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The last time boxing fans heard from Danny O’Connor, he was on the verge of his dream fight – a shot at 140-pound champion Jose Ramirez - before the New Englander wound up in Fresno Community Regional Medical Center, suffering from severe dehydration as he attempted to make weight.
Fifteen knockouts in 21 pro wins have established unbeaten Nestor Bravo as the latest potent puncher from Puerto Rico. So what’s the secret? Maybe it was an early introduction to Tito Punch.
It’s hard to be a man of faith in the boxing business. Just ask Antonio Vargas, who had more than a few tests to deal with as he tried to get his career moving in the right direction after a crushing defeat, a global pandemic and more than two years on the sidelines.
It was a six-rounder on a Thursday night in New York City. No titles, world or otherwise, were on the line at Sony Hall, but it was still the most important fight of Heather Hardy’s career.
By Thomas Gerbasi - O’Shaquie Foster is only 29 years old, and he’s made the walk to the pro ring just 21 times, but as he approaches his first world title fight against Rey Vargas on Saturday, it feels like the Texan has been here forever, waiting for his shot at championship gold.
Nearly three years ago, 18-year-old Aaron Aponte had already reached a crossroads in a pro career that hadn’t even started yet. Thanks, pandemic.
The hardcore fans already knew all about Shadasia Green, but on January 25, everyone else got in on the hype train when the unbeaten super middleweight contender was signed to the MVP Promotions roster and added to the Amanda Serrano-Erika Cruz undercard at Madison Square Garden’s Theater.
It wasn’t the result Daniel “Chucky” Barrera wanted for his second professional fight, but after a draw with Isaac Anguiano in November, he learned plenty of lessons that he expects to take with him in his return to the Quiet Cannon Country Club in Montebello this Friday against Victor Hernandez Martin.
By Thomas Gerbasi - When Sean Hemphill steps into the ring this Friday night in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, it’s the biggest fight of his young pro career as he takes on fellow unbeaten David Stevens on Showtime’s ShoBox series. But there may be something missing for the Louisiana native, who is used to a different kind of fighting on a Friday night.
It’s never a bad thing to have a few days in Las Vegas. To have those days with no work to do makes it even better, so when I received a call from Sue Fox in November of 2021 to let me know that I was being honored with a place in the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022, you didn’t have to tell me twice about making plans for a cross country trip to the “Fight Capital of the World.”