Edison "Pantera" Miranda Scores Spectacular 1st Round KO
Manuel "El Toro" Quezada Retains
WBC CABOFE Heavyweight Title
October 22, 2009 Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore CA
Former world title challenger and current top rated super-middleweight contender, Edison "Pantera" Miranda (33-4, 29 KO's), scored a spectacular 1st round KO over Mexican National Champion, Francisco "Panchito" Sierra (20-3, 19 KO's).
Early in the round both fighters were feeling each other out. Sierra came out jabbing while Miranda landed some left hooks to the head. The action started to get heavy as the round continued and both fighters were landing solid punches. Miranda started to work his way inside and used his strength to back up Sierra. Sierra was holding his ground but headed to the ropes. That's when Miranda landed an overhand right, that landed flush on Sierra's temple. The fight was stopped immediately at 2:16 of round one and Miranda became the new NABO super-middleweight champion.
"This victory puts me right back into title contention," said Miranda. "Joe Goossen is the best trainer in the world. Everyday I'm in the gym I'm learning something new. With Goossen in my corner, nobody is going to beat me. I want to thank Dan Goossen for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to fight for the NABO title. I can't wait to see what my team has lined up for me next."
Photos By Jan Sanders/Goossen Tutor Promotions
10 Round WBC CABOFE Heavyweight Championship Bout
Manuel "El Toro" Quezada retained his WBC CABOFE Heavyweight title with a hard fought unanimous decision over Nicolai "Stone Man" Firtha.
Firtha was game from the opening bell coming out aggressive with a stiff jab trying to back up Quezada with his size advantage. Quezada remained calm, using his great feat and experience to get out of harms way, while finding a home for his powerful right hand.
Quezada mounted an early lead as he continued to score with an overhand right in the middle rounds. Manuel started to push Nicolai backwards but the AkronOhio native was resistant, giving it his all.
Entering the final rounds the referee stopped the action a few times because of head butts brought forth by Firtha. Manuel regained his focus and his power shots were starting to take effect, as he had Firtha on wobbly legs. At the end of round ten, Quezada was announced the winner. Scorecards read 98-92, 97-93, 99-91 all in favor for Quezada.
"This was a good tough fight for me." Quezada said. "I gained a lot of valuable experience fighting a bigger man. Joe Goossen guided my corner to perfection. I'm excited to see what my promoter Dan Goossen has in store for me next. Vitali is my main target. I'm willing to fight him anywhere, anytime."
6 Round Lightweight Bout
Former Lightweight world title challenger, Martin "El Brochas' Honorio (26-4-1, 14 KO's) was deducted two points for low blows in the early rounds of his six round bout with journeyman Ricardo Medina (31-35-5, 17 KO's). After settling down in the later rounds, Honorio started to land some nice hooks to the head. In round five, Honorio brutally ended the bout with a picture perfect overhand right that landed flush on the chin of Medina. The fight was stopped at 2:07 of round three. With the victory, Honorio now faces Goossen Tutor Promotions undefeated rising star, John Molina (18-0, 14 KO's) November 28, at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula California, televised live on Showtimes Showbox series.
4 Round Super-Welterweight Bout
San Diego's Alan Sanchez (3-0, 1 KO) remained undefeated with a second round TKO over Ukrainian native Mikhail Lyuubarsky (3-13, 1 KO). Sanchez came out aggressive throwing a hard one-two combo that dropped Lyuubarsky midway through round one. After dropping Lyuubarsky for a second time with a straight right hand in round two, Sanchez ended the bout with a flurry of punches, forcing the referee to stop the bout at the 1:06 mark.
