton and the current NABA Canadian Super Welterweight Champion, will be fighting Young, the current NCC Super Welterweight champion of Canada.

According to Higson's promoter, Daniel Otter, "This is going to be Kevin's toughest opponent to date and we don't expect an easy fight. Whenever you're fighting someone coming off of a loss you are going to be facing an opponent with something to prove; however, Kevin has been training very hard every day and we are going to get the victory. Kevin's goal is to get a Knock Out decision."

“Higson already had his next boxing bout announced, and this will motivate him to win (against Young) so he can defend these belts in front of his home crowd, June 3rd, at the Hamilton Convention Centre” Otter added.

In addition to the three professional boxing fights on the card, celebrity boxers in attendance in the past have included, “Smokin” Joe Frazier, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, George Chuvalo, Leon Spinks, Mickey Ward and James “Buster” Douglas.