Caleb Truax's scheduled opponent Joshua Okine has fallen through as well as a late replacement fighter for his bout tomorrow night in Minneapolis. Now, Truax will be facing respected Atlanta, Georgia native Darnell Boone (23-23-4, 12 KO's) on the undercard to Phil Williams' state title defense against Mengistu Zarzar. Okine fell off after the New Jersey State Commission would...
Osseo, Minnesota's “Golden” Caleb Truax (27-3-2, 17 KOs) is set to battle Silver Spring, Maryland’s Joshua Okine (29-7-1, 17 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round co-main event bout this Saturday night at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis. It will be Minnesota's first pro boxing show of the new year. The main event has Phil "The Drill" Williams (15-9-2, 14 KOs)...
The official weigh-in's for this Saturday nights pro boxing show will take place this Friday afternoon, 2PM at Lyke's Gym in Coon Rapids, MN. "WAR" is the name of the show and that is what is expected from Minnesota State Champion Phil Williams and challenger Mengistu Zarzar when the two cruiserweights collide head on in the nights main event....
Mengistu "The Dynamic Warrior" Zarzar (6-0, 5 KO's) will challenge Minnesota State Cruiserweight champion Phil "The Drill" Williams (15-9-2, 14 KO's) in this Saturday night's main event set to take place at the Hyatt in Minneapolis. Despite having less experience in the boxing ring then his opponent, Zarzar says he is ready to challenge the well known state champion...
The Minnesota boxing community lost an icon on December 3rd, 2016 when boxing coach and mentor Emmett Yanez passed away while surrounded by family at the age of 96. Yanez was a World War 2 veteran who went on to become an important figure for many amateur boxers in Minnesota. WCCO's Angela Davis featured Yanez in a story titled...
A benefit for former Saint Paul bantamweight boxer Savarino Garcia is being held this Saturday, December 10th at Dunham's bar and Restaurant in Saint Paul. Donations that are raised will help pay for the mounting medical costs for Garcia's battle against stage 4 terminal cancer. Food and raffles will go from 5pm to 8pm with music by The Finn...
WBA-NABA Middleweight champion Robert "Bravo" Brant (21-0, 14 KO's) of Oakdale, MN is scheduled to defend his title against George Carter Jr. (14-2-1, 7 KO's) of Galesburg, Illinois on January 2oth, 2017 at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN. The 26 year old WBA #4 rated Brant captured the belt last January with a highlight reel knockout of Decarlo...
The Minnesota state cruiserweight title fight between champion Phil "The Drill" Williams and Mengistu "The Dynamic Warrior" Zarzar was first set to take place on November 26th but Seconds Out Promotions released a statement saying that unforeseen circumstances had forced the show to be rescheduled for December 17th. But it turned out that the Minnesota State Combative Sports Commission...
It's a quiet weekend for the Minnesota boxing scene following last Saturday's show in Carlton, MN.
However, local fight fans and the rest of the world awaits one of the most anticipated match ups in boxing as two of the best, Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KO's) and Andre Ward (30-0, 15 KO's) battle this Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada....
"The American Boy" Jason Litzau (30-3-1, 22 KO's) of Saint Paul, MN stopped Lance Williams (7-6, 7 KO's) of Muskatine, Iowa in the second round on Saturday night at the Black Bear Casino in Carlton, MN. The victory for Litzau came harder then expected after Williams dropped Litzau straight out of the gate with a right and left punch...
