Boxing: They have reached the semifinals of the national Golden Gloves at the Salt Palace in SLC. Last night Utah boxers Jesse West, 201-plus pounds, Isaac Aguilar, 123 pounds, and Larry Gomez, 152 pounds, were defeated in the quarterfinals (read). … Read More
This week’s blog includes a mini interview with Draper, Utah’s Rhett Morehouse, who fights for the Utah Super Heavyweight mixed martial arts title on June 1 against Salvador Sanchez, of West Valley City. It’s a five-round fight between Morehouse, 3-0, … Read More
In MMA, undefeated Jon Neal headlines an MMA card in Ogden promoted by Total Mayhem. Neal fights Curtis Johnsen. Other fighters include Miles Welk, Matt Nestico, Tyson Roberts and Brandon Rease. A couple of fights fell through due to opponents’ … Read More
There’s lots of MMA news. Ogden UFC featherweight Steven Siler meets Kurt Holobaugh in the UFC 159 prelims Saturday afternoon. The fight will be aired live on Facebook’s UFC site. … A week from today Total Mayhem promotes an MMA … Read More
In a week’s time, Top of Utah mixed martial arts professional Heather George will look to extend her undefeated record on April 19 at the Rail Event Center in Salt Lake City against Jenna Bernick. George, a heavyweight, last defeated … Read More
Today’s mini-interview is with Logan middleweight boxer Christian Nava, who is also a professional in mixed martial arts. A couple of Fridays ago at the Ogden Marriott Christian fought an exciting, very close preliminary bout with Miguel Flores, of Twin … Read More
Tonight at the Ogden Marriott will be an MMA card, “Rising Stars,” from Total Mayhem. The bouts start at 6 p.m.. Location is 247 24th Street. Tickets are $25 at the door. Here is a SE advance that ran earlier … Read More
Tonight’s the night for the CCC Promotions pro boxing card at the Ogden Marriott, 247 24th St. The bouts start at 7, doors open at 6. Here is the card: Jose Haro vs. Juan Jaramillo, Steve Rolls vs. Simon Ruvalcaba, Christian Nava vs. … Read More
This week’s mini-interview is with undefeated Canadian super-middleweight Steve Rolls (at left). The former acclaimed amateur, 3-0, 1 KO, will fight Simon Ruvalcaba, of Nevada, in a six-round bout in a week (March 22) at the Ogden Marriott. The main … Read More
Tonight starts a two-day amateur boxing tournament at Ogden’s Foley’s gym. Several Top of Utah amateur boxers will be competing this weekend. (From a brief that I had published in the Standard-Examiner) On Saturday night, Ogden’s Isaac Lugo, will be fighting at … Read More
