“Night of Champions” boxing show presented by Goossen Promotions, Thursday, December 11th Age old battle of which fighter gets the most credit Bout #7 featured a one-of-a-kind, Hummingbird-like, tag and move, 33 year-old, southpaw by the name of Tyson “Prince of Hali” Cave from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada going up against a no nonsense, meet me in […]
Salle des etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco, July 13, 2013 Many of the pre-fight pundits were saying: “Denis Grachev doesn’t have a chance to beat Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (23-0, 15 KOs).” They claimed, “Rodriguez is now the total package – both boxer and big puncher. Grachev’s in-your-face, straight ahead prodding will be his downfall.” Unfortunately, […]
One of City Boxing’s coaches went missing several weeks ago. Word came that pro-boxer Denis “Drago’s Son” Grachev (13-1, 8 KOs) had gone North to Big Bear, CA to train at Abel Sanchez’s Summit Gym where a stable of fighters to include WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin were on hand to help him prepare […]
Sunday, May 19, at the 2013 Women’s Continental Championships in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, Team USA won eight gold medals in final round action which featured the top female athletes from North, Central and South America. Olympic bronze flyweight medalist Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) added another international medal to her list of accolades with a 20-11 decision win […]
Monaco, March 30, 2013 Earlier tonight at the beautiful Salle d’ Etoile in Monaco, San Diego’s Denis Grachev (13-1-1, 9 KOs) of City Boxing in San Diego’s Downtown, defeated the former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight World Champion Zsolt Erdei (33-1-0, 18 KOs) to hand him his first career loss. In what was described as “the […]