Victor bermudez's Blog (9)

Just like his fifthteen professional bouts “EL Ciclon de Guantanamo” Yuriorkis Gamboa did not disappoint the three hundred or so fans that showed up to witness the 2004 Cuban gold medalist debut as a boxing promoter. The main attraction from the Miami Beach Resort & Spa was a battle between two local fighters one being Miami native, Cuban American Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez squaring off against Hollywood, FL resident Ed “The Lion” Paredes. The fight lived up to all the hype surroundi… Continue

On Friday night the WBO Feather weight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa will trade in the gloves for the suit. The 2004 Cuban gold medalist will be promoting his first fight card under “El Ciclon Promotions” in association with Henry Rivalta. The main event on the card titled “Battle at the Beach” will be the highly anticipated match up between two local fighters from South Florida. Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez (15-0 8KO’s) puts his undefeated record on the line against hard hitting Ed “The Lion”… Continue

It was another impressive night of boxing at the Seminole Hard Rock hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL as HBO’s boxing after dark invaded the Hard Rock live arena. The stars came out for this one as notables in the crowd were 2004 Fighter of the Year Glen Johnson, former Heat Jamal Mashburn, Nate Campbell, former Miami Dolphin and member of the “Killer Bees” Kim Bokamper, and one time undisputed heavyweight sensation Riddick Bowe not to mention the 3,500 or so on hand as well. The featured bout o… Continue

What was supposed to be his first shot at a title could now end up being just another hard earned paycheck. For the second time in consecutive fights Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez’s opponent has pulled out of the fight with only a week to go before they were set to square off. This time it’s Cuban welterweight Damian Frias (16 – 1 7 KO’s) wanting no part of the Columbus High school graduate. All was set for “Twinkle Fingers” to make his nationally televised debut while in search of the vaca… Continue

Two years ago Juan Urango suffered the only loss of his career at the hands of then unbeaten Ricky Hatton. Since the defeat the Colombian native has gone 4 – 0 with 3 KO’s improving his overall record to (21 – 1 – 1 16 KO’s) meanwhile capturing gold earlier this year as he won a unanimous decision over Herman Ngoudjo to earn the vacant IBF light welterweight crown. This Saturday night the 28 year old south paw takes aim at his second world title as he Clashes with WBC welterweight champ Andre B… Continue

Next Friday night May 15th the Miami based Top Level Promotions is at it again with another exciting night of boxing. The ten bout fight card is headlined by 2004 Cuban Olympian Yan Barthelemy as he goes for his first world title the vacant WBC Latino bantamweight belt against the undefeated Venezuelan Alexander Espinoza (8 – 0). The Cuban Barthelemy (7 – 1 1 KO) is fresh off his third round destruction of Pedro “Rincon” Miranda is eager to get his career back on track after suffering his only… Continue

Friday night at the University Center Arena at Nova Southeastern University the fight card titled “The Gunslingers” lived up to the billing. In the second televised fight by ESPN’s Friday night fights, 2004 Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis “El Ciclon” Gamboa scored a devastating TKO victory over Walter Estrada (35 – 9 24 KO’s). Gamboa (14 – 0 12 KO’s) needed just 35 seconds to permanently floor his opponent with a vicious right hand in the opening frame of the scheduled eight rounder. The 2008 p… Continue

It was another great night of boxing Friday night at the Miccosukee Resort and Gaming thanks to All Star Boxing INC. The fight card mostly dominated by Cuban fighters displayed non stop action from the opening bout right up to the main event when the card came to an unusual end. The main event of the night between Jose Reyes (23 – 5 8 KO’s) and Efren Hinojosa (29 – 5 17 KO’s) got off to a rough start with the opening exchange ending up in both fighters clashing heads. No fighter was cut but thi… Continue

Edison ‘La Pantera” Miranda made his return to the ring Wednesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL after a fourth round TKO loss to Super Middle weight champ Arthur Abraham back in June of 08. Miranda came in looking to duplicate his performance from just a year ago as he went on to win ESPN’s knockout of the year award with his impressive KO over David Banks last January just five months before his loss to the German champ. “La Pantera” who was fighting for the… Continue