4 Round Super-Bantamweight Bout
After a slow first round, Bakersfield's Epharaim Martinez picked up the pace in the second round, forcing Rodrigo Romero to take a knee as he landed multiple punches in an exciting exchange. Entering the third round, Martinez continued to apply preassure landing punches at will and Romero went down for the second time. It was evident that Romero was tired and didn't want to continue. Martinez landed a final combination and referee Dan Stell halted the action at 2:28 of round three. Martinez improves to (3-0, 1 KO)
6 Round Jr. Welterweight Bout
Jr. Welterweight prospect Mike Dallas Jr. (11-0-1, 2 KO's) cruised to a six round unanimous victory over Escondido's Sergio De La Torre (11-13-3, 1 KO's). Dallas used his superior speed to dominate the action. Scorecards read 58-56, 60-54 twice.
4 Round Super-Bantamweight Bout
Visalia's Aaron Alafa (3-1, 1 KO) survived a third round knock down to win a split decision over Danny Pontoja (0-1-1). Scorecards read 38-37 for each fighter with the last judge scoring it 39-37 for Alafa.
Contacts:
Marylyn Aceves, Goossen Tutor Promotions, 818-817-8001/213-494-4929, marylyn@goossentutor.com
Mario Serrano, Publicist, boxingpublicist@aol.com, 408-607-5756 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
WBC CABOFE Heavyweight Champion Manuel “El Toro” Quezada on a 17-Fight Winning Streak and World Ranked #4
"I'm ready to fight, I'm to go"
By Mike Juhas
FightHype.com
I'm ready to fight. I'm in shape already; I'm ready to go. Hopefully, we can go out there and, if not get a knockout, put in a good showing and keep rolling. I'm always in the gym, even after my fights, within the next couple days. I'm always training, so if I can get another fight in December, I would love that, "stated heavyweight contender Manuel Quezada as he talked about his upcoming October 22nd clash with Nicolai Firtha. Check it out. (click here)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exclusive Interview: Manuel Quezada
By Doveed Linder BoxingTalk.com
Heavyweight Manuel Quezada, 28-4 with a seventeen-fight win streak, spoke to Boxingtalk ahead of Thursday's tune-up bout against Nicolai Firtha, 16-6-1 on a two-fight losing streak. Read on (click here)
Contacts:
Marylyn Aceves, Goossen Tutor Promotions, 818-817-8001/213-494-4929, marylyn@goossentutor.com
Larry Rosoff, larry@goosentutor.com, Goossen Tutor Promotions, 818-8178001/508-395-1756
Mario Serrano, Publicist, boxingpublicist@aol.com, 408-607-5756
Tickets for the October 22nd event - priced at $600, $400, $75, $50 and $25 - may be ordered online at www.tickets.com; by phone at 1-800-277-2255 or at the Tachi Palace Gift Shop, 17225 Jersey Avenue, Lemoore, CA 93245. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WBC CABOFE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
MANUEL "EL TORO" QUEZADA
"I feel that I can be the first Mexican American heavyweight champ"
By Benny Henderson
ConvictedArtistMagazine.com
Photo by Laura De La Torre
Heavyweight contender Manuel Quezada, 28-4 (18) is a man on a mission, his goal is to make history by doing what Chris Arreola couldn't do against Vitali Klitschko, and that is to become the first Mexican American heavyweight champion.
So far in his quest to become the best, Quezada has defeated the likes Rick Dyer (2nd R. KO), Teke Oruh (UD) and stunned the fight world in his last outing by blasting heavy hitting Travis Walker in the opening round. His journey continues October 22nd, when Quezada takes on Nicolai Firtha, 16-6-1 (7) at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, CA.
