The CBZ Newswire

Also Undercard Fighters Eric Molina, Eric Morel, Warren Browning & Carlos Molina

Telecast This Saturday, Aug. 13, Live on SHOWTIME® at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT; Non-Televised Undercard Fights Start at 3:30 p.m. PT

LAS VEGAS, NV, August 11, 2011 — You beat the best, you are the best and this Saturday, Aug. 13, the best bantamweight in the world will emerge when finalists Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares clash in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All live on SHOWTIME (10:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).

The highly anticipated matchup for Agbeko’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title and the promising, unbeaten Mares’ WBC Silver championship belt will take place at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. (continue reading…)

Also Undercard Fighters Eric Molina, Eric Morel & Angelo Santana, Wednesday, Aug. 10, The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas

Telecast This Saturday, Aug. 13, Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT; Non-Televised Undercard Fights Start at 2:15 p.m. PT

LAS VEGAS, NV, August 10, 2011 — In an eagerly awaited matchup this Saturday, Aug. 13, Joseph King Kong Agbeko will defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title against unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).

The 12-round bout betweenbetween the New York-based Agbeko (28-2, 22 KOs) of Accra, Ghana and the unbeaten Mares (21-0-1, 13 KOs) of Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., by way of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, will take place at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. (continue reading…)

INDIO, CA (April 1, 2011) – TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” returned to a familiar location tonight with a six-fight night of action-packed bouts presented by Golden Boy Promotions at theFantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif.  Tonight’s fights were televised on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate,” but if you missed the broadcast or the live action, below is a summary of the results:

Eric Morel defeated Luis Maldonado by TKO 4 (continue reading…)

LOS ANGELES, CA, March 30, 2011 – Due to a foot injury suffered in training yesterday, former World Champion Martin “El Gallo” Castillo has been forced to pull out of his April 1 rematch with Eric Morel.  Mexican contender Luis Maldonado will step up to the plate to face “Little Hands of Steel” this Friday night in the main event of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. 

Morel vs. Maldonado headlines a night of world-class professional boxing that is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and AT&T.  Doors open at 6:00pm PT on fight night and the first bell rings at 7:00pm PT.  The TeleFutura broadcast begins at 11:30pm ET / PT (10:30pm CT).  (continue reading…)

Unbeaten Local Favorite to Face Puerto Rico’s Felix Perez at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino

LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2011 – Coachella native Randy Caballero has found a boxing home at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California and on Friday, April 1 he will seek his fourth win at the venue when he faces San Juan’s Felix Perez in the six round co-main event of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate.”

In the headlining bout, it’s the rematch fight fans have been waiting for when former world champions Eric “Little Hands of Steel” Morel and Martin “El Gallo” Castillo meet again in a 10 round junior featherweight contest. (continue reading…)