Jose Benavidez Jr. (23-0-0, 16 KOs) put on a dominant performance in front of a hometown crowd at the U.S. Airway Center in Phoenix, Arizona Saturday night May 16 when he beat challenger Jorge Paez Jr. (38-6-2, 23 KOs) by twelfth round TKO.
Star Boxing's exciting contender EMANUEL "The Tranzforma" TAYLOR (18-3, 12 KOs) will provide undefeated ANTONIO "Relentless" OROZCO (21-0, 15 knockouts) with a stern threat in the 10-round super lightweight co-main event this Friday night, May 15th, at the US Airways Centre in Phoenix, Arizona. TruTV will televise live beginning at 10:00 PM/ET.
Friday, May 8, 2015, undefeated prospect, Mike "Yes Indeed" Reed (14-0, 8 KOs) remained unbeaten with a dominating performance against Osenohan Vazquez (8-4-1, 3 KOs).
Super Welter weight contender Glen Tapia (23-2-0, 15 KOs) had his parade rained on by France’s Michel Soro (26-1-1, 16 KOs) this Saturday night May 8 in their scheduled 10 round fight on TruTV from the Prudential Center in Tapia’s home state Newark, New Jersey.
In the inaugural edition of "Friday Night Knockout," a brand-new televised partnership between TruTV and Top Rank, Raymundo Beltran (30-7-1, 18 KOs) knocked out Takahiro Ao (27-4-1, 12 KOs) in the second round of as scheduled 12-round fight at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Phoenix's favorite son is coming home -- to defend his world title. Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) interim super lightweight world champion JOSE BENAVIDEZ, JR. will be making his first title defense, against Mexican buzz saw JORGE "Maromerito" PAEZ, JR., Saturday, May 15 at US Airways Center.
Local favorites and Top-10 contenders GLEN "Jersey Boy" TAPIA and "Irish" SEANIE MONAGHAN will headline an action-packed boxing card to be televised live on truTV at 10 p.m. ET – on Friday, May 8 from Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
truTV and Top Rank will partner to exclusively televise a Friday night boxing series beginning May 1 at 10 p.m. ET. The new series will launch with a card featuring two title bouts inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
