Francisco Salazar
Contributing Writer, Feature Writer at Boxing Scene
Writer at The Ring
Writer at Ventura County Star
Married to Blanca. Teacher at Channel Islands High in Oxnard. Varsity Girls Soccer coach at Hueneme High School. Boxing scribe for Boxingscene, RingTV & VC Star
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2 days ago |
vcstar.com | Francisco Salazar
Raymond Muratalla can now call himself a world titleholder. Muratalla won the vacant interim IBF world lightweight title, defeating Zaur Abdullaev by unanimous decision on Saturday, May 10, at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Scores were 119-109, 119-109 and 118-110. The 28-year-old Muratalla, who improved to 23-0 with 17 knockouts, has been trained by Robert Garcia for most of his pro career.
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1 week ago |
vcstar.com | Francisco Salazar
Another knockout win for “El General.”Emiliano Vargas dropped Juan Leon twice en route to a second-round knockout win on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 21-year-old Vargas improves to 14-0, with 12 knockouts, and won a regional junior welterweight title belt. Early in the second round, Vargas dropped Leon with a left-right combination to the head. Leon did beat the count, but was dropped again, this time by a right-left combination to the head.
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1 week ago |
vcstar.com | Francisco Salazar
“El General” is on his way to becoming a superstar in the sport of boxing. Emiliano Vargas will face Juan Leon on Sunday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The eight-round bout will be part of the undercard that will be headlined by Naoya Inoue defending his Ring Magazine and undisputed junior featherweight championship against Ramon Cardenas.
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3 weeks ago |
vcstar.com | Francisco Salazar
Oleksandr Gvozdyk is back in the win column. The Camarillo resident and former WBC world light heavyweight titleholder dropped Anthony Hollaway twice en route to a knockout win in the third round on April 19 at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside. Gvozdyk improved to 21-2 with 17 KOs.“(Oleksandr) had a very good performance,” said Marco Contreras, Gvozdyk’s trainer.
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1 month ago |
vcstar.com | Francisco Salazar
LAS VEGAS — Lindolfo Delgado wanted the smoke to prove his worth as an unbeaten contender. He almost got more than what he bargained for. Delgado overcame a rough patch late Saturday night, winning a majority decision over Elvis Rodriguez at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. One judge scored the bout 95-95, while the other two judges scored the bout 96-94 for Delgado, who improved to 23-0 with 16 knockouts.
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Earlier Tuesday, huge upset at the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Flyweight Longyi Hu of China stopped former world title challenger Dave Apolinario (21-2, 14 KOs) of the Philippines in round 8. Hu improves to 9-2-2, 5 KOs. Hey, @Fight_Ghost. What were the odds on this? #boxing
Still on the grind. 3.27 miles Friday 3.30 miles today (Tuesday) .. #Fitness #Running #Gains #UnderConstruction https://t.co/qiZJxD4lhJ
Jr. welterweight Trini Ochoa remained unbeaten this past Saturday,defeating Francisco Cuadrado (13-2, 8 KOs) by split decision. Each fighter won 96-94 on a judge’s scorecard, third judge scored bout 97-93 for Ochoa, who improved to 21-0, 8 KOs. #boxing @trinitheboxer @emilyboxing
