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Billy’s Boxing Blog
"Castles Made Of Sand,
Fall In The Sea Eventually" |
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By William Trillo
My thoughts on Ryan Garcia vs. Francisco go as follows:
This is far from the first time a fighter has been built
up to Super Stardom by fighting a laundry list of
Ham-n-Eggers, Tomato Cans, Palookas and Bums. But in
this particular case with the advent of the internet and
Social Media Ryan Garcia has become a pseudo-celebrity
of epic proportions. Whether or not that equates to him
becoming a world class and legitimate Champion remains
to be seen.
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Isaac
Cruz W MD 10 Thomas Mattice Photo
Gallery
Photos: "Sugar" Ray
Bailey |
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Including:
Raeese Aleem TKO 4 Adam Lopez
Montana Love W UD 8 Jerrico Walton
Joseph Jackson W UD 8 Derrick Colemon Jr.
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Wilder-Fury II:
Tyson Fury Teleconference Transcript - Plus
Audio |
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Bob Arum (Chairman, Top
Rank): We can't wait for fight night. The response
from everybody from cable systems, satellite providers,
digital platforms has been enormous. I want to thank
especially ESPN and FOX for the magnificent way they
have both stepped up to the plate to help us promote
this fight. I want to also take this opportunity to
thank my friends at PBC, who have worked so well with my
staff at Top Rank to make this such a great event and of
course giving kudos to the two fighters who have been
amazing in the comments they have made about the fight
to the press, respecting each other's ability but
confident in the fact that each of them believe that
they will win. And I'm particularly impressed and very
thankful for Tyson Fury, who has shown the world how you
as a participant promote a big event like this
heavyweight championship match. Tyson has done a
marvelous job communicating to the press, and having
watched him in the gym sparring, I'm telling everybody
that he's on the top of his game and you're going to see
a masterful performance from Tyson on Feb. 22.
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On This Day: Feb 17 |
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By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 2005, Hollywood, California:
Jhonny Gonzalez won a 12 round UD over Adonis Rivas -
WBC Continental
Americas Bantamweight Title, WBC Bantamweight Title
Eliminator.
2004, Lübeck, Germany:
Wladimir Sidorenko won a 12 round UD over Moises Castro
- Vacant WBA International Bantamweight Title.
2001, Tokyo, Japan:
Takanori Hatakeyama and Rick Yoshimura fought to a 12
round Draw - WBA Lightweight Title.
Brakpan, South Africa:
Lehlohonolo Ledwaba TKO'd Arnel Barotillo in the 9th
round - IBF Super Bantamweight Title.
Jacob Matlala TKO'd Todd Makelin in the 4th round -
Vacant WBU Light Flyweight Title.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada:
Andrew "6 Heads" Lewis TKO'd James Page in the 7th round
- Vacant WBA Welterweight Title.
Erik Morales won a 12 round Decision over over Guty
Espadas Jr. - WBC Featherweight Title.
1999, Grand Rapids, Michigan:
Floyd Mayweather Jr. won a 12 round UD over Carlos Rios -
WBC Super Featherweight Title.
Junior Jones won a 12 round UD over Tom Johnson - IBA
Super Featherweight Title.
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Caleb Plant Stops
Vincent Feigenbutz In 10 |
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Photos: Stephanie Trapp
- TGB Promotions
Fighting in front of a raucous hometown crowd for the
first time in his professional career, undefeated IBF
Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb “Sweethands”
Plant (20-0, 12 KOs) put on a show.
Plant dominated mandatory challenger Vincent Feigenbutz
(31-3, 28 KOs) of Germany, scoring a 10th-round TKO
Saturday night in the FOX PBC Fight Night main event and
on FOX Deportes from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
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Garcia KO’s Fonseca;
Linares Manhandles Morales |
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By Albert Castillo
Photo: Tom Hogan - Hoganphotos/Golden Boy
From the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, Golden Boy
Promotions and DAZN put together a decent 8-card lineup.
