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On a brisk Friday night in downtown Denver, Jim Smith and Poor Boys Pro Boxing put on one most evenly matched and action packed fight cards in recent memory. All 5 bouts were highly entertaining and filled with splattering blood and sportsmanship. And all for a good cause as The Denver Athletic Club held their annual fundraising boxing extravaganza.
The WBC, led by President Mauricio Sulaiman, the leading boxing agency when it comes to community service, has done it again. If you follow Rocky Mountain Boxing closely, you'll notice the story about Cheyenne native Gabe Montoya beating cancer recently. It was a tremendous story as many from the around the region have followed Montoya since he was a young boy, chasing his dreams of becoming a professional boxer. And although Montoya is cancer free and in good spirits, the medical bills piled up while he was knocking cancer out.
Montoya comes from a family of boxers, on both sides. His father boxed for 16 years, his uncles from his mother side, all boxed. You can say boxing has always been in his blood, “When my dad stopped boxing, he started coaching so I literally grew up in a boxing gym.”
Manny Perez lands PPV fight. Rocky Mountain Boxing is excited to announce that Denver's own, Manny Perez, has landed a bout on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley PPV on April 9th.
On March 26th, Empire Boxing Promotions comes to Greeley, CO with a roster of young, undefeated talent. The event will be held at the Island Park Event Center. Welterweight Brian Mendoza (11-0, 10 KO’s) will headline the event. Mendoza had a stellar amateur career, appearing at the National Golden Gloves twice. Mendoza comes out the fighting city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Steve Mestas and Airtight Boxing present, ‘No Mercy 2’, from the Golden Gloves Gym in Denver, CO. On January 30th, Johnny Rodriguez and Juan Santiago will meet for a second time.
With hometown sensation Terence Crawford taking over the boxing world, Omaha, NE looks to stamp its self on the map as a boxing hot bed. Legacy Boxing in association with B&B Boxing Promotions presents a night of pro and amateur boxing. From the Ramada Plaza, they present, "The Next Generation", on Saturday, December 12th.
Galvadon Promotions card set Izaak Cardona will headline an 8 bout card on August 1st at the Hotel Elegante in Colorado Springs. The card will include featherweight Chris Galvadon (6-0), super featherweight Ricky Lopez (14-4), super lightweight Antonio Diaz (5-2), cruiserweight Andrew Armenta (1-1), super featherweight Josh Wilson (0-1) and the debut of Raheem Abdullah. Also, a lightweight bout between “Terrible” Tommy Atencio and Rubin Jacoby is scheduled.
Rising prospect Izzak Cardona (13-2, 13 KO's) of Colorado Springs, CO has officially signed on the dotted line to face his toughest opponent to date, Marco Antonio Rubio. Rubio (59-7-1, 51 KO's) is the former WBC Latino Middleweight Champion and WBO Inter-continental Middleweight Champion. Rubio is currently ranked the #15 Middleweight in the world.
As Sonny Fredrickson (8-0, 5 KO’s) prepares for the biggest moment of his career, he does so from humbling beginnings. Fredrickson hails from Toledo, Ohio, a city known for drugs and corruption. Toledo ranked 8th in Forbes top 20 most miserable cities in 2015, “to me it's a good city but it's also tough, you can see the struggle for most in the city,” stated Fredrickson. Fredrickson credits his humble nature to a loving and caring family, “although Toledo is rough, I come from a good family that has always supported me,” stated Fredrickson.