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BoxingScene.com will begin our full coverage of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey welterweight showdown in the next few hours. Before a crowd of 45,000, Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title against Clottey at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Stayed tuned for the full up to minute action, including exclusive interviews, backstage happenings and more.
Top Rank Live at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine, Texas In the opening bout of the evening, a ten round lightweight bout saw undefeated Anthony Peterson (30-0, 20 KOs) of Washington, DC beat Juan Ramon Cruz (16-8-1, 12 KOs) of Yabuccoa, Puerto Rico by TKO at 1:11 of the 3rd round. Peterson will face the winner of Saturday's fight between Humberto Soto and David Diaz on the Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman undercard on June in New York.
Top Rank Live Results from Texas Ballroom at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine, Texas. In the opening bout of the evening, a ten round lightweight bout saw undefeated Anthony Peterson (30-0, 20 KOs) of Washington, DC beat Juan Ramon Cruz (16-8-1, 12 KOs) of Yabuccoa, Puerto Rico by TKO at 1:11 of the 3rd round. Peterson will face the winner of Saturday's fight between Humberto Soto and David Diaz on the Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman undercard on June in New York.
The pinnacle of achievement for a professional boxer is to fight for and win a World Title. On March 13th, Adam Richards will face off with WBO Cruiserweight Champion of World, Marco “Käpt'n” Huck at Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany.
TEXAS State Golden Gloves Results Texas Golden Gloves Franchises: AUSTIN, BROWNSVILLE (RIO GRANDE VALLEY), CORPUS CHRISTI, DALLAS, EAST TEXAS, EL PASO, FORT WORTH, LUBBOCK, SAN ANTONIO, SE TEXAS (HOUSTON) & TWIN CITIES (ODESSA/MIDLAND)
Ahmed Kaddour (21-2-1, 9 KOs) makes his return to U.S. soil on Friday March 26th when he faces off with Jerome Ellis (12-10-2, 10 KOs) as the main event on a Nedal’s Promotions card at the elegant Hamilton Manor.
The past two years in Houston has seen approximately a half dozen new boxing promoters burst onto the scene trying to ride the momentum generated by high profile Golden Boy Promotions fight cards in the city. Each trying to enact their own vision of a magic formula, some have had marginal success, but most have had a scant few hundred paying fans. Even at this cavernous ballroom inside the Stafford Centre, situated just to the southwest of the city limits, recent fight cards have been held in front of empty chairs and echoes.
K-Rich Promotions at the Stafford Centre in Stafford, Texas.
The Steve Collins Freight Train kept rumbling forward to a 22-1 record with his biggest win to date, a shutout over six rounds against Big Roderick Willis, who drops to 14-6-1. The two Super Heavyweights headlined the card named "When Mountains Collide" which was promoted by former heavyweight champion Lou Savarese and also featured three other heavyweight prospects. Savarese returned to The Houston Club in downtown Houston, Texas, for his latest installment of Ballroom Boxing.
Matt Korobov, 160.5 lbs, (9-0, 7 KOs) of Orotukan, Russia versus Ken Dunham, 162.5 lbs., (6-12-1, 4 KOs) of Charlotte, NC by TKO at 1:29 of the 3rd round. The referee was Randy Jarvis.