In this exclusive interview conducted by Convicted Artist, Manuel speaks out on his upcoming match-up and touches on his future in the heavyweight division, enjoy. Continue Reading.. (click here)
Contacts: Marylyn Aceves, Goossen Tutor Promotions, 818-817-8001/213-494-4929, marylyn@goossentutor.com
Larry Rosoff, Goossen Tutor Promotions, 818-817-8001/508-395-1756, larry@goossentutor.com
Mario Serrano, Publicist, boxingpublicist@aol.com, 408-607-5756
Tickets for the October 22nd event - priced at $600, $400, $75, $50 and $25 - may be ordered online at www.tickets.com; by phone at 1-800-277-2255 or at the Tachi Palace Gift Shop, 17225 Jersey Avenue, Lemoore, CA 93245. _______________________________________________________________________________________________
17 Straight Wins Vaults WBC CABOFE Heavyweight Champion
Manuel "El Toro" Quezada into Top World Title Contention
Photo by Laura De La Torre
Los Angeles, CA (August 17, 2009) - Fresh off a stunning first-round knockout of highly-regarded heavyweight Travis Walker, Manuel "El Toro" Quezada (28-4-1, 18 KOs) has climbed the ladder in the World Boxing Council (WBC) rankings from last months #9 position to the #4 WBC heavyweight contender.
Quezada's latest victory was the 17th straight for the 31-year-old, native of Wasco, CA, who was making the third defense of his WBC CABOFE title. In 2009 Quezada, who has displayed increased punching power since Joe Goossen took over as his trainer, has won all three of these fights by knockout - the last two coming in the opening round.
As the #4 contender in the WBC -- whose champion is Vitali Klitschko -- only former world champ Oleg Maskaev, Ray Austin and Goossen-Tutor stablemate and top-ranked Cristobal Arreola, are rated ahead of him.
"We are very pleased of the tremendous progress Manny Quezada has made," Goossen Tutor Promotions President Dan Goossen observed.
"I had called before to get some fights (with top 10 boxers) and they didn't answer," Quezada said. "Those phones will be ringing now."
Marylyn Aceves Goossen Tutor Promotions 818-817-8001 / 213-494-4929 Marylyn@goossentutor.com
Lary Rosoff Goossen Tutor Promotions 818-817-8001 / 508-395-1756 mailto:Larry@goosentutor.com
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Is Manuel Quezada Playing Tricks On Us?
By Raymond Markarian
After Manuel Quezada knocked out Travis Walker in the first round of a homecoming fight in Lemoore, Ca on July 16th, he had a smile on his face. It was the closest Quezada has come to becoming a magician.
Boxers are like magicians because they are both in a performance based industry. Sure a magician could have the greatest trick in the world, but without stage presence, or some kind of attention grabber, a show could turn to disaster.
One of my favorite movies, The Prestige shows a prime example of one-ups-man-ship between two magicians played by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Jackman’s character seems more talented than Bale’s. But when it came to performing an act, Bale had the greater charisma. Therefore Bale’s character generally drew the bigger audiences in the movie.
Usually in sports, winning means everything. But in boxing, a victory does not necessarily provide universal acclaim. That is why fighters have to win, and they have to look good doing it. It is not always about the W.
The most exciting fighters attract the spectators. It is almost a guarantee that a technical boxer like Winky Wright would have a tougher time selling tickets than a knockout artist like Mike Tyson.
Quezada’s win created tremors in the division. His knockout of Walker in the first round was two rounds faster than Chris Arreola disposed of Walker nine months earlier. Now Manuel Quezada is a holding a rabbit in his hat. There is a growing reputation surrounding the proud Mexican heavyweight contender who feels like the outcome of his victory is more important than the time it took to finish the job. Does beating Walker faster than Arreola beat him mean that Quezada is a stronger puncher than Arreola?
“Everybody has been saying that to me. I don’t really look into that Arreola win too much. I just think that I caught him with a better shot do you know what I mean.”
But Quezada is happy about the win nonetheless. “It is exciting. I am happy about this win and proud that I could be known as one of the other strongest Hispanic heavyweights in boxing.”
The Walker win is Quezada’s 17th straight victory; nine by knockout. He feels like he is ready for the top fighters in the division.
“I am training with these top guys all of the time in the gym,” Quezada said. “This was a big win, but I am not going to get ahead of myself. I think that I need a couple of more fights to get a world title shot, against marquee opponents definitely.”
