As unbeaten Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, who is 21-0, 17 K0s, and ranked as high as No. 2 welterweight in the world by the WBO behind champion Manny Pacquiao, prepares to defend his NABA and NABO titles against Puerto Rico’s Irving Garcia (17-4-3, 8 KOs) on July 9 at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall, he has had his best-ever training camp.

LOS ANGELES - When one door closes, another opens, and after lightweight contender Vicente Escobedo was forced to withdraw from his bout against Raymundo Beltran due to viral infection, unbeaten Cuban standout Erislandy Lara eagerly agreed to step up to the plate at Denver's indoor Softball Country Pavilion on Friday, July 9 to battle Puerto Rico's William Correa in the 10 round main event of TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo Tecate."

This past 4^th of July holiday weekend, female world champion Carina "La Reina" Moreno, greeted fans in Aptos California at a gathering titled "The Worlds Shortest Parade."  Moreno, strolled through town waving to fans as they cheered her on.

Ponce, PR – La empresa boxística Universal Promotions presentará este próximo viernes 9 de julio la cartelera “Night of Champions”. El boxeador Coameño Fernando Torres y el ex-campeón Ángel “Avispa” Chacón estelarizarán la cartelera de boxeo a celebrarse en las facilidades del remodelado coliseo Salvador Dijols, ubicado en la Playa de Ponce.

New York, N.Y. -- New York City’s longest running and most successful boxing series, Broadway Boxing, returns July 28 to the most intimate venue for boxing in the country, the BB King Blues Club in Times Square. In the main event, Argenis Mendez, who in his last fight won the USBA super featherweight title, returns to the ring in a non-title scrap.

On Saturday July 17th at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Philadelphia’s up and coming welterweight prospect, Raymond “Tito” Serrano (12-0, 6KO’s) will look to continue on his path up the contender ranks when he takes on Ghana’s Ayi Bruce (6-2, 4KO’s). Serrano-Bruce is scheduled for eight rounds, and will be one of the co-featured bouts of the evening on the Pay-Per-View telecast. The card, being presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, and billed as T-N-T at the Tropicana, will feature WBO #2 rated heavyweight David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s) taking on Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) in the main event.

Cuando Manuel Pucheta comenzó con esta locura (hacerse boxeador pasados los 30 años) sabía que en algún momento este sueño se iba a terminar, es ley de la vida, los sueños son así, algún día tenemos que despertar.

Nos quedara a todos los amantes de este noble deporte, que cada vez que cerremos los ojos, vendrán a nuestra mente los recuerdos de ese sueño, un Villa lujan con mas de 7.000 personas coreando su nombre, las calles cortadas sin poder pasar los vehículos y llenas de humo por la venta de choripan, el furor de la gente y la enseñanza que vale la pena arriesgarse y vivir un sueño.

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is back in action this Saturday in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico. Alvarez will be facing Argentinean Luciano Cuello in a 12-round bout. Also on the card will be Jalisco native and female light flyweight Irma Sanchez (17-3-1, 15 KOs) against Soledad macedo (7-4-1, 3 KOs) for the WBC silver female light flyweight title. The card is presented by HG Boxing and Canelo Promotions.