Posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2016 at 8:26 am.
Our debate last week was on the opinion of our followers regarding professional boxers being allowed to participate in this year’s Olympics. The biggest concern is safety. The thought of some of this top level professionals fighting lesser experienced amateur young men worry many. The other thing is many feel this will make it an :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, February 5th, 2016 at 7:11 am.
Undefeated Frankie “Pitbull” Gomez (19-0, 13 KOs) of East Los Angeles, California returns to the ring tonight. Gomez will take on journeyman Silverio “Chamaco III” Ortiz (29-16, 15 KOs) of Yucatan, Mexico. The scheduled for 10 round welterweight bout will take place at the Fantasy Springs Resort & Casino Events Center in Indio, California and :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 at 5:47 am.
Even though the anticipated Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse vs Viktor Postol match up for the vacant WBC junior welterweight title is the main event of the October 3rd HBO telecast from the StubHub Center I’m Carson, CA, the fight that might steal the show is Humberto “Zorrita” Soto against Antonio “Relentless” Orozco in the semi-main :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2015 at 5:55 am.
News and opinion from around the boxing world: Close the Book on Soto – As we have reported here, former champion Humberto Soto wouldn’t have any luck if it wasn’t for bad luck. After his fight with Frankie Gomez went by the wayside after Gomez came up heavy on May 9th on HBO and then :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 5:22 am.
Humberto Soto just can’t catch a break. It’s as if he is scheduled to fight on a major network, a major catastrophe, at least in boxing terms, might happen. The latest came this past weekend when it was reported by some respectable websites that former title challenger Ray “Sugar” Beltran came up positive for a :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 at 8:54 pm.
It has been a long road for Mexican fighter Humberto “Zorrita” Soto (65-8-2, 35KO) of Los Mochis, Mexico. At thirty four years old, Soto might be in his swan song this Saturday night in the semi-main event of HBO’s telecast from Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Soto will be facing East Los Angeles’ young :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 7:43 pm.
June 21, 2012 – This Friday, June 22, talented, up-and-coming super featherweight prospects Aalan Martinez (12-1-1, 8 KOs) and Ramon Valadez (11-1, 6 KOs) will battle in an eight-round bout at the Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, Calif. The bout titled “NEW BLOOD” is promoted by Thompson Boxing Promotions in association with Boxing 360. Martinez, who hails from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico is riding :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 18th, 2012 at 6:43 pm.
They both claim to middleweight champions. One has drawing power. The other has knock you out cold power. September 15, 2012 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, we will get to find out if Chavez, Jr is a protected fighter or if this waiting game was all about letting Martinez :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, April 7th, 2012 at 12:13 pm.
The Oasis Hotel, Cancun, Mexico Humberto Soto (57-7-2, 34 KOs) vs. Claudinei Lacerda (14-2, 10 KOs) Boxing360’s Pick: We return to the scene of Sergio Thompson’s upset of Jorge Linares last week. Only this time, it’s Humberto Soto with a big name fight on the line against Lucas Matthysse in June. Lacerda :READ MORE…
Boxing History: November 10, 1983 Marvelous Marvin Hagler W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. Record won 62 (KO 52) + lost 3 + drawn 2 = 67 Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 in Newark, NJ) was Undisputed World Middleweight Champion from 1980 to 1987. Hagler made :READ MORE…
