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Maricela Cornejo could probably do anything she wanted to do in this world and be successful. She chose to be a fighter, and though walking up those four steps into the ring 16 times is enough proof of where her heart is at, it was in fight 17 that she really showed what’s in her DNA.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Amanda Serrano is happy. She’s got herself a fight. And not just any fight, but the type of SuperFight she has been waiting her entire career for. So let’s just say she’s not walking under ladders or letting black cats cross her path before she steps into the ring with fellow pound-for-pound club member Daniela Bermudez on March 25.
The city of Lafayette, Louisiana has produced a pair of pretty solid mixed martial artists in former UFC champs Daniel Cormier and Dustin Poirier, but in recent years, there hasn’t been much to brag about in the city from the boxing side of the combat sports street.
Jerry Izenberg doesn’t hesitate when asked if we will ever see a night like the one that took place in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971. “No,” said the Hall of Fame writer for the Newark Star Ledger of the first bout between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, a 15-round epic that is as fresh in his mind today as it was 50 years ago.
by Thomas Gerbasi - After fighting his last bout in Mexico and with this Thursday’s matchup against Brandon Adams landing in Puerto Rico, Serhii Bohachuk may very well find himself the Hispanic champion of the world by the end of 2021.
Want to know how dedicated 18-year-old Vito Mielnicki Jr. is to the fight game? When arranging an interview to discuss his Saturday bout against Noe Lopez, he asked if February 14 was a good day. I let him know that one of the reasons why I’ve stayed married for 26 years is because I don’t schedule any work on Valentine’s Day.
Stay in this business long enough and skepticism becomes your default mode. So, when it was announced that a new book on Joe Frazier was hitting the shelves, there was no way that Glenn Lewis’ Sparring with Smokin’ Joe was going to tell me anything new about the iconic former heavyweight champion.
All things considered, Xander Zayas didn’t have much to complain about in 2020. While the world was turned upside down, the welterweight prospect turned 18, graduated high school, and fought four times, improving his pro record to 6-0 with five knockouts.
Everybody in every boxing gym in America – maybe even the world – knows “that guy.” He’s the one that seems unassuming, but if you catch him in conversation, he’ll let you that if you’re interested, he can get you a fight.
It was sparring day for Adam Lopez on February 3. A little over a week out from his Saturday bout against Jason Sanchez, his first trip to the ring since June of last year, you might expect the 24-year-old to have a few nerves. Not about fighting, because he’s been doing that much of his life, but maybe getting cut, turning an ankle, that type of thing.