Meanwhile the Wasco, California native is aware that the politics involved in the sport might force an aspiring champion to pay his dues more than a recognizable name with less merit. For instance Hasim Rahman received an opportunity to fight for the heavyweight title last December and he has not beaten a name fighter (Monte Barrett) in the last four years.
“I can’t really say what other people deserve. I just worry about my thing,” Quezada said. “Once I get to the top, and challenge for the world title, I want to say that I took all of the steps necessary to get to this spot. I want to fight and beat all of the contenders and not have any regrets on my way to the title.”
Quezada says that he would get discouraged if one of the top level guys would not want to face him.
“I think that I put myself on the map by beating this top contender. For them not to want to fight me makes me feel like they don’t respect me. I believe in myself. I believe that I am a good fighter man. I would definitely get discouraged if they did not want to fight me.”
Since the 31 year old began his fight career in 2001, he has had a desire to prove people wrong. The vicious left hook that plastered Walker onto the canvas is not all he wants to be known for.
“A lot of people look at me and might not see a Klitschko or a Chris Arreola. So, I just want to prove to people that I can fight. You don’t know me now, but I am going to show that I could fight and compete with these guys,”
Quezada said. “My motivation is my kids, and family. This is the only thing that I know how to do honestly. I started in martial arts, kickboxing, and now I am doing boxing. Honestly, I am just a competitor. I like to fight. I love when people say that I can’t do it because I am going to show you that I can.”
Quezada says that he is ready to fight again in September or October and he is keeping his ear to the street. He notices the Klitschko brothers searching for opponent to fight at the end of the year, and he is more than willing to step to the plate.
“Of course I would fight them. Who would give that up? I wouldn’t. I am always in the gym, always trying to get ready, and always staying in shape. So if something like that came up, I would definitely try to prove myself.”
How does he think that he will match up with one of the Klitschkos?
“It is a hard matchup for anyone trying to fight those guys because they are tall and athletic. But again, you just have to work. If the opportunity was presented to me, I would put in work. Every minute of every round, I would put in work man.”
Received from Mario Serrano, boxingpublicist@aol.com, (408) 607-5756
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Manuel “El Toro” Quezada Taking on all Comers Quezada Riding 15 fight Win Streak!
March 17, 2009
WBC CABOFE heavyweight champion, Manuel "El Toro" Quezada (26-4, 16 KO's) is looking to fight any world-ranked heavyweight contender walking this planet. Quezada is prepared to travel overseas to all four corners of the earth to make a statement.
When asked about fighting in foreign territory, Quezada stated, "If any of the top heavyweights are willing to step in the ring with me, I'm game. I realize that I might have to travel overseas to make a big fight happen. With that being said, I'm ready to take my career to the next level. I'm taking on all comers."
The Tachi Palace's Christian Printup, who promotes Quezada, eagerly went on to say, "I believe Manuel has the talent to compete at the highest level in boxing. With many of the top heavyweights residing in Europe, we'll be ready to travel overseas to do battle if need be. Otherwise we'll stay in the states and challenge any of the top American heavyweights, in their own backyard."
Ranked #17 by the WBC, Quezada will look to extend on his 15-fight winning streak when he steps back in the ring.
Mario Serrano, Publicist, boxingpublicist@aol.com, (408) 607-5756
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Carina "La Reina" Moreno Staying Busy in Her Community
March16,2009 This past weekend four-time world champion, Carina "La Reina" Moreno, was honored in her community when Watsonville American Little League asked her to throw out the first pitch on opening day. Moreno signed autographs and took pictures for the fans in attendance.
