4+ hour ago   (567+ words) Get busy, stay busy, keep winning, get noticed: unless you're an Olympic medalist and the major promoters come running with pen and pact, that's the formula for success as a professional boxer." Bloomfield's Rolyn Nez, among New Mexico's finest amateur…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (794+ words) Win and look good doing it: that's how Albuquerque's Ty Miller earned a UFC contract." On Aug. 12, on Dana White's Contender Series at UFC Apex (recently renamed Meta Apex) in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the aforementioned UFC boss dangling the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (919+ words) Any good dad would want his kids to have an easier time than he did. When it comes to professional boxing debuts, Johnny Tapia's kids had just that on Friday night." Almost 38 years after their legendary father fought to a four-round…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (846+ words) As nicknames go, "The Anomaly" is neither as punchy, evocative or descriptive as "The Preacher's Daughter." It might be every bit as accurate." Is Albuquerque's Holly Holm, at 44, a better boxer now than she was at 31? She believes the answer…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (319+ words) Bekhzod Usmonov, says Mike Winkeljohn, is impossible not to like. Yes, he hits people for a living, but never with malice. He just happens to be good at it. "He never stops smiling, never stops saying nice things to people,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (582+ words) Up-and-coming Albuquerque super bantamweight Yoruba Moreu Jr. has been added to Tapia Promotions" scheduled Jan. 9 pro boxing card at El Nuevo Cananas Night Club, 12935 Central Avenue. According to boxrec.com, Moreu (2-0, two KOs) is matched against Mexican trial horse Alejandro…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (903+ words) When you can make a fighter quit on his stool " a professional fighter, not a bum " you've done something. Albuquerque's Abraham Perez did just that Friday night at the Kiva Auditorium, defeating Adrian Ibarra by fifth-round TKO when the Mexican…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (336+ words) Sometimes it's really not about how you finish. The UNM women's basketball scored an early knockout Wednesday, blowing out New Orleans 99-65 in an 11 a.m. matinee in the Pit. UNM's Cacia Antonio, right, drives down the lane while being guarded by New…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (114+ words) Holly Holm, right, and Yolanda Vega engage in the traditional stare-down before their June 18 boxing match in Anaheim, Calif. Holm defeated Vega by unanimous decision. The second fight of Holly Holm's second boxing career is scheduled for Jan. 3 in San…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (108+ words) Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, Albuquerque's Steve Garcia is scheduled to contest his first UFC main event against Uganda native David Onama." Albuquerque MMA fighter Steve Garcia, here flexing at a weigh-in for a previous fight, is scheduled for the…...