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Bunola native Salka suffers TKO to Vargas on national TV fight

Bunola native “Lightning” Rod Salka had a tough fight on national TV in a TKO loss to Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas in a 10-round super featherweight fight in the main even of Golden Boy BoxingĢƵ event on Thursday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.Vargas ...

AG grad Palmer eager to defend ABA super welterweight title

Eric Palmer returns to the boxing ring on Saturday to defend his Appalachian Boxing Association (ABA) Northwest super welterweight (154 pounds) against the man he won the title from roughly 13 months ago.Palmer, an Albert Gallatin graduate, picked up a split decision over Donny Miller on March ...

Salka ready for national TV fight

Bunola native and Elizabeth Forward graduate “Lightning” Rod Salka steps into the ring tonight to see what he can do against one of the best in boxing.Salka, 35, battles Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas, 34, in a 10-round super featherweight bout in the main event of Golden Boy BoxingĢƵ ...

AG grads Karpency, Palmer experience the highs, lows in boxing

Albert Gallatin graduates Tommy Karpency and Eric Palmer experienced two memorable moments in the boxing ring on Nov. 11 at the Portland Civic Center in Portland, Maine ... one good and one bad.The good was a first-round technical knockout (TKO) for Karpency (28-6-1, 17 KOs).The bad was a draw ...

Put your money on ‘Money’

Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and “The Notorious” Conor McGregor step into the ring Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.The 12-round bout is in the super welterweight (154 pounds) division, and both fighters will wear lighter, eight-ounce gloves.Mayweather, who had retired in ...

Coal Center’s Garnic trains Martz for 8-round heavyweight bout

COAL CENTER — Dan Martz and boxing trainer Buzz Garnic Jr. are back at it for another fight, when the heavyweight known as “The Mountain” fights Bryant Jennings in an eight-round boxing match on Saturday at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.Garnic and Martz are preparing for ...