MORENO OPENS UP GYM TO PUBLIC
Eric Verrill at (831) 600-6231 People of all ages are welcome to join Carina as she's opened up her gym (Noble-Moreno Boxing Gym) to those interested in learning boxing. Next door good friend Eric Verrill (K2 MMA Gym) teaches mma and Jiu-Jitsu. Students are urged to sign up now as limited space is available. Nobel-Moreno Boxing Gym is located at 1715 Unit C Freedom Blvd. Watsonville Ca 95071. For more information call Rick Noble at (831) 840-2929 or Eric Verrill at (831) 600-6231
"It's an honor to be recognized as a special guest at such a great event her in my hometown of Wastonville," said Moreno. "I enjoy seeing the smiles on all the kids' faces when they announced me. It was a fun day."
Mario Serrano, Publicist, boxingpublicist@aol.com, (408) 607-5756
Rakoczy Speaks on Having a Baby and Fighting!
By Daniel Cásarez
Vida En El Valle
There's no doubt that former world champion Jessica Rakoczy is not only changing diapers, but her entire professional boxing schedule as well.
After being on maternity leave for 12 months, Rakoczy made a stellar return with a victory that resulted in a unanimous decision over Belinda Laracuente at The Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore.
The arrival of her son, Jesse, means that Rakoczy isn't getting the training she once endured; a hard workout of at least five hours a day. But she doesn't mind that her training has been diced to just three hours because it gives her more time to spend with her baby.
She knew having a child would compete for time in the gym. But like the champion she is, she fought back. For example, in her eighth month of pregnancy, she admits to stepping on the treadmill for a quick workouts.
Now that he's born, she frequents the treadmill while her son sits in his high chair. Continue Reading (click here)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Manuel “El Toro” Quezada
Continues Match Towarss World Title!
WBC CABOFE CHAMPION
Tachi Palace Casino Lemoore Ca (April 23, 2009)
WBC CABOFE heavyweight champion, Manuel "El Toro" Quezada (27-4, 17 KO's), continued his march toward a world title with a first round TKO over late replacement, Jeff Brownfield.
When the bell rang, Quezada went straight to the body and slowly broke down Brownfield who was coming forward throwing wild punches. Entering the final seconds of the round, Quezada battered Brownfield's body for the last time, knocking him out of the ring. At the 2:59 mark, Brownfield's corner had seen enough and threw in the towel. Quezada was awarded a first round TKO and extends his winning streak to 16 in a row.
Quezada, who is currently ranked # 15 by the WBC said, "The time is now for me to step up in competition. I'm looking to fight any of the top heavyweights in the world. I feel I've earned the right to get a shot at someone in the top ten. I'm ready for the next level."
This bout was promoted by the Tachi Palace's "Palace Fighting Championship" in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions. For more information please visit www.palacefightingchampionship.com or www.goosentutor.com.
Mario SerranoPublicist, Tachi Palace Casino, boxingpublicist@aol.com, (408) 607-5756
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Rakoczy Defeats Laracuente in Comeback Fight!
Tachi Palace Casino Lemoore Ca (April 23, 2009) - After giving birth to a baby boy and taking a one year layoff from boxing, former WBC lightweight champion, Jessica "The Ragin" Rakcozy (30-3, 10 KO's), returned to the Tachi Palace Casino where she was victorious wining a unanimous decision against Belinda "Brown Sugar" Laracuente.
In the opening round, Rakoczy started off slow while trying to find her timing. As the fight continued, Rakoczy used her jab more effectively and found a home for her left hook. Laracuente had some brief moments where she landed some nice overhand rights that won her a couple of rounds. Entering the final stages of the bout, it was clear Rakcozy had found her rhythm and started to land at will. Rakoczy won on all scorecards which read 58-56 across the board.
After the fight, Rakoczy the current NABF lightweight champion stated, "I felt I had some ring rust early, but started to feel more comfortable as the fight kept on. I'll be ready to defend my NABF title in my next fight, then move toward a world title bout"
This bout was promoted by the Tachi Palace's "Palace Fighting Championship" in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions. For more information please visit www.palacefightingchampionship.com or www.goosentutor.com.
Mario Serrano,Publicist, Tachi Palace Casino, boxingpublicist@aol.com, (408) 607-5756
