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Happy New Year Happy New Year! Just
wanted to share some news with you about boxing and some upcoming
events in the area.
Promoters to meet in Vegas - January 8, 2010
BPA
holds second meeting - September 14, 2009
Young, Local Fighters Return Before
Pugnacious Promotions continued to highlight the NY Capital Region's best young boxers with "Friday Night Frights: Future Stars Pro-Am Boxing" at Hudson Valley Community College's McDonaugh Fieldhouse on Friday, October 23rd.
In New York’s first Pro-Am since 2005, two boxers who represented the state in different weight classes in last year’s National Golden Gloves, Ray Velez, Troy, narrowly defeated Will Madera, Albany, in a battle fought in close quarters between to very skilled boxers. Scoharie's Sarah Kuhn applied relentless pressure to defeat Troy’s Natasha Jefferson, heavyweight Roger Zapada beat Catskill’s Edwin McLucas and junior 65-lb boxer Jonathan Rodriguez, Albany, and Riley Mabee, Waterford, showed the great promise of amateur boxing in the opening bout won by Rodriguez.
More info and photos to come. Photos from Carl Strock
Miller wins NY State title - October 23, 2009
Miller is NYS Champion, Pugnacious Promotions Pro-Am Show the Way to
Go - October 23, 2009
State's only female boxing promoter has local ties - October 22,
2009
Miller's going back to school - October 22, 2009
Troy’s Miller looks to impress on home turf - October 22, 2009
Pro-Am boxing event at HVCC Oct. 23 - October 15, 2009
Media Meets the Amateurs @ Quail St. Gym - October 15, 2009
The Media Come Schott’s Gym to Talk of HVCC Card on October 23 -
October 8, 2009
Boxing coming to HVCC - October 8, 2009
Boxing: Faragon waits, while Miller gets a title shot - October
8, 2009 "Night of Future Champions" at the Saratoga Springs City Center July 31st
Check back soon for more photos and information.
Miller earns split decision on Saratoga Springs boxing card -
August 1, 2009
Miller Time! Shawn, Brian Miller slug way to victory - August 1,
2009
Madison retains NYS title!
- July 31, 2009
“And Still Champion!!! The Results from Saratoga! - July
31, 2009
Saratoga’s Night of Future Champions - July 31, 2009 Photos by Carl Strock (check back soon for more)
Local Fighters Shine at the Armory in "St. Patrick's Day Showdown" March 20th! Co-feature fighters Shannon Miller
(16-4, 9 KOs) and Mike Faragon (6-0, 2 KOs) led a local contingent
in thrilling fans March 20th at the Washington Avenue Armory in
Albany. Miller pounded out a six-round unanimous decision
victory over 266-lb Ryan "The Tank" Thompson (9-6, 5 KOs) and Faragon put on a display of speed and combination punching in
stopping Mexican Mario Garcia (7-9-1, 3 KOs) with a third-round TKO. In undercard fights, Brian Miller (3-0-3, 1 KO) outslugged Luis Angel Lopez (2-9) to earn a fourth round TKO, Bryan Abraham (1-0-1, 1 KO) knocked down Dan Morales (0-2) three times en route to a first round KO victory and Zack Smith (2-0) beat pro debuter Jayme Resnick in a four-round UD. In the fight of the night, pro debuters Jackie Trivilino and Amanda Serrano had fans on their feet after four rounds of non-stop punching that the Brooklyn native, Serrano, took in a unanimous decision. Both girls showed tremendous heart, determination and boxing ability. Photos from Jeff Foley are here. ESPN/Friday Night Fights in Saratoga!
Most of the 1,600 fans in the sell-out crowd agreed that the fight
of the night was the first bout after the cameras went off between
local lightweight prospect Mike Faragon (4-0) and tough gatekeeper
Francisco Palacios (3-4-4, 1 KO). The two warriors banged for
six rounds with the largely partisan crowd cheering
In other bouts, heavyweight Nagy Aguilera (9-0, 6 KOs) won a close decision over Saratoga's own veteran Gary Wilcox (21-4, 7 KOs) in the eight-round, televised co-feature and Julio Garcia (2-1, 1 KO) narrowly defeated Borngod Washington (0-4) in a crowd pleasing four-rounder just before intermission. In two local rivalries, Markus Williams (2-0, 1 KO) defeated fellow Albany native Donyell Dukes (0-4) in the opening bout of the card and Schenectady's Brian Miller (2-0-3) and Bryan Abraham (0-0-1) fought to a draw in the final bout of the night.
