Boxing

Rios captures NABF championship with third-round win over Teron

Roy Hess

McALLEN — Brandon Rios of Oxnard, Calif., captured the NABF lightweight title with a third-round technical knockout of Jorge Luis Teron of the Bronx, N.Y., in the Top Rank Boxing show’s main event Saturday at the new McAllen... Full story

Rios, Teron meet in main event for NABF lightweight title belt

Roy Hess

McALLEN — There are any number of contrasts evident between Brandon Rios and Jorge Luis Teron, who are matched in the 10-round main event of Saturday night’s Top Rank Boxing show at the new McAllen Convention Center. At stake is the... Full story

NABF lightweight title up for grabs Saturday

David Hinojosa

McALLEN — Two of the world’s top lightweights converged at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday and talked about a subject that’s near and dear to Texas sports fans. Football. Bronx born and raised Jorge Luis Teron, the... Full story

Haye to meet Ruiz in Manchester in April

MANCHESTER, England — David Haye will make the first defense of the WBA world heavyweight against John Ruiz in Manchester on April 3. The 29-year-old British fighter, also a former world cruiserweight champion, captured the heavyweight crown... Full story

Top Rank card considered a big event for Valley

Roy Hess

The Top Rank/Fox Sports Español seven-fight card scheduled Feb. 6 at the new McAllen Convention Center figures to be one of the biggest boxing events to come to the Rio Grande Valley in quite some time. "We haven’t had a boxing show... Full story

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Boxing at McAllen Convention Center

The Monitor

CONTEST WINNERS: The grand prize winner of four tickets, announced at noon on Thursday, February 4, was wdwiz4. The three second-place winners (two tickets each), were rebeccapena, superstarsalazar and taniameza84. Each of the winners has been... Full story

Vegas judge binds Roger Mayweather over for trial

Ken Ritter

LAS VEGAS — Boxing trainer Roger Mayweather was bound over for trial Friday in Nevada on three felony charges alleging he beat and strangled a female boxer during a confrontation at an apartment he owned. The woman, Melissa St. Vil, 26, was... Full story

Top Rank bringing NABF title fight to McAllen

Roy Hess

The next scheduled boxing card in the Rio Grande Valley will be an impressive one. Top Rank Boxing and Fox Sports en Español are launching a fight series this month called "Top Rank Live." The first fight card is set to air Jan. 16 from Las... Full story

Pacquiao wraps up deal for Clottey

Manny Pacquiao will fight March 13 at Cowboys Stadium, but not against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said Sunday he has finalized a deal to match Pacquiao against Joshua Clottey in a welterweight bout at the new $1.2 billion... Full story

2009 banner year for boxing

Roy Hess

Looking back, 2009 has been quite an eventful year for boxing in the Rio Grande Valley, and there’s every indication 2010 could be even better. "This year was just a stepping stone to bigger things ahead in 2010 — just wait,... Full story

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