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Antonio Margarito Vs. Roberto García
Antonio Margarito vs. Roberto García, billed as ''Latin Fury 14'', was a professional boxing match contested on May 8, 2010, for the WBC International light middleweight championship. Background The fight took place at La Feria de San Marcos, in Aguascalientes, Mexico under the promotion of Top Rank. It was contested at 154 pounds, with the vacant international WBC light middleweight championship on the line. The fight Margarito won the contest with a unanimous decision of 99–89, 100–88, 99–90. Undercard Confirmed bouts: * Jorge Solis defeated Mario Santiago for the interim WBA World super featherweight title. * Mikey Garcia defeated Pedro Navarrete for USBA featherweight title. * Rene Gonzalez vs Urbano Antillón for WBA lightweight eliminator . * Salvador Carreon vs Juan Jesus Rivera * Marlon Aguilar vs Michael Farenas * Enrique Bernache vs Arturo Delgado * Diego Rivera vs Ricardo Cummings * Gilberto Flores Hernandez vs Yosmani Abreu * José Benavidez Jr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza De Toros Monumental De Aguascalientes
Plaza de toros Monumental de Aguascalientes is a bullring in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico. It is currently used for bullfighting and concerts. The stadium holds 16,000 people and it was inaugurated on November 23, 1974. Its currently the 4th largest bullring in Mexico. References External links Official homepage Sports venues in Aguascalientes Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entiti ...
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United States Boxing Association
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts. The others are the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). History The IBF was preceded by the United States Boxing Association (USBA), a regional championship organization like the North American Boxing Federation (NABF). In 1983, at the WBA's annual convention, held in Puerto Rico, Robert W. "Bobby" Lee Sr., president of the USBA, lost in his bid to become WBA president against Gilberto Mendoza. Lee and others withdrew from the convention after the election, and decided to organize a third, world-level organization, to co-exist with the WBA and the WBC. Formed as USBA-International, the fledgling organization was renamed the International Boxing Federation on November 6, 1983, based in New Jersey, where its main offices remain. Bobby Lee had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing Matches In Mexico
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to western boxing, in which only fists are involved, it has developed in different ways in different geographical areas and cultures of the World. In global terms, "boxing" today is also a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions, such as kicks, elbow strikes, knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of these variants are the bare-knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Lethwei, savate, and sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial arts, military systems, and other combat sports. Humans have engaged in hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
