SIX QUESTIONS WITH DAT NGUYEN
Self-Described Computer Nerd Trains with Buddy McGirt for ShoBox Main Event Saturday, June 11, at Roseland Ballroom, New York City Live at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME NEW YORK (June 9, 2011) – World-renowned trainer Buddy McGirt did a double take the moment he first laid eyes on Dat “Be Dat” Nguyen during a sparring session with Arturo […]
LATEEF KAYODE & MATT GODFREY CHRIS AVALOS & KHABIR SULEYMANOV, ARCHIE RAY MARQUEZ & ART HOVHANNISYAN FINAL WEIGHTS AND QUOTES
TOMORROW, Live on SHOWTIME, 11 p.m. ET/PT Lateef Kayode: 199.5 pounds Matt Godfrey: 200 pounds Chris Avalos: 120 pounds Khabir Suleymanov: 120 pounds Archie Ray Marquez: 133 pounds Art Hovhannisyan: 133 pounds NOTE: WEIGHTS (June 9, 2011) – It’s June so no better time than Friday for Graduation Day for three talented ShoBox: The New […]
Pre-Fight Talk Heated Between Gonzalez and Gutierrez
Photo credit: Rich J. Hundley III/SHOWTIME Tensions rose today at the Parlour Restaurant in midtown Manhattan during a press conference to discuss the back-to-back Team Puerto Rico boxing events this weekend, when hard-punching prospect Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez (13-0, 13 KOs) and his opponent, tough veteran Richard Gutierrez, quickly figured out they dislike each other. “You […]
NEW YORK CITY SPECIAL SATURDAY EDITION OF SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Del Valle Takes On Nguyen and Gonzalez Battles Gutierrez Saturday, June 11, Roseland Ballroom, New York City Live on SHOWTIME at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT (Delayed on the West Coast) NEW YORK (June 8, 2011) – Only days before an unprecedented weekend of back-to-back, coast-to-coast editions of ShoBox: The New Generation, Saturday’s fighters gathered in front of […]
Two Puerto Rican Prospects In Action On Eve of Puerto Rican Day Parade On ShoBox: The New Generation
Del Valle Takes On Nguyen and Gonzalez Battles Gutierrez Saturday, June 11, Roseland Ballroom, New York City Live at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME Hector Sanchez-Vincent Arroyo Fight Off NEW YORK (June 7, 2011) – On a second consecutive night of fights on ShoBox: The New Generation onSHOWTIME®, two Puerto Rican fighters will climb in the ring […]
Gonzalez Named Prospect of the Month by Prestigious Latino Boxing Site
Latino boxing site NotiFight.com has awarded junior middleweight power-punching sensation Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez with their Prospect of the Month award for May. Considered one of the top young prospects from Puerto Rico, Gonzalez was impressive in knocking out former The Contender contestant Rudy Cisneros in seven rounds at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, […]
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 […]
‘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. […]
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