Results: Deluc KOs Smith, Rivera and Gonzalez were also Victorious

04/09/2018 James Stillerman

By James Stillerman – In the main event, Gabriel Deluc battered Larry “Slomoshun” Smith throughout their junior middleweight bout and … continue

Claggett is Ready to Take His Career to the Next Level with a Win Over O’ Connor on Mar. 17th

03/15/201803/15/2018 James Stillerman

Exclusive Interview by James Stillerman – During Steve “The Dragon” Claggett (26-4-1, 17 KOs) current three-bout winning streak, he has … continue

Boxing: Team United States Defeats Team Ireland 8 to 4

03/14/2018 James Stillerman

By James Stillerman – Team United States defeated Team Ireland 8 to 4 in a battle with some of the … continue

Rivera Brutally KOs Cobbs, Obtains the UBF N.E. Light Heavyweight Title

02/12/201802/11/2018 James Stillerman

Richard “Popeye The Sailor Man” Rivera put on a dominating performance in the main event as he crushed Kevin “The New England Bully” Cobbs for the first two rounds and then ended the fight in the third with two brutal knockdowns, the second of which prompted referee Jackie Morell to stop the one-sided bout at two minutes and fifty-one seconds.

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Vendetti Defeats Silveria in an Action-Packed Slugfest

01/30/201801/30/2018 James Stillerman

Greg “The Villain” Vendetti and Derek “The Surgeon” Silveira put on an entertaining, nonstop, action-packed fight, in which the momentum swung back and forth for the first half of the bout, until Vendetti took over the last couple of rounds as he got the better of the exchanges and landed the more powerful shots, en route to a hard fought eight-round unanimous decision via two scorecards (78-74) and one scorecard (77-75).

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Vasyl Lomachenko: 2017 Fighter-of-the-Year

01/11/2018 James Stillerman

WBO super featherweight world titleholder Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) cemented his status as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world with a sensational 2017, in which he went 3-0 with three knockouts, culminating with a dominating sixth-round technical knockout victory over previously undefeated WBA/WBO/IBO junior featherweight world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, for his fifth title defense and third of the year.

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Rivera Scores a Dominating Second-Round TKO Victory over Valenzuela

12/13/201712/12/2017 James Stillerman

Undefeated light heavyweight Richard “Popeye The Sailor Man” Rivera scored a second-round technical knockout victory at 1:48 over veteran Roberto “El Viejo” Valenzuela from a left hook which Valenzuela was unable to get up from. Rivera improved to 5-0, 4 KOs, with all his wins coming this year.

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The Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux Showdown

12/08/201712/07/2017 James Stillerman

In one of the best years in boxing in recent memory will get even better with another marquee matchup between two-division WBO super featherweight world titleholder Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) and undefeated WBA / WBO / IBO junior featherweight world champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (17-0 1 NC, 11 KOs) in a much anticipated, long-awaited showdown between two top ten pound-for-pound fighters to determine who is one of the best fighters in the world. This bout will be televised on ESPN from Madison Square Garden in New York City this Saturday, December 9th.

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Gonzaga is Victorious in His Professional Debut

10/30/2017 James Stillerman

Gabriel “Napao” Gonzaga (1-0), a former UFC heavyweight title challenger made a successful professional boxing debut as he defeated Alejandro Esquilin Santiago (0-1) over four competitive, back-and-forth rounds with two scorecards (58-56) and one scorecard (38-38), for a majority decision victory. Both fighters had their moments in this entertaining heavyweight bout, especially in the third-round; however, Gonzaga landed the more powerful punches and was the aggressor throughout the fight.

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One of Boxing’s Youngest Promoters: AJ Rivera of Rivera Promotions Entertainment

10/27/201710/26/2017 James Stillerman

One of boxing’s newest promotional companies Rivera Promotions Entertainment is co-owned and managed by AJ Rivera, who at twenty-four-years-old is one of boxing’s youngest promoters and his father, Jose Antonio Rivera (41-6-1, 24 KOs), a former three-time, two-division world champion. They formed their company in January of this year from their hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Rivera Promotions Entertainment has gotten off to a strong first-year. They held three boxing events (January 19th, April 1st, and June 10th) in two different venues (Worcester Palladium and DCU Center), and one of their bouts was for a regional title, when in their last outing, Irvin Gonzalez defeated Raul Lopez for the vacant Universal Boxing Federation East Regional Title.

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