
Adam Lopez Hoping To Do What His Olympian Father Could Not
Junior lightweight Adam Lopez, 28, hopes to achieve what evaded his father, Hector Lopez, a 1984 Olympic silver medalist who could not go on to win a world title.

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Junior lightweight Adam Lopez, 28, hopes to achieve what evaded his father, Hector Lopez, a 1984 Olympic silver medalist who could not go on to win a world title.


Omari Jones might be a U.S. Olympian, but he is balancing his dreams with being a college student and a business owner at the same time.

It is now or never for junior lightweight Adam Lopez, who finds himself in a fight he needs to win in order to avoid being relegated to the regional boxing circuit.

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Welterweight contender Blair Cobbs, who recently signed with Don King Promotions, has secured a matchup with former four-division titleholder Adrien Broner – a bout Cobbs has long sought. An intriguing twist emerged when the promotional poster for the bout carried a cryptic warning: "If Broner shows up."

Middleweight Petr Khamukov secured a third-round stoppage over Esau Herrera de la Cruz on Saturday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California.


Lightweights Charlie Sheehy and Manuel Jaimes might be from the same part of Northern California but they have taken different paths to their upcoming fight, which could set the trajectory for the rest of their career.