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In front of a standing room only sell out crowd, kudos to Sparta Combat League, Misael Lopez, 4-0, 1KO, easily defeated previously unbeaten Ricky Rodriguez, 3-1, 0KO, by unanimous decision over 6 pedestrian rounds.
Jim ‘Smitty’ Smith and Poor Boys Pro Boxing have a private show set for Friday night at the plush Four Seasons in downtown Denver. There were less than 200 tickets sold to this show, it’s exclusive. In the main event we will see the rematch between heavyweights Hugo Arceo, 5-2-2, 2KOs, and Terrance Perro, 2-2-1, 2KOs as they fought to a split draw just last month on another Poor Boys private show. Arceo was not pleased with the decision nor his performance and has vowed to do what it takes to get the W this time around.
Just spoke with Top Rank matchmaker extraordinaire, Brad Goodman, and he has confirmed that former WBO junior welterweight world champion 'Mile High' Mike Alvarado will be facing New Mexico's Josh 'Pitbull' Torres on June 25th in Dallas, Texas.
Brad Goodman, matchmaker for Top Rank, has confirmed that former WBO junior welterweight world champion 'Mile High' Mike Alvarado (34-4, 23KOs) will be fighting in Saul Corral a welterweight from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. Alvarado's return is set to land in Houston as part of an UniMas televised card on March 19th.
Jeff Cisneros and his Sparta Combat League are gearing up for their sophomore effort on the boxing side, with another ‘marathon’ type of fight card, set for February 6th in Greeley, Colorado. The main event will see Damien ‘Sugar’ Vasquez back in action in Colorado and the return of one of Colorado’s favorite sons, heavyweight Kenny ‘Sagrado Warrior’ Lemos in a 6 rounder.
Guy Robb pounded out an eight round decision over game but limited Juan Ruiz. Ruiz never gave in, but he was simply over matched. Robb improves to 17-1, 6KO's and Ruiz falls to 24-20, 7KO's. Local super lightweight Alex Rojas was gifted a TKO win over Emilio Hernadez, from Nebraska, as the referee stopped the bout in the second round. Rojas was dominating but Hernadez was fighting back and defending himself, even as the referee stepped in to stop it. Rojas improves to 2-0-1, 2 KO's while Hernandez slips to 2-3, 2 KO's.
Manny 'Manos' Perez fights the main event tonight at the WinnaVegas Casino Resort located in Sloan, Iowa. He will take on tough as nails Gerardo Robles in the eight round main event for the GBU(Global Boxing Union)Continental Lightweight Title. The show is promoted by Patrick Ortiz and his company Ringside Ticket with Steve 'Match Makin' Mestas doing most of the matching on the show.
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California - Rising heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz Jr. (25-0, 17 KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over Joell Godfrey (17-15-1, 6 KOs). It was Ruiz's first bout of 2015 and he dominated the action from start to finish, but he was unable to put away Godfrey, who took the fight on two days notice. All three judges had it 80-72.
Power punching super middleweight Izaak Cardona, 14-2, 14KOs, is headed to California to take on an undefeated Columbian prospect in Roamer Angulo, 15-0, 14KOs. The bout is scheduled for August 27th at the Show Palace, in Oceanside, California and will be promoted by Jorge Marron Productions. Cardona is coming off a local bout where he stopped Demetrius Walker in the second round. He recently had a bout scheduled with Marco Antonio Rubio, but the card fell apart and his chance to ‘get noticed’ was gone. This will be another opportunity to impress.
On September 26th in Lemoore, California Top Rank will present a fight card to be televised by Unimas. In the main event undefeated Olympian Jose Ramirez will take on an opponent to be named later. Denver, Colorado’s Manuel ‘Manos’ Perez is rumored to be ‘on the short list’ of possible opponents for this bout. The televised co main event is signed, sealed and delivered and features a pair of junior middleweight prospects who will clash over 8 rounds for a jr. NABF title. The fight pits undefeated, but untested, Danny ‘El Chapulin’ Valdivia, 8-0, 6KOs, hailing from nearby Tulare, against Jeremy ‘The Boxing Barber’ Ramos, from Colorado Springs, Colorado.