The Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame has announced its class for 2018, which will be inducted at the annual dinner ceremony scheduled for Friday, October 12 at Mystic Lake Casino.
Three fighters will be inducted into the modern class: heavyweight Rocky Sekorski of St Paul, welterweight Howard Bleyhl of St Paul and featherweight Mel Hammond of Minneapolis. Heavyweight Fred Fulton...
Fight to Win Pro is back in Minnesota this Saturday, June 30th at the Hasse Arena in Lakeville, MN. The promotions 78th card is loaded with over 30 submission only super fights that feature some of Minnesota's top grapplers and mixed martial artists, as well as Nationally ranked talent.
Fight to Win Pro made it's Minnesota debut last October and...
Fight to Win Pro is back in Minnesota this Saturday, June 30th at the Hasse Arena in Lakeville, MN. The promotions 78th card is loaded with over 30 submission only super fights that feature some of Minnesota's top grapplers and mixed martial artists, as well as Nationally ranked talent.
Fight to Win Pro made it's Minnesota debut last October and...
BY RAY KILGORE, 6/22/18: A successful boxer is often best served by inhabiting qualities that most would deem repulsive, or that others wish they could demonstrate without negative consequences for their image, career, or family name. In other words, a boxer might owe his success to his intensity, irrational thinking, narcissism, overconfidence, and ability to manipulate others in the...
30-year-old Bryan "B-Mo" Mortensen of Mankato, MN defeated Brandon Apfel (now 4-2) of Wisconsin by mounted guillotine in Saturday nights main event at the Sevenwinds Casino in Hayward, Wisconsin. It was the second win of the year for Mortensen who improves to (3-0) as a pro. With the win, Mortensen earned the SWB 155 pound title.
Mortensen landed a nice...
Troy "Trouble' Jones Jr. of Brooklyn Park, MN turned in another stellar performance last night after flattening his opponent in the opening round of a co-featured Muay Thai bout. Jones landed a left knee to the body of Abreu followed by a crushing right elbow to the jaw at 1:20 into round one that put an end to the...
World rated muay thai/kickboxer Troy "Trouble" Jones Jr. weighed in last night in New York and will compete tonight against Ariel Abreu. The two powerful strikers will go toe-to-toe in the night's co-main event which can be seen live on UFC Fight Pass.
Friday Night Fights will present the Muay Thai action at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York....
Minnesotan's Mike Richman and Kou Lee were victorious in dominant fashion last Saturday night on the road. Richman, of Rosemount, knocked out out Marcus Gaines during his Bare Knuckle Boxing debut in England. Association of Martial Arts' Kou Lee retained his XFN bantamweight kickboxing championship belt by knocking out hometown prospect Tevin Laskey of Oklahoma.
Mike "The Marine" Richman entered...
Minnesota state middleweight champion and former IBF World champion "Golden" Caleb Truax has resumed training following his rematch with James DeGale last April. A return to the ring is in the works. At the top of Truax's wish list is a rubber match with James DeGale. Although the IBF has not ordered the third fight, Truax remains hopeful that...
Mike "The Marine" Richman of Rosemount, MN makes his Bare Knuckle Boxing debut and Minnesota's Kou Lee of defends his XFN kickboxing title this Saturday night.
Richman is in London, England where he will face Marcus Gaines for BKB which is boxing with no gloves. Richman has competed in boxing and MMA at as low as 135 pounds but his...
