Martyniouk Returns From Layoff, Stops Castillo in Four
In a battle of Northern California natives, lightweight prospect Stan “The Man” Martyniouk returned to the win column after a 19-month layoff with a fourth-round stoppage of a game Dario Castillo at Sacramento’s Woodlake Hotel Thursday night. “I was very anxious because I hadn’t been back in a long time and I was fighting near […]
Javier Garcia’s KO comeback
Lightweight Javier “El Pelos” Garcia’s return to the ring was a successful one last Friday night as the main event on the “Combat United” card at Commerce Casino’s Crowne Plaza. Wearing the colors of the Mexican flag, the SoCal boxer made his way inside the ropes first. Scheduled for four rounds, Garcia faced Takashi Takenaka, […]
Martinez evens the score with Banks in Sacramento
Giving away 52 ½-pounds, local heavyweight and current James Toney sparring partner Hector Martinez avenged a closely-contested decision defeat with a six-round unanimous decision over Yohan Banks in the featured attraction at the Red Lion Hotel on Friday night.
Banks and Martinez set to do it again
Promoter Nasser Niavaroni brings professional boxing and mixed martial arts back to the Red Lion Hotel for the first time in over a year-and-a-half tonight. In the featured attraction, heavyweights Yohan Banks and Hector Martinez will look to pick up where they left off in March of last year as they engage in a six-round […]
Introducing Larry Ward
While Ward is turning pro in his own backyard, he is not getting the luxury of going up against fall guy this Friday night at the Red Lion Hotel. Promoter Nasser Niavaroni of Uppercut Promotions has matched Ward against Joshua Landers, a well regarded amateur formerly of the Bronx, New York that now trains at […]
I want to train the lefty
The Niavaroni-Sax Gym in Roseville, California stands beside a Marines recruiting office. On the building façade in large, white letters are the words KICKBOXING INC. I had come to interview a young, light heavyweight named Brandon Gonzalez, and had been told by his trainer that I should come at 9:00AM if I wanted to watch […]
McKernan Comeback Stays on Track in ‘Thunder Showdown II’