In the main event of the evening Instagram sensation and
top contender, undefeated “KingRY” Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17
KO’s) used a devastating left hook to punctuate a huge
knockout at 1:20 of the first round to put away former 2
time world title challenger, Francisco Fonseca (25-3-2,
19 KO’s).
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Golden Boy Valentine’s
Day Undercard Results |
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By William Trillo
Photo: Tom Hogan - Hoganphotos/Golden Boy
Welterweight Evan Anthony Sanchez (7-0, 5 KO’s)
impressed the fans with a spectacular KO over Daniel
Evangelista Jr (20-12-2, 16 KO’s). Wasting no time the
skilled southpaw dropped Evangelista midway through
round one with a picture left hook. Evangelista got to
his feet and survived the round but the bout was going
to end soon. Looking sharp Sanchez again went to work.
After doing damage both to the body and head another
left hook was the final blow. Sanchez crushed
Evangelista forcing the ref to halt the bout at the 1:52
mark of round two.
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On This Day: Feb 16 |
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By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 2002, Uncasville,
Connecticut:
Jeff Lacy KO'd Glenn Thomas in the 1st round - Non Title.
Juan Carlos Rubio won a 10 round UD over Francisco
Bojado - Non Title.
Michael Moorer won a 10 round UD over Robert Davis - Non
Title.
San Antonio, Texas:
Joan Guzman won a 10 round UD over Armando Guerrero -
Non Title.
Kermit Cintron TKO'd Omar Davila - WBC Youth
Welterweight Title (Interim).
1997, Kansas City, Missouri:
Freddie Norwood won a 10 round UD over Roberto Avila -
Non Title.
Hector Lopez won a 10 round UD over Israel Cardona - Non
Title.
1996, Middelfart, Denmark:
Johnny Bredahl TKO'd Efrain Pintor in the 2nd round -
Vacant IBO Bantamweight Title.
1995, St Petersburg, Russia:
Nicolay Valuev KO'd Sergey Anikeev in the 2nd round -
Non Title.
Los Angeles, California:
Yory Boy Campas TKO'd Cassius Clay Home in the 4th round
- WBO NABO Light Middleweight Title.
1994, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England:
Billy Schwer KO'd Sean Murphy in the 3rd round - British
Lightweight Title.
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Isaac Cruz Scores Upset
Win Over Thomas Mattice |
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Photos: Amanda Westcott
- SHOWTIME
Undefeated 21-year-old lightweight prospect Isaac Cruz
stunned ShoBox: The New Generation veteran Thomas
Mattice in a closely contested majority decision win in
the ShoBox main event Friday night from 2300 Arena in
Philadelphia, Pa. Watch the fight highlights HERE
Cruz, of Mexico City, rode his superior work rate, a
lethal body attack, and his ability to neutralize
Mattice’s jab to the victory. The judges scored the
fight 95-95 and 96-94 twice.
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Ryan Garcia Destroys
Francisco Fonseca In 1 Round |
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Photo: Tom Hogan -
Hoganphotos/Golden Boy
This Valentine's Day, rising star Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17
KOs) of Victorville, Calif. retained his WBC Silver
Lightweight Title via stunning first-round knockout
against Francisco Fonseca (25-3-2, 19. KOs) of Managua,
Nicaragua. The event took place Friday, Feb. 14 in front
of 10,310 fans at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. and
was streamed live exclusively on DAZN.
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Weights From Nashville, TN - FOX |
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Caleb Plant 166.8 vs.
Vincent Feigenbutz 165.2
(IBF Super Middleweight Title)
Bryant Perrella 146.8 vs. Abel Ramos 145.8
Austin Dulay 134.4 vs. Diego Magdaleno 134.4
Roney Hines 223.8 vs. Johnnie Langston 210
Tyler Tomlin 139.6 vs. Jose Zaragoza 139.8
Rau’shee Warren 117.6 vs. Gilberto Mendoza 114.8
Jose Miguel Borrego 145.2 vs. Joaquim Carneiro 145.2
Leon Lawson III 154.2 vs. Francisco Castro 156
Venue: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Promoter: TGB Promotions
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