MEDFORD, Mass. – Promoter John “The Quietman” Ruiz, former two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion, announced today that the new American Fighting Championship (AFO) will promote a Pro-Am mixed-martial-arts show Saturday night, April 26 at Tyngsboro Sports Center in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts.
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LAS VEGAS – In addition to the recently announced lightweight battle between Ricardo “Dinamita” Alvarez (23-2-3, 13 KOs), older brother of Canelo and hard-hitting Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson (28-3, 26 KOs), of Cancun, Mexico, the March 8 undercard for “TOE TO TOE: Canelo vs. Angulo” will feature five more can’t-miss bouts for those in attendance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS – A lightweight fight between former two-time World Champion Jorge “Niño de Oro” Linares (35-3, 23 KOs) and exciting Japanese contender Nihito Arakawa (24-3-1, 16 KOs) has been elevated to open the SHOWTIME PPV presentation of “TOE TO TOE: CANELO VS. ANGULO,” a four-fight pay-per-view event airing live this Saturday, March 8, (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT), from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
GATINEAU, QUEBEC, Canada – World-rated welterweight Antonin Decarie (29-2, 9 KOs) will headline the seventh installment of the popular Fight Night Series on March 28, airing live on pay per view from Lac Leamy Casino in Gatineau, Ontario, Canada.
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ORANGE, Calif. – In what proved to be the toughest fight of his young career,Carlos Carlson (13-0, 9 KOs) boxed and brawled his way to an eight round unanimous decision win over the tough as nails and equally determined Javier Gallo (21-9-1, 12 KOs). As a result, Carlson captured the WBC Latino Bantamweight Championship in the main event of Thompson Boxing Promotions “New Blood” series in front of a sold-out crowd at theDoubletree Hotel in Ontario, Calif. Scores were 78-74, 77-75, and 78-74.