The boxing hotbed of Oxnard, CA had a fight card take place a few weeks ago to satisfy the pallet of local fight fans. Rather than travel numerous miles, it looks as though boxing will come to these fans on a consistent basis. Unbeaten junior middleweight Isaac Tadeo will fight Eric Mendez in the scheduled six round main event bout at El Rodeo Community Center in Oxnard, CA on April 19th.
Fernando Carcamo was busier and landed more power shots in six of eight rounds against Miguel Gonzalez. Carcamo landed 40 of 101 power punches in round five. 327 of their combined 354 landed punches (92%) were power shots.
The World Boxing Council has launched a comprehensive campaign against the manipulation of gloves. The focus and the aim is to alert coaches, boxers, managers, promoters and matchmakers of the horrendous risks of tampering with boxing gloves for both the fighter wearing them and delivering the blow, as well as the opponent who gets hit.
It was hardly a hectic weekend, but we did get one significant change. In a bit of a surprise, we have a new titlist at 105 lbs. forcing the one notable change. Other than that, this week was about keeping position with an eye on the weeks ahead as some of the major players at Light Heavyweight and Welterweight come to scratch soon. This is the BoxingScene ratings update.
Stockholm, Sweden - Female jr middleweight Mikaela Lauren (21-3) defended the WBPF and UBO titles and added the WIBA interim title to her collection with a unanimous decision over South African Esther Mashiya (9-5-2). Lauren won on scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73. This was the headliner of Lauren Promotions inaugural show that also featured one Muay Thai fight as well as other entertainment.
Igor Michalkin (14-1) will now face Mohamed Belkacem (21-6-2) on April 11 or May 16 in Berlin with EC promoting the fight. Belkacem, fighting out of Switzerland and only ranked # 18, by the EBU comes in on short notice after Nadjib Mohammedi (34-3) pulled to participate in a IBF eliminator in the US vs. Anatolij Dudchenko (19-2). Mohamed lost to Mohammedi in 2012 and Michalkin now appears to have an exellent chance to win a prestigeous title.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the appointment of David Berlin to serve as Executive Director of the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC). Mr. Berlin’s appointment was unanimously approved by the NYSAC Board this afternoon. As Executive Director, Mr. Berlin will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Commission, including the administrative and event-driven functions. He will assume the role on May 1, 2014.
GATINEAU, QUEBEC, Canada - Highly-touted light middleweight prospect Steven Butler will make his professional debut this Friday night against Jean-Francoise Plourde (1-0) in a four-round match airing live on pay per view from Lac Leamy Casino in Gatineau, Ontario, Canada.
Marvin Mabait went into 2014 hoping to land his first crack at a major title. While such a fight remains such a possibility, the Filipino contender remains active as he faces trialhorse Alejandro ‘Payasito’ Hernandez this Friday in Mexico City. The scheduled 12-round regional title fight serves as the third installment of the Spring season of Boxeo Telemundo, with the series heading to Mexico for the first time in 2014.
Paulie Ayala Productions fight night in Fort Worth, TX benefitting Punching out Parkinson's and New Day Services, a domestic violence non profit. Tickets sales, merchandise auctions and raffles were held in between the 6 bouts for the benefit of the charities. Sports figures showing their support in attendence: Paulie Ayala, Lou Savarese, Errol Spence Jr, Alex Samuel Clarkson, retired Patriots football player Cedrick James.