Rodrigo “Rocky” Valdez, the legendary Colombian boxer and two-time world champion died on Tuesday at the age of 70 in his home town of Cartagena. Valdez died of diabetes and coronary…
-
SportsBeyond the Olympics: Colombia medalist Yuberjen Martinez lays 1st brick of mother’s dream home
With the same hands and perseverance that delivered him silver at the Olympics, Colombia boxer Yuberjen Martinez is now constructing the home for his mother he dreamed to earn in Rio de Janeiro. “The money…
-
Colombia light fly boxer Yuberjen Martinez won silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Sunday after losing the final to Hasanboy Dusmatov from Uzbekistan. Martinez’ medal is the third for his country.…
-
Colombia’s Jonathan “El Momo” Romero (23-0-0, 12 KO) on Saturday night beat Mexico’s Alejandro Lopez (24-3-0, 7 KO) to win the vacant IBF super bantamweight championship belt. The Cali-born Romero…
-
Colombia’s “fighter of the century”, former Jr Welterweight boxing world champion Antonio Cervantes, aka “Kid Pambele”, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease on Monday. Cervantes, who won the Jr Welterweight title…
-
Colombian boxer Lely Flores won the Super lightweight title of the World Boxing Council (WBC), beating Uruguayan Chris Namus by knockout. Flores, a 24-year-old from Monteria, bombarded her opponent right…
Colombian-born Cecilia Breakhus is the world champion of welterweight boxing and a knock-out success in Europe. Born in Colombia’s Caribbean city of Cartagena in 1981, Cecilia Carmen Linda Braekhus has risen…
Medellin is hosting “Night of the Gladiators” Friday, according to the organizers a major boxing event in which Newton “El Martillo” Villareal makes his return to the ring. The Colombian…