Team Puerto Rico: Working to be Champions Inside and Outside Ring
Team Puerto Rico: Working to be Champions Inside and Outside Ring This week’s visit to former world champion Wilfred Benitez’s home was not the only charitable work Team Puerto Rico has been up to lately. Taking their roles seriously as the new ambassadors of Puerto Rican boxing, the members of Team Puerto Rico […]
Gleason’s Holiday hours and an exciting Masters show
Closing Early on Friday-Upcoming Events-Ticket sales For information on any event call 718 797 2872 or email info@gleasonsgym.net June 3 and 4, 2011 Gleason’s Gym will host its first annual Master’s National Championships. This event is sanctioned by USABoxingMetro. Friday 6/3 The semifinal bouts begin at 6:00 […]
‘Mantequilla’ Gonzalez to Face Richard Gutierrez for Two Titles
PHOTO: CARLOS BAEZA / THOMPSON BOXING On June 11 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, undefeated super welterweight, Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez (13-0, 13 KOs) of Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico, will face experienced Colombian veteran Richard Gutierrez (24-6 -1, 16 KOs) in a 10-round battle for the WBA-NABA and WBO Latino Youth Middleweight Championships. […]
Team Puerto Rico’s Next Appearance
Back-to-back, on June 10 and 11 (Friday and Saturday before the 2011 National Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday) at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, Gary Shaw Productions and DiBella Entertainment will present Boricua Invasion I and II, featuring members of Team Puerto Rico Boxing, the eight-man team of Puerto Rico’s future ring […]
MELSON DONATES ENTIRE PURSE TO PENDING STEM CELL TRIAL
For Immediate Release New York, NY (May 23, 2011) – Unbeaten junior middleweight Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson kept his perfect record alive by stopping veteran Hector Rivera in 44 seconds last Thursday evening at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. After briefly getting a gage for his foe, Melson unloaded a solid straight left hand […]
Team Puerto Rico’s ‘Orlandito’ del Valle Training in New York
Bayamon, Puerto Rico’s undefeated featherweight Luis “Orlandito” del Valle (12-0, 10 KOs) left today for his training base in Newburgh, New York, to prepare for the biggest fight of his career against Vietnamese fighter Dat Nguyen (17-1, 6 KOs). Del Valle vs. Nguyen will serve as the 10-round main event on Saturday, June 11 – the second […]
Promoters: We’ll be Watching ALL Puerto Rican Fighters at Boricua Invasion Shows
The promoters behind Team Puerto Rico, the eight-man collective of the island’s best young boxing talent, say that on the nights of June 10 and 11 they’ll be actively scouting for new members of the team. Promoters Gary Shaw (Gary Shaw Productions), Lou DiBella (DiBella Entertainment), Javier Bustillo (Universal Promotions) and Leon Margules […]
Team Puerto Rico: Strength in Numbers
Team Puerto Rico: Strength in Numbers Galarza and Dulorme Spar Together for Their Respective Fights Thomas Dulorme SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – Welterweight super prospect, Thomas Dulorme (11-0, 10 KO’s), and hard-hitting 140-pound knockout artist Kenny “Battlestar” Galarza (14-1, 14 KO’s) are sparring and training together in preparation for their respective ESPN-televised Boricua Invasion […]
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