McGirt Jr. upsets Joval! - July 25, 2008
Pugnacious Promotions Delivers Thrills in Saratoga - July 25,
2008
McGirt Dominates Joval - July 25, 2008
Boxing: Photos from Saratoga Springs - July 26, 2008
McGirt Jr. Decisions Joval - July 26, 2008
Friday night at the fights - July 26, 2008
Local trainers' boxers brawl - July 26, 2008
Saratoga Seen - Fight Club - July 28, 2008 Vera Beats Lee in
Shocking TKO 7 Slugfest at
Brian Vera (16-1, 10 KOs), who's fighting style made him a fan
favorite on The Contender III last year, dealt Irish Olympian
and middleweight prospect Andy Lee (15-1, 12 KOs) his first loss by
shocking TKO in the seventh round of the 10-round main event before
3,600 fans at Mohegan Sun on Friday, March 21st. The ESPN2/Friday
Night Fights-televised war started as expected with Lee using
superior speed and boxing skills to keep Vera off-balance with his
southpaw right jab and land numerous power shots, knocking the Texan
down in the first.
Fightwireimages.com - Andy Lee vs Brian Vera
FNF Shocker: Andy Lee Upset By Vera
Brian Vera Upsets Andy Lee
Vera-Lee Photo Gallery!
Shock result as Vera hands Lee first defeat
Brian Vera Wrecks Andy Lee’s US Showcase Last Round of Lee-Vera fight courtesy of #1Pound4Pound |
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In
our annual "Night of Future Champions" fight card at the Saratoga
Springs City Center on July 31st, a sell-out crowd of 1,750, saw an
exciting night of highly-competitive bouts where local fighters all
stepped up against challenging opponents. Mike Faragon (7-0, 2 KOs)
beat Alberto Amaro (5-4, 2 KOs) by close unanimous decision in a
battle between two highly-skilled pugilists while crowd-pleasing
Brian Miller (4-0-3, 1 KO) held off surging Manny Cotrich (1-3, 1
KO) for split decision win. Shawn Miller made an exciting and
successful pro debut, winning by fourth-round TKO over outmuscled
Zaid Malik (0-3). Darrel Madison (14-1, 3 KOs) retained his regional
title with close, uninspiring decision over Nagy Aguilera (13-2, 9
KOs), while Shannon Miller's (16-4, 9 KOs) bout with Terrell Nelson
(8-8, 5 KOs) ended in a no contest after an accidental hear butt.
Prospect
and famous boxing son James "Buddy" McGirt, Jr. (19-1, 9 KOs)
returned to the ring following his first loss with an impressive
10-round unanimous decision over number eight-ranked middleweight
and former champion Ray Joval (37-5 16 KOs) in the televised main
event of our annual "Night of Future Champions" card Friday, July
25th at the Saratoga Springs City Center.
Faragon's
dominating display of boxing skills and respecting the relentless
pressure and heart of Palacios. Faragon earned a unanimous
decision to remain undefeated.
Vera
displayed incredible stamina and chin to weather Lee's assault and
continue applying pressure. He eventually wore Lee down and --
though the Irish fighter continued to throw punches -- forced
referee Tony Chiarantano to stop an early candidate for Fight of the
Year at 2:10 of the seventh frame. Trainer Emanuel Steward has
already hinted a rematch is in the works. Aaron Pryor, Jr.
(9-0, 6 KOs) survived a few rocky moments to beat relentless
Alphonso Wlliams (10-4, 8 KOs) in the eight-round co-feature,
topping a competitive undercard that saw local favorites Matt
Remillard (13-0, 7 KOs) and Brian Macy (3-0, 1 KO) win tough
four-